KR100828922B1 - System and method for providing location based board service - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for providing a location based bulletin board service are disclosed. The system includes a member manager that manages member information subscribed to the bulletin board service; Receiving the posting information from a first terminal, which is a terminal to which the posting information is to be registered, obtaining the first terminal location information, and mapping the first terminal location information to the posting information to include the first terminal location information. A publication information manager for generating location based publication information; And a posting information transmitter for transmitting the location-based posting information to a second terminal which is a terminal for identifying a member registered in a service management server or a member selected by the first terminal. Therefore, when a user of a service posts information on a bulletin board in a cyber space such as a cyber community, the location information of a place where the information is posted is also registered on the bulletin board together with the posting information, and utilizes the location information of the user posting the information. More usefully, the posting information can be delivered, which increases the efficiency of the service.

Terminal, communication network, location based service, bulletin board service

Description

Location-based bulletin board service provision system and method {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED BOARD SERVICE}

1 is a block diagram of a general location-based application service providing system.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a general location based application service providing method.

3 is a diagram illustrating a whole system configuration for implementing a location-based bulletin board service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a registration form of posting information through a first terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 and 6 illustrate a form in which location based posting information is received by a second terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a location-based publishing group service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

20; Positioning server 30; Application server

40; Network 50; GPS satellite

100; A first terminal 200; 2nd terminal

300; Service management server 310; Membership Management Department

320; Posting information management unit 330; Post Information Transmitter

340; An application provider 350; Location Information Management Department

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a location-based bulletin board service. More particularly, when a user of a service posts information on a bulletin board in a cyber space such as a cyber community, the location information on a place where the information is posted is also posted. The present invention relates to a location-based bulletin board service providing system and a method which can be used to register a bulletin board and transmit the posted information more usefully by utilizing the location information of the user who posts the information.

Netizen's activities through cyberspace, which symbolizes the information society and the information society, are spreading rapidly.

 In particular, the bulletin board service that posts information in cyberspace is an important communicator who can share useful information with members of a group formed around a specific purpose, such as meetings of people with the same hobbies or meetings with friends. In this role, it is becoming an important service that cannot be missed in cyberspace.

In addition, with the development of mobile terminal and communication network technology, mobileization of internet services is becoming more common, and thus users of bulletin board services can post information anywhere without space limitation, so that information sharing among members is possible. It is becoming more active.

However, until now, the mobile bulletin board service through a mobile terminal is merely a service of a wired bulletin board function, and has a problem in that it cannot provide a service in conjunction with a location-based service, which is the biggest feature of mobile.

On the other hand, location based service (LBS) is a location based on the communication network to obtain the location information of the terminal using the location detection technology (LDT), and based on the acquired location information to provide various services to the terminal Say what you offer.

The various services include a location-based advertisement service using a location information of a terminal, a navigation service map service, and the like, and an application range for a location-based service is gradually increasing.

Therefore, hereinafter, a location-based service providing system and a method thereof will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a general location-based service providing system. As shown in FIG. 1, a general location-based service providing system includes a terminal 10, a location server 20, an application server 30, and the like.

The terminal 10 communicates with the positioning server 20 and the application server 30 through a communication network 40 to transmit and receive information about the location information with the positioning server 20, and with the application server 30. Transmits and receives information about the service to which the location information is applied.

In more detail, the terminal 10 communicates with the GPS satellites 50 to form latitude, longitude, distance, etc. (hereinafter, 'location generation information') based on generating location information from the GPS satellites 50. Information).

The location generating server 20 transmits the location information to the location positioning server 20 so as to generate the location information of the terminal 10 or directly calculates the location of the terminal 10 through the location generating information. The location information is generated, and the location information thus generated is transmitted to the location positioning server 20.

When the location positioning server 20 receives location generation information from the terminal 10, the location positioning server 20 calculates the location of the terminal 10 based on the location generation information, and applies the calculated location information of the terminal 10. In the case of transmitting the location information to the server 30 or directly receiving the location information from the terminal 10, the location information is transmitted to the application server 30 or the location information calculated through a predetermined processing process is applied to the application server 30. To send).

