KR100820727B1 - System and method for providing service for recovering missed mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a mobile communication terminal belonging to the same location in succession with the lost mobile communication terminal through periodic location management for a plurality of mobile communication terminals belonging to the same service area when the mobile terminal is lost registration, That is, the present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal to extract an owner acquiring the lost mobile communication terminal. According to the present invention, a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area to which the lost terminal belongs. It is possible to improve the recovery rate of the lost terminal by extracting the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal for the owner who owns the lost terminal through repeated extraction process and comparison operation of the telephone number. For illegal use and transactions It can be prevented.

Lost, Mobile Terminal, VLR, HLR, Location Register

Description

System and method for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal {System and method for providing service for recovering missed mobile communication device}

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a recovery service providing system according to the present invention;

2 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of a loss management server constituting the system of FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a recovery service providing method according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: mobile communication network 11: base station

13 base station controller 15 switchboard

17: Home Location Register 20: Lost Management Server

21: communication interface module 23: storage module

25: comparison module 27: control module

30: mobile communication terminal (lost terminal)

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal. More specifically, when a lost registration of a mobile communication terminal is performed, periodic locations of a plurality of mobile communication terminals belonging to the same service area as the corresponding mobile communication terminal are provided. The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal through which management can extract a mobile communication terminal belonging to the same location continuously, that is, an owner acquiring the lost mobile communication terminal.

Currently, the mobile communication terminal is evolving as a multipurpose device that provides new and various applications and functions, in addition to the functions of the original voice transmission means, and moves in accordance with providing various functions such as a short message function, various multimedia functions, and Internet functions. The price of communication terminals is high. In addition, the mobile communication terminal is made very small and light so that the user can easily carry it, and it is getting smaller and smaller in accordance with the trend of continuous miniaturization.

However, the trend toward miniaturization of expensive mobile communication terminals as described above may also increase the risk of loss and theft of mobile communication terminals. The mobile communication terminal which is not recovered may be illegally modified and distributed, and the illegally modified mobile phone may be used for various crimes. In addition, if lost, the loss of the mobile terminal will be expensive to buy a new expensive mobile terminal, if the subscriber who acquires a lost mobile terminal unfairly use the mobile terminal, the subscriber will not be Monetary damages may occur, such as a burden.

Moreover, as recent mobile communication terminals have changed in their functions not only as a means for phone calls but also as a means for personal information management functions, the users of mobile terminals are at risk of leakage of personal information upon loss. It has the problem of being exposed.

In order to cope with such a problem, various techniques for preventing and recovering a loss of a mobile communication terminal have recently been proposed. As one of the methods, there is a loss prevention device that outputs a warning sound or a warning light when an alarm is separated from a receiver by a predetermined distance. However, in this case, the alarm should be kept at a distance capable of wireless communication with the receiver, and if it is out of the distance has a limit that does not function.

In addition, as a loss processing method of a conventional mobile communication terminal, there has been a method of recovering the lost terminal by confirming the last used position using a corresponding additional service, that is, a positioning service. However, in this case, only the location of the village or neighborhood can be confirmed, and thus, in most cases, it is difficult to recover because the location cannot be accurately determined.

Therefore, there is a need for a technology that overcomes the limitations of the prior art as described above and enables the rapid recovery of lost mobile communication terminals.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to meet the technical requirements as described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of mobile communication terminals belonging to the same service area as the lost mobile communication terminal at the time of loss registration of the mobile communication terminal. Through the periodic location management to the lost terminal to increase the recovery rate for the lost mobile terminal by extracting the mobile terminal belonging to the same location, that is, the owner who acquires the lost mobile terminal in sequence with the corresponding lost mobile terminal The present invention provides a recovery service providing system and method.

A system for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes a periodic location registration for the lost terminal and a phone number for a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal. A mobile communication network performing an extraction operation and providing the same to a lost management server; And performing storage management on the phone number data of the mobile communication terminal provided from the mobile communication network and performing periodic comparison procedure on the stored phone number data of the mobile communication terminal to be continuously located in the same service area as the lost terminal. It is configured to include; loss management server for extracting one or more mobile communication terminal telephone number.

