KR100718802B1 - System for distplaying caller position using location based service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a caller location display system and method using a location-based service for providing the location information on the calling terminal to the called terminal.

The system according to the present invention is a mobile communication system for notifying a destination terminal of geographic recognition information corresponding to a location of a calling terminal, wherein the mobile communication system detects terminal location data of the calling terminal, And a location information service system for converting location data into textual geographic recognition information to assume a caller's location, and transmitting and controlling the geographic recognition information to the called terminal based on the location information service device.

Therefore, the present invention detects the terminal location data of the calling terminal in response to the caller's service registration request, generates the textual geographic recognition information corresponding to the terminal location data, and then applies the geographic recognition information at the caller's call request. By providing to the called terminal, there is an effect of notifying the caller's location without using the data call of the wireless Internet.

Calling terminal, location information, text information, TIIS, MPC, LBS, home location register

Description

Caller location display system and method using location-based service {SYSTEM FOR DISTPLAYING CALLER POSITION USING LOCATION BASED SERVICE AND METHOD THEREOF}

1 is a block diagram showing a caller location display system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart for explaining the main operation of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a display window of a called terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main drawings>

101: mobile communication system 103: location information service system

105: outgoing exchange 107: incoming exchange

109: home location register 111: management server

113: position acquisition server 115: positioning server

117: location-based service server 119: database

121: calling terminal 123: called terminal

The present invention relates to a location-based service of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a caller location display system using a location-based service that can display information that allows a caller to determine the location of a caller when a call is requested by the caller. And to a method.

Recently, according to the development of wireless communication technology and the increase in the number of mobile communication terminal subscribers, a location-based service (Location-Based Service: LBS) providing a requested service centering on the location of a client (mobile communication terminal) Are of interest to mobile telecommunications equipment companies, database and application software manufacturers.

LBS may be defined as an application system and a service that accurately locates and utilizes a location of a person or a thing based on a wireless communication network. Starting with the technology of locating clients on a base station basis, LBS has been evolving into a technology that uses GPS to further understand the user's location and provide various information, maps, entertainment, etc. according to the location. LBS can be used to provide services such as location and tracking, emergency rescue, incident response, traffic information, tour guides, on-site ticketing and shopping, and traffic information services are already commercialized.

A mobile communication system capable of accurately determining the location of a terminal user using such a location-based service has been implemented. Looking at the implementation of location-based services in a mobile communication system, first, a plurality of mobile stations and a wireless network operator server having a device capable of transmitting mobile terminal location data to a wireless network operator server and wirelessly communicating with the wireless network operator server are described. And a plurality of mobile communication terminals through a wireless network operator server.

Mobile station location information management means for storing and managing terminal location data of the mobile station received from the mobile station through the wireless network operator server in a database; User location information management means for receiving terminal location data and service requirements of a mobile communication terminal to use a service provided by the mobile station through a wireless network operator server and storing and managing them in a database; A shortest distance mobile station selecting means for extracting one or a plurality of mobile stations adjacent to the mobile communication terminal user according to a service request of the mobile communication terminal user; In accordance with the service request of the mobile terminal user, the mobile terminal generates customer connection information including the terminal location data of the mobile terminal, service requirements, the mobile terminal number and the telephone number of the location-based customer connection service system. And customer connection information generating means for transmitting customer connection information to one or a plurality of mobile stations extracted through the.

Such a service system has an advantage of providing a service desired by a customer in a short time by directly connecting a mobile service provider such as a mobile store, a taxi, and the like with a mobile terminal user without a customer center. In addition, by mounting a common mobile communication terminal without a separate control device (location information transmitting and receiving device, etc.) to the mobile station, the mobile station is connected to the customer requesting the service in real time, thereby providing the mobile station with the shortest distance from the service requester. Can be accurately detected to increase the efficiency of location-based customer connection services.

Nevertheless, the location-based services described above are substantially low in utilization resulting in reconsideration of commercial value. That is, the burden of using the service is increased by interworking with a separate provider to implement the service, and the use of location information is limited to the mobile service provider, which makes it difficult to activate the contents. Therefore, there is a need to reduce the burden on location-based services and to establish a system that can guarantee service activation.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a location information transmission service that can reduce the user's use of the location-based service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a location information transmission service system that is easy to implement a service using a nickname service of a mobile communication terminal, and does not incur additional additional costs for system implementation.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a service capable of providing a caller's location faster in an emergency situation by starting the location information transmission service together with the incoming ring.

