KR101128570B1 - System and Method for Providing of Menu according to Circumstances - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a situational menu providing system and method for generating and providing a corresponding menu of a mobile communication terminal required according to a situation, and a mobile communication terminal for the same.

The present invention provides a control unit for controlling the overall operation of the menu providing system; A database for storing information related to a menu providing system including affiliated store information and menu information under control of a controller; An affiliated store identification unit for analyzing a menu request message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal under control of the controller to determine a corresponding affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal is located; A menu information extracting unit extracting service information of an affiliated store from a database based on an identification code of the affiliated store identified by the affiliated store identification unit under control of the controller; A menu information generation unit generating contextual menu information required to use the affiliate store by using service information of the affiliate store extracted from the menu information extractor and pre-stored menu information under the control of the controller; Including a menu information providing unit for transmitting the contextual menu information generated by the menu information generation unit to the mobile communication terminal under the control of the control unit, and automatically provides the menu required by the mobile communication terminal according to the affiliated store visited by the user The advantage is that the user can save the trouble of searching the menu.

Description

Contextual menu providing system and method and mobile communication terminal for same {System and Method for Providing of Menu according to Circumstances}

 1 is a view showing a connection between a menu providing system and a communication network according to the present invention;

2 is a view showing in detail the configuration of a menu providing system according to the present invention;

3 is a view showing in detail the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a menu providing method according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a menu providing method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

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

10: GPS satellite 100: mobile communication terminal

110, 310: control unit 120: input unit

130: memory 140: wireless communication unit

151: display unit 153: output unit

160: GPS receiver 170: menu request unit

180: menu configuration editing unit 190: menu providing unit

200: local area network 220: mobile communication network

300: menu providing system 320: affiliated store identification unit

330: Menu information extraction unit 340: Menu information generation unit

350: menu information provider 360: database

361: location information DB 363: coupon information DB

365: Event Information DB 367: Menu Information DB

The present invention relates to a menu providing system, and more particularly, to a situation-specific menu providing system and method for generating and providing a corresponding menu of a mobile communication terminal required according to a situation, and a mobile communication terminal for the same.

At present, the mobile communication terminal communicates not only with a call function but also with a server providing additional services through a mobile communication network, and provides various additional services such as directions, payment processing, people search, game functions, and event information notification functions. have.

On the other hand, when a user possessing a mobile communication terminal visits a place which is previously affiliated with a mobile communication company such as a gas station, a department store, an amusement park, etc., the user performs a payment processing according to the use of the service using the mobile communication terminal or a corresponding merchant Event information of (eg, gas station, department store, amusement park, etc.) may be provided.

However, in order to receive event information or perform payment processing, a user searches for a corresponding menu provided in an offline mobile communication terminal or provides a service after accessing the wireless Internet using a mobile communication terminal. Inconvenience to go through the process of searching for occurs.

For this reason, the user often does not use the coupon information, event information or payment processing that can be provided using the mobile communication terminal in advance.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a system and method for providing a contextual menu for generating and providing a relevant menu based on information of a corresponding affiliated store where a mobile communication terminal is located, and a mobile communication terminal for the same. There is a technical problem.

The present invention for achieving the above object is connected to a mobile communication network, when receiving a menu request message transmitted from a mobile communication terminal including a GPS function, the menu required when using the service of the affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal is located; As a menu providing system to provide,

A controller for controlling the overall operation of the menu providing system; A database for storing information related to the menu providing system, including information for each affiliated store and menu information under the control of the controller; An affiliated store identification unit for analyzing a menu request message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal under the control of the controller to determine a corresponding affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal is located; A menu information extracting unit extracting service information of the affiliated store from the database based on the identification code of the affiliated store identified by the affiliated store identifying unit under control of the controller; A menu information generation unit generating contextual menu information required to use the affiliated store by using service information of the affiliated store and pre-stored menu information extracted by the menu information extractor under control of the controller; And a menu information providing unit for transmitting contextual menu information generated by the menu information generating unit to the mobile communication terminal under the control of the controller.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a control unit, an input unit for input control of a mobile communication terminal, a memory for storing various data, a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication, a current state of a mobile communication terminal or an event processing state requested by a user. A mobile communication terminal including a display unit, an output unit for audibly providing data necessary for using a voice call service or a data service, and connected to a GPS satellite, a mobile communication network, a menu providing system, and an affiliated store terminal to provide contextual menu information.