In addition, in the system for providing a recovery service for the lost terminal as described above, the loss management server constituting the same is connected to the mobile communication network through a network, and is the same as the lost terminal extracted from the mobile communication network. A communication interface module for receiving telephone number data for a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in a service area; A comparison module which compares whether or not the telephone number data of the mobile communication terminal is stored and managed when the telephone number data is input from the mobile communication network through the communication interface unit; A storage module for storing and managing telephone number data for a plurality of mobile communication terminals input from the communication interface unit and telephone number data matched as a result of comparison processing of the comparison unit; And a control module for repeatedly controlling the operation of the configuration module.

In addition, the method for providing a recovery service for the lost terminal according to the present invention, when inputting a location registration request from the lost terminal, when inputting a location registration request from the lost terminal, the mobile communication network checks whether the lost terminal An extraction step of extracting telephone number data of a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal and providing the lost management server to the lost management server; A storage step of storing and managing the phone number data by the loss management server receiving the phone number data of the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication network; A comparison step of the loss management server performing a comparison procedure between the phone number data of the mobile communication terminal stored in the storing step and the phone number data of the mobile communication terminal previously stored in the loss management server; And a management step of performing, by the loss management server, the extraction of the telephone number data of the matching mobile communication terminal and the storage management of the extracted telephone number data of the mobile communication terminal. It features.

Hereinafter, a recovery service providing system and method for a lost terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 illustrates a configuration of a system for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal according to the present invention. The components of the system will be described below.

The recovery service providing system for the lost terminal can be described largely divided into the mobile communication network 10 and the loss management server (20). The mobile communication network serves to register the location of the lost terminal and extract the phone number of the mobile communication terminal located in the same service area as the lost terminal and provide the lost management server to the lost management server. As shown in FIG. Base station Transceiver Subsystem (BTS) 11, Base Station Controller (BSC) 13, Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 15 and Home Location Register (HLR) 17 It is composed of

The base station 11 and the base station controller 13 are devices that perform a role on a general mobile communication network. In brief, the base station includes a wireless connection with the mobile communication terminal 30 and a wired / wireless connection function between the mobile communication terminal and the base station controller. The base station controller is located between the base station and the switch 15 and is responsible for base station management and control. The base station and the base station controller for providing a retrieval service for the lost terminal according to the present invention, when the location is registered by a specific event, such as power-on and location movement of the lost terminal 30, the location from the lost terminal It receives the registration request and sends it to the exchange.

The exchanger 17 is connected to the base station controller 15 to perform a call processing function such as a call setup and release procedure for the mobile communication terminal, and when the location registration request of the lost terminal according to the present invention is performed, the location of the lost terminal Receives a registration request from the base station controller, extracts the phone numbers of a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal based on the location information received from the home location register received from the home location register It serves to provide the loss management server 20. At this time, the exchange performs the extraction procedure for the phone number of the mobile communication terminal located in the same service area as the lost terminal at the time of registering the lost terminal or at a specific time unit.

The home location register 19 is connected with the switch 17 to store various information about the corresponding subscriber of the mobile communication terminal, that is, basic information such as subscriber telephone number, terminal serial number, subscriber authority, location information, and additional service information. As a device for managing, the home location register according to the present invention plays a role of checking whether the mobile terminal is lost or not and managing location registration information for the lost terminal in addition to the above general functions.

In the above, the base station, base station controller, switchboard and home location register constituting the mobile communication network has been described.

In addition to the mobile communication network, the loss management server 20 is a component constituting a recovery service providing system for a lost terminal according to the present invention. The loss management server 20 stores and repeatedly manages phone number data of a mobile communication terminal located in the same service area as the lost terminal. A device for extracting a mobile terminal of the owner who finally obtained a lost terminal through a comparison process of the stored data, and more specifically, from a switch to a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal. When the phone number information is provided, the loss management server stores the phone number information therein, and then the phone number information of the plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the change service area according to the location change of the lost terminal is received from the exchange. Pre-stored phone number information each time And by carrying out a comparative procedure pre-stored by extracting a phone number that matches the telephone number stored. Through this, the loss management server can finally extract one or two small number of mobile communication terminals that are continuously located in the same area as the lost terminal, which means that the lost owner can be found. .

Loss management server for performing the above role is configured to include the components shown in Figure 2, each component is described as follows.

First, the communication interface module 21 is a module for mediating a communication connection with an exchange, and the loss management server is provided with telephone number data information for the mobile communication terminal through communication with the exchange through the communication interface module, and then lost. When obtaining information about the terminal owner, it can be provided to the exchange or an external device.