A caller location display system using a location-based service according to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a mobile communication system for notifying a destination terminal of information for determining the location of a caller terminal, the mobile communication; The system includes a location information service system for detecting terminal location data for the calling terminal, converting the terminal location data into textual geographic recognition information, and assuming a caller's location. Based on, the geographical recognition information is characterized in that the transmission control to the destination terminal.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication system includes an originating exchange provided in an area in which the originating terminal is located and a destination exchange provided in an area in which the called terminal is located, and receives a service request of the originating terminal. And a home location register (HLR) for registering and transmitting information for determining the location of the calling terminal based on the service registration to the called terminal through each exchange.

The apparatus for location information service may include a location-based service server (LBS) for extracting cell location data of a cell unit for a mobile communication terminal in association with a location-related system in a mobile communication network; A positioning server (PDE: Positioning Determining Entity) for collecting and managing the terminal location data extracted from the location-based service server and retrieving the terminal location data for the originating terminal based on the terminal location data; A location acquisition server (MPC: Mobile) for instructing terminal location data search for a corresponding calling terminal from the positioning server in response to a location information search request of the home location register, and receiving and managing terminal location data corresponding to a search result. Positioning Center); And receiving a terminal location data according to a search result of the location acquisition server, and converting the terminal location data into textual geographic recognition information and transmitting the converted location information to the home location register.

In addition, the location-based service server, characterized in that it further comprises a charging processing means of the location-based service for the terminal location data search for the originating terminal.

In addition, the management server, it is characterized in that the TIIS (Telephony & IP Integration System) capable of implementing additional services such as message call service, lettering service, nickname service.

On the other hand, the caller location display method using the location-based service according to the second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a method of operating a mobile communication system for notifying the called party of the caller location, a) of the calling terminal A service registration step for notifying a geographical location; b) extracting terminal location data for the calling terminal; c) generating textual geographic recognition information corresponding to the terminal location data; And d) providing the geographical recognition information to the called terminal when the call request is made by the calling terminal.

According to a preferred embodiment, the step a) comprises: a-1) making a service request using a feature code of the calling terminal; And a-2) performing a service registration by the home location register of the mobile communication system.

In addition, the step b), b-1) a location-based service server (LBS) to extract the terminal location data of the terminal through a location-related system; b-2) collecting and managing terminal location data of the terminal; And b-3) detecting terminal location data of the calling terminal requested to register the service.

In addition, the terminal location data is characterized in that it comprises the caller information for the calling terminal.

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

First, the caller location display system of the present invention is a service system that detects terminal location data for determining the location of a calling terminal, and then transmits textual geographic recognition information corresponding to the terminal location data to the called terminal. Such a service system, when the calling terminal requests a call to the called terminal, the information for determining the location of the calling terminal is displayed on the display window of the called terminal. In addition, the information for determining the location of the calling terminal, that is, geographical recognition information indicating the location of the calling party, may be displayed together with the calling party information (CID) to the called terminal. Accordingly, the called party can recognize the caller and the location of the caller who requests the call to the called terminal together with the called ring.

1 is a configuration diagram showing the caller location display system described above. As shown, the calling terminal 121 for requesting a call with the called terminal 123 together with the service request for the caller location indication; After setting up a call path between the calling terminal 121 and the called terminal 123 and receiving information for determining the location of the calling terminal 121 in response to the service request of the calling terminal 121, A mobile communication system 101 for controlling transmission of geographic recognition information, which is information for identifying a location of the terminal 121, to the called terminal 123; In connection with the mobile communication system 101, the terminal position data of the cell unit for the calling terminal 121 is detected, and the terminal position data is converted into textual geographic recognition information to the caller's position. It is comprised with the location information service system 103 for assuming.

The textual geographic recognition information is preferably a geographical name or a general name as a general name, and such geographic recognition information is displayed on the display window of the called terminal 123 and provided together with a call request for the calling terminal 121. do. The textual geographic recognition information is updated according to the geographical displacement of the calling terminal 121.

The mobile communication system 101 includes an originating exchange 105 provided as an area in which the originating terminal 121 is located and a destination exchange 107 provided as an area in which the called terminal 123 is located. Receives and registers the service request of the calling terminal 121 through 105, and transmits the geographical recognition information of the calling terminal 121 to the called terminal 123 through the called exchange 107 based on the service registration. A home location register (HLR) 109 for transmission.

The home location register 109 may include caller information (CID), including geographical recognition information of the calling terminal 121. The geographical recognition information is a textual geographical name and corresponds to a unique number of a relay device of a corresponding cell in which the calling terminal 121 is located.

Meanwhile, the location information service system 103 extracts cell location data of a cell unit for a mobile communication terminal by interworking with a location-related system (relay, base station or GPS) in a mobile communication network, and operates and charges location-based services. Location-based service server (LBS: Location-Based Service: 117), and collects and manages the terminal location data extracted from the location-based service server 117, the originating terminal 121 based on the terminal location data Positioning Determining Entity (PDE: 115) for retrieving terminal position data for the mobile station; and in response to the location information retrieval request of the home location register 109, the positioning server 115 to the originating terminal. A position acquisition server (MPC: Mobile Positioning Center: 11) for instructing terminal position data search for receiving and receiving and managing terminal position data corresponding to the search result; 3) and a management server for receiving the terminal location data according to the search result of the location acquisition server 113, converting the terminal location data into textual geographic recognition information and transmitting it to the home location register 109. It consists of 111.

