KR100651677B1 - Message communication system including location information and method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A message transmission system including location information and a method thereof are provided to write a notification message for a particular place to store the message in a location based storage server after including location information of the place and reception condition information in the message, and to selectively send the message, so that a message required for a notification message receiver can be transmitted. An originator terminal(100) consists of a location based information message generator for generating a location based information message which combines location information of a predetermined place with a notification message for the place, and a receiver selecting unit for receiving the telephone number of a receiver terminal(400) which will receive the location based information message. An information notify server(300) consists of a message storage for storing the location based information message, a location confirmer for confirming a location of the receiver terminal(400), and a message notifier for sending the stored location based information message to the receiver terminal(400) once it is confirmed that the receiver terminal(400) is located in the predetermined place. The receiver terminal(400) receives the location based information message from the server(300). A mobile communication system(200) provides a communication service between the terminals(100,400) and the server(300).

Description

Message Communication System Including Location Information And Method For The Same}

1 is a simplified block diagram of a message transmission system including location information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of the caller terminal shown in FIG.

3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating the acquaintance level classification criteria of the acquaintance level classification unit of FIG. 2.

4 is a configuration diagram of the information notification server shown in FIG.

5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for transmitting a message including location information in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for receiving a message including location information in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

100: caller terminal 200: mobile communication system

300: information notification server 400: recipient terminal

110: location information extraction unit 120: notification message input unit

130: receiver selection unit 140: reception condition input unit

150: acquaintance level classification unit 160: location-based information message generation unit

170: communication unit 180: control unit

210: mobile switching center 220: VLR

230: HLR 240: message transmission server

310: message storage unit 320: position checking unit

330: message management unit 340: message notification unit

350: time confirmation unit

The present invention relates to a message transmission system and a method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to a message transmission system and a method including position information.

Recently, mobile communication terminals have been widely used to people of various levels. Accordingly, in order to satisfy the needs of the diversified users, the functions provided by the mobile communication terminal are also increasingly diversified. In other words, unlike the conventional method of providing only a voice communication service, various services such as games, music / video playback, camera functions, navigation, and broadcast reception services are provided through a mobile communication terminal.

Among the various services provided in the mobile communication terminal, the location based service is rapidly developing. Location-based service is a general term for application systems and services that accurately locate and utilize people or objects based on mobile communication networks. In addition, the representative service of the location-based service is a friend finder service provided by various mobile communication companies.

The friend-finding service refers to a service that finds and tracks the current location of a mobile communication terminal user using a cell separated based on a global positioning system (GPS) or a base station.

As such, the development of an initial location-based service for finding a current location of a mobile terminal user has recently been proposed to provide a specific content to mobile terminal users located in a specific area.

However, at present, a method of providing specific contents to mobile communication terminal users located in a specific region is mostly one-sided information providing, for example, advertisement.

Therefore, since the necessary information is not provided to the users of the mobile communication terminal, communication line wasted for unnecessary information provision.

In addition, in the related art, the content prepared in advance may be provided only when an unspecified person is located at a specific location, and thus, when the counterpart does not go to the specific location, the prepared content cannot be provided. Therefore, active data transmission is not achieved.

In particular, when there is information that a specific group of intimate people want to share about a specific place, a method for freely transmitting and receiving each other through a mobile communication terminal is not currently provided.

That is, although various location-based services can be provided through a mobile communication terminal, the utilization thereof is limited.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to create a notification message for a specific place, including the location information and the reception condition information of the specific place and stored in the location-based information server corresponding to the reception condition information The present invention provides a message transmission system and method including location information that selectively transmits a message under a condition so that a required message can be transmitted to a notification message receiver, thereby preventing communication line waste for providing unnecessary information.

According to another feature of the present invention, by receiving the destination can be selected according to the level of acquaintances classified according to the call history of the people stored in the phone number list of the mobile communication terminal, people who can be actively utilized in the interpersonal relationship The present invention provides a message transmission system and a method for including a location information to enable a variety of communication forms.