A GPS receiver which receives a GPS coordinate transmitted from the GPS satellites and determines a current position under control of the controller; When a mobile communication terminal enters an affiliated store area to receive a specific service, among the GPS coordinates of the mobile communication terminal or an affiliated store identification code transmitted from an affiliated store terminal to request a menu related to the affiliated store under the control of the controller. A menu request unit which transmits any one to the menu providing system; A menu configuration editing unit configured to process a menu configuration so that the contextual menu can be applied to a pre-stored menu configuration under control of the controller when receiving the contextual menu information transmitted from the menu providing system; And a menu providing unit configured to display the contextual menu processed by the menu configuration editing unit through the display unit under the control of the controller so that a user can check the menu.

Another embodiment of the present invention is connected to a mobile communication network, when receiving a menu request message transmitted from a mobile communication terminal including a GPS function, a menu providing system for providing a menu required when using the service of the affiliate store in which the mobile communication terminal is located. A menu providing method using a menu, the menu providing system comprises a database for storing information associated with the menu providing system, including information for each merchant and menu information,

a) when receiving a menu request message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal, analyzing the same and identifying a corresponding affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal is located; b) extracting service information of the affiliated store from the database based on the identification code of the affiliated store identified in step a); c) generating contextual menu information required for using the affiliated store by using the service information of the affiliated store and the previously stored menu information extracted in the step b); d) transmitting the contextual menu information generated in step c) to the mobile communication terminal.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a control unit, an input unit for input control of a mobile communication terminal, a memory for storing various data, a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication, a current state of a mobile communication terminal or an event processing state requested by a user. A mobile communication terminal including a display unit for outputting the audio data necessary to use a voice call service or a data service in an auditory manner, connected to a GPS satellite, a mobile communication network, a menu providing system, and an affiliated store terminal to provide contextual menu information. As a menu providing method using,

a) receiving and storing the GPS coordinates transmitted from the GPS satellite in real time, and providing the menu with any one of the GPS coordinates of the mobile communication terminal or an affiliated store identification code transmitted from the affiliated store terminal to request a menu associated with the affiliated store; Transmitting to the system; b) when the contextual menu information transmitted from the menu providing system is received, processing the menu configuration to apply the contextual menu to a previously stored menu configuration; and c) displaying the contextual menu processed in the step b) through the display unit, so that the user can confirm it.

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

1 is a diagram illustrating a connection relationship between a menu providing system and a communication network according to the present invention.

The menu providing system 300 stores coupon information, event information, and menu generation information for each merchant, and receives a menu request message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100 and transmitted through the mobile communication network 220, the mobile communication terminal. Identify the affiliate store where the 100 is located, and generate and provide menu information required when using the service of the affiliate store.

The mobile communication terminal 100 and the affiliated store terminal 400 illustrated in FIG. 1 are terminals capable of short-range communication, and the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits a menu request signal transmitted from the affiliated store terminal 400 through the local area network 200. When receiving the request, the menu is transmitted to the menu providing system 300 to request a corresponding menu.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 100 may request a menu by transmitting the GPS coordinates transmitted from the GPS satellite 10 to the menu providing system 300.

When the menu providing system 300 receives any one of the GPS coordinates transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100 or the menu request signal transmitted from the affiliated store terminal 100, the menu providing system 300 determines an affiliate store where the mobile communication terminal 100 is located. , To create and provide a menu (for example, a menu for coupon application, event application, payment processing, etc.) required by the merchant.

2 is a diagram showing in detail the configuration of a menu providing system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the menu providing system 300 includes a control unit 310, a database 360, an affiliated store identifying unit 320, a menu information extracting unit 330, a menu information generating unit 340, and menu information. It includes a providing unit 350.

