KR100821205B1 - Method and apparatus for location information image providing service - Google Patents

Abstract

A location information video service method and a device therefor are provided to offer a location information video including information on a location where a receiving mobile communication terminal is currently positioned during standby time, to the sending terminal which attempts a video call until video call connection is executed between the receiving terminal and a sending terminal. A location information video service server receives a location information service request of a receiving mobile communication terminal from a sending mobile communication terminal(S100). Location information of the receiving terminal is collected on the basis of the request(S101,S103). A location information video to be provided to the sending terminal is generated on the basis of the location information(S104). The location information video is provided to the sending terminal.

Description

Method for providing location information video service and apparatus therefor {Method and Apparatus for location information image providing service}

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entire mobile communication system for providing a location information video service of a called-party mobile communication terminal when waiting for a call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and a relationship therebetween;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process for providing a location information video service by a location information video service server according to another embodiment of the present invention in the mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a procedure diagram for explaining a process of providing a location information image service according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

4 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a location information video service server for providing a location information video service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a means for servicing a location information image, and more particularly, to a service method and apparatus for providing a location information image including the location information where the called mobile terminal is currently located during a video call waiting time. .

In a conventional voice communication between mobile communication terminals, a sound source is provided instead of a monotonous ringback tone, thereby providing a service for the caller to listen to music set by the called party during a call waiting time.

However, the service method of providing a sound source instead of a ringback tone in such a mobile communication service provides only a sound source such as music, and thus has a limitation that it does not meet the needs of recent mobile phones suitable for implementing a multimedia service.

Recently, technologies related to mobile communication services have been developed into GSM, GPRS, and WCDMA networks standardized at the 3rd Generation Partnership Projects (3GPP) International Standardization Conference, and IS-95A, It has been developed into IS95-B, CDMA20001x and CDMA1x-EVDO. Among these wireless mobile communication technologies, in the case of the IMT-2000 network, the synchronous IMT-2000 is called CDMA2000 1x-EVDO, and the asynchronous IMT-2000 is called WCDMA.

In addition to the development of the mobile communication service technology as described above, additional services have increased significantly in addition to the basic call, and among these additional services, the demand for a service that can represent a subscriber's personality is rapidly increasing.

In addition, with the rapid spread of mobile communication terminals and the development of related technologies, as the demand for the location information of the other party using the mobile communication terminal increases, tracking techniques for the mobile communication terminal of the called party as the other party have also been developed.

However, most of the receiver location tracking technology services using the mobile communication terminal use a specific service of a specific wireless network service provider to perform a separate process such as searching for the location of the called party through a map separately from attempts to call the mobile communication terminal. There was a problem that had to go through.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is a call waiting until the video call connection between the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile communication terminal is made to the calling mobile terminal attempting a video call. The present invention provides a service method and apparatus for providing a location information image including location information where a called-party mobile communication terminal is currently located for a time.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, a method for providing location information video service,

A first step of receiving, by the location information video service server, a request for providing location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal from the calling mobile communication terminal;

A second step of collecting location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal based on the request of the first step;

A third step of generating a location information image to be provided to a calling mobile terminal based on the location information when the location information of the called mobile terminal is collected through the second step; And,

And after the location information image is generated through the third step, providing the location information image to the calling mobile terminal.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention as described above, the location information video service server,

A location information collection module for collecting location information of a called-party mobile communication terminal;

A location information conversion module for converting location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal collected by the location information collection module into a location-information image that can be executed on the calling-party mobile communication terminal;

A video call module for negotiating with a calling mobile terminal in order to provide the calling mobile terminal with the location information image generated by the location information converting module;

A database unit for storing information on the calling mobile terminal, collected from the location information service providing request message, information on the called mobile terminal, and location information of the called mobile terminal collected from the location information providing server; And,

The location information collection module and the video call module are configured to include an interface unit which assists to perform data communication with the calling mobile terminal, the calling exchange, and the location information providing server which are external to the location information video service server.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. However, in describing in detail the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. The same reference numerals are used for parts having similar functions and functions throughout the drawings.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

In addition, the term module described herein refers to a unit for processing a specific function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an entire mobile communication system for providing a location information video service of a called-party mobile communication terminal when waiting for a call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and a relationship therebetween.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication system includes a calling party mobile communication terminal 100, a calling party switch 200, a home location register 300, a location information video service server 400, and a location information providing server 500. And a called-party mobile communication terminal 600.

In the mobile communication system, when the calling mobile terminal 100 attempts a video call to the called mobile communication terminal 600 through the calling exchange 200 and the home location register 300, the location information video service server ( 400 collects location information on the location where the called-party mobile communication terminal 600 is located through the location information providing server 500, generates a related video based on the location information, and then transmits the video to the calling-party mobile communication terminal ( It provides to the calling mobile terminal 100 during the call waiting time until the video call connection between the 100 and the called mobile terminal 600 is made.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process for providing a location information video service by a location information video service server in the mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, the location information video service server receives a request for providing location information of a called mobile communication terminal to a calling mobile communication terminal (S100). The request message is transmitted from an originating exchange, and the request message is directly generated and sent by the originating exchange based on the subscription service information of the originating mobile communication terminal collected through the originating home location register. The requesting message sent from the calling mobile communication terminal may be routed by the calling exchange.

