KR100786024B1 - Method and system for providing position informaton of group member - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing various services related to location information and location information of a group member to which the group belongs to a wireless terminal. The present invention includes the steps of registering a subscriber for providing location information as a group member, identifying location information on the registered wireless terminal of the group member, and recognizing the location information on the identified wireless terminal of the group member. And providing the group member to a wireless terminal, wherein the wireless terminal maps and displays the location information of the provided group member on a map so as to be distinguished for each member. . According to the present invention, a subscriber for providing location information may be registered as a group member, and the location information of the registered group member's wireless terminal may be grasped and provided to the wireless terminal of the group member.

Location, group, map, member

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING POSITION INFORMATON OF GROUP MEMBER}

1 is a view showing an interlocking relationship between a wireless terminal and a system for providing location information according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system for providing location information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing location information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service subscription procedure.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service termination procedure.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a group creation, invitation, management, and search procedure.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure for locating group members.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a subscriber's location search and location information transmission procedure.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure for registering a new post in a group bulletin board.

10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a subscriber table.

11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a group list table.

12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a group table.

It is a figure which shows an example of a bulletin board table.

14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an emoticon table.

15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a fortune table.

16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service history table.

17 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying the entire positions of group members.

18 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying detailed positions of group members.

19 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a subscriber's fortune by location.

20 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a group bulletin board.

21 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a biorhythm.

22 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a friendship index of a subscriber.

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200: location information providing system

210: register

220: positioning unit

230: provider

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing location information of group members, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing various services related to location information and location information of a group member to a wireless terminal. will be.

In general, when a mobile terminal of a mobile communication subscriber is in a power-on state, the wireless terminal notifies its current location to the mobile communication network, and the mobile communication network registers the current location information of the subscriber's wireless terminal to a home location register (HLR). Manage. Current location information of a wireless terminal registered in the home location register includes unique information of a base station in charge of wireless communication with the wireless terminal. Therefore, in the mobile communication network, it is always possible to know which base station range the wireless terminal is in. In addition, in the case of a wireless terminal incorporating a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, the GPS module may provide the location information of the wireless terminal by determining a current position through communication with a satellite.

The friend finder service of the conventional mobile communication network has been proposed by the above-described technology for identifying the current position of the wireless terminal, and is a service that is used by a large number of subscribers. Since the friend finder service of the conventional mobile communication network provides the subscriber with the information of the tracee, the tracee's service agreement is required, the tracee's service agreement is queried to the tracer, and the tracee's current position according to the query result. Provide information.

As such, the friend finder service of the conventional mobile communication network is cumbersome only when the tracee's consent is obtained whenever the location information of the friend is tracked. In addition, since the friend search service of the conventional mobile communication network provides the location information of the friend simply as a short message, it is cumbersome to receive each of the plurality of short messages in order to determine the location of the plurality of friends.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, a method for providing location information of a group member and a subscriber for providing location information in the system as a group member, and registered wireless group of the group member It is aimed to grasp the location information for and provide to the wireless terminal of the group member.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for inviting a new member at the request of a group member and informing the existing member of the new member's subscription in response to the invitation message.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method of mapping and displaying location information of group members in a wireless terminal on a map with emoticons selected by each member.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method of mapping and displaying detailed location information of a group member selected by a subscriber in a wireless terminal on a detailed map sized by the subscriber.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method of displaying fortune information corresponding to a subscriber's current location in a wireless terminal and displaying on the map a fortune information according to a moving direction when the subscriber's location is moved. .

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method and system for registering a post written by a group member and transmitting a post registration notification message for notifying the post registration to a wireless terminal of the group member.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method and system for transmitting biorhythm information, which is determined by using date of birth information of a group member, to a wireless terminal of a group member.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method and system for assigning a personal characteristic score to a member using service performance statistics data of the group member and transmitting the assigned personal characteristic score to a wireless terminal of the group member. .

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, the present invention is to register the subscriber for providing the location information as a group member, to identify the location information for the wireless terminal of the registered group member; And providing location information of the identified group member's wireless terminal to the group member's wireless terminal, wherein the wireless terminal maps the location information of the provided group member on a map so as to be distinguished for each member. It provides a location information providing method characterized in that the display.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for providing location information of a group member comprises: a register for registering a subscriber for providing location information as a group member, and a location information for a wireless terminal of the registered group member; A location determining unit and a providing unit providing location information on the identified wireless terminal of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member, wherein the wireless terminal is configured such that the location information of the provided group member is classified for each member. Map and display on the map.

