KR100768592B1 - Method for measuring location of destination from mobile phone using sms in a portable communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a location inquiry method using SMS in a mobile communication network. That is, according to the present invention, in a location inquiry service using SMS in a mobile communication network, a code assigned to each other or a code of a specific destination building or a mall to be located using a high utilization of SMS in a mobile communication terminal is located on a mobile communication network location. Sending to the inquiry server, the location inquiry server receives the location information on the terminal and the corresponding destination or the mapping information between the terminal and the destination, so that the SMS in the mobile communication terminal without additional costs due to wireless Internet access The convenience of user's convenience is greatly increased by using the convenient location inquiry service.

Positioning, LBS, SMS, destination, code

Description

METHODS FOR MEASURING LOCATION OF DESTINATION FROM MOBILE PHONE USING SMS IN A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION NETWORK}

1 is a configuration diagram of an LBS system in a mobile communication network to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a location inquiry operation control using SMS in an LBS system in a mobile communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Brief description of the major symbols in the drawings>

100: MS 102: BTS

104: BSC 106: MSC

108: PDE 110: MPC

112: LBSP 114: SMSC

116: HLR

The present invention relates to a location inquiry method in a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to a location inquiry method in a mobile communication network for easily serving location information of a specific destination building to be located using a short message service (SMS) in a mobile communication network. .

In recent years, mobile communication terminals have been expanded to multimedia terminals such as digital camera shooting and MP3 music files by being equipped with a built-in camera or memory as well as a simple voice call function. In addition to providing a communication service for voice communication, the various services are also being developed for creating new accommodations using multimedia functions newly installed in mobile terminals.

One of such additional services is a location inquiry service that can receive location information on a destination to be searched using a mobile communication terminal. The location inquiry service is a service that can easily receive destination information of a specific region through a mobile communication terminal, and is expected to be greatly increased due to its convenience.

On the other hand, the location query as described above is to measure the location of the mobile communication terminal requesting a location query, GPS and Cell-ID method is used to obtain the location information of the terminal requesting a location query. First of all, the GPS method calculates the location of the subscriber by using the GPS information transmitted from the terminal by the LBS system (MPC, PDE) when the location inquiry about the terminal on which the GPS module is mounted, and then transmits to the location server (LBSP) . In addition, in the case of the Cell-ID method, for a terminal without a GPS module, the home location register (HLR) acquires the cell information of the base station where the subscriber is located through the exchange (MSC), and sends it to the location server (LBSP). Send it for use.

However, for the location inquiry service using the conventional mobile communication terminal, the user accesses the wireless Internet using his mobile communication terminal, and is provided through various levels of menus. There was a problem that the cost of using the service is burdensome, such as additional burden.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for retrieving a location in a mobile communication network that conveniently services location information of a specific destination building to be relocated using SMS in a mobile communication network.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a location query method using the SMS in the LBS system in a mobile communication network including a user terminal, SMSC, LBS server and LBSP, (a) the SMSC requests a location query from the user terminal Receiving an SMS message including specific destination code information, (b) transmitting an SMS message including the destination code information requested by the SMSC to the LBS server, and (c) the LBS; Analyzing, by the server, the SMS message, detecting destination information corresponding to the destination code information, performing location positioning on the user terminal, and transmitting location information and the destination information of the user terminal to the LBSP; (d) The LBSP uses the location information and the destination information of the user terminal to establish a connection between the user terminal and the destination. Phase and, (e) generating a map information that is characterized by including the step of the LBSP is sending the user terminal and the object span Map information to the user of the mobile communication terminal.

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

1 illustrates an LBS system configuration of a mobile communication network to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile station (MS) 100 is a user interface device, and when a location inquiry service request for a specific destination is requested from a user, destination code information required for location inquiry is transmitted through SMS. Request location search service by transmitting to LBS system in mobile communication network.

The base transceiver station (BTS) 102 is a device configured as a wireless transceiver and transmits / receives voice calls and packet data through a wireless link with a mobile communication terminal 100 in a radio access network (RAN).

The base station controller (BSC) 104 manages a plurality of BTSs 102 and is responsible for radio channel setup, frequency hopping, and handover processing. The Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 106 is responsible for mobility management, location registration / management, authentication, handover, roaming, etc. of the MS 100.

Location Based Service Platform (LBSP) 112 generates map information between the terminal and the destination by using the location information of the specific destination and the terminal that are requested for location lookup from the mobile communication terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention in the LBS system as described above, when there is a destination location inquiry service request using an SMS from a mobile communication terminal user in a mobile communication network, the LBS server 110 analyzes the SMS contents and requests a user terminal number for requesting a location inquiry. Detect and destination information, and transmits it to the LBSP 112 to confirm the location information of the destination requesting the location inquiry with the user mobile communication terminal (100). Then, the LBSP 112 detects the user terminal and the corresponding destination location information, generates the map information mapped between the terminal and the destination, and then maps the mapped map information from the mobile terminal 100 to the destination. It transmits to the mobile communication terminal 100.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a location control service operation control flow using a code or a mutual name in an LBS system of a mobile communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, when there is a location inquiry service request using an SMS for a specific destination from the user of the mobile communication terminal 100, the SMS transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100 is received by the SMSC 114 (S200), and the LBS server 110. Is transmitted (S202).