When the request for providing location information is received through step S100, it is checked whether the calling mobile communication terminal is a valid subscriber to the corresponding location information video service (S101). The step S101 is an additional step in the present invention. For this purpose, the location information video service server preferably stores information about the service subscriber in a separate storage space. If it is determined in step S101 that the calling mobile communication terminal is not the subscriber of the location information video service, the procedure is terminated (S102).

Next, the location information video service server collects location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal (S103). In this case, the location information collected in step S103 is information about a place where the called party's mobile communication terminal is currently located. For example, the location information is preferably coordinate information of the location. In a preferred embodiment applicable to the present invention, the location information of the called party's mobile communication terminal is collected using a GPS chip embedded in the called party's mobile communication terminal through a location information providing server, which is a separate device, or the called party's mobile terminal. The information may be collected using two or more base station information related to the mobile communication terminal.

When the location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal is collected through the step S103, a location information image to be provided to the calling-party mobile communication terminal is generated based on the location information (S104). The location information image is multimedia image data in a form that can be executed in the calling mobile communication terminal. If the location information image can be executed in the calling mobile communication terminal, the specific conversion method can be performed by a person skilled in the art having ordinary skill in the art. It can be easily selected by judgment.

After the location information image is generated through the step S104, the location information image is provided to the calling mobile terminal (S105). In a preferred embodiment applicable to the present invention, in order to perform step S104, the location information video service server performs H.324 negotiation with an originating mobile communication terminal to originate with a location information video service server. The video call path may be set between the mobile communication terminals.

In an embodiment applicable to the present invention, it is preferable that the location information image providing according to step S105 is continued until the called mobile terminal responds to the call request message of the calling mobile terminal.

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

Referring to FIG. 3, first, the calling mobile terminal 100 transmits a call request message S200 for a video call connection toward the called mobile terminal 600. In this case, the call request message of step S200 may include location information providing request information for the called-party mobile communication terminal.

After receiving the call request message of step S200 from the calling mobile terminal 100, the calling side exchange 200 requests the home location register 300 for location information on the called mobile terminal (S201). In response to the collected location information on the called-party mobile communication terminal (S202). At this time, in the preferred embodiment applicable to the present invention, the calling side exchange 200 may also collect information on additional services subscribed to by the calling mobile terminal in step S202.

Next, the calling side exchange 200 delivers the location information providing request message of the called-side mobile communication terminal to the purpose information service server 400 (S203). At this time, the request message of step S203 is based on the subscription service information of the calling mobile communication terminal 100 collected through the calling home location register 200 and the sender switch 200 directly created and sent. In this case, the originating exchange 200 may route the request message sent from the originating mobile terminal 100.

When the location information providing request is received through the step S203, the location information video service server 400 requests the location information providing server 500 to provide location information on the called-party mobile communication terminal 600 (S204). The information providing server 500 checks the information on the current location of the called-party mobile communication terminal 600 (S205), and provides it to the location information video service server 400 (S206). In this case, the location information collected through the steps S204 to S206 is information about a place where the called-party mobile communication terminal is currently located, for example, coordinate information about the location. In a preferred embodiment applicable to the present invention, the location information of the called party's mobile communication terminal is collected using a GPS chip embedded in the called party's mobile communication terminal through a location information providing server, which is a separate device, or the called party's mobile terminal. The information may be collected using two or more base station information related to the mobile communication terminal.

When the location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal is collected through the steps S204 to S206, the location information video service server 400 generates the location information image to be provided to the calling mobile terminal based on the location information (S207). ). The location information image is multimedia image data in a form that can be executed in the calling mobile communication terminal. If the location information image can be executed in the calling mobile communication terminal, the specific conversion method can be performed by a person skilled in the art having ordinary skill in the art. It can be easily selected by judgment.

After the location information video is generated through step S207, the location information video service server 500 negotiates with the calling mobile communication terminal 100 to provide the location information video to the calling mobile terminal 100. For example, H.324 negotiation is performed (S208 to S210). That is, when the location information video service server 400 transmits a call confirmation message to the calling exchange 200 (S208), the calling exchange 200 transmits a call procedure message to the calling mobile communication terminal (S209). ), And transmits a notification message (S210).

When a video call path is established between the calling mobile terminal 100 and the location information video service server 400 through the H.324 negotiation process in steps S208 to S210, the location information video service server is performed in step S207. The call waiting location information image service is performed using the location information image generated at step S211.

Next, while the location information video service continues (S212), the calling exchange 200 performs a task for setting the voice call between the calling mobile terminal 100 and the called mobile terminal 600 ( S220 ~ S224). That is, the calling side exchange 200 routes the call request message received from the calling mobile terminal 100 to the called mobile terminal 600 in step S200 (S220), and confirms the call in response thereto. Receive a message S221. Subsequently, after receiving the notification message and the call connection message from the called-party mobile communication terminal 600 (S222 and S223), the call-connect message is transmitted to the calling mobile terminal 100 (S224).

