KR100754823B1 - Method And System for Providing Destination Arrival Notification Service for Aircraft Passenger - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for notification of arrival of a destination for an aircraft passenger.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a notification of arrival of a destination of an aircraft passenger to a mobile communication terminal using a mobile communication network, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving telephone number setting information from a mobile communication terminal; (b) receiving aircraft arrival information from the airline server; And (c) transmitting the aircraft arrival information to a preset phone number using an SMS server.

According to the present invention, by automatically providing the flight arrival information to the preset family, friends or lovers' phone number when the aircraft arrives at the destination, the family, friends or lovers can be assured that the passengers using the aircraft have arrived safely at the destination. It can be effective.

Arrival, notification, travel, destination, aircraft

Description

Method and System for Providing Destination Arrival Notification Service for Aircraft Passenger}

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a destination arrival notification service system of an aircraft passenger according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for notifying arrival of a destination of an aircraft passenger according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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110: mobile communication terminal 120: mobile communication network

130: aircraft arrival notification server 140: aircraft arrival information database

150: SMS server 160: airline server

170: airline terminal

The present invention relates to a method and system for notification of arrival of a destination for an aircraft passenger. More specifically, when the aircraft arrives at its destination by interworking with the airline server and the SMS server, the aircraft arrival information including the arrival time, date, place name and airport name of the aircraft is automatically sent to the preset family, friends or lovers' phone numbers. To a method and system for notification services.

In recent years, people are getting busy, and ways to increase the convenience of their lives have been devised, such as destination arrival notification service and device.

In the conventional destination arrival notification service, when a user registers a destination and an appointment partner using a mobile communication terminal and moves to an appointment location, when the user arrives near the appointment location, the user and the other party's mobile communication terminal are notified of the arrival. Is a destination arrival notification service method, and when a user registers a destination through a mobile communication terminal, the service user traces a route until arriving at the destination through a GPS or LBS service system, and when the user arrives near the destination, There was a service that signals the arrival.

In addition, referring to the conventional destination arrival notification device, the base station communication system transmits the ticket issuance data that can be obtained when operating a means of transportation, such as a high-speed train, bus, etc., and the mobile communication system via the satellite communication network There is also a destination notification information transmission and reception apparatus using a satellite communication network for receiving a ticket ticketing data and navigation data (location information) to notify a passenger of the destination by driving a destination notification device provided in a seat close to the destination. Or, the user of the mobile communication device inputs the destination in advance, receives the current location information of the mobile communication terminal or the mobile communication device from the GPS satellite or the mobile communication base station, compares the current location with the destination, and when the user arrives within the corresponding range of the hearing and visual To your destination There is a terminal device to give to take.

However, all of these technologies are for domestic destinations only, and destination arrival notification service is not provided for passengers using the aircraft. In general, when traveling or traveling on a domestic or overseas plane using an aircraft, family, friends or lovers worry about the safety of the other party. In particular, when traveling long distances overseas by using an aircraft, there is currently no way to check whether the other party has arrived at the destination, the only way is to wait until the first contact from the other party. Therefore, there is a need for a method for confirming whether passengers using an aircraft have arrived safely at their destinations.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention, in connection with the airline server and SMS server, when the aircraft arrives at the destination, the arrival time, date, place name and airport name of the aircraft to a predetermined number of family, friends or lovers, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for automatically notifying the arrival of aircraft information, including.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for providing a notification of arrival of a destination of an aircraft passenger to a mobile communication terminal using a mobile communication network, the method comprising: (a) receiving telephone number setting information from a mobile communication terminal; (b) receiving aircraft arrival information from the airline server; And (c) transmitting the aircraft arrival information to a preset phone number using an SMS server.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, in a mobile communication system comprising a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication network for providing a mobile communication service, providing a destination arrival notification service of an aircraft passenger using the mobile communication network to the mobile communication terminal, An airline terminal for generating aircraft arrival information and transmitting the same to an airline server; An airline server which receives the aircraft arrival information from the airline terminal and transmits the aircraft arrival information to the aircraft arrival notification server; And the aircraft arrival notification server for receiving telephone number setting information from a mobile communication terminal, receiving aircraft arrival information from an airline server, and transmitting the aircraft arrival information to a predetermined telephone number using an SMS server. Provides a system for providing a notification of arrival of a destination of an aircraft passenger.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a system for notifying arrival of a destination of an aircraft passenger according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an automatic notification service system according to arrival of a passenger in an aircraft includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a mobile communication network 120, an aircraft arrival notification server 130, an aircraft arrival information database 140, and an SMS. (Short Message Service) server 150, airline server 160 and airline terminal 170.

