KR101454414B1 - Method for providing information related to an interesting location based on mobile communication system, and mobile communication device and server using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a location service method, a mobile communication device, and a location service server of interest based on a mobile communication system.

The method of interest location service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes storing at least one location of interest data for each user requesting location registration of interest, receiving a location search request message from a mobile terminal connected to the mobile communication system, And transmitting at least one point of interest data corresponding to a search condition included in the point of interest search request message among the stored point of interest data to the mobile terminal.

Mobile communication, location information, electronic map

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a location service method, a mobile communication device, and an interested location service server based on a mobile communication system,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a location information service based on a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a location service method for registering a location of interest of a user using a mobile terminal, Communication apparatus and a location service server of interest.

BACKGROUND ART [0002] With the rapid development of computer, electronic, and communication technologies, various wireless communication services using a wireless network have been provided. In order to provide such a service, a mobile communication system has been developed through a first generation analog AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Systems) method and a second generation cellular / personal communication service (PCS) In recent years, IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000), which is the third generation high-speed data communication, has been used. IMT-2000 was developed to guarantee personal mobility and high-speed data transmission in order to guarantee inter-country mobility by integrating systems of countries using other wireless access standards. Code division multiple access (CDMA) 2000, WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access).

As the mobile communication technology develops, additional services based on mobile communication systems such as phone mail, SMS, and content download are spreading in addition to the basic communication service. Users are demanding various types of supplementary services, and development of supplementary services that meet the needs of users is required.

It is an object of the present invention to manage a location of interest of a mobile terminal user and to share it among mobile communication subscribers.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing location services of interest, comprising the steps of: storing at least one location of interest data for each user requesting location registration; extracting, from a mobile terminal connected to the mobile communication system, And transmitting at least one point of interest data corresponding to a search condition included in the POI search request message among the stored POI data to the mobile terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, a location service server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a database unit for storing at least one location data of interest for each user requesting location registration, A search unit for searching at least one point of interest data corresponding to the search condition received from the mobile terminal, and an interface unit for transmitting the point of interest data searched by the search unit to the mobile terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a location service of interest, the method comprising: transmitting a location search request message including a search condition to a location service server through a mobile communication system; Receiving at least one location of interest data corresponding to the search condition, and displaying the received location of interest data to a user.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile communication apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a controller for generating an interest location search request message including a search condition, And receiving at least one positional position data corresponding to the search condition from the positional location service server, and a display unit for displaying the received positional data of interest to a user.

The details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to the location service method, the mobile communication device, and the location service server of interest of the present invention based on the mobile communication system as described above, it is possible to more effectively manage the location of interest of the mobile terminal user.

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

1 is a diagram illustrating a mobile communication system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile communication system 100 may include a Radio Access Network (RAN) 110 and a core network 120.

The radio access network 110 may include a base station (Node-B) 111 and a radio network controller (RNC) 112. The base station 111 may serve as a point of contact between the radio access network 110 and the mobile terminal 10. The radio network controller 112 is also connected to the radio network controller 112 through a radio network controller such as a wired or wireless channel management, protocol matching processing of the mobile terminal 10 and the base station 111, soft handoff processing, GPRS (general packet radio service) ), Failure management, and the like. In FIG. 1, one base station 111 is connected to the radio network controller 112, but this is an exemplary one. Therefore, the radio network controller 112 may be connected to a plurality of base stations, and the present invention is not limited by the number of base stations connected to the radio network controller 112. Of course, there may be a plurality of mobile terminals 10 connected to the radio network controller 111 or the radio access network 110.

The radio access network 110 may cover a geographical area that can be divided into cells, which are wireless communication areas that the base station 111 can support. One example of the radio access network 110 is a UTRAN (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UMTS)). The UTRAN may be based on Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA).

The radio access network 110 may accommodate circuit switched services and packet switched services. More specifically, when the radio access network 110 supports the circuit switched service, the radio network controller 112 transmits a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network, not shown) through a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) And an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) (not shown). When the radio access network 110 supports the packet switched service, the radio network controller 112 transmits a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) 122 and a Gateway GPRS Support Node GPRS Support Node (GGSN, 123) to a packet-switched network (e.g., the Internet or an X-25 external network).

The SGSN 122 is a node responsible for data packet transmission with the mobile terminal 10, and can form and manage a session so that the mobile terminal 10 can use the data service. The SGSN 122 may perform tasks such as packet routing and transmission, mobility management, logical link management, and authentication.