That is, the application server 30 receives the location information of the terminal through the terminal 10 or the location server 20, and provides various location-based services by applying the received location information.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is that when a service management server providing a bulletin board service receives posting information from a first terminal, the first terminal generates posting information. A location-based bulletin board service providing system for acquiring location information of the first terminal, generating location-based posting information in which the first terminal location information is mapped to the posting information, and transmitting the generated location-based posting information to a second terminal; To provide a way.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a location-based bulletin board service system for the service management server to set the specific condition information for the transmission of the location-based posting information to transmit the location-based posting information to the second terminal only when the specific condition is satisfied. And a method.

Location-based bulletin board service providing system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the member management unit for managing member information subscribed to the bulletin board service; Receiving the posting information from a first terminal, which is a terminal to which the posting information is to be registered, obtaining the first terminal location information, and mapping the first terminal location information to the posting information to include the first terminal location information. A publication information manager for generating location based publication information; And a posting information transmitter for transmitting the location-based posting information to a second terminal which is a terminal for identifying a member registered in a service management server or a member selected by the first terminal.

In addition, the method for providing a location-based bulletin board service according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: A-1) receiving, by a service management server, posting information from a first terminal; A-2) acquiring, by the service management server, first terminal location information about the first terminal; A-3) generating, by the service management server, location-based posting information including the first terminal location information by mapping the first terminal location information to the posting information; And A-4) transmitting, by the service management server, the location-based posting information to a second terminal that is a terminal that identifies a member registered with the service management server or a member selected by the first terminal. do.

Hereinafter, a system and method for providing a location-based bulletin board service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the drawings.

First, a location-based bulletin board service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an overall system for implementing a location-based bulletin board service according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a registration form of posting information through a first terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating a form in which location based posting information is received by a second terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the system for providing a location-based bulletin board service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first terminal 100, a service management server 300, a location positioning server 20, and a second terminal 200. ), And the like.

The first terminal 100 is a terminal that transmits information to the service management server 300 to register a post on a bulletin board provided by the service management server 300 in the cyber space, and through the communication network 40, the service management server ( And all terminals capable of accessing 300).

In addition, the first terminal 100 may set a predetermined condition through the service management server 300 to be transmitted to the second terminal 200 only when the posting information satisfies the condition.

That is, the posting information is displayed on the first terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 4, and the predetermined condition is set through the 'transmission setting' menu 120 provided to the first terminal 100.

For example, the first terminal 100 sets a transmission area so that the posting can be performed only when the second terminal 200 is within the transmission area, outside the transmission area, or when entering the transmission area. Set information to be transmitted to the second terminal 200.

Meanwhile, the first terminal 100 selects a specific distance to set the transmission area and transmits distance information on the selected distance to the service management server 300.

That is, it is preferable that the transmission area is set as an area composed of the specific distance around the point where the first terminal 100 is located, or the first terminal 100 is set by selecting a specific area.

In this case, the selection of the specific area of the first terminal 100 may be made through the map information 600 generated by the service management server 300 based on the location information of the first terminal 100. The terminal 100 may select the specific area by transmitting predetermined address information to the service management server 300.

In addition, the first terminal 100 transmits the transmission location information to the service management server 300 so that the service management server 300 transmits the posting information only when the second terminal 200 arrives at a specific location. Set the location.

The service management server 300 receives the posting information from the first terminal 100, obtains the location information of the first terminal 100 corresponding to the time when the posting information is generated, and based on the location including the location information. The post information is generated and transmitted to the second terminal 200.

And more specifically described as follows. That is, the service management server 300 includes a member manager 310, a post information manager 320, a post information transmitter 330, an application provider 340, a location information manager 350, and the like.

The member manager 310 manages member information subscribed to the bulletin board service provided by the service management server 300, and the member information includes terminal identification information for identifying a member. The service management server 300 preferably manages member information for each group formed around a specific purpose.

For example, the service management server 300 may classify and manage all bulletin board service members by members having the same hobbies as inline clubs, mountain clubs, and ski clubs.

The posting information management unit 320 receives the posting information from the first terminal 100, obtains first terminal location information, and includes first terminal location information by mapping the first terminal location information to the posting information. Generate location based publishing information.

The first terminal location information is location information on a point where the first terminal 100 is located when the first terminal 100 generates the posting information or when the first terminal 100 transmits the posting information. In this case, it is preferable that the service management server 300 receives the information generation time information on the time when the posting information was generated together with the posting information or the transmission time information on the posting information transmission time from the first terminal 100.