In more detail, the database 360 stores, according to the control of the controller 310, a location information DB 361 for storing location information of affiliate stores for each preset affiliate ID code, and a coupon information DB 363 for storing coupon information for each affiliate store. ), An event information DB 365 for storing event information for each affiliate store, and a menu information DB 367 for storing basic menu information for generating a menu applied to the mobile communication terminal 100.

The affiliated store determiner 320 analyzes a menu request message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100 under the control of the controller 310 to determine a corresponding affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal 100 is located. Here, the menu request message includes any one of the GPS coordinates of the mobile communication terminal 100 or the affiliated store identification code.

When the GPS coordinates of the mobile communication terminal 100 are transmitted in real time, the affiliated store identification unit 320 checks whether the GPS coordinates transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100 and the pre-stored location of the affiliated store match, and then the affiliated store. If the position of the and the position of the mobile communication terminal 100 coincides, it is delivered to the menu information extraction unit 330 to generate and provide a contextual menu.

The menu information extraction unit 330 extracts service information of the affiliate store from the database 360 based on the identification code of the affiliate store identified by the affiliate store identification unit 320. Here, the service information of the affiliated store is any one of coupon information, event information, or a combination thereof.

The menu information generation unit 340 is required to use the affiliate store by using basically required menu information such as service information and payment processing of the affiliate store extracted from the menu information extractor 330 under the control of the controller 310. Create contextual menu information.

The menu information providing unit 350 transmits the contextual menu information generated by the menu information generating unit 340 to the mobile communication terminal 100 under the control of the controller 310.

3 is a view showing in detail the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As illustrated, the mobile communication terminal 100 includes a control unit 110, an input unit 120, a memory 130, a wireless communication unit 140, a display unit 151, an output unit 153, a GPS receiver 160, And a menu request unit 170, a menu configuration editor 180, and a menu provider 190.

Control unit 110 for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal 100, input unit 120 for input control of the mobile communication terminal 100, memory 130 for storing various data, local area network or mobile Wireless communication unit 140 for performing wireless communication with the communication network, the display unit 151 for indicating the current state of the mobile communication terminal or the event processing state requested by the user, and provides audible data necessary for using the voice call service or data service Since the output unit 153 is a general configuration of a mobile communication terminal, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the GPS receiver 160 receives the GPS coordinates transmitted from the GPS satellites 10, the GPS receiver 160 determines the current position of the mobile communication terminal 100 under the control of the controller 110.

When the mobile communication terminal 100 enters an affiliated store area to receive a specific service, the menu request unit 170 requests the mobile terminal 100 to request a menu associated with the affiliated store under the control of the controller 110. The GPS coordinates of the merchant or any one of the merchant identification code transmitted from the merchant terminal 400 transmits to the menu providing system 300.

For example, when the mobile communication terminal 100 receives a specific menu request signal including an affiliated store identification code from the affiliated store terminal 400 capable of short-range communication provided in the affiliated store, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits it to the menu providing system 300. Request the menu.

Alternatively, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits its GPS coordinates to the menu providing system 300 in real time, so that the menu providing system 300 transmits a contextual menu.

When the menu configuration editing unit 180 receives the contextual menu information transmitted from the menu providing system 300, the menu configuration editing unit 180 processes the menu configuration so that the contextual menu may be applied to the previously stored menu configuration under the control of the controller 110. do. Here, the contextual menu information includes any one of coupon information, event information, payment processing information, or a combination thereof.

The menu providing unit 190 displays the contextual menu processed by the menu configuration editing unit 180 through the display unit 151 under the control of the controller 110, so that the user can check the menu.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a menu providing method according to the present invention.

When the affiliated store identification unit 320 of the menu providing system 300 receives a menu request message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100, the affiliated store identification unit 320 analyzes this to determine a corresponding affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal 100 is located (S101). .

Here, the affiliated store identification unit 320 detects the corresponding affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal 100 is located by using any one of the GPS coordinates or the affiliated store identification code of the mobile communication terminal 100 included in the menu request message. .