Hereinafter, a method and a system for providing location information of a group member according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing an interlocking relationship between a wireless terminal and a system for providing location information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the wireless terminal 100 connects to the location information providing system 110 through the communication network 105 and subscribes to the location information providing system 110 as a group member for the location information providing service.

In addition, the wireless terminal 100 requests an invitation for a new member to the location information providing system 110 in order to invite a new member when the subscriber subscribed as a group member for the location information providing service.

The location information providing system 110 transmits a callback SMS message, which is an invitation message, to the wireless terminal 100 of the other party invited as a new member through the communication network 105 according to the invitation request.

The wireless terminal 100 receives the invitation message from the location information providing system 110 through the communication network 105 and joins as a group member of the location information providing system 110 in response to the received invitation message.

When the new group member responds to the invitation, the location information providing system 110 transmits a registration message indicating the registration of the new member to the wireless terminal 100 of the existing member registered to the group through the communication network 105.

The location information providing system 110 may publish location information of all members belonging to the group with location information of all subscribers registered as the group members, and members belonging to the group may search location information of members belonging to the group. Make sure In addition, the location information providing system 110 may temporarily hide the location information of the subscriber when the subscriber does not want to disclose his location information for all members of the group to which he belongs or for a specific member.

The location information providing system 110 searches the location information of all the members who are allowed to find a location among the group members at once, and retrieves the location information of the searched group members via the communication network 105 from the wireless terminal of the group member. 100).

The wireless terminal 100 maps and displays the location information of all members allowed to find a location among the group members transmitted from the location information providing system 110 through the communication network 105 on a map. The map may be represented as an actual map or may be provided by graphicly defining a lower administrative area boundary such as nationwide / angle / 6 major metropolitan cities / Seoul, etc. for easy identification by the user.

When displaying the location information of the member on the map, the wireless terminal 100 maps the emoticon previously set by the member to the location information of the member on the map. The emoticon is set by each member and may indicate an emotional state of each member.

The location information providing system 110 combines the date of birth information of the group member with the retrieved location information and provides location-specific fortune information to the wireless terminal 100 through the communication network 105.

The wireless terminal 100 displays the fortune information for each location by mapping the current location of the subscriber or the group member to which the subscriber belongs and the fortune information when moving from the current location to each bearing in the form of an icon.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system for providing location information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the location information providing system 200 according to the present invention includes a register 210, a location determiner 220, and a provider 230.

The registration unit 210 registers a subscriber for providing location information as a group member. In addition, the registration unit 210 registers the birth date information of the group member, and registers a post written by the group member. In addition, the registration unit 210 registers the service usage statistics data of the group members. The service usage performance statistics data includes the number of groups subscribed, the number of friends, the number of confirmed locations from the friends, the number of posts / answers posted, the number of posts / responses, the name of the person, the emoticons, etc. Various service usage performance data may be included, such as the number of confirmed cases, the number of position horoscope inquiries, and the number of false index inquiries. The service usage history data is stored in a service history table as shown in FIG. 16, and the service history table includes time, access path, subscriber MDN, counterpart MDN, service type, and result value. The access path includes a path such as WAP, WEB, APPL, and the like, and the service type includes a type of service used by a subscriber, such as subscription / termination and search.

The location determiner 220 determines location information on the wireless terminal of the registered group member. That is, the location detecting unit 220 may grasp the location information of the registered group member's wireless terminal using a base station method, a GPS method, or various positioning methods.

The providing unit 230 provides location information on the identified wireless terminal of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member. Then, the wireless terminal maps and displays the location information of the provided group members on a map so as to distinguish each member. In addition, the wireless terminal maps the location information of the provided group member with the emoticon preset by the group member on the map and displays the location information of the group members to which the subscriber belongs and the emotional state of the group member. You can also grasp at once.

As such, the system for providing location information according to the present invention maps location information of group members on a map and provides the location information of members of the group to which the subscriber belongs by providing the wireless terminal of the subscriber registered as the group member. There is an advantage that can be identified at once.