Also, preferably, when the first terminal 100 is a terminal capable of generating location information by itself through a handset-based technology, the service management server 300 receives the first terminal location information directly from the first terminal 100. It receives and obtains by requesting the location positioning server 20 to provide the information generation time information or transmission time information and the first terminal location information corresponding to the time information.

In addition, when the service management server 300 receives the posting information, the first terminal location information requests the location positioning server 20 to cooperate with the first terminal location information to obtain the first terminal location information. .

On the other hand, since the method for obtaining location information through the first terminal 100 or the location positioning server 20 is already known as described in the prior art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted below.

The posting information transmitting unit 330 transmits the location-based posting information to the second terminal 200, which is a terminal identifying the selected member selected by the first terminal 100 among the terminal identifying the member or all members of the service.

In addition, the posting information transmitter 330 receives the transmission area setting information from the first terminal 100 and receives the second terminal location information from the second terminal 200 or the positioning server 20, and thus, the second terminal. The location-based posting information is transmitted to the second terminal 200 only when it is determined that 200 is within the transmission area or when it is determined that the second terminal 200 is outside the transmission area.

In addition, the posting information transmitter 330 may transmit the location-based posting information to the second terminal 200 when the second terminal 200 enters the transmission area or when the transmission location set by the first terminal 100 arrives. Is preferred.

In addition, the posting information transmitter 330 receives the transmission time information from the first terminal 100 and transmits the location-based posting information to the second terminal 200 when the time arrives according to the transmission time information. For example, the transmission time information may be set to transmit the location-based posting information to the second terminal 200 only when the transmission condition is satisfied at the same time as the transmission area information.

The application providing unit 340 provides a predetermined location management application to the second terminal 200 so that the second terminal 200 can enter the transmission area of the second terminal 200 or the arrival of the transmission location. The determination is made to transmit the determination fact to the service management server 300 when entering the transmission area or when the transmission position arrives.

On the other hand, the location-based bulletin board service providing system further includes a location information management unit 350, in conjunction with the first terminal 100, the second terminal 200 and the positioning server 20, the first terminal 100 and The location information of the second terminal 200 is managed.

The second terminal 200 is a terminal that receives the location-based posting information from the service management server 300, and is determined by the service management server 300 or by the location management application embedded in the second terminal 200. When the second terminal 200 satisfies predetermined condition information such as the transmission area condition by the determination, the location-based posting information is received.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the posting information transmitted by the first terminal 100 to the service management server 300 is displayed on the second terminal 200, and the first terminal 100 registering the posting information is displayed. If you want to check the location information of the first through the predetermined 'view location' menu 220 can check the location information of the first terminal.

That is, the second terminal 200 receives the first terminal location information from the service management server 300, which may be provided as the map information 600, as shown in FIG. The server 300 monitors not only the first terminal location information when the posting information is generated but also the location information for a predetermined time before the posting information is generated, thereby providing the movement path 620 of the first terminal 100. Preferably, the second terminal 200 can receive the movement path 620.

In addition, in the map information 600, the avatar information 630 of a member corresponding to the first terminal identification information is mapped to the first terminal location information, and the post information 640 is also included.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a location-based bulletin board service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a location-based bulletin board service according to an embodiment of the present invention. On the other hand, the description overlapping with the description of the location-based bulletin board service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 7, the service management server 300 receives posting information from the first terminal 100 (S710).

In this case, the service management server 300 further receives the transmission area information or the transmission time information set by the first terminal 100, and also the shipment condition information set through the transmission area information or the transmission time information. It is desirable to receive more.

The shipment condition information compares the transmission area information with the second terminal location information and transmits posting information to the second terminal 200 when the second terminal 200 is located in or outside the transmission area. It contains information that says.

The service management server 300 obtains first terminal location information from the first terminal 100 or the location positioning server 20 (S 720).

Subsequently, the service management server 300 acquiring the first terminal location information maps the first location information to the posting information to generate location-based posting information which is posting information including first terminal location information (S). 730).

In addition, the service management server 300 transmits the location-based posting information generated in this way to the second terminal 200 (S740).

In this case, preferably, when the service management server 300 receives at least one or more information of transmission area information or transmission time information from the first terminal 100 and together with the occurrence condition information, the second terminal. The method may further include determining whether the 200 satisfies the generation condition information (not shown).

If it is determined that the second terminal 200 satisfies the generation condition information, the service management server 300 transmits the location-based posting information to the second terminal 200.