The storage module 23 is a module for storing and managing telephone number data information of a mobile communication terminal received from an exchange, and when the telephone number information of a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal is input from the exchange. It generates data every time and stores and manages the phone number information of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, as a comparison procedure for the telephone number data stored and managed in the storage module, that is, a comparison of previously stored telephone number data with the telephone number data most recently inputted from the exchange, only the telephone number data matching is extracted and stored separately. It plays a role.

The comparison module 25 is a module that performs a comparison of the phone number data stored in the storage module and extracts a phone number that is commonly stored and managed in each data. Specifically, the comparison module 25 stores the phone number stored in the storage module. By comparing the data with the most recently inputted phone number data, the result of the matched phone number is extracted, stored and managed. Afterwards, the above operation is repeatedly performed. The phone number for the terminal can be extracted and the lost terminal owner's information can be obtained therefrom.

As described above, a loss management server for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal is configured to include a communication interface module, a storage module, and a comparison module, and further includes a control module 27 to repeatedly control the operation of these configuration modules. By doing so.

In the above, the recovery service providing system for the lost terminal according to the present invention has been described. Now, a method of providing a recovery service for a lost terminal using the system will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal according to the present invention. As shown, a method for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal includes a phone number extracting step (S10) and a phone number storing step (S20). , Comparison step (S30) and the telephone number management step (S40). When the description is divided into each step, if the lost terminal first requests the mobile communication network to register the location of the current location, the received mobile communication network checks whether the lost terminal has been lost, Performs a phone number data extraction procedure for the mobile communication terminal (S10).

In detail, when a specific event such as power-on of a lost terminal or a location change occurs, the lost terminal transmits a location registration request for the current location to the mobile communication network. The location registration request of the lost terminal is transmitted to the exchange through a base station and a base station controller of the mobile communication network, and the exchange performs a location registration procedure for the lost terminal. During the location registration procedure for the lost terminal, the location register identifies the lost terminal as a lost mobile communication terminal and notifies the switch to the exchange. The exchange receiving the notification of the lost terminal performs a procedure of extracting telephone number data for a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal.

At this time, the exchange is provided with a timer (timer) therein, if it is confirmed whether the specific mobile communication terminal is lost, the location registration for the lost terminal and the phone number data extraction for the mobile communication terminal located in the same service area as the lost terminal It will be appreciated that the procedure can be repeated at specific time intervals.

The phone number data for the mobile communication terminal extracted through the above procedure is transferred to the loss management server to be stored and managed in the loss management server (S20). That is, the loss management server receives telephone number data of a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal from the exchange and stores and manages them.

By processing the steps S10 to S20, the phone number data for the mobile communication terminal located in the same service area as the lost terminal is stored and managed in the loss management server.

In addition, due to the repetition of the steps S10 to S20 due to the change of the location of the lost terminal or the periodic location registration procedure by a specific time unit, the mobile communication terminal located in the same service area as the lost terminal is located in the loss management server. A plurality of telephone number data are generated and managed. That is, when the lost management server receives telephone number data of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal from the exchange, the lost management server allocates and stores a storage space for the telephone number data. Allocate a separate storage space from the telephone number data of the mobile communication terminal which is received from the exchange and is managed to store and manage the telephone number data of the currently received mobile communication terminal.

As described above, the loss management server receives the telephone number data for the mobile communication terminal located in the same service area as the lost terminal from the current exchange, and the mobile communication terminal already located in the same service area as the lost terminal in the loss management server. If the phone number data is stored and managed, the loss management server performs a comparison procedure between the currently inputted phone number data and the prestored phone number data (S30).

More specifically, when the loss management server stores and manages the phone number of the mobile communication terminal located in the same service area as the lost terminal and receives and stores the phone number information of the new mobile communication terminal from the exchange, the loss management is performed. The server extracts the phone numbers of the mobile communication terminals commonly belonging to the plurality of phone number data by comparing the stored phone number data with the stored phone number data inputted from the current exchange. That is, as a result of the comparison, extraction is performed for the phone number of the mobile communication terminal that is matched in each phone number data, and the extracted phone number is stored and managed as separate phone number data (S40). At this time, the phone number in each data that does not match when performing the comparison, the deletion process from the loss management server.

Steps 30 and 40 (S30 to S40) are repeatedly performed whenever the telephone number information of the new mobile communication terminal is input from the exchange, and the lost management server is finally one through repeating the comparison operation. Alternatively, only the phone numbers of two or more mobile communication terminals will be stored and managed. This means a phone number for the mobile communication terminal of the owner who obtained the lost terminal, and the obtained phone number data can be finally recovered to the lost terminal manager or the element owner of the lost terminal. have.