The GGSN 123 may serve as a gateway for providing a packet switched service. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the GGSN 123 may serve as a point of contact so that data can be transferred between the mobile terminal 10 and the interested location service server 20. Accordingly, the mobile terminal 10 can access the interested location service server 20 through the mobile communication system 100, and can receive the interested location service from the interested location service server 20.

The mobile terminal 10 is a portable communication device capable of performing wireless communication using the mobile communication system 100. An example of the mobile terminal 10 is a cellular phone. However, as the boundary between digital devices becomes more flexible due to the development of digital technology, the embodiment of mobile terminal 10 is not limited to mobile phones. In another embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 may be implemented as a navigation device that provides the geographical information required to the driver of the vehicle. In addition, the mobile terminal 10 may be implemented with other types of portable digital devices, such as PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) or notebook computers.

The mobile terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may have a position measurement function. For example, the mobile terminal 10 may include a Global Positioning System (GPS) module and may acquire positional information of the mobile terminal 10 in real time through the GPS module.

The interested location service server 20 stores the interested location data requested to be registered from the mobile terminal 10 as a location of interest of the user of the mobile terminal 10 and classifies the interest location data according to the information included in the stored interest location data Or management. In response to a request from the mobile terminal 10, the interested location service server 20 provides the mobile terminal 10 with the interested location data registered by the user of the other mobile terminal (not shown) .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the location data of interest may include location information and explanatory information. Location information is information that can determine geographical location. As an example of the position information, coordinates obtained by the position measurement result such as WGS84 coordinates or TM coordinates, or coordinates obtained by converting the coordinates can be mentioned. The description information is a memo entered by the user with respect to a location pointed by the location information, and includes keywords that can be used when searching for the location data of interest, additional explanation such as a reason for registering a specific location as a location of interest, Whether or not the position data is disclosed, and the title of the position data of interest may be included in the explanation information. Of course, explanatory information used in the present invention is not limited thereto. Hereinafter, the location service of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a location of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user of the mobile terminal 10 may input a location registration request through the mobile terminal 10 at a location where the user wants to register the location of interest (S210). The interested location registration request may be input by navigating the menu item of the mobile terminal 10 or using a function key provided in the mobile terminal 10. [ According to an embodiment of the present invention, upon inputting a location registration request of interest, the mobile terminal 10 may execute an application for a location service of interest. The application may have been acquired from the location service server 20 of interest or included in the mobile terminal 10 at the time of manufacturing the mobile terminal 10. When the application is executed, the mobile terminal 10 can access the location server of interest through the mobile communication network 100. At this time, an operation of authenticating the user by inputting authentication information (e.g., ID and password) by the user can be performed in the mobile terminal 10 and the interested location service server 20. [ However, the mobile terminal 10 may include an information card such as a SIM (Subscription Identity Module) card or a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card, and the information card stores International Mobile Station Identity (IMSI) and subscriber information . Accordingly, even if the user does not input the authentication information, it is possible that the mobile terminal 10 can use the subscriber information to allow the interested location service server 20 to authenticate the user.

When the interested location registration request is inputted from the user, the mobile terminal 10 can store the current location information (S220). The process S220 can be performed automatically by the mobile terminal 10 through position measurement without user intervention. The present invention is not limited thereto. For example, when the interested location registration request is input, the mobile terminal can display an electronic map including a preset range from the current location, and the user can select a desired location on the electronic map. At this time, the position information corresponding to the position selected by the user may be stored in step S220.

Thereafter, the mobile terminal 10 may request the user to input explanatory information (S230). As an example of the process of S230, the mobile terminal 10 may display a user interface 300 through which a user can input explanatory information, as shown in FIG. The user interface 300 shown in FIG. 3 includes a title input area 310, an additional description input area 320, and a keyword input area 330. Of course, the present invention is not limited to the user interface 300 shown in FIG. For example, an input area for inputting other information such as whether to disclose the position data of interest or a category of the interest position data (for example, a criterion for classifying the interest position data such as a restaurant / sightseeing spot / shopping / May be included in the user interface 300.

Referring again to FIG. 2, the user can input description information of a desired content (S240). When the input of the explanation information from the user is completed, the mobile terminal 10 can generate the location data of interest including the location information stored in the process S220 and the description information input by the user (S250). In the present embodiment, it has been described that the location data of interest includes the location information stored before the user inputs the description information. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, by performing the process S220 after the process S240, it is possible to implement the position information when the input of the explanation information from the user is completed to the position data of interest.