The message transmission system including the location information of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a location-based information message generating unit for generating a location-based information message combining the location information of the predetermined place and the notification message for the predetermined place; And a receiver selector configured to receive a telephone number of a receiver terminal to receive the location-based information message; A message storage unit for storing the location-based information message; A positioning unit for checking a position of the receiver terminal; And a message notification unit for transmitting the location-based information message stored in the message storage unit to the receiver terminal when it is confirmed that the receiver terminal is located at the predetermined place through the location checking unit. A receiver terminal receiving the location-based information message created in the caller terminal from the information notification server; And a mobile communication system for providing a communication service between the sender terminal, the receiver terminal, and the information notification server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message transmission method including location information of the present invention, comprising: a first step of a caller terminal generating a location-based information message combining location information of a predetermined place and a notification message for the predetermined place; A second step of receiving, by the calling terminal, a receiver's telephone number of the location-based information message; A third step of receiving and storing, by the information notification server, the generated location based information message and the recipient telephone number; A fourth step of the information notification server confirming that a receiver terminal corresponding to a receiver telephone number of the location-based information message is located at the predetermined place; And a fifth step of receiving, by the receiver terminal, the location-based information message.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention other than the above objects will become apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a simplified block diagram of a message transmission system including location information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Message transmission system and method including the location information according to the present invention includes a caller terminal 100, a mobile communication system 200, information notification server 300 and the caller terminal 400.

The caller terminal 100 generates a location-based information message combining location information of a predetermined place and a notification message for the predetermined place, and the generated location-based information message is stored in the information notification server 300.

In this embodiment, the caller terminal 100 is a mobile communication terminal, but the caller terminal 100 may be a client computer connected to the information alarm server 300 through the Internet.

The notification message may further include reception condition information including a reception time or a reception validity period. In this case, the information notification server 300 will transmit the location based information message only when the reception condition is met.

The reception time means designating a time for transmitting the location based information message to the other party. The location-based information message may not be transmitted to the counterpart in a certain reception time zone or may be set in advance so that the location-based information message may be transmitted in a specific reception time zone.

The reception validity period means designating a period during which the location based information message is transmitted to the other party. For example, a period of time, such as a lifetime, a month, or a week, may be specified to specify a period during which the location-based information message can be effectively transmitted. The message stored in the information notification server according to the preset period may be managed such that it is automatically deleted after a limited period of time.

In addition, the caller may select a counterpart of the location-based information message from among the counterparts stored in the phone number database of the caller terminal 100 or by directly inputting a phone number. In addition, the user of the caller terminal 100 may select an intimacy level group to be received according to an intimacy level classified based on a call history between each counterpart stored in the telephone number database and the caller.

A detailed configuration of the caller terminal 100 will be described later with reference to FIG. 2.

The location-based information message stored in the information notification server 300 is transmitted when the receiver terminal 400 is located at the predetermined place. In this case, the message transmission server 240 included in the mobile communication system 200 may be linked together and transmitted as a message in the form of a short message service (SMS) or a multimedia message service (MMS).

Whether the receiver terminal 400 is located at a predetermined place may be confirmed through a base station identifier transmitted from the base station.

Looking at the communication form of the mobile communication system 200, the base station (150, 450) determines whether the terminals (100, 400) exist in the cell area that they have jurisdiction, performs location registration, and moves the result Notify the switching center 210. The terminal subscriber information is temporarily stored in the visitor location register (VLR, 220) in the mobile switching center 120, and the information is again transmitted to and stored in the home location register (HLR) 230. .

The information notification server 300 receives the base station identifier used for the terminal location registration from the mobile communication system 200 and checks the location of the terminal.

However, the satellite navigation apparatus (GPS) 500 may be further included to accurately determine whether the receiver terminal 400 is located at a predetermined place.

2 is a block diagram of the caller terminal shown in FIG.

Location-based information message generating unit 160 of the caller terminal 100 according to the present invention is the location information of the predetermined location extracted by the location-based information extraction unit 110 and the notification message input through the notification message input unit 120 Combine to generate location-based informational messages.

The caller terminal 100 according to the present invention may further include a GPS unit (not shown) for use in extracting location information of a predetermined place.

The GPS unit is used when a user of the caller terminal 100 wants to compose a location-based information message including location information of a region where the user is currently located. The GPS unit receives the location identifier from the satellite and transmits the location identifier to the location information extraction unit 110. The location information extracting unit 110 generates location information using the location identifier.

In addition, the location information extraction unit 110 may generate location information by extracting the latitude and longitude information by the caller directly inputting the latitude and longitude information or selecting the predetermined location from the satellite image.