In the above, the recovery service providing system and method for a lost terminal has been described. Although the present invention described above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, various modifications and changes of the present invention are made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims by those skilled in the art. It will be appreciated that this can be changed.

As described above, according to the system and method for providing a recovery service for a lost terminal according to the present invention, it is possible to perform repeated extraction and comparison operations of telephone numbers for a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area to which the lost terminal belongs. By finally extracting the phone number of the mobile communication terminal for the owner owning the lost terminal to improve the recovery rate of the lost terminal.

In addition, by illegally extracting the location of the lost terminal and the information of the owner to obtain the lost terminal it can prevent illegal use and transactions for the lost terminal.

Claims (9)

In the recovery service providing system for a lost terminal, A mobile communication network which performs periodic location registration for the lost terminal and extracts phone numbers for a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal and provides the lost management server to the lost management server; And A communication interface module for accessing the mobile communication network through a network and receiving telephone number data for a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal extracted from the mobile communication network; A comparison module for comparing a match with telephone number data for a mobile communication terminal which is stored and managed when inputting telephone number data for a mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication network through the communication interface unit; A storage module for storing and managing telephone number data for a plurality of mobile communication terminals input from the communication interface unit and telephone number data matched as a result of comparison processing of the comparing unit; Loss management server including a control module for repeatedly controlling the operation of the configuration module; Recovery service providing system for a lost terminal is configured to include. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication network, A location register which reports whether the mobile communication terminal is lost or not, when the mobile terminal is checked for loss and the location registration request of the lost mobile communication terminal is lost; And Performs a location registration procedure in response to a location registration request of the lost mobile communication terminal, and obtains by performing a phone number extraction operation for a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost mobile communication terminal during location registration. A switch providing the lost telephone number data to the lost server; Recovery service providing system for a lost terminal comprising a. A loss management server that provides a recovery service for a lost terminal through communication with a mobile communication network, A communication interface module for accessing the mobile communication network through a network and receiving telephone number data for a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal extracted from the mobile communication network; A comparison module which compares whether or not the telephone number data of the mobile communication terminal is stored and managed when the telephone number data is input from the mobile communication network through the communication interface unit; A storage module for storing and managing telephone number data for a plurality of mobile communication terminals input from the communication interface unit and telephone number data matched as a result of comparison processing of the comparison unit; And A control module for repeatedly controlling the operation of the configuration module; Lost management server configured including. A method for providing a recovery service in a mobile communication network for a lost terminal, When inputting a location registration request from the lost terminal, the mobile communication network checks whether the lost terminal is lost, and extracts phone number data of a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal and provides the lost management server to the lost management server. Extraction step; A storage step of storing and managing the phone number data by the loss management server receiving the phone number data of the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication network; A comparison step of the loss management server performing a comparison procedure between the phone number data of the mobile communication terminal stored in the storing step and the phone number data of the mobile communication terminal previously stored in the loss management server; And A management step of performing, by the loss management server, a result of performing the comparing step and performing storage management on the extracted phone number data of the mobile communication terminal and the extracted phone number data of the mobile communication terminal; Recovery service providing method for a lost terminal comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The extraction step, Receiving, by the mobile communication network, a location registration request from a lost terminal; Confirming, by the mobile communication network that received the location registration request, whether the lost terminal is lost; After confirming the loss of the lost terminal, extracting phone number data of a plurality of mobile communication terminals located in the same service area as the lost terminal; And Transmitting the extracted telephone number data to a loss management server; Recovery service providing method for a lost terminal comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein In the comparing step, as a result of the comparison between the telephone number data of the mobile communication terminal stored in the storing step and the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal pre-stored in the loss management server, the loss of the telephone number data of the mismatched mobile communication terminal is lost. A method of providing a recovery service for a lost terminal, further comprising the step of performing a deletion procedure from the management server. The method of claim 4, wherein The extracting step is a recovery service providing method for a lost terminal, characterized in that repeatedly performed based on a specific unit time. The method of claim 4, wherein Wherein the management step further comprises the step of proceeding to the extraction step whenever the location of the lost terminal, the recovery service providing method for the lost terminal. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 8, The managing step further comprises the step of informing the subscriber of the lost terminal or the lost terminal recovery person of the phone number data of the extracted mobile communication terminal, the recovery service providing method for the lost terminal.

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