Thereafter, the mobile terminal 10 may transmit an interested location registration request message including the location data of interest to the interested location service server 20 through the mobile communication system 100 (S260, S270).

As described above, if the user inputs the authentication information or the mobile terminal 10 provides the subscriber information, and the authentication of the user is performed in the interested location service server 20, the interested location service server 20 It is possible to know who is the sender of the location registration request message transmitted from the mobile terminal 10. However, even when the authentication operation is not performed beforehand, the identifier of the mobile terminal 10 such as the International Mobile Station Identity (IMSI) can be transmitted between the communication parties during the communication based on the mobile communication system 100, The interested location service server 20 can know who is the sender of the location registration request message of interest. Accordingly, when the interested location registration request message is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10, the interested location service server 20 extracts the interested location data in the interested location registration request message (S280) (S290) as a location of interest of the user of the mobile terminal (10). Through this process, the interested location service server 20 can manage a list of points of interest constituted by the interested position data on a user-by-user basis.

Although the embodiment of FIG. 2 has described the process of registering the interest location data generated by the mobile terminal 10 in the location service server 20 according to the user's input, It is possible to use another user ' s interest position data including the positional information of the user. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal 10 can transmit the location information stored in the process S220 of FIG. 2 to the interested location service server 20 through the mobile communication system 100. FIG. At this time, the interested location service server 20 extracts interest location data including location information included in the threshold radius from the location indicated by the location information transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 among the interest location data registered by other users in advance Can be searched. Here, the threshold radius may be preset to indicate a range of degrees that can be recognized as the same position as the current position of the mobile terminal 10 (for example, a radius of 10 m). If the searched location data of interest exists, the searched location service server 20 may transmit the searched location data to the mobile terminal 10, and the mobile terminal 10 may transmit the location data of interest transmitted from the interested location service server 20 to a list or electronic It is possible to display it to the user using the map. If there is desired point of interest data among the point of interest data displayed by the mobile terminal 10, the user can register the point of interest with his or her interested position. At this time, the user can edit the description information of the location data of interest using the mobile terminal 10. In this embodiment, if the interested location service server 20 fails to retrieve the location data of interest, or if the user does not have the desired location data, the process after step S230 of FIG. 2 may be performed.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 10 may also store interest location data transmitted to the interested location service server 20, and may directly manage the interest location data to a location of interest of the user. In this case, the user may use the interest location data stored in his or her own mobile terminal 10, access the interested location service server 20 using the mobile terminal 10, You can also use your own point of interest data that you have entered at registration. For example, the user of the mobile terminal 10 can search for required point of interest data through explanatory information of the point of interest data that he / she has registered at the time of registration, and confirm the location information of the point of interest data through an electronic map . According to an embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 may provide the navigation service to the user with the destination pointed to by the location information of the searched location data of interest.

Meanwhile, the interest location data transmitted by the various mobile terminals through the process of FIG. 2 may be integrated and managed by the location service server 20 of interest. As described above, the interested location service server 20 can generate and manage the location list of interest for each user of each mobile terminal. In addition, the interested location service server 20 may provide a search service in which a user of the mobile terminal 10 can search for desired interest location data in a list of points of interest of another user. Of course, the interested location service server 20 may block the user of the mobile terminal 10 from searching for the interest location data set by the other user as private.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for a location of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment shows a process in which a user of the mobile terminal 10 accesses the interested location service server 20 using his / her mobile terminal 10 and then searches for interest location data registered by other users .

A user who desires to search for the location data of interest may input a search condition using the mobile terminal 10 and request a search of a location of interest (S410). Of course, the operation of the mobile terminal 10 to execute the application for the location service of interest may be preceded. The mobile terminal 10 can display the user interface 500 including the search condition input area as shown in FIG. 5, and the user can input the search condition through the user interface 500. FIG. The user interface for inputting the search conditions may be provided by the mobile terminal 10 or provided from the location service server 20 according to execution of the application for the location service of interest. The user interface 500 shown in FIG. 5 includes a search category input area 510 and a search keyword input area 520. In this case, the user can input a category and a keyword for the interest position data to be searched as search conditions. Of course, the present invention is not limited to the type of search condition or user interface 500 shown in FIG.

