KR100793020B1 - Method for providing position information of telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing the location information of a phone is provided to enable the user of a mobile phone to easily catch the location of another mobile phone user only with a mobile phone number by acquiring the location information of a mobile phone corresponding to a specific mobile phone number from an HLR according to a request from a mobile phone user and transmitting the acquired information to the user's mobile phone through a short message. If the user of a mobile phone sends a service number and the number of a specific wire phone by wireless, a BS(Base Station) receives the service number and the phone number to a BSC(Base Station Controller)(S10). The BSC provides the service number and the phone number to an MSC(Mobile Switching Center)(S12). Receiving the service number and the phone number, the MSC judges whether the service number is for an intelligent network service. If so, the MSC provides the numbers to an intelligent network(S14). If the service number is for a location information service, the intelligent network requests an FETX(Full Electronic Telephone Exchange) in a PSTN to provide the location information of a wire phone equivalent to the phone number received together with the service number(S16). The FETX extracts the location information of the wire phone from a subscriber information storage part and provides the extracted information to the intelligent network(S18). The intelligent network requests the MSC to send the provided location information to the user's mobile phone through a short message(S20).

Description

How to give phone location information {METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITION INFORMATION OF TELEPHONE}

1 is a network diagram for implementing a method for providing location information of a telephone according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the information communication network shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile communication network shown in FIG. 2;

4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the general switched telephone network shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the all-electronic exchanger shown in FIG. 4;

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing step by step an embodiment of a method for providing location information of a telephone according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for providing location information of a telephone. In particular, a user guides the location information of a mobile telephone or a wired telephone of a desired counterpart connected to the information communications network by using a mobile telephone or a wired telephone connected to an information communication network. It relates to a method of providing location information of a telephone to receive.

As an example related to the present invention, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-0072543 relates to a mobile telephone having a GPS module, wherein a time interval for notifying a location of the mobile telephone and a phone number of a subject are set; According to the notification time according to the current location information received through the GPS module and the step of sending a message informing the current location to the telephone number of the notification subject to notify the automatic location of the mobile phone A method is disclosed.

In addition, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-7012477 discloses a method of determining the position of a wireless remote station using forward and reverse link measurements, the relative delay of communications received by the remote station from two or more base stations. Measuring; Performing an absolute range (RTD) measurement for communication between one or more of the two base stations and the remote station; And determining the location of the remote station using the RTD and the relative delay measurements, wherein the RTD and the relative delay measurements disclose a method of determining a location of a cellular telephone in which the location is communicated.

However, the above-described automatic location notification method in the mobile phone is such that the mobile phone having the GPS module transmits the current location information received through the GPS module at specific time intervals to the phone number of the notification subject and notifies the user. The mobile telephone or the wired telephone connected to the information communication network is not used to receive the location information of the mobile telephone or the wired telephone of the desired counterpart connected to the information communication network.

In addition, the method of determining the position of the cellular telephone described above is to determine the position of the wireless remote station using forward and reverse link measurements, wherein the user uses a mobile or landline telephone connected to an information network. It is not intended to be informed of the location information of the mobile telephone or wired telephone of the desired counterpart connected to the communication network.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the user can use a mobile telephone or a wired telephone connected to an information communication network in which an intelligent network, a mobile communication network, and a general telephone exchange network are interworked, and thus, the user of a desired counterpart connected to the information communication network. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing location information of a phone to receive location information of a mobile phone or a landline phone.

In order to achieve this purpose,

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing location information of a telephone in an intelligent network connected to a mobile communication network and a general telephone switching network, comprising: (a) requesting location information corresponding to a specific mobile telephone number or a specific landline telephone number from a specific mobile telephone; Receiving through the mobile communication network; and (b) when the location information request corresponds to the specific mobile phone number, the location information corresponding to the specific mobile phone number from a preset home location register. Acquiring the information through the mobile communication network; and (c) when the location information request corresponds to the specific landline telephone number, acquiring location information corresponding to the specific landline telephone number from the general telephone switch network. (d) converting the obtained location information into the specific mobile phone via text through the mobile communication network; It is provided that includes the step of transmitting.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing location information of a telephone in an intelligent network connected to a mobile communication network and a general telephone exchange network, comprising: (a) requesting location information corresponding to a specific mobile telephone number or a specific wire telephone number from a specific landline telephone; (B) receiving the location information corresponding to the specific mobile phone number from a preset home location register when the location information request corresponds to the specific mobile phone number; (C) acquiring location information corresponding to the specific wireline telephone number from the general telephone switch network when the location information request corresponds to the specific wireline telephone number; and (d) Transmitting the obtained location information to the specific landline telephone by voice through the public switched telephone network. It comprises is provided.