Subsequently, the menu information extracting unit 330 extracts service information of the affiliate store from the database 360 based on the identification code of the affiliate store identified in step S101 (S103).

The menu information generation unit 340 generates contextual menu information required for the user to use the affiliate store by using basically required menu information such as service information and payment processing of the affiliate store extracted in step S103 (S105).

Thereafter, the menu information providing unit 350 transmits the contextual menu information generated in step S105 to the mobile communication terminal 100. Here, the contextual menu information includes menu information required when using the affiliate store, including coupon information, event information, payment information, and the like.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a menu providing method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 100 receives and stores the GPS coordinates transmitted from the GPS satellite 100 in real time, and requests from the GPS coordinates of the mobile communication terminal 100 or the affiliated store terminal 400 to request a menu related to the affiliated store. Any one of the merchant ID codes transmitted is transmitted to the menu providing system 300 (S201).

Here, the mobile communication terminal 100 may also transmit the GPS coordinates to the menu providing system 300 in real time.

Subsequently, when receiving the contextual menu information transmitted from the menu providing system 300 (S203), the mobile communication terminal 100 processes the menu configuration so that the contextual menu can be applied to the previously stored menu configuration (S205). ).

Thereafter, the mobile communication terminal 100 displays the contextual menu processed in step S205 through the display unit 151, so that the user can check it (S207).

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, the system and method for providing a menu of the present invention and the mobile communication terminal for the same automatically provide a menu required by the mobile terminal according to the affiliated store visited by the user. The advantage is that it can be less.

In addition, since the present invention automatically provides coupon information or event information of the affiliated store visited by the user, there is an advantage that the user can provide convenience according to the use of the affiliated store.

Claims (8)

When a menu request message transmitted from a mobile communication terminal including a GPS function is connected to a mobile communication network, a menu providing system for providing a menu required when using the service of the affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal is located, A controller for controlling the overall operation of the menu providing system; A database for storing information related to the menu providing system, including information for each affiliated store and menu information under the control of the controller; An affiliated store identification unit for analyzing a menu request message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal under the control of the controller to determine a corresponding affiliated store where the mobile communication terminal is located; A menu information extracting unit extracting service information of the affiliated store from the database based on the identification code of the affiliated store identified by the affiliated store identifying unit under control of the controller; A menu information generation unit generating contextual menu information required to use the affiliated store by using service information of the affiliated store and pre-stored menu information extracted by the menu information extractor under control of the controller; And A menu information providing unit for transmitting the contextual menu information generated by the menu information generating unit to the mobile communication terminal under the control of the controller; Menu providing system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The menu request message is a menu providing system, characterized in that it comprises any one of the GPS coordinates or merchant identification code of the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The service information of the merchant includes a menu information system comprising any one of coupon information, event information or a combination thereof. Control unit, input unit for input control of mobile communication terminal, memory for storing various data, wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication, display unit for indicating current state of mobile communication terminal or event processing state requested by user, voice call A mobile communication terminal including an output unit for providing a data required when using a service or a data service, and connected to a GPS satellite, a mobile communication network, a menu providing system, and an affiliated store terminal to provide contextual menu information. A GPS receiver which receives a GPS coordinate transmitted from the GPS satellites and determines a current position under control of the controller; When the mobile communication terminal enters an affiliated store area to receive a specific service, the GPS coordinates of the mobile communication terminal or an affiliated store identification code transmitted from the affiliated store terminal to request a menu associated with the affiliated store under the control of the controller. A menu request unit which transmits any one to the menu providing system; A menu configuration editing unit configured to process a menu configuration so that the contextual menu can be applied to a pre-stored menu configuration under control of the controller when receiving the contextual menu information transmitted from the menu providing system; And A menu providing unit for displaying the contextual menu processed by the menu composition editing unit through the display unit under the control of the controller, so that a user can check the menu; Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The contextual menu information includes any one of coupon information, event information, payment processing information, or a combination thereof of the affiliated store. delete delete delete

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