When inputting the search condition from the user is completed, the mobile terminal 10 can transmit the interested location search request message including the input search condition to the interested location service server 20 (S415, S420).

The interested location service server 20 extracts a search condition from the received interest location search request message and searches for interest location data corresponding to the extracted search condition (S425). For example, if the search condition as shown in FIG. 5 is used, the interested location service server 20 searches the interest location data in which the category is 'shopping' and the keyword is 'bag' can do.

The interested location service server 20 may transmit the searched location data to the mobile terminal 10 (S430, S435).

The mobile terminal 10 may display a list of the location data of interest received from the location service server 20 of interest (S440). The user can select and use desired point of interest data by referring to the positional information or description information of each point of interest data in the list of points of interest displayed by the mobile terminal 10.

In addition, the user may register the desired position data as his / her position of interest. To do this, the user selects the desired point of interest data from the point of interest data sent from the location service server 20 of interest (i.e., from the list of points of interest data displayed in step S440) and registers it with his / (S445).

When the interested location registration request is input from the user, the mobile terminal 10 generates an interest location registration request message including interest location data selected by the user and transmits the interested location registration request message to the interested location service server 20 (S450, S455 ).

The interested location service server 20 extracts the interest location data in the interest location registration request message received from the mobile terminal 10 in step S460 and stores the interest location data in the interest location of the user of the mobile terminal 10 in step S465, .

FIG. 4 shows a process in which a user of the mobile terminal 10 searches for interested location data registered with a location of interest of another user. However, the process of the user of the mobile terminal 10 searching for the location data of interest . ≪ / RTI > Although not shown in FIG. 4, a process of determining whether the user of the mobile terminal 10 is to search for the location data of interest with respect to the user's interest location and the user's interest location may be preceded.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a location of interest search may be performed based on the current location of the mobile terminal 10. In this case, the search condition may include the location information of the mobile terminal 10. For example, the current location information of the mobile terminal 10 may be included in the search condition of the location search request message transmitted in steps S415 and S420 of FIG. Here, the location information may be automatically included in the search condition by the mobile terminal 10.

If the user's search condition input process is omitted and the location information of the mobile terminal 10 is set as a search condition, the location service server 20 of interest may search the location information of the mobile terminal 10 within a certain range It is possible to retrieve the interest location data including the location information and transmit the retrieved interest location data to the mobile terminal 10. [ For example, the interested location service server 20 may provide the mobile terminal 10 with the interested location data including the location information within the critical radius from the location information included in the search condition, It may provide the mobile terminal 10 with location data of interest that includes location information within the administrative area to which the information belongs. Here, the critical radius does not have to be equal to the critical radius mentioned in the description of the embodiment of FIG.

The size of the critical radius or the unit (city, district, province, etc.) of the administrative district may be set in advance and may be enlarged or reduced according to the request of the user. For example, when the user requests enlargement of the critical radius through the mobile terminal 10 with the point of interest data within the critical radius provided from the position of the mobile terminal 10 as a result of retrieving the point of interest based on the positional information, The mobile terminal 10 may send a message to the location service server 20 of interest to request the enlargement of the critical radius. At this time, the interested location service server 20 can search for the interest location data existing within the enlarged critical radius centering on the current location of the mobile terminal 10 and transmit the retrieved interest location data to the mobile terminal 10 . The enlargement or reduction width of the critical radius may be set in advance or may be determined according to a request of the user of the mobile terminal 10. [ Of course, when searching for location data of interest based on administrative districts, administrative district units may be expanded (eg, from city to city) or reduced (eg from city to city) by a similar method.

The search condition may include both the location information of the mobile terminal 10 and the information directly input by the user using the mobile terminal 10. [ For example, if the user inputs' shopping 'and' bag 'as search conditions in the category item and the keyword item as shown in FIG. 5 and the location information of the mobile terminal 10 is' , The interested location service server 20 having received the search condition includes the word 'shopping' in the category information and the word 'bag' in the keyword item in the explanation information, X, and Y, and transmits the retrieved location data of interest to the mobile terminal 10. [0050]

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal 10 receiving the location data of interest from the location service server 20 of interest may display the distribution of the location data of interest using an electronic map. For example, when the interested location data is received from the interested location service server 20, the mobile terminal 10 extracts the location information from the interested location data, and based on the extracted location information, It can be displayed on the electronic map. An embodiment of this is shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Fig.