In addition, the provider 230 retrieves fortune information corresponding to the location information of the group member by using the date of birth information of the registered group member and the identified position information of the group member, and the searched fortune information to the group Provided to the member's wireless terminal. Then, the wireless terminal displays the fortune information corresponding to the current location of the subscriber, and if the current location of the subscriber is moved, fortune information according to the direction of the subscriber's movement is mapped and displayed on the map in the form of an icon. .

As described above, the system for providing location information according to the present invention may provide the wireless terminal of the group member by mapping the location information of the group member and the fortune information corresponding to the location information of the group member in the form of an icon on a map.

In addition, the providing unit 230 provides a post registration notification message for notifying the registration of the post created by the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member. Then, the wireless terminal displays the registered posting according to the provided posting registration notification message.

As described above, the system for providing location information according to the present invention registers a post written by the group member, and provides the post registration notification message to the wireless terminal of the group member to notify the registered post. Through the terminal, the subscriber can quickly identify the registered post.

In addition, the providing unit 230 provides the biorhythm information obtained by using the date of birth information of the registered group member to the wireless terminal of the group member. Then, the wireless terminal displays the biorhythm information of the provided subscriber and the biorhythm information of the group member selected by the subscriber.

As described above, the system for providing location information according to the present invention grasps the biorhythm information of the group member and provides the group to the wireless terminal of the group member so that the subscriber can easily grasp the biorhythm information of the group member as well as his or her biorhythm information. .

In addition, the provider 230 assigns a personal characteristic score to the group member by using the registered service history data of the group member, and provides the assigned personal characteristic score to the wireless terminal of the group member. The wireless terminal then displays the friendship index using the provided personal characteristic score. The friendship index scores the personal characteristics of the subscriber using the statistical values of the service usage performance data and expresses them in the form of a graph so that the personal characteristics of the subscriber can be easily identified.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing location information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 310, the location information providing system registers a subscriber for providing location information as a group member.

In step 310, the system for providing location information transmits an invitation message for inviting a new member to the other party's wireless terminal according to a request of an existing member registered to the group, and transmits an invitation message for the invitation message from the other party's wireless terminal. In response, the counterpart is registered as a new member of the group. The location information providing system transmits a registration notification message for the new member to a wireless terminal of an existing member registered to the group.

As described above, the method for providing location information according to the present invention may invite and register a new member by inviting a member to provide location information according to an invitation request of an existing member registered in the group.

In operation 310, the location information providing system registers birth date information of the registered group member.

In addition, in step 310, when the post written by the group member is registered, the location information providing system transmits a registration notification message for notifying the post registration to the wireless terminal of the group member. Then, the wireless terminal displays the registered posting according to the transmitted registration notification message. The wireless terminal may input a comment on the post after the subscriber checks the post.

In step 320, the location information providing system determines the location information for the wireless terminal of the registered group member. That is, in step 320, the location information providing system determines the location information of the member of the selected group according to the location request of the selected group from the wireless terminal of the registered group member. Or various positioning methods).

In addition, in step 320, the location information providing system detects only the location information for the remaining members other than the member whose location information is requested to be closed among members of the registered group. That is, members of the registered group may hide their location information by requesting the location information providing system in advance through the wireless terminal if they want to keep their location information private.

In step 330, the system for providing location information provides the location information on the identified wireless terminal of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member. Then, the wireless terminal maps and displays the location information of the provided group members on a map so as to distinguish each member. In addition, the wireless terminal may be displayed by mapping the location information of the identified group members on the map with the emoticon selected by each member. In addition, the wireless terminal may display detailed location information of the group member selected by the subscriber by mapping the detailed location information on the detailed map sized by the subscriber with the emoticon.

In operation 330, the location information providing system searches for fortune information corresponding to the location information of the group member by using the date of birth of the group member and the location information of the group member, and the retrieved fortune information. Provided to the wireless terminal of group members. Then, the wireless terminal displays the fortune information corresponding to the current location of the subscriber, and if the current location of the subscriber is moved, fortune information according to the direction of the subscriber's movement is mapped and displayed on the map in the form of an icon. .