In this case, the SMS for querying the specific destination location may be input after selecting a location query service function on the mobile communication terminal 100 and recognized by the SMSC 114 as an SMS for location search service. In addition, the destination information is input as code information allocated for identification of a destination that is a location search target using the mobile communication terminal 100, and stored in association with the corresponding destination information in the LBS server 110 to be stored in the LBS server 110. It may be recognized in, or may be transmitted as a unique business name of the corresponding destination, and the business name is previously stored in the LBS server 110 and may be recognized by the LBS server 110.

Then, the LBS server 110 analyzes the SMS and performs positioning on the user terminal number that requested the location inquiry (S204), and detects the destination information corresponding to the destination code (S206). In order to check the location information of the destination requesting the location inquiry with the user mobile communication terminal 100, it is transmitted to the LBSP 112 (S208).

The LBSP 112 detects the user terminal and the corresponding destination location information, and then generates the map information mapped between the terminal and the destination (S210). The map information may be displayed as a map between the terminal and the destination on the display unit of the user mobile communication terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 3.

In this case, the LBSP 112 is provided with the location information of the mobile communication terminal 100 requesting a location inquiry from the MPC 110, the MPC 110, when requesting the location information of the mobile communication terminal from the LBSP 112 HLR (116) Receive the MSC (106) information registered by the subscriber from the terminal to obtain the location information of the terminal and provide it to the LBSP (112).

Subsequently, the LBSP 112 transmits the mapped map information from the mobile communication terminal 100 to the destination to the mobile communication terminal 100 of the corresponding user (S212).

As described above, in the present invention, in a location lookup service using SMS in a mobile communication network, the mobile terminal is assigned to each other or to each other of a specific destination building or mall to be located using a high utilization of SMS. By transmitting the code to the location lookup server on the mobile communication network, the location lookup server receives the location information for the terminal and the corresponding destination or the mapping information between the terminal and the destination, without additional costs due to wireless Internet access, Convenient location inquiry service using SMS in mobile communication terminal greatly increases user convenience.

Meanwhile, in the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. That is, according to the embodiment of the present invention, for example, the SMS for querying the specific destination location may be input after selecting a location query service function on the mobile communication terminal and recognized as an SMS for the location search service in the SMSC. Explained. However, the LBS server can be executed by sending an SMS to a specific number previously assigned to the incoming call number, where the LBS server receives the SMS from the mobile communication terminal to the designated number, and provides a location inquiry service from the mobile communication terminal. It can also be implemented to recognize it as a request. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the claims rather than by the described embodiments.

As described above, in the present invention, in a location inquiry service using SMS in a mobile communication network, a code assigned to each other or to each other of a specific destination building or a mall to be searched for a location using SMS having high utilization in a mobile communication terminal By transmitting to the location lookup server on the mobile communication network, and the location lookup server that receives it to provide the location information for the terminal and the corresponding destination or the mapping information between the terminal and the destination, without the additional cost of the wireless Internet access, Convenient location inquiry service using SMS in the communication terminal has the advantage of greatly increasing the convenience of the user.

Claims (4)

A location inquiry method using SMS in an LBS system in a mobile communication network including a user terminal, an SMSC, an LBS server, and an LBSP, (a) receiving, by the SMSC, an SMS message including specific destination code information for requesting a location inquiry from the user terminal; (b) the SMSC transmitting an SMS message including the destination code information requested for the location inquiry to the LBS server; (c) the LBS server analyzes the SMS message, detects destination information corresponding to the destination code information, performs location positioning on the user terminal, and stores the location information and the destination information of the user terminal in the LBSP; Transmitting to a; (d) generating, by the LBSP, map information mapped between the user terminal and the destination using location information of the user terminal and the destination information; (e) the LBSP transmitting the direction information between the user terminal and the destination to the mobile communication terminal of the user; Location query method using SMS in a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, The destination code information, Using SMS in a mobile communication network, the code information allocated for identification of a destination to be referred to a location using the mobile communication terminal is stored in association with the corresponding destination information in the LBS server and recognized by the LBS server. How to look up location. The method of claim 1, The destination code information may be transmitted as a unique business name of the corresponding destination, and the business name is stored in the LBS server in advance and recognized by the LBS server. The method of claim 1, The location inquiry service may also be executed through SMS transmission to a specific number previously assigned to the LBS server call destination number, and the LBS server requests a location inquiry service from the mobile communication terminal upon receiving an SMS to the designated number. Location query method using SMS in the mobile communication network, characterized in that the recognition.

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