If it is determined through the steps S220 to S224 that the called-party mobile communication terminal responds to the call request message of the calling-party mobile communication terminal, the location information video service server 400 first provides the calling-side mobile communication terminal 100. After the location information video service is terminated (S225), a video call between the calling mobile terminal 100 and the called mobile terminal 600 is connected (S226).

4 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a location information video service server for providing a location information video service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the location information video service server 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a location information collection module 410, a location information conversion module 420, a video call module 430, and a database unit 440. ) And an interface unit 450.

The location information collection module 410 is a component for collecting location information of a called-party mobile communication terminal which is a target of the location-information video service, and in a preferred embodiment applicable to the present invention, the called-party mobile communication terminal The location information of the coordinate information on the current location of the destination mobile terminal is collected by using a GPS chip embedded in the destination mobile communication terminal through a location information providing server, a separate device, or the destination mobile The information may be collected using two or more base station information related to the communication terminal.

The location information conversion module 420 converts the location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal collected by the location-information collecting module 410 into a location information image that can be executed on the calling-party mobile communication terminal. The location information image is multimedia image data in a form that can be executed in the calling mobile communication terminal. If the location information image can be executed in the calling mobile communication terminal, the specific conversion method can be performed by a person skilled in the art having ordinary skill in the art. It can be easily selected by judgment.

The video call module 430 is a component that performs H.324 negotiation with the calling mobile terminal in order to provide the calling mobile terminal with the location information image generated by the location information converting module 420. At this time, in a preferred embodiment applicable to the present invention, the video call module 430 may continue to provide the location information image until the called mobile terminal responds to the call request message of the calling mobile terminal. .

The database unit 440 is a device for storing information necessary for providing a location information video service by a location information video service server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Information about the receiver, information about the called-party mobile communication terminal, and location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal collected from the location information providing server.

The interface unit 450 includes a location information collection module 410 and a video call module 430 located outside the location information video service server 400 to provide a location information video service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It performs a function to assist in performing data communication with the calling mobile terminal, the calling switch and the location information providing server.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and it is common in the art that various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

According to the present invention, when the calling mobile terminal attempts to make a video call to the called mobile terminal, the called party waits for a call waiting time until a video call connection between the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal is made. The location information image including the location information on which the mobile communication terminal is currently located is provided to the calling mobile communication terminal.

Claims (15)

A first step of receiving, by the location information video service server, a request for providing location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal from the calling mobile communication terminal; A second step of collecting location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal based on the request of the first step; A third step of generating a location information image to be provided to a calling mobile terminal based on the location information when the location information of the called mobile terminal is collected through the second step; And, After the location information image is generated through the third step, a fourth step of providing the location information image to the calling mobile terminal, And the request message received in the first step is a message in which the calling exchange routed the request message sent from the calling mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, And checking whether the calling mobile terminal is a legitimate subscriber to the corresponding location information video service between the first step and the second step. The method of claim 2, If it is determined that the calling mobile terminal is not the subscriber of the location information video service, ending the procedure regarding the method of providing the corresponding location information video service. . The method of claim 1, The location information image providing method according to the fourth step is continued until the called-party mobile communication terminal responds to the call request message of the calling-party mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The request message received in the first step is a location information image which is directly created and sent by the calling exchange based on the subscription service information of the calling mobile communication terminal collected through the calling home location register. How we deliver the service. delete The method of claim 1, The location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal collected in the second step is coordinate information about a location where the called-party mobile communication terminal is currently located. The method of claim 1, The second step is a location information video service providing method, characterized in that the collection using the GPS chip embedded in the destination mobile communication terminal via the location information providing server. The method of claim 1, The second step is a location information video service providing method characterized in that the collection using the two or more base station information associated with the destination mobile terminal through the location information providing server. The method of claim 1, In the fourth step, the location information video service server performs H.324 negotiation with the calling mobile communication terminal to establish a video call path between the location information video service server and the calling mobile communication terminal. Location information service providing method characterized in that the. A location information collection module for collecting location information of a called-party mobile communication terminal; A location information conversion module for converting location information of the called-party mobile communication terminal collected by the location information collection module into a location-information image that can be executed on the calling-party mobile communication terminal; A video call module for negotiating with a calling mobile terminal in order to provide the calling mobile terminal with the location information image generated by the location information converting module; A database unit for storing information on the calling mobile terminal, collected from the location information service providing request message, information on the called mobile terminal, and location information of the called mobile terminal collected from the location information providing server; And, The location information collecting module and the video call module include a location information image including an interface unit which assists to perform data communication with the calling mobile terminal, the calling exchange, and the location information providing server, which are external to the location information video service server. Service server. The method of claim 11, Location information video service server, characterized in that the coordinate information for the current location of the called-party mobile communication terminal collected by the location information collection module. The method of claim 11, The location information collection module collects the location information of the destination mobile communication terminal using a GPS chip embedded in the destination mobile communication terminal through the location information providing server. The method of claim 11, The location information collection module collects the location information using two or more base station information related to the called-party mobile communication terminal through the location information providing server. The method of claim 11, And the video call module continues providing the location information video until the called mobile communication terminal responds to the call request message of the calling mobile communication terminal.

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