6 is a diagram illustrating an electronic map 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the electronic map 600, the location of the location data of interest existing within the critical radius 610 from the location of the mobile terminal 10 and the location of the mobile terminal 10 is indicated by an icon.

7 is a diagram illustrating an electronic map 700 according to another embodiment of the present invention. And shows the screen of the mobile terminal 10 displaying on the electronic map the location information of the location data of interest existing in the administrative area including the location of the mobile terminal 10. [

The user can visually confirm the distribution of the searched position data through icons of the position data of interest displayed on the electronic map. When the user operates the mobile terminal 10 to select an icon of specific interest location data, explanatory information of the interest location data can be displayed as shown in FIG. Although the explanatory information is shown in FIG. 8 through the speech balloon 810, the present invention is not limited thereto. The display format of the explanation information can be implemented in various forms such as a pop-up window or a screen switching.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the user of the mobile terminal 10 may register his / her interest condition with the location service server 20 of interest. When the interested location data is registered according to the request of other mobile terminals, the interested location service server 20 provides the mobile terminal 10 with the interested location data satisfying the user's interest condition of the mobile terminal 10 . Here, the interested location service server 20 may transmit interest location data satisfying the user's interest condition of the mobile terminal 10 to the mobile terminal 10 even if the mobile terminal 10 does not make a separate request, (Voice or text) indicating that the interested position data satisfying the condition is registered is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10, and when there is a request from the mobile terminal 10, the data of the interested position is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 .

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the interest condition may include at least one of interest users, interest groups, and interest tags, and each interest condition is described below.

The 'interested user' is at least one user selected by the user of the mobile terminal 10 among the users using the interested location service. The mobile terminal 10 can request the interested location service server 20 to register a user of interest by using a user identifier such as an ID or a mobile phone number in accordance with a user's request. The interested location service server 20 can store the interested user of the user of the mobile terminal 10 and manage the list of interested users according to the request of the mobile terminal 10. [ The interested location service server 20 may transmit a message to the mobile terminal 10 indicating that the interested location data of the interested user is newly registered when the interested location data of the interested user is registered through the other mobile terminal. If there is a request from the user, the mobile terminal 10 can request transmission of the interested location data to the interested location service server 20, and the interested location service server 20 transmits the interested location data to the mobile terminal 10 . Of course, as described above, if the interested location data of the interested user is newly registered, the interested location service server 20 may transmit the interested location data to the mobile terminal 10 even if there is no separate request from the mobile terminal 10 have.

The 'interest group' means at least one community selected by the user of the mobile terminal 10 among the communities constituted by a plurality of users using the interested location service. The interested location service server 20 can group and store and manage interest location data registered by the subscribers of each community by community. The mobile terminal 10 can request the interested location service server 20 to join the specific community according to the user's request. The interested location service server 20 sets a user of the mobile terminal 10 as a subscriber of a specific community and manages the community as an interest group of the user of the mobile terminal 10 in response to a request from the mobile terminal 10 . The interested location service server 20 may transmit a message to the mobile terminal 10 informing that the interested location data is newly registered to the interested group when the subscriber of the user's interest group of the mobile terminal 10 registers the interested location data have. If there is a request from the user, the mobile terminal 10 can request transmission of the interested location data to the interested location service server 20, and the interested location service server 20 transmits the interested location data to the mobile terminal 10 . Of course, as described above, when the interested location data of the interest group is newly registered, the interested location service server 20 may transmit the interested location data to the mobile terminal 10 even if there is no separate request from the mobile terminal 10 have.

The 'interest tag' may include at least one word mainly included in information to be managed by the user of the mobile terminal 10 as interest location data. The mobile terminal 10 may request the interested location service server 20 to register at least one word with the interest tag according to the user's request. The interested location service server 20 can store and manage the user's interest tag of the mobile terminal 10 at the request of the mobile terminal device 10. [ The interested location service server 20 can search for the interested location data including the user's interest tag of the mobile terminal 10 among the interest location data newly registered according to the request of the other users. If there is the retrieved location data of interest, the location service server 20 of interest may transmit a message to the mobile terminal 10 informing that the location data of interest including the interest tag is newly registered. If there is a request from the user, the mobile terminal 10 can request transmission of the interested location data to the interested location service server 20, and the interested location service server 20 transmits the interested location data to the mobile terminal 10 . Of course, as described above, if the interested location data including the interest tag is newly registered, the interested location service server 20 transmits the interested location data to the mobile terminal 10 even if there is no separate request from the mobile terminal 10 .