Preferably, before performing step (d), the intelligent network checks whether the telephone information corresponding to the acquired location information is authenticated by the location information, so that the telephone corresponding to the acquired location information authenticates the location information disclosure. In this case, the method may further include the step of performing the step (d). If the phone corresponding to the acquired location information is a mobile phone, a user of the mobile phone corresponding to the acquired location information is sent to the mobile phone corresponding to the acquired location information by confirming whether the location information is publicly authenticated. It is preferable to let the user select the location information disclosure authentication as a response to the location information disclosure authentication confirmation message. If the telephone corresponding to the acquired location information is a wired telephone, the telephone is dialed to correspond to the obtained location information and voice is informed to the user to select whether to authenticate the location information through a predetermined button operation. Thus, the user of the landline telephone corresponding to the obtained location information may select whether to authenticate the location information.

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

1 is a network configuration for implementing a method for providing location information of a telephone according to the present invention. The mobile telephone 100, the message service system 300, and the wired telephone 400 are connected through an information communication network 200.

In the same figure, the mobile phone 100 and the wired phone 400 can make a phone call and a message transmission through the information communication network 200. The message includes a text message and a multimedia message.

The message service system 300 provides a message service to the mobile phone 100 and the wired phone 400 through the information communication network 200.

The information communication network 200 may provide the mobile phone 100 and the wired phone 400 with location information of a desired phone, which will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the information communication network 200 shown in FIG. 1 and includes a mobile communication network 210, a general telephone switching network 230, an intelligent network 250, and a home location register 270.

In the figure, the mobile communication network 210 ensures the mobility of the mobile telephone 100 and is connected to the message service system 300.

The general telephone exchange network 230 matches with the mobile communication network 210 and provides call processing, voice call service, and the like of the wired telephone 400.

The home location register 270 is a mobile subscriber database connected to the mobile communication network 210 and the general switched telephone network 230 and having subscriber terminal information, subscription information, location information, authentication function, and the like in the wireless communication exchange.

The intelligent network 250 organically integrates each switch that constitutes the mobile communication network 210 and the general telephone switching network 230 through a common line signal network or data network, and uses various computer services to provide various communication services. Provide flexible.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the mobile communication network 210 shown in FIG. 2 and includes a mobile communication switch 212, a base station controller 214, and a base station 216.

In the figure, the mobile communication switch 212 is connected with the intelligent network 250, the general switched telephone network 230, the home location register 270, and the message service system 300, and the base station controller 214 and the base station 216. The mobility of the mobile phone 100 is ensured through.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the general switched telephone network 230 shown in FIG. 2 and includes an electronic switch 232 and an operator terminal 234.

The electronic switch 232 is connected to the intelligent network 250, the mobile communication network 210, and the home location register 270, and provides call processing, voice call service, etc. of the wired telephone 400 and the wired telephone 400.

The operator terminal 234 is a user input / output system that displays various states of the electronic switch 232 on the screen, and inputs and outputs specific data from the electronic switch 232.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic switch 232 illustrated in FIG. 4, and includes a subscriber board 236, an access switching subsystem (ASS) 238, an interconnection network subsystem 240, and a CCS. (Central Control Subsystem) 242 and subscriber information storage unit 244.

In the figure, the ASS 238 matches the landline phone 400 via the subscriber board 236 and performs a distributed call processing function.

INS 240 is coupled to ASS 238 and performs centralized call processing.

The CCS 242 is connected to the INS 240 and performs a system level operation and preservation function.

6 is a flow chart showing step by step an embodiment of a method for providing location information of a telephone according to the present invention.