In addition, in step 330, the location information providing system provides the biorhythm information determined using the date of birth information of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member. Then, the wireless terminal displays the biorhythm information of the subscriber and the biorhythm information of the group member selected by the subscriber.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service subscription procedure.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the subscription management unit of the location information providing system receives a service subscription request from a subscriber's wireless terminal in step 411, the subscription management unit of the location information providing system responds to the service subscription request in step 412. Accordingly, the subscriber is registered in the subscriber table. As shown in FIG. 10, the subscriber table includes a phone number of a wireless terminal which is a subscriber's mobile directory number (MDN), a subscriber's nickname, a subscriber's password, an emoticon ID, a subscription, a last access time, a subscription flag, and the like. Stores various subscriber information. The flag is used for in-process and post-processing.

In step 413, the subscriber manager of the location information providing system inquires an emoticon from an emoticon table. In step 414, the subscription manager of the location information providing system sends the emoticon selected by the subscriber to the subscriber table. Set it.

In step 415, the subscription management unit of the location information providing system processes the flat rate subscription in connection with the management system of the mobile communication network when the subscriber is a subscription in accordance with the subscription request, and in step 416 The subscription management unit of the location information providing system updates the subscription field of the subscriber table by setting the subscription flag of the subscriber table.

As such, the location providing system according to the present invention may register the subscriber and the emoticon selected by the subscriber in the subscriber table according to the subscriber's subscription request through steps 411 through 415.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service termination procedure.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the subscription management unit of the location information providing system receives a termination request from the subscriber's wireless terminal in step 511, the subscription management unit of the location information providing system refers to the subscriber table in step 512. Inquire whether the subscription for the subscriber.

In step 513, the subscription management unit of the location information providing system transmits a subscription cancellation request to the management system of the mobile communication network when the subscriber is a subscription subscriber. In step 514, the subscription management unit of the location information providing system is The information on the subscriber is deleted from the subscriber table.

As such, the system for providing location information according to the present invention may release the service for the subscriber by deleting the subscriber information recorded in the subscriber table according to the subscriber's termination request through steps 511 to 514. .

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a group creation, invitation, management, and search procedure.

Referring to FIG. 6, when the group manager of the location information providing system receives a group creation request from the wireless terminal of the subscriber in step 611, the group manager of the location information providing system receives the group creation request of the subscriber in step 612. Create a new group in the group list table according to the group creation request. If the subscriber is a group master, a new group can be created.

As shown in FIG. 11, the group list table stores information on groups and group members, such as group ID, group entry password, group manager's phone number, bulletin number of bulletin boards, opening date, and the like. Information such as a request for approval. In addition, the group list table may include a group table.

As shown in FIG. 12, the group table stores information of a group to which a subscriber belongs, such as the subscriber's MDN, group ID, level, status, and update time. The level is a role within a group to which the subscriber belongs, and for example, '0' may indicate a master and 'member' when it is '1'. For example, if the state is '0', the state may be normal, and if the state is '1', the state may be inviting;

As described above, the system for providing location information according to the present invention may create a new group according to a request for creating a group of subscribers through steps 611 to 612.

In step 621, when the group manager of the location information providing system receives an invitation request for inviting another subscriber to a new member through an invitation function from the wireless terminal of the subscriber who is the created group member, in step 622 The group manager of the location information providing system sets a flag of the subscriber table as an invitation according to the invitation request, and in step 623, the group manager of the location information providing system is invited according to the invitation request through an SMS gateway. Send the message to the wireless terminal of the invitee. The invitation request may include information of the invite counterpart, and the invitation message may be a callback SMS. After receiving the invitation message, the wireless terminal of the inviting party accesses the URL included in the callback SMS in response to the invitation message.

As such, the system for providing location information according to the present invention may invite a new group member according to an invitation request of a subscriber who is a group member through steps 621 to 623, and callback SMS to the wireless terminal of the invited counterpart. To make it easier for the other party to respond.

In step 631, if the subscriber's wireless terminal is callback-connected, the group manager of the location information providing system checks a flag of the subscriber table in step 632. ), The group manager of the location information providing system joins the subscriber to the subscriber table as a new member of the group. In step 634, the group manager of the location information providing system inquires a member for the group, and in step 635, the group manager of the location information providing system notifies registration of a new member informing the subscription of the new member. Send a message to the inquired member's wireless terminal. The registration notification message for the new member may be a callback SMS transmitted to a wireless terminal of existing members of the group.