In the above description, the embodiment has been described in which the location data of interest is searched based on the mobile communication system 100, but the present invention is not limited thereto. 9, the user accesses the interested location service server 20 through a wired or wireless web 910 such as the Internet as well as the mobile communication system 100, Location data can be retrieved. In order to access the location service server 20 of interest based on the wired and wireless web 910, the user may use a web communication device 920 such as a desktop or notebook computer. Accordingly, the user can access the interested location service server 20 through the wired / wireless web 910 and search for his / her location data or interest location data registered by another person. In addition, the user may register desired interest position data among interest position data registered by another person as his / her interest position data.

When the user accesses the interested location service providing server 20 through the mobile communication system 100, the identifier of the mobile terminal 10 can be transferred to the interested location service server 20, The user can be confirmed by using this. When the user accesses the interested location service server 20 through the wired or wireless web 910, the interested location service server 20 can confirm the user by inputting the ID and the password previously set by the user. Here, the ID of the user may be mapped to the identifier of the mobile terminal 10 used by the user at the time of subscribing to the service for using the service of interest or by setting of the user after subscribing to the service. Accordingly, the interest location data that the same user registers at the time of registration through the wired or wireless web can be managed with the interest location data registered at the mobile communication system 100 and the single interest location list. That is, if the identifier of the mobile terminal 10 and the ID of the user correspond to each other, the interested location service server 20 transmits the interested location data requested from the mobile terminal 10 via the mobile communication system 100 and the location information of the wired / 910 to register and manage the interest location data requested by the web communication device 920 as a location of interest of the same user.

When the mobile terminal 10 has a function of directly storing and managing the user's location data of interest, the location service server 20 of interest transmits the location data of interest registered by the user through the wired and wireless web 910 to the mobile communication system 100 to the mobile terminal 10 of the user. In this case, the mobile terminal 10 may store the location data of interest transmitted from the location service server 20 of interest.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the location service server 20 checks the number of times registered with the interested position (i.e., the number of users registering each interested position data as the interested position) for each point of interest data , It may be included in the description information of the positional data of interest. In addition, when the users request the retrieval of the POI data of interest, the retrieved POI data may be listed and provided in the order of the number of times the POIs are registered in the POIs. Through this, it is possible to increase the reliability of the positional data of interest, and the users can set the number of times registered as the position of interest as the search condition. Of course, it is also possible to search and provide the interested position data according to the registered date sequence registered with the interested position data.

The configuration of the mobile terminal 10 and the interested location service server 20 for providing the user with the location service of interest will be described.

10 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication device 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile communication apparatus 1000 shown in FIG. 1 is a mobile terminal 10 of FIG. 1 and includes a user input unit 1010, an audio input and output unit 1020, a display unit 1030, a wireless communication unit 1040, 1050, an electronic map processing unit 1060, a storage unit 1070, and a control unit 1080.

The user input unit 1010 may include input means by which the user can control the mobile communication device 1000. [ For example, the user input unit 1010 may include a button, a touch pad, a touch screen, and the like.

The audio input / output unit 1020 can receive and output various audio signals including audio. To this end, the audio input / output unit 1020 may include a microphone and a speaker.

The display unit 1030 can display various operating states of the mobile communication device 1000 such as a communication state, a content reproduction state, and an application execution state. The display unit 1030 may be implemented as a flat panel display such as an LCD or an organic EL.

The wireless communication unit 1040 may perform wireless communication based on the mobile communication system 100 using a wireless communication protocol such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA).

The location information processing unit 1050 can provide location information indicating the current location of the mobile communication device 1000. [ An example of the location information processor 1050 is a GPS module.

The electronic map processing unit 1060 can provide an electronic map. The electronic map processing unit 1060 can display the position of the mobile communication apparatus 1000 on the electronic map or display the position information of the position data of interest searched by the mobile communication apparatus 1000 on the electronic map. Here, the location information of the mobile communication device 1000 may be provided from the location information processing unit 1050, and the location information of the location data of interest may be provided from the control unit 1080. In addition, the electronic map processor 1060 may provide a navigation function. The electronic map processed by the electronic map processing unit 1060 may be provided to the display unit 1030.

The storage unit 1070 may store the location data of interest, location information provided by the location information processing unit 1050, data necessary for the operation of the mobile communication device 1000, or data according to the result of the operation. To this end, the storage unit 1070 may include a memory such as a ROM, a RAM, and a flash memory.