First, a user wirelessly transmits a telephone number of a specific landline telephone that wants to know a service number and a location of which the user wants to receive the location information of the telephone by operating each key provided in the mobile phone 100. At this time, the mobile phone 100 is located in a cell formed by the base station 216 in the mobile communication network 210 and is connected to the mobile communication switch 212 through the base station 216 and the base station controller 214.

The base station 216 receives the service number and the wired telephone number transmitted by the mobile telephone 100 and provides it to the base station controller 214 (step S10).

The base station controller 214 provides the service number and the wire telephone number provided from the base station 216 to the mobile communication switch 212 (step S12).

The mobile communication switch 212 receives the service number and the landline number provided from the base station controller 214, determines that the service number is the intelligent network service, and provides the service number and the landline number to the intelligent network 250 (step). S14).

The intelligent network 250 receives a service number and a landline telephone number provided from the mobile communication switch 212, recognizes that the service number is a location information providing service of the telephone, and wires the wireline corresponding to the landline telephone number received with the service number. The location information of the telephone is requested to the switchboard 232 in the general telephone switching network 210 (step S16).

The electronic switch 232 extracts the location information of the landline telephone corresponding to the landline telephone number requested by the intelligent network 250 from the subscriber information storage unit 244 and provides it to the intelligent network 250 (step S18).

The intelligent network 250 requests the mobile communication switch 212 to text-transfer location information provided from the electronic switch 232 to the mobile telephone 100 (step S20).

The mobile communication switch 212 receives a request for transmitting the location information text from the intelligent network 250, and requests the message service system 300 to transmit the location information text to the mobile phone 100 (step S22).

The message service system 300 receives the location information text transmission request from the mobile communication exchange 212, and transmits the location information text to the mobile telephone 100 through the mobile communication exchange 212, the base station controller 214, and the base station 216. (Step S24, S26, S28).

Therefore, the user of the mobile phone 100 can see the text message to know the location of the landline phone corresponding to the desired landline phone number.

In another example, first, a user wirelessly transmits a phone number of a specific mobile phone that wants to know a service number and a location where the user wants to receive location information of the phone by operating each key provided in the mobile phone 100. At this time, the mobile phone 100 is located in a cell formed by the base station 216 in the mobile communication network 210 and is connected to the mobile communication switch 212 through the base station 216 and the base station controller 214.

The base station 216 receives the service number and the mobile phone number sent by the mobile phone 100 and provides the same to the base station controller 214.

The base station controller 214 provides the mobile communication switch 212 with the service number and the mobile telephone number provided from the base station 216.

The mobile communication switch 212 receives the service number and the mobile phone number provided from the base station controller 214, determines that the service number is the intelligent network service, and provides the service number and the mobile phone number to the intelligent network 250.

The intelligent network 250 receives the service number and the mobile phone number provided from the mobile communication switch 212, recognizes that the service number is the location information providing service of the phone, and corresponds to the mobile phone number received with the service number. Requests mobile phone switch 212 in mobile communication network 210 for location information.

The mobile communication exchanger 212 extracts the location information of the mobile phone corresponding to the mobile phone number requested by the intelligent network 250 from the home location register 270 and provides it to the intelligent network 250.

The intelligent network 250 requests the mobile communication switch 212 to text-transfer location information provided from the mobile communication switch 212 to the mobile phone 100.

The mobile communication switch 212 receives a request for transmitting the location information text from the intelligent network 250, and requests the message service system 300 to transmit the location information text to the mobile phone 100.

The message service system 300 receives the location information text transmission request from the mobile communication exchange 212, and transmits the location information text to the mobile telephone 100 through the mobile communication exchange 212, the base station controller 214, and the base station 216. To).

Therefore, the user of the mobile phone 100 can see the text message to know the location of the mobile phone corresponding to the desired mobile phone number.

In another example, the intelligent network 250 receives a request for location information corresponding to a specific mobile telephone number or a specific wireline telephone number from a specific landline telephone through the general telephone exchange network 230. When the location information request corresponds to the specific mobile phone number, the intelligent network 250 obtains location information corresponding to the specific mobile phone number from the home location register 270 through the mobile communication network 210. When the location information request corresponds to the specific wired telephone number, the intelligent network 250 obtains location information corresponding to the specific wired telephone number from the general telephone exchange network 230. The intelligent network 250 transmits the obtained location information to the specific landline telephone by voice through the general switched telephone network 230.