The notification message input unit 120 is input to the notification message to be delivered to the receiver in combination with the location information of the predetermined place extracted by the location information extraction unit 110. In this case, the notification message may include not only text but also various types of messages such as a photo and an emoticon. That is, a location-based information message including location information of a specific area can be more effectively created by using a photograph taken directly or a stored picture through a camera unit (not shown) included in the caller terminal. The content of the message input to the notification message input unit 120 may be, for example, food menu information or delicious food recommendation information when the predetermined place is a restaurant.

The receiver selecting unit 130 receives a receiver for receiving the location-based information message.

Recipient selection may be performed by the caller selecting one of the counterparts stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal 100 or by directly inputting a telephone number.

In addition, the present invention may further include an acquaintance level classifier 150 to select a counterpart by selecting at least one of the intimacy level groups classified by the acquaintance level classifier 150.

The acquaintance level classification unit 150 functions to classify the intimacy level between the caller and the counterparts stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal. The acquaintance level classifying unit 150 classifies the intimacy level based on a call history made between each counterpart and the user, that is, a talk time, a frequency of calls, and a frequency of message transmission and reception.

The criteria for classifying the intimacy level in the acquaintance level classifying unit 150 will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, a method of classifying intimacy levels of people stored in a phone number database of the caller terminal 100 based on a talk time, a frequency of calls, and a frequency of sending and receiving a message is illustrated. In this case, various criteria may be applied as a criterion for classifying friendships in addition to the elements shown in the drawings.

First, the talk time item calculates the sum of talk time with all the counterparts and divides the number of counterparts stored in the phone number list to calculate the average talk time. When the talk time with each other is higher than the calculated average talk time, the talk time index is displayed as "1", and when the talk time is low, the talk time index is displayed as "0".

Next, the call frequency item calculates the sum of the call frequency with all the counterparts and divides the call frequency by the number of counterparts stored in the phone number list to calculate the average call frequency. When the frequency of calls with each other is higher than the calculated average frequency of calls, the frequency index is displayed as "1", and when the frequency is low, the frequency of call is displayed as "0".

Finally, the message transmission / reception frequency item calculates the sum of the number of SMS or MMS transmissions and receptions with all the other parties and divides the number by the number of correspondents stored in the telephone number list to calculate the average message transmission / reception frequency. When the number of message transmission and reception with each other is higher than the calculated average message transmission frequency, the message transmission frequency index is displayed as "1", and when the message transmission frequency index is low as "0".

In this way, after displaying the talk time index, the talk frequency index, and the message frequency index item as "0" or "1", the person whose total items are all displayed as 1 is the most intimate group (hereinafter referred to as "1 village"). , A group in which two items are represented as 1 is a familiar group (hereinafter referred to as "two villages"), a group in which one item is represented as one is known to some extent (hereinafter referred to as "three villages"), and all Persons marked with "0" are classified into unknown groups (hereinafter referred to as "four villages").

At this time, criteria for classifying each group, names for classifying, and the like may be freely changed.

As described above, in the present invention, the receiver may be selected by setting conditions such as at least one of the familiarity level groups classified from the first to the fourth village as above, that is, the reception to the first village or the reception to the first village and the second village. .

The present invention may further include a reception condition input unit 140 for receiving reception condition information such as a reception time or a reception validity period. The sender may input various conditions related to the reception through the reception condition input unit 140, and accordingly, the information notification server 300 transmits a location-based information message when it matches the reception condition.

The communication unit 170 forms a wireless channel with the mobile communication system 200 to transmit and receive various types of information. To this end, the communication unit 170 preferably includes a wireless communication module for enabling wireless communication. As shown in FIG. 1, when the caller terminal 100 is a mobile communication terminal, the caller terminal 100 communicates with the mobile communication system 200 to transmit the generated location-based information message to the information notification server 300.

The controller 180 transmits the location information extracted by the location information extractor 110 and the notification message inputted to the notification message input unit 120 to the location-based information message generator 160.

The location-based information message generator 160 generates a location-based information message in which location information on a predetermined place and a notification message are combined.

4 is a configuration diagram of the information notification server shown in FIG. 1.

The information notification server 300 includes a message storage unit 310, a location checking unit 320, a message management unit 330 and a message notification unit 340.

The message storage unit 310 functions to store the location-based information message created from the caller terminal 100. In this case, as described above, the location-based information message includes location information of a predetermined place.

The positioning unit 320 checks the position of the receiver terminal of the location-based information message. At this time, as described above, the location identifier is received from the GPS 500 or the base station identifier is received from the mobile switching station 210 in the mobile communication system 200 to confirm the location information of the terminal.