The control unit 1080 can control various operations of the mobile communication apparatus 1000 such as voice call, video call, content reproduction, execution of various applications, and other data processing. In addition, the controller 1080 may process a task required to provide the user with the location service of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For example, the control unit 1080 provides the user interfaces 300 and 500 shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, and transmits information to the interested location service server 20 And the like. Of course, the control unit 1080 may execute an application for a location service of interest.

In addition, the control unit 1080 can interpret and process various data or messages received from the location service server 20 of interest. For example, the control unit 1080 may provide the display unit 1030 with a user interface listing the location data of interest received from the location service server 20 of interest. Accordingly, the display unit 1030 can display a list of interest location data requested by the user. Also, the control unit 1080 may extract positional information and explanation information from the positional data of interest and provide them to the electronic map processing unit 1060. [ In this case, the electronic map processing unit 1060 can display the location information of the location location data on the electronic map, and output the description information of the specific location location data to the display unit 1030.

Of course, the components 1010 to 1080 of the mobile communication device 1000 and the functions of the respective components are not limited thereto. The components 1010 to 1080 of the mobile communication device 1000 shown in FIG. 10 may be implemented in a manner that can organically implement the embodiments of interest location services described above without reference to FIGS. 1-9, Can operate. Accordingly, detailed operation processes and functions of the components 1010 to 1080 of the mobile communication device 1000 will be more clearly understood through the foregoing embodiments.

11 is a block diagram illustrating a location service server apparatus 1100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 1, and includes a first interface unit 1110, a second interface unit 1120, a database unit 1130, a search unit 1140, And a control unit 1150.

The first interface unit 1110 can transmit and receive various messages, data, information, signals and the like to and from the mobile communication system 100. The second interface unit 1120 can communicate with the wired and wireless web 910 and various messages, , Signals, and the like.

The database unit 1130 can manage the location list of interest for each user of the mobile terminal 10. [ The location list of interest may include interest location data requested by users of the mobile terminal 10 to register.

The search unit 1140 can search the interest location data corresponding to the search condition in the database unit 1130.

The controller 1150 may process the tasks required to provide the location services of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, the controller 1150 may transmit the location data of interest included in the location registration request message to the database unit 1130. Here, the location of interest data to be managed by the user's location of interest can be determined through the identifier of the mobile terminal 10 that transmitted the location data of interest, the ID of the user connected through the wired and wireless web 910, and the like. The controller 1150 may map the identifier of the mobile terminal 10 of each user using the location service of interest and the ID used by the user when the user attempts to access the wired and wireless web 910 in advance and use the identifier.

The control unit 1150 transmits the search condition included in the interest location search request message to the search unit 1140 and transmits the interest location data searched by the search unit 1140 to the first interface unit 1110, Unit 1120 to the mobile terminal 10 or the wired / wireless web communication device 920 via the Internet. In addition, the control unit 1150 can manage a community composed of users using the location service of interest, and can set a user's interest condition of the mobile terminal 10 in response to a request from the mobile terminal 10. The interest condition may include at least one of interest user, interest group, and interest tag as described above. The search unit 1140 may search for the location data of interest corresponding to the interest condition set by the controller 1150 among the interest location data of the newly registered users and the searched location data may be transmitted to the first interface unit 1110 And may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 or the wired / wireless web communication device 920 through the second interface unit 1120.

Of course, the components 1110 to 1150 of the location service server apparatus 1100 of interest and the functions of the respective components are not limited thereto. Elements 1110 through 1150 of the location service server apparatus 1100 of interest shown in FIG. 11 may be configured to implement the embodiments of the point of interest services described above without reference to FIGs. 1-9, It can operate organically. Accordingly, the specific operation processes and functions of the components 1110 to 1150 of the location service server apparatus 1100 of interest may be more clearly understood through the foregoing embodiments.