In the present invention as described above, the intelligent network 250 checks whether the location information disclosure authentication to the phone corresponding to the location information before providing the location information of the phone in text, so that the phone corresponding to the location information is released When authenticating, provide the phone's location information in text to the phone. In this case, when the phone corresponding to the location information is a mobile phone, the intelligent network 250 sends a message confirming whether the location information is publicly authenticated to the mobile phone corresponding to the location information, so that the user of the mobile phone corresponding to the location information is released. In response to the authentication status confirmation message, the location information disclosure authentication is selected. In addition, when the telephone corresponding to the location information is a landline telephone, the intelligent network 250 calls a landline telephone corresponding to the location information and instructs the user by voice to select whether to authenticate the location information through a predetermined button operation. The user of the landline telephone corresponding to the location information may select whether to authenticate the location information. The intelligent network 250 may transmit the rejection message to the mobile / wired phone requesting the service as text / voice when the user of the corresponding phone rejects the authentication.

In addition, the intelligent network 250, when the mobile subscriber sends out his own location providing service number + # + counterpart mobile phone number using his mobile phone, the intelligent network 250 to the mobile phone corresponding to the counterpart mobile phone number Location information can be sent as text.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

The technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this is by way of example only and not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, in the present invention, when the intelligent network 250 connected to the mobile communication network 210 and the general telephone exchange network 230 is requested for the location information of the mobile phone corresponding to the specific mobile phone number from the mobile phone 100, Obtaining location information of the mobile phone corresponding to the specific mobile phone number from the home location register 270 through the mobile communication network 210, and obtaining the obtained location information from the mobile phone 100 to the mobile phone 100. Send it via text.

Therefore, the user of the mobile telephone 100 can easily know the user location of the mobile telephone corresponding to the mobile telephone number if only the mobile telephone number is known. The location information of the mobile phone can be applied not only to the mobile phone but also to the wired phone. It can also provide the location of the mobile telephone as well as the location of the mobile telephone.

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A method for providing location information of a telephone in an intelligent network connected to a mobile communication network and a general telephone exchange network, (a) receiving a location information request corresponding to a specific mobile telephone number or a specific landline telephone number from a specific mobile telephone through the mobile communication network; (b) when the location information request corresponds to the specific mobile phone number, obtaining location information corresponding to the specific mobile phone number from the preset home location register through the mobile communication network; (c) when the location information request corresponds to the specific landline telephone number, obtaining location information corresponding to the specific landline telephone number from the general telephone exchange network; (d) transmitting the obtained location information by text to the specific mobile phone through the mobile communication network; Method for providing location information of the phone comprising a. A method for providing location information of a telephone in an intelligent network connected to a mobile communication network and a general telephone exchange network, (a) receiving a request for location information corresponding to a specific mobile telephone number or a specific fixed telephone number from a specific landline telephone through the general telephone switch network; (b) when the location information request corresponds to the specific mobile phone number, obtaining location information corresponding to the specific mobile phone number from the preset home location register through the mobile communication network; (c) when the location information request corresponds to the specific landline telephone number, obtaining location information corresponding to the specific landline telephone number from the general telephone exchange network; (d) transmitting the obtained location information by voice to the specific landline telephone through the public switched telephone network. Method for providing location information of the phone comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The intelligent network checks whether or not the location information disclosure authentication to the phone corresponding to the obtained location information before performing the step (d), if the phone corresponding to the obtained location information authenticates the location information disclosure; (d) performing the step of providing the location information of the telephone. The method according to claim 3, If the phone corresponding to the obtained location information is a mobile phone, a user of the mobile phone corresponding to the obtained location information is sent to the mobile phone corresponding to the obtained location information by confirming whether the location information is published or not. The method for providing location information of the telephone, characterized in that for selecting the location information disclosure authentication as a response to the location information disclosure authentication confirmation message. The method according to claim 3, If the telephone corresponding to the acquired location information is a wired telephone, the telephone is dialed to correspond to the obtained location information and voice is informed to the user to select whether to authenticate the location information through a predetermined button operation. And the user of the landline telephone corresponding to the obtained location information to select whether or not to disclose the location information.

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