As such, the system for providing location information according to the present invention joins the new member as a member of the group when the invited new member makes a callback connection in response to the invitation message through steps 631 to 635. In addition, the subscription notification message of the new member may be sent to the wireless terminal of the existing member.

In step 641, if the group manager of the location information providing system receives a group search from the subscriber's wireless terminal, in step 642, the group manager of the location information providing system sends the group information according to the group search to the subscriber table. Ask.

As described above, the system for providing location information according to the present invention searches for the group information according to a group search request so that a user who does not subscribe to the location information providing service through steps 641 and 642 becomes a member of the group. The detailed information of the group can be provided to the user's wireless terminal.

In step 651, if the group manager of the location information providing system inquires the detailed information of the group and receives a subscription request for the group from the wireless terminal of the user, in step 652, The group manager sets a flag for the subscriber in the subscriber table, and in step 653, the group manager of the location information providing system transmits the subscription request message of the subscriber to the wireless terminal of the group master through the SMS gateway. do. When the wireless terminal of the group master receives the subscription request message and approves the subscription request for the subscriber, the group manager of the location information providing system may register the subscriber as a group member.

As such, the system for providing location information according to the present invention may register the subscriber as a group member according to the group subscription request through steps 651 to 653.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a positioning procedure for group members.

Referring to FIG. 7, in step 711, the group manager of the location information providing system receives my group inquiry request from the subscriber's wireless terminal, and in step 712, the group manager of the location information providing system requests the group inquiry. The subscriber table is searched accordingly, and the group information of the subscriber is inquired. The location information providing system provides the inquired group information of the subscriber to the wireless terminal of the subscriber. Accordingly, the subscriber's wireless terminal receives the inquired group information from the location information providing system according to the group inquiry request, selects one of the groups to which the subscriber belongs, and requests a location search for the selected group. .

In step 713, the location inquiry unit of the location information providing system receives a location search request for the selected group from the subscriber's wireless terminal, and in step 714, the location inquiry unit of the location information providing system requests the location search request. According to the group list table to query the members of the selected group, and in step 715, the location query unit of the location information providing system requests the location information for the group member to the location search unit.

In this case, the location search unit searches for location information of the group member, and does not search for location information of the member whose location hiding function is temporarily set among the group members.

In step 716, the location inquiry unit of the location information providing system updates the time, and in step 717, the location inquiry unit of the location information providing system provides the location information of the retrieved group member to the map server of the location information providing system. In step 718, the map server of the location information providing system inquires the emoticon of the retrieved group member from the emoticon table. As shown in FIG. 14, the emoticon table stores various emoticon information such as an emoticon ID, an emoticon file name, and an emoticon description.

In step 718, the location inquiry unit of the location information providing system transmits an SMS according to the location information inquiry to the wireless terminal of the group member through an SMS gateway.

As described above, the method for providing location information according to the present invention grasps location information of group members and displays the identified location information together on a map of one screen. The location information of the members on the map may be displayed as emoticons which are set in advance when the members are mapped on the map.

8 is a diagram illustrating a subscriber's location search and location information transmission procedure.

Referring to FIG. 8, when a search unit of the location information providing system receives a location search from a wireless terminal of a subscriber at step 811, the search unit of the location information providing system may provide location information about the subscriber at step 812. The neighboring fortune corresponding to the searched subscriber's location is queried using the date of birth of the subscriber with reference to the fortune table. The fortune table stores a fortune ID and a fortune content as shown in FIG. 15.

As described above, the method for providing location information according to the present invention searches for the location information of the subscriber according to a location search request from the wireless terminal of the subscriber, queries the fortune-telling information corresponding to the searched location information of the subscriber, and then the subscriber. Location information and surrounding fortune information corresponding to the location information of the subscriber may be transmitted to the subscriber's wireless terminal.

In addition, the method for providing location information according to the present invention determines the location of the subscriber or another member of the group, and then combines the date of birth information of the subscriber with the preset location information and the fortune information to the subscriber or the other member of the group to which the subscriber belongs. Can be provided as a wireless terminal. Accordingly, the wireless terminal may map and display the current location information of the subscriber and the fortune when moving from the current location to each bearing in the form of an icon.

In step 821, when the search unit of the location information providing system receives a My Location transmission from a wireless terminal of a subscriber to a group member, in step 822, the search unit of the location information providing system refers to the group member by referring to a group list table. In step 823, the search unit of the location information providing system transmits an SMS to the wireless terminal of the inquired group member through the SMS gateway.