The mobile communication terminal 110 is connected to the mobile communication network 120 to perform normal voice call and data communication by wireless communication, and is provided with a wireless internet access program to access the aircraft arrival notification server 130 and provide the passenger with the aircraft. By setting the phone number for receiving the destination arrival notification service of the, serves to receive the aircraft arrival information from the aircraft arrival notification server 130.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 110 executes a wireless Internet access program according to a user's key operation and is wirelessly connected to the mobile communication network 120 to be connected to the aircraft arrival notification server 130. Set the phone number of the family, friends or lovers for receiving the destination arrival notification of the service, and receives the aircraft arrival information from the aircraft arrival notification server 130 and outputs the screen. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 stores the received aircraft arrival information in a memory unit, and if desired by the user, generates a control signal for retrieving the received aircraft arrival information according to a key operation and controls the memory unit to arrive at the stored aircraft. You can retrieve the information again at any time.

The mobile communication terminal 110 may include a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a hand-held PC, a global system for mobile (GSM) phone, and a wideband CDMA (W-CDMA). ), A CDMA-2000 phone, a mobile broadband system (MBS) phone, and the like. Here, MBS phone refers to a mobile phone to be used in the fourth generation system currently being discussed.

The mobile communication network 120 includes a wireless base station 122, a mobile switching center (MSC) 124, a data core network (DCN) 126, and a home location register (HLR). It includes 128, and is connected wirelessly to the mobile communication terminal 110, connected to the aircraft arrival notification server 130, the mobile communication terminal 110 is a voice communication service, wireless data service or wireless Internet service, message service To perform various functions such as to perform a mobile communication service.

Here, the radio base station 122 performs a location registration function, a function of allocating a radio channel, various functions required for radio call processing such as handoff, and the like. The mobile communication switching center 124 performs basic and additional service processing for providing a voice communication service, incoming and outgoing call processing of a subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, and interworking with other networks.

The Home Location Register (HLR) 128 is a database that stores service profiles related to mobile subscriber information, and includes a mobile identification number (MIN) of the mobile communication terminal 110 and a unique terminal. Stores subscriber information by storing information about an electronic serial number (ESN) and service type.

The data core network 126 is a high-speed data service for providing a packet data communication service, an internet / intranet access service, a virtual private network (VPN) access service, a simple IP and a mobile IP service. , PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) authentication, billing and packet compression.

Aircraft arrival notification server 130 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention receives the phone number setting information from the mobile communication terminal 110, receives the aircraft arrival information from the airline server 160, SMS server ( 150) to transmit aircraft arrival information.

The aircraft arrival notification server 130 receives phone number setting information of a family, a friend or a lover for receiving a flight arrival notification service of an aircraft passenger from the mobile communication terminal 110 and stores it in the aircraft arrival information database 140. In addition, the aircraft arrival notification server 130 receives the aircraft arrival information including the flight arrival time, date, place name and airport name from the airline server 160, and stores in the aircraft arrival information database 140 and the SMS server 150 ) To send the flight arrival information to the preset phone number.

The aircraft arrival information database 140 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention performs a function of receiving and storing telephone number setting information and aircraft arrival information from the aircraft arrival notification server 130.

The SMS server 150 is connected to the aircraft arrival notification server 130 and performs a function of delivering the aircraft arrival information including the arrival time, date, place name and airport name of the aircraft to the mobile communication terminal 110. If the flight arrival information requested by the flight arrival notification server 130 is not immediately transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 110, the time specified by the flight arrival notification server 130 or the mobile communication terminal 110 may be received. It is stored in the SMS server 150 until the state is reached. When the mobile communication terminal 110 confirms that the aircraft arrival information transmitted by the aircraft arrival notification server 130 is received by the mobile communication terminal 110, it is deleted by the SMS server 150 and is valid after a predetermined time elapses or designated by the aircraft arrival notification server 130. Request signals not delivered by time are discarded.