In addition, when the location-based information message includes a reception condition such as a reception time or a reception validity period, the time notification unit 350 may be further included in the information notification server 300 to confirm the time.

When the message notification unit 340 determines that the receiver terminal 400 is located at a predetermined place included in the location-based information message through the location checking unit 320, the message notification unit 340 stores the location-based information message stored in the information message storage unit 310. To transmit to the receiver terminal (400).

At this time, the message notification unit 340 is linked to the message transmission server 240 included in the mobile communication system 200, the location-based information message to the SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Message Service) receiver terminal ( 400).

The information notification server 300 includes an information message manager 330 for managing stored location-based information messages. The information message management unit 330 manages the deletion of the notification message that has passed the reception valid period when the notification message includes a reception condition such as a reception valid period.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a message including location information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, the location information extraction unit 110 of the caller terminal 100 generates location information of a predetermined place selected by the caller (S11). Location information generation in the location information extraction unit 110 may be generated through a location identifier provided by the GPS 500, directly input latitude and longitude information, or through a latitude and longitude identifier extracted from a point selected from a satellite map. have.

Next, the sender generates the reception condition information (S21). In this case, the reception condition information may include a reception time, a reception valid period, and the like. In other words, it is possible to specify a time for which reception is desired or a time for which no reception is desired, or a reception validity period of a created message.

Next, a notification message for the predetermined place is created (S31). The contents of the notification message are input through the message input unit 150, and various types of messages such as a picture and an emoticon as well as text may be input. At this time, the contents of the notification message are preferably contents related to the predetermined place.

Next, a receiver to receive the input notification message is selected (S41). When selecting a recipient, at least one group is selected according to an intimacy level classified in the caller terminal 100 in addition to selecting some of the counterparts stored in the caller terminal list of the caller terminal 100 or directly inputting a phone number. You can decide.

Finally, the location-based information message generating unit 160 generates the location-based information message by combining the location information and the notification message, and transmits and stores it to the information notification server 300 (S51). In this case, when the caller terminal 100 is a mobile communication terminal, the location-based information message is stored in the information notification server 300 through communication with the mobile communication system 200.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for receiving a message including location information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, the positioning unit 320 of the information notification server 300 analyzes the position of the receiver terminal 400 (S13). As described above, the location may be determined using the mobile switching center 210 or the location navigation apparatus 500 in the mobile communication system 200.

Next, time information is confirmed (S23). The time information confirmation is to confirm in case the sender additionally includes reception condition information such as a reception time or a reception validity period in the transmission of the location-based information message. Therefore, when the reception condition information is not included, the time information checking step may be omitted.

Next, it is searched whether a location-based information message including information exists at the current location of the receiver terminal 400 (S33).

If there is a message that satisfies the condition, the location-based information message is transmitted to the receiver terminal (S43).

Finally, after receiving the location-based information message, if you want to attach another message in addition to the location-based information message transmits the message to the information notification server 300 and stores it with the previous message (S53).

According to the message transmission system and the method including the location information according to the present invention as described above, by creating a notification message for a specific place and stored in the location-based information server including the location information and reception condition information of the specific place By selectively transmitting a message under a condition corresponding to the reception condition information, a message required for the notification message receiver can be transmitted to prevent unnecessary waste of communication lines for providing information.

In addition, the receiving target can be selected according to the level of acquaintances classified according to the call history of the people stored in the phone number list of the mobile communication terminal. can do.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (20)

