KR101712118B1 - Message server, method for providing navigation service using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a message server and a method of providing a navigation service using the same, comprising: a step of receiving a navigation schedule message including a point of departure, a destination, and an appointment time based on the point of departure or the destination; a step of generating a navigation route message to provide at least one driving route based on a traffic condition in accordance with the navigation schedule; and a step of providing the navigation route message to a user terminal in consideration of the appointment time, allowing the user terminal to be provided with the navigation service through the driving route.

Description

MESSAGE SERVER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION SERVICE USING THE SAME,

The present invention relates to a message server and a method of providing a navigation service using the message server. More particularly, the present invention relates to a message server for generating and providing a vehicle traveling route and a route message, and a method of providing a navigation service using the message server.

The existing navigation system provided optimal route and traffic information from the database and location information regardless of the user's intention. Therefore, the user can not change the route even if the provided route does not like due to difficulty in driving or the like.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2013-0061439 discloses an information collecting unit for collecting real-time traffic pattern information reflecting general traffic pattern information and specific information of a corresponding date, general traffic pattern information and specific information collected by the information collecting unit An information generating unit for generating final traffic pattern information to reflect the reflected real-time traffic pattern information to pre-stored general traffic pattern information and real-time traffic pattern information to provide to the traffic information providing terminal, And a traffic pattern information transmitting unit for transmitting the pattern information to the traffic information providing terminal.

Korean Patent No. 10-1465493 discloses a method in which the vehicle client device 110 transmits (510) route information including a current location and a destination of the vehicle to the control server 150, A step 520 of receiving traffic congestion information for a road network including all the routes leading to the destination, and a step 520 of transmitting the congestion information to the destination through a shortest time sequence considering the shortest distance order or traffic congestion information among the routes from the current position to the destination Determining (530) at least one candidate path and determining (540) the final path as a path that minimally increases the overall traffic congestion for the road network among the candidate paths, wherein the control server (150) A method for determining a destination path is disclosed.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0061439 Korean Patent No. 10-1465493

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a navigation service providing method of a message server and a message server for providing a navigation route message including an optimal departure time and route information according to a schedule of a user including a start point, a destination and an appointment time do.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of providing a navigation service for a message server and a message server that create a travel route based on traffic conditions of a user and determine a travel time to recommend a travel route.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a message server and a method of providing a navigation service of a message server, which convert a navigation path message including travel route information to fit to a plurality of navigation agents and provide the navigation route message to a user terminal.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a message server and a method of providing a navigation service of a message server that can control to collect user's schedule information and route information through a message thread formed between a user terminal and a message server.

Among the embodiments, a method of providing a navigation service of a message server includes the steps of: (a) receiving a navigation schedule message including a start point, a destination and an appointment time of the start point or the destination reference point; (b) (C) providing the navigation path message to the user terminal in consideration of the appointment time, and transmitting the navigation path message to the user terminal through the at least one traveling path And receiving the navigation service.

The step (a) may include reserving the navigation schedule message as a message generated through the messenger of the user terminal.

The step (b) includes the steps of: (b1) generating the at least one traveling route based on the starting point and the destination or including a predetermined traveling route; and (b2) And determining the driving time to confirm the traffic situation.

The step (b) further includes the step of (b3) determining a recommendation order of the at least one traveling route based on the confirmed traffic condition, and generating the navigation path message as a message to be received at the messenger of the user terminal can do.

Wherein the step (b2) includes the steps of periodically checking the traffic situation from the reference time to the appointment time when the appointment time is determined based on the departure point, and checking the traffic conditions on the at least one traveling path And determining whether to generate the navigation route message.

Wherein the step (b2) comprises the steps of periodically checking the traffic situation from the reference time until the navigation service is provided when the appointment time is determined based on the destination, Determining a traveling time according to the traveling route, and generating the navigation route message if the traveling time exceeds a predetermined time before the appointment time.

The step (c) may include providing the corresponding travel route information to the user terminal when the one of the at least one travel route is selected, so that the user terminal provides the corresponding travel route information to the navigation agent .

The step (c) may further comprise the step of receiving information on the navigation agent through the user terminal in advance and generating the traveling route information suitable for the navigation agent.

The method may further include forming a message thread between the user terminal and the friend of the navigation message by allowing the user terminal to register a friend of the navigation message before the step (a).

Among the embodiments, the message server may include a schedule message manager for receiving a navigation schedule message including a departure place, a destination place, and an appointment time of the departure place or the arrival place criterion, at least one traveling path based on the traffic situation according to the navigation schedule And a route message management unit for providing the navigation route message to the user terminal in consideration of the appointment time and for allowing the user terminal to receive the navigation service through the at least one travel route, .

The message server may further include a message friend managing unit for allowing the user terminal to register a friend of the navigation message, and a message thread managing unit for forming a message thread between the user terminal and the navigation message friend.

The schedule message management unit may reserve the navigation schedule message as a message generated through the messenger of the user terminal.

Wherein the travel route management unit generates the at least one travel route based on the departure location and the destination or includes a predetermined travel route, determines a