Meanwhile, the service management server 300 transmits a predetermined application to the second terminal 200 so that the second terminal 200 can perform a determination on whether the generation condition information is satisfied through the application. It is preferable.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described claims, which depart from the spirit of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone with ordinary knowledge will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various changes or modifications can be made.

As described above, the present inventors position-based bulletin board service providing system and method, when the service user posts the information on the bulletin board of the cyber space, such as cyber community, location information about the place where the information is posted along with the bulletin board information By registering with the user, the user can use the location information of the user who publishes the information to more effectively deliver the posting information, thereby increasing the efficiency of the service.

Claims (14)

A member manager to manage member information subscribed to the bulletin board service; Receiving the posting information from the first terminal that is a terminal to register the posting information, and obtains the location information of the first terminal by requesting the location information of the first terminal to the positioning server, or through the handset-based technology A publication information management unit for acquiring the first terminal location information generated by the terminal by itself, and matching the posting information with the first terminal location information to generate location-based posting information including the first terminal location information; And Setting a transmission area based on the location information of the first terminal, requesting location information of the second terminal from the positioning server to obtain location information of the second terminal, or generating the second terminal itself through a handset based technology. After acquiring the location information of the second terminal, if it is determined that the location of the second terminal is within the transmission area, a post information transmitting unit for transmitting the location-based posting information to the second terminal; Location-based bulletin board service providing system. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the posting information transmitter sets a transmission area based on the location information of the first terminal, and requests location information of the second terminal from the positioning server to obtain location information of the second terminal. After acquiring the location information of the second terminal generated by the second terminal itself through a handset based technology, and determining that the location of the second terminal is outside the transmission area, the location-based posting information is transmitted to the second terminal. Location-based bulletin board service providing system, characterized in that for transmitting. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the transmission area is Location-based bulletin board service providing system, characterized in that at least one of the area consisting of the same distance around the point corresponding to the first terminal location information or the area set by the selection of the first terminal. The posting information transmitting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the posting information transmitting unit And the second terminal transmits the location-based posting information to the second terminal when the second terminal enters the transmission area or when the transmission location set by the first terminal arrives. The system of claim 5, wherein the location-based bulletin board service providing system Wherein the second terminal further comprises an application providing unit for providing a location management application for determining the entry of the transmission area or the transmission location of the second terminal, characterized in that the location-based bulletin board service providing system. The posting information transmitting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the posting information transmitting unit Setting transmission time information and transmitting the location-based posting information to the second terminal when the posting information transmission time according to the transmission time information arrives. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The system for providing a location-based bulletin board service receives and manages location information from a location positioning server, the first terminal, and the second terminal, and requests the first terminal location information and the second terminal at the request of the posting information management unit. Location-based bulletin board service providing system further comprises a location information management unit for providing location information. A-1) the service management server receiving the posting information from the first terminal; A-2) The service management server requests the location server to obtain the location information of the first terminal by requesting the location information of the first terminal, or the location of the first terminal generated by the first terminal itself through a handset based technology. Obtaining information; A-3) generating, by the service management server, location-based posting information including the first terminal location information by mapping the first terminal location information to the posting information; And A-4) The service management server requests the location server to obtain location information of the second terminal and obtains the location information of the second terminal, or the second terminal location information generated by the second terminal itself through a handset based technology. And acquiring the location-based posting information to the second terminal when the location of the second terminal is within a transmission area set based on the first terminal location information. How to provide a bulletin board service. The method of claim 9, wherein step A-4) After the service management server requests the location server to obtain the location information of the second terminal to obtain the location information of the second terminal or the second terminal location information generated by the second terminal itself through a handset based technology. And transmitting the location based posting information to the second terminal when the location of the second terminal is outside a transmission area set based on the location information of the first terminal. 11. The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein the transmission area is Location-based bulletin board service providing method, characterized in that the area consisting of the same distance around the point corresponding to the location information of the first terminal or the area set according to the selection of the first terminal. The method of claim 9, wherein step A-4) The second terminal is performed when the transmission area is entered or when the preset transmission location arrives by the first terminal, characterized in that the location-based bulletin board service providing method. The method of claim 12, Entering the transmission area of the second terminal or arrival of the transmission position is determined by a predetermined application embedded in the second terminal. The method of claim 9, wherein step A-4) Location service bulletin board service providing method, characterized in that performed by the service management server when the arrival time of the posting information transmission time according to the transmission time information received from the first terminal.

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