As such, the method for providing location information according to the present invention may query the location information of the subscriber according to the location transmission request from the subscriber's wireless terminal and transmit the location information to the wireless terminal of the group member to which the subscriber belongs.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure for registering a new post in a group bulletin board.

9, when the bulletin board management unit of the location information providing system is registered in the bulletin board from the subscriber's wireless terminal at step 911, the bulletin board management unit of the location information providing system displays the registered bulletin at step 912. Enter in the board table. As shown in FIG. 13, the bulletin board table stores post information such as a bulletin board ID, an author ID, a title, and a content.

If there is a picture linked to the registered post, the bulletin board management unit of the location information providing system registers the linked picture in the MMS server in step 913, and the bulletin board manager of the location information providing system in step 914. Registers the group new post input to the bulletin board in the group list table, and in step 915, the bulletin board management unit of the location providing system transmits a new post notification message to the wireless terminal of the group member through an SMS gateway.

As described above, in the method of providing location information according to the present invention, when a new post is registered on a bulletin board by a group member, the subscriber can quickly identify a new post by transmitting a new member registration notification message of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member. have.

17 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying the entire positions of group members.

Referring to FIG. 17, when a user selects a menu for confirming location information of a group member, the wireless terminal maps the location information of the group member to an emoticon on a map according to the selected menu. In addition, the wireless terminal may display a message indicating that the location information is not allowed to the member among the group members who are not allowed to release the location information.

18 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying detailed positions of group members.

Referring to FIG. 18, when a user selects a menu for identifying a detailed location of the group member, the wireless terminal maps the detailed location information of the selected group member to a map of a size selected by the user. .

19 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a subscriber's fortune by location.

Referring to FIG. 19, when a menu for confirming location-specific fortune information is selected by a user, the wireless terminal displays current location information of the user and location information for each direction corresponding to the current location information. That is, the wireless terminal may display the current location information of the user as an emoticon on a map, and the user may map and display the fortune information for each direction in which the current location is moved in the form of an icon on the map. Therefore, the present invention can provide not only the location information of the subscriber through the wireless terminal but also the location-specific fortune information corresponding to the location information of the subscriber.

20 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a group bulletin board.

Referring to FIG. 20, when a new post is registered in a group bulletin board subscribed to by a user, the wireless terminal displays the new post. Therefore, the present invention can quickly confirm a post registered by a group member through a wireless terminal.

21 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying biorhythm information.

Referring to FIG. 21, the wireless terminal displays the biorhythm information of the user and the biorhythm information of the group member selected by the user according to the user's request. Accordingly, the present invention can grasp the biorhythm information of the subscriber and the group member biorhythm information selected by the subscriber through the wireless terminal.

22 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a friendship index of a subscriber.

Referring to FIG. 22, the wireless terminal scores a personal characteristic of a user and displays it as a friendship index in the form of a graph. The friendship index is a score determined by a user's usage statistics such as nice, famous, change, active, curious, and the like, to grasp the service usage tendency of the user. . In addition, the wireless terminal may display not only the friendship index of the user, but also the friendship index of the group member selected by the user.

In addition, the method for providing location information of a group member according to the present invention includes a computer readable medium including program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The medium or program instructions may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, a subscriber for providing location information can be registered as a group member, and the location information of the registered group member's wireless terminal can be identified and provided to the wireless terminal of the group member.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and a system for inviting a new member according to a request of a group member and informing the existing member of the subscription of the new member in response to the invitation message.

In addition, according to the present invention, the location information on the group members in the wireless terminal can be displayed by mapping on the map with the emoticon selected by each member.

According to the present invention, there is provided a method of mapping and displaying detailed location information of a group member selected by a subscriber in a wireless terminal on a detailed map scaled by the subscriber.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method for displaying the fortune information corresponding to the current location of the subscriber in the wireless terminal, and displaying the fortune information according to the moving direction in the form of an icon when the location of the subscriber is moved. .

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and system for registering a post created by a group member and transmitting a post registration notification message for notifying the post registration to the wireless terminal of the group member.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and a system for transmitting the biorhythm information identified using the date of birth of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and system for assigning a personal characteristic score to a member using the service usage statistics data of the group member and transmitting the assigned personal characteristic score to the wireless terminal of the group member. .