The management server 111 provides the textual geographic recognition information to the home location register 109 and updates the corresponding location information according to the displacement of the calling terminal 121. In consideration of this aspect, the management server 111 may be applied to a telephony & IP integration system (TIIS) for implementing additional services such as a message call service, a lettering service, and a nickname service.

Meanwhile, the management server 111 has a conversion algorithm for converting terminal location data into geographic recognition information and tabulated data conversion information, but stores geographic recognition information corresponding to the terminal location data as shown. Of course, it can be linked with the database 119.

The terminal location data is a coordinate code or a corresponding code provided from a repeater, a base station, a GPS, and the like, and the geographical recognition information is a geographical name, an administrative area, etc. for a coordinate referred to through the terminal location data. The geographic name or administrative district may include a local name, a shopping name, a road name, and the like.

2 is a flowchart for explaining the main operation of the present invention. As shown, in step S201 the calling terminal 121 performs a service request for displaying the caller's location. The service application can be easily made using a key button provided in the calling terminal 121. For example, the user may enter the service registration setting by inputting "* 80" using the key button of the calling terminal 121. Alternatively, a user may execute service deregistration by inputting the key button "* 800".

The calling terminal 121 requests a call with the called terminal 123 together with the service request. As such, the service request of the originating terminal 121 is provided to the home location register 109 via the originating exchange 105. In step S203, the home location register 109 executes service registration for the calling terminal 121. In addition, the home location register 109 requests the terminal location data for the originating terminal 121 to the location acquisition server 113. To this end, the home location register 109 provides the terminal location data request signal including the terminal information (eg, terminal unique number) of the calling terminal 121 to the location acquisition server 113.

The location acquisition server 113 retrieves the terminal location data for the terminal previously stored in the location server 115 in response to the terminal location data search request. In this case, the terminal location data stored in the location server 115 is extracted by the location-based service server 117. Therefore, the location acquisition server 113 retrieves the terminal location data collected by the location server 115 based on the terminal information on the originating terminal 121.

The terminal position data indicates a terminal position in units of cells divided by a repeater, and the like, and may include coordinates or area codes of a cell in which the calling terminal 121 is located. In step S205, the location acquisition server 113 transmits the coordinates or area code of the cell corresponding to the terminal location data search results to the management server 111. The location acquisition server 113 notifies the location-based service server 117 that the terminal location data search has been completed. The location based service server 117 executes billing according to the location search.

In step S207, the management server 111 extracts the textual geographic recognition information previously stored in the database 119 based on the terminal location data search results. The database 119 holds respective geographical recognition information corresponding to the terminal location data, and extracts any one of the geographical recognition information corresponding to the terminal location data search result. Geographic recognition information is preferably textified. The management server 111 transmits the textual geographic recognition information to the home location register 109.

Here, in transmitting the above-mentioned geographical recognition information, the management server 111, it will be natural to update the corresponding geographical recognition information every time the request of the calling terminal 121. On the other hand, the management server 111 may be updated in real time for the location information. That is, when the calling terminal 121 requests the call of the called terminal 123 in the moving state, it provides real-time geographic recognition information in response to the coordinate change (change of terminal location data) according to the moving state of the calling terminal 121. can do. During the call process between the calling terminal 121 and the called terminal 123, the terminal location data for the calling terminal 121 registered for service in the location information service system 103 is continuously detected, and the terminal position data for This is accomplished by transmitting the detection result to the called terminal 123.

In step S209, the home location register 109 stores the geographical recognition information provided from the management server 111. And, the home location register 109, in response to the call request of the originating terminal 121, requests the destination information on the destination terminal 123 to the destination exchange 107. The destination exchange 107 receives the destination information from the visitor location register (VLR: not shown) and transmits the received information to the home location register 109. The home location register 109 provides the incoming information and the geographical recognition information to the originating exchange 105.

In step S211, the calling exchange 105 establishes a call path between the calling terminal 121 and the called terminal 123 based on the called information. Therefore, as in step S213, the called terminal 123 is set to the call with the calling terminal 121, and receives the geographical recognition information for the calling terminal 121. As shown in (a) of FIG. 3, the caller information indicating the caller's location is displayed on the display window of the called terminal 123 and the caller information (CID) and the caller's geographic information are displayed. can do.