A location-based information message generator for generating a location-based information message combining location information of a predetermined place and a notification message for the predetermined place; And a receiver selector configured to receive a telephone number of a receiver terminal to receive the location-based information message. A message storage unit for storing the location-based information message; A positioning unit for checking a position of the receiver terminal; And a message notification unit for transmitting the location-based information message stored in the message storage unit to the receiver terminal when it is confirmed that the receiver terminal is located at the predetermined place through the location checking unit. A receiver terminal receiving the location-based information message created in the caller terminal from the information notification server; And And a mobile communication system for providing a communication service between the sender terminal and the receiver terminal and the information notification server. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information of the predetermined place, And generating at least one of a method of selecting the predetermined place from a satellite picture provided to the caller terminal, a method of confirming a current position of the caller terminal through GPS, and a method of directly inputting latitude and longitude information. Message delivery system comprising location information. The method of claim 1, wherein the caller terminal further comprises a camera unit, And the location-based information message generator includes location information, wherein the location-based information message includes a picture taken by the camera. The method of claim 1, wherein the location check unit of the information notification server, And the location information of the receiver terminal is identified through a base station identifier of the receiver terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the location check unit of the information notification server, And a location identifier, wherein the location of the receiver terminal is confirmed through a location identifier provided through GPS. The method of claim 1, wherein the caller terminal, Further comprising a reception condition input unit for receiving the reception condition information including at least one of a reception time or a reception valid period, The location based message generator includes the reception condition information in the location based information message, And the information notification server transmits the location-based information message to the receiver terminal when it matches the reception condition information. The method of claim 1, wherein the caller terminal, Further includes acquaintance level classifications, The acquaintance level classification unit includes a location information, characterized in that to classify the intimacy level according to the call history between each party and the caller stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein the call history, And at least one of a call time, a call frequency, and a message transmission / reception frequency between the caller and each counterpart stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal. The method of claim 8, wherein the intimacy level is, When the average talk time between the caller and the counterpart stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal is calculated, and the talk time is shorter than the average talk time for each counterpart, the talk time index is "0". If the talk time is longer than the interval, the talk time index is displayed as "1" The average frequency of calls made between the caller and the counterparts stored in the telephone number database of the calling party terminal is calculated, and when the counter frequency is smaller than the average call frequency for each counterpart, the call frequency index is "0". If you have a higher frequency, display the frequency index as "1". The average message transmission and reception frequency between the caller and the counterpart stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal is calculated. If the message transmission frequency is larger than the average message transmission frequency, the message transmission frequency index is indicated by "1", And a location information for calculating a sum total of a talk time index, a talk frequency index, and a message transmission / reception frequency index displayed for each counterpart and classifying the sum based on the calculated sum. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiver selection unit, And at least one group of intimacy levels classified by the intimacy level classification unit to determine a receiver. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises a message transmission center, And the message transmission center transmits the location-based information message to the receiver terminal in the form of an SMS or an MMS in association with an information message notification unit of the information notification server. A first step of the caller terminal generating a location-based information message combining location information of a predetermined place and a notification message for the predetermined place; A second step of receiving, by the calling terminal, a receiver's telephone number of the location-based information message; A third step of receiving and storing, by the information notification server, the generated location based information message and the recipient telephone number; A fourth step of the information notification server confirming that a receiver terminal corresponding to a receiver telephone number of the location-based information message is located at the predetermined place; And And a fifth step of receiving, by the receiver terminal, the location-based information message. The method of claim 12, wherein the location information of the first step, And generating at least one of a method of selecting the predetermined place from a satellite picture provided to the caller terminal, a method of confirming a current position of the caller terminal through GPS, and a method of directly inputting latitude and longitude information. A message transmission method comprising location information. The method of claim 12, wherein the fourth step, And determining the location of the receiver terminal through a base station identifier of the receiver terminal. The method of claim 12, wherein the fourth step, The method of claim 1, wherein the location of the receiver terminal is confirmed through a location identifier provided through GPS. The method of claim 12, wherein the first step, A sixth step of receiving reception condition information including at least one of a reception time and a reception valid period; And wherein the fourth step transmits the location-based information message to the receiver terminal when the reception condition information is matched. The method of claim 12, wherein the second step, And at least one of intimacy level groups classified according to call history between each counterpart and the caller stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal. The method of claim 17, wherein the call history, And at least one of a call time, a call frequency, and a message transmission / reception frequency between the caller and each counterpart stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal. The method of claim 18, wherein the intimacy level is The average talk time between the caller and the counterparts stored in the phone number database of the caller terminal is calculated. If there is more talk time, the talk time index is displayed as "1". The average frequency of calls made between the caller and the counterparts stored in the telephone number database of the calling party terminal is calculated, and when the counter frequency is smaller than the average call frequency for each counterpart, the call frequency index is "0". If you have a higher frequency, display the frequency index as "1". The average message transmission and reception frequency between the caller and the counterpart stored in the telephone number database of the caller terminal is calculated. If the message transmission frequency is larger than the average message transmission frequency, the message transmission frequency index is indicated by "1", And a location information for calculating a sum total of a talk time index, a talk frequency index, and a message transmission / reception frequency index displayed for each counterpart and classifying the sum based on the calculated sum. The method of claim 12, wherein the fifth step, The message transmission center of the mobile communication system transmits the location-based information message to the receiver terminal in the form of SMS or MMS in association with the information notification server.

Images