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In the method for providing location information of group members, Registering a subscriber to provide location information as a group member; Determining location information of a wireless terminal of the registered group member; And Providing location information on the identified wireless terminal of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member Including, The wireless terminal, The location information of the provided group members are mapped and displayed on a map so as to be distinguished for each member, The step of registering a subscriber for providing location information as a group member, Transmitting an invitation message for inviting a new member to the other party's wireless terminal according to a request of an existing member registered in the group; Registering the other party as a new member of the group in response to the invitation message from the other party's wireless terminal; And Transmitting a registration notification message for the new member to a wireless terminal of an existing member registered to the group; Location information providing method comprising a. delete The method of claim 1, The step of identifying the location information for the registered group members, Method of providing location information, characterized in that only the location information for the remaining group members other than the registered group members of the registered group member is requested. The method of claim 1, The wireless terminal, And displaying the location information on the identified group members by mapping them on the map with emoticons selected by the members. The method of claim 4, wherein The wireless terminal, And displaying detailed location information of the group member selected by the subscriber on the detailed map sized by the subscriber with the emoticon. The method of claim 1, The step of providing the location information on the identified wireless terminal of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member, Retrieving fortune information corresponding to the location information of the group member using the date of birth of the group member and the location information of the group member; And Providing the retrieved fortune information to a wireless terminal of the group member Including, The wireless terminal, Displaying fortune information corresponding to the current location of the subscriber, and when the current location of the subscriber is moved, fortune information according to the movement direction of the subscriber is displayed on the map in the form of an icon . The method of claim 1, The step of registering a subscriber for providing location information as a group member, Registering a post written by the group member; And Transmitting a post registration notification message for notifying the post registration to the wireless terminal of the group member; More, The wireless terminal, And displaying the registered posting according to the posting registration notification message. The method of claim 1, The step of providing the location information on the identified wireless terminal of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member, Providing the biorhythm information determined using the date of birth of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member. More, The wireless terminal, And displaying the biorhythm information of the subscriber and the biorhythm information of the group member selected by the subscriber. The method of claim 1, Storing service usage statistics data of the group members; Assigning a personal characteristic score to the member using the stored member's service usage statistics data; And Providing the granted personal characteristic score to a wireless terminal of the group member More, The wireless terminal, And displaying the friendship index of the group member using the personal characteristic score. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 and 3 to a computer. A register that registers subscribers for providing location information as group members; A location determining unit for identifying location information of the registered wireless terminal of the group member; And Providing unit for providing the location information on the identified wireless terminal of the group member to the wireless terminal of the group member Including, The wireless terminal, The location information of the provided group members are mapped and displayed on a map so as to be distinguished for each member, The registration unit, Send an invitation message for inviting a new member to the other party's wireless terminal according to a request of an existing member registered in the group, and send the other party's new member to the other party in response to the invitation message from the other party's wireless terminal. And a registration notification message for the new member to a wireless terminal of an existing member registered to the group. The method of claim 11, The registration unit, Register the date of birth of the group members, The providing unit, Searching for fortune information corresponding to the location information of the group member by using the registered date of birth of the group member and the identified position information of the group member, and providing the retrieved fortune information to the wireless terminal of the group member, The wireless terminal, Displaying fortune information corresponding to the current location of the subscriber, and when the current location of the subscriber is moved location information providing system characterized in that to display the fortune information according to the movement direction of the subscriber on the map in the form of an icon . The method of claim 11, The registration unit, Register a post written by the group member, The providing unit, Providing a post registration notification message for notifying the post registration to the wireless terminal of the group member, The wireless terminal, And displaying the registered post according to the provided post registration notification message. The method of claim 12, The providing unit, Providing the biorhythm information determined using the date of birth information of the registered group member to the wireless terminal of the group member, The wireless terminal, And displaying the biorhythm information of the subscriber and the biorhythm information of the group member selected by the subscriber. The method of claim 11, The registration unit, Register service usage performance statistics data of the group members, The providing unit, Provide a personal characteristic score for the group member by using the registered service member's statistical performance data, provide the personal characteristic score to the wireless terminal of the group member, The wireless terminal, And displaying the friendship index using the provided personal characteristic score.

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