The airline server 160 is interlocked with the aircraft arrival notification server 130 and receives the aircraft arrival information including the flight arrival time, date, place name and airport name from the airline terminal 170, the aircraft arrival notification server 130 Receive the function to send.

The airline terminal 170 is a terminal operated by an airline, which refers to a computer that accesses the Internet by executing an Internet access program according to a user's key operation, and accesses the airline server 160 using the Internet. It may be any one of a laptop computer, and has a web browser for accessing the Internet, a memory for storing a program, a controller for executing a program, operation, and control. The airline terminal 170 outputs the aircraft arrival information including the arrival time, date, place name, airport name, etc. of the aircraft and transmits it to the airline server 160 using the Internet.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for notifying arrival of a destination of an aircraft passenger according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The aircraft arrival notification server 130 receives phone number setting information of a family, a friend, or a lover for receiving a flight arrival notification service of an aircraft passenger from the mobile communication terminal 110 and stores it in the aircraft arrival information database (S210). For example, when a family member or friend of the surroundings uses the aircraft, the user sets a phone number of a family member or a friend's phone number to receive a flight arrival notification service of an aircraft passenger.

When the aircraft arrives at the destination from the airline terminal 170, the airline server 160 receives the aircraft arrival information including the arrival time, date, place name and airport name of the aircraft and transmits it to the aircraft arrival notification server 130. For example, when an airplane with a destination of Japan arrives at the airport, the airline uses the airline terminal 170 to connect to the airline server 160 to arrive at the aircraft arrival time (14:30), date (January 24, 2006), and place name (Osaka). ) And the airport arrival information including the airport name (Kansai Airport) and the like, the airline server 160 transmits the aircraft arrival information to the aircraft arrival notification server 130.

The aircraft arrival notification server 130 receives the aircraft arrival information from the airline server 160 (S220), and stores the aircraft arrival information in the aircraft arrival information database 140 (S230).

The flight arrival notification server 130 transmits the flight arrival information to a preset phone number using the SMS server 150 (S240). For example, when a Japanese aircraft arrives at the airport, the flight arrival notification server 130 may call the prearranged phone number “The aircraft arrived safely at 14:30 at Osaka Kansai Airport on January 24, 2006.” Send it.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the aircraft arrives at the destination, the flight information is automatically provided to the preset family, friend or lover's phone number, so that the family, friend or lover can safely pass the passenger to the destination. Recognizing that you have arrived, you can rest assured.

Claims (7)

In the method using the aircraft arrival notification server for providing the destination arrival notification service of the aircraft passengers to the mobile communication terminal using a mobile communication network, the aircraft arrival notification server, (a) receiving telephone number setting information from the mobile communication terminal (b) receiving aircraft arrival information from the airline server; and (c) transmitting the aircraft arrival information to a preset telephone number using an SMS server; Method of providing a destination arrival notification service of an aircraft passenger comprising a. The method of claim 1, The aircraft arrival notification server after the step (a), (a1) storing the telephone number setting information in an aircraft arrival information database Method for providing a destination arrival notification service of an aircraft passenger further comprising a. The method of claim 2, And the aircraft arrival notification server changes the phone number setting information according to a request of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, After the aircraft arrival notification server, the step (b), (b1) storing the aircraft arrival information in an aircraft arrival information database Method for providing a destination arrival notification service of the aircraft passengers further comprising a. A mobile communication system including a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication network providing a mobile communication service, and providing a destination arrival notification service of an aircraft passenger using the mobile communication network to the mobile communication terminal, An airline terminal for generating aircraft arrival information and transmitting the same to an airline server; The airline server that receives the aircraft arrival information from the airline terminal and transmits the aircraft arrival notification server; And The aircraft arrival notification server for receiving telephone number setting information from the mobile communication terminal, receiving the aircraft arrival information from the airline server, and transmitting the aircraft arrival information to a predetermined telephone number using an SMS server. The destination arrival notification service providing system of an aircraft passenger comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein in the system: The mobile communication terminal receives and stores the arrival information of the aircraft and outputs the destination arrival notification service for the passenger of the aircraft, characterized in that for output again at the request of the user. The system of claim 5, wherein the system is And a plane arrival information database for storing the phone number setting information and the plane arrival information.

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