In addition, as shown in (b) of FIG. 3, the caller may recognize the caller's current movement position by displaying the caller's movement in real time.

On the other hand, when the user releases the caller location information service according to the present invention, that is, when a feature code (eg, * 800) for service release is input by using a key button of the calling terminal 121, the home location register. 109 releases service registration. The home location register 109 notifies the location acquisition server 113 of the caller's service release.

At this time, the location acquisition server 113 transmits the corresponding originating terminal information and the service release request signal to the management server 111. The management server 111 sets a flag for stopping the location information search for the terminal in response to the service release request. Therefore, the location information service system 103 terminates the caller location information service.

As described above, the caller location display system and method using the location-based service according to the present invention, in response to the caller's service registration request, detects the terminal location data of the calling terminal, the text corresponding to the terminal location data After generating the geo-recognition information, the geo-recognition information is provided to the called terminal when the caller requests the call, thereby notifying the caller's location without using the data call of the wireless Internet.

In addition, in the present invention, it is possible to provide information indicating the location of the caller using the existing system network, it is possible to minimize the installation cost in the system implementation.

In addition, in the present invention, by providing information indicating the location of the caller when the caller of the call request, it is possible to easily notify the location of the caller when the emergency situation of the caller, thereby protecting the user's identity.

What has been described above is merely an embodiment of the present invention, and is not limited to the embodiment of the present invention, and as claimed in the following claims, without departing from the gist of the present invention, ordinary knowledge in the field to which the present invention belongs. Anyone having the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that various changes can be made.

Claims (11)

A mobile communication system for notifying a called terminal of information indicating a location of a calling terminal, The mobile communication system includes a location information service system for detecting terminal location data of the calling terminal, converting the terminal location data into textual geographic recognition information, and assuming the calling party's location; On the basis of the location information service device, characterized in that for controlling the transmission of the geographical recognition information to the called terminal, The location information service system, A location-based service server (LBS) for extracting terminal location data in units of cells for each mobile communication terminal in association with a location-related system in a mobile communication network; Positioning Determining Entity (PDE: Positioning Determining Entity) for collecting and managing each terminal location data extracted from the location-based service server and retrieving terminal location data for the originating terminal based on each terminal location data managed by the collection management. ); Location acquisition server (MPC) for instructing the terminal location data search for the originating terminal from the positioning server in response to the terminal location data search request of the home location register and receiving and managing the terminal location data corresponding to the search result. Mobile positioning center); And Receives the terminal location data according to the search result of the location acquisition server, and converts the terminal location data into textual geographic recognition information and transmits to the home location register, The management server, In providing the textual geographic recognition information to the home location register, the caller location display system using the location-based service, characterized in that for updating the geographic recognition information according to the movement displacement of the calling terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system, And an originating exchanger provided in an area in which the originating terminal is located and a destination exchanger provided in an area in which the called terminal is located, receiving and registering a service request of the originating terminal, and receiving the geographical recognition information based on service registration. Caller location display system using a location-based service, characterized in that it comprises a home location register (HLR) for transmitting to the destination terminal through each exchange. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based service server, Caller location display system using a location-based service, characterized in that further comprising the charging processing means of the location-based service for the terminal location search of the calling terminal. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the management server, Caller location display system using a location-based service, characterized in that the telephony & IP Integration System (TIIS) that can implement additional services such as message call service, lettering service, nickname service. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, The terminal location data is a coordinate code or a corresponding code provided from a repeater, a base station, a GPS, and the like, and the textual geographic recognition information is a geographical name corresponding to the terminal location data, or a generic name as a general name. Caller location display system using based service. The method of claim 7, wherein the geographic recognition information, Caller location display system using a location-based service, characterized in that it comprises caller information (CID) for the caller terminal. In a method of operating a mobile communication system for notifying the called party of the caller's location, a) a service registration step for notification of information for determining the location of the calling terminal; b) extracting terminal location data for the calling terminal; c) generating textual geographic recognition information corresponding to the terminal location data; And d) providing the geographical recognition information to a corresponding called terminal when a call request of the calling terminal; e) when the calling terminal moves in position, updating the geographical recognition information changed according to the movement displacement of the calling terminal through a location information service system in the mobile communication system and providing the called terminal to the called terminal; Caller location display method using a location-based service. The method of claim 9, wherein step a) comprises: a-1) making a service request using a feature code of the calling terminal; And a-2) a caller location display method using a location-based service, characterized in that the home location register of the mobile communication system performs service registration. The method of claim 9, wherein b) is b-1) extracting, by a location based service server (LBS), terminal location data of each mobile communication terminal through a location related system; b-2) collecting and managing terminal location data of each mobile communication terminal; And b-3) Caller location display method using a location-based service, characterized in that for detecting the terminal location data for the calling terminal requesting service registration.

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