The components of the mobile communication apparatus 1000 shown in FIG. 10 and the location service server apparatus 1100 shown in FIG. 11 may be implemented as modules. A "module" refers to a hardware component such as software or a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and the module performs certain roles. However, a module is not limited to software or hardware. A module may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to execute one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, a module may include components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, and processes, functions, attributes, procedures, Microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art. The functionality provided by the components and modules may be combined into a smaller number of components and modules or further separated into additional components and modules.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

1 is a diagram illustrating a mobile communication system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a location of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a user interface displayed on a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for a location of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a user interface displayed by a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating an electronic map according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating an electronic map according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating an electronic map according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a location service of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication device 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a block diagram illustrating a location service server apparatus 1100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

1010: user input unit 1020: audio input / output unit

1030: Display unit 1040: Wireless communication unit

1050: Position information processing unit 1060: Electronic map processing unit

1070: Storage unit 1080: Control unit

1110: first interface unit 1120: second interface unit

1130: Database unit 1140: Search unit

1150:

Claims (14)

delete Storing at least one location of interest data for each user requesting location registration of interest; Setting at least one user using a location service of interest as an interested user of the mobile terminal in response to a request of the mobile terminal connected to the mobile communication system; Receiving a location search request message from the mobile terminal; And And transmitting at least one point of interest data corresponding to a search condition included in the point of interest search request message among the stored point of interest data to the mobile terminal, The transmitting step And transmits the interested position data of the interested user to the mobile terminal from the interested position data corresponding to the search condition. Storing at least one location of interest data for each user requesting location registration of interest; Setting at least one of a plurality of users' subscribed communities using a location service of interest as a user's interest group according to a request of the mobile terminal connected to the mobile communication system; Receiving a location search request message from the mobile terminal; And And transmitting at least one point of interest data corresponding to a search condition included in the point of interest search request message among the stored point of interest data to the mobile terminal, The transmitting step And transmits the interest location data of the user who subscribed to the interest group among the interest location data corresponding to the search condition to the mobile terminal. Storing at least one location of interest data for each user requesting location registration of interest; Setting at least one word to a user's interest tag of the mobile terminal according to a request of the mobile terminal connected to the mobile communication system; Receiving a location search request message from the mobile terminal; And And transmitting at least one point of interest data corresponding to a search condition included in the point of interest search request message to the mobile terminal from among the stored point of interest data, The transmitting step And transmitting to the mobile terminal interested location data including the interest tag from the location data of interest corresponding to the search condition. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein each of the stored location data of interest includes location information and descriptive information about a location indicated by the location information. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the point of interest data transmitted to the mobile terminal includes information on the number of times the point of interest is registered with the user of interest by the users of the location service of interest. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the search condition includes first position information of the mobile terminal, Wherein the point of interest data transmitted to the mobile terminal includes second location information that is within a threshold radius from the first location information or that is included in an administrative area in which the first location information is included. delete A database unit for storing at least one positional data of interest for each user requesting the interested location registration; A search unit for searching at least one point of interest data corresponding to a search condition received from the mobile terminal through the mobile communication system among the stored point of interest data; An interface unit transmitting the location data of interest searched by the searching unit to the mobile terminal; And Further comprising a control unit configured to set at least one user using a location service of interest as a user of interest of the user of the mobile terminal, Wherein the search unit searches the interest location data of the interested user from the interest location data newly stored in the database unit. A database unit for storing at least one positional data of interest for each user requesting the interested location registration; A search unit for searching at least one point of interest data corresponding to a search condition received from the mobile terminal through the mobile communication system among the stored point of interest data; An interface unit transmitting the location data of interest searched by the searching unit to the mobile terminal; And Further comprising a controller configured to set at least one of the communities to which the plurality of users using the location service of interest are interested in the user of the mobile terminal according to the request of the mobile terminal, Wherein the search unit searches the interest location data of a user subscribed to the interest group among interest location data newly stored in the database unit. A database unit for storing at least one positional data of interest for each user requesting the interested location registration; A search unit for searching at least one point of interest data corresponding to a search condition received from the mobile terminal through the mobile communication system among the stored point of interest data; An interface unit transmitting the location data of interest searched by the searching unit to the mobile terminal; And Further comprising a control unit configured to set at least one word to a user's interest tag of the mobile terminal according to a request of the mobile terminal, Wherein the search unit searches for interest location data including the interest tag from interest location data newly stored in the database unit. 10. The method of claim 9, Wherein the interest location data stored in the database unit includes location information and explanatory information on a location indicated by the location information. 10. The method of claim 9, Wherein the point of interest data transmitted to the mobile terminal includes information on the number of times the point of interest service has been registered with the location of interest by users of interest. 10. The method of claim 9, Wherein the search condition includes first position information of the mobile terminal, Wherein the location information of interest transmitted to the mobile terminal includes second location information that is within a threshold radius from the first location information or that is included in an administrative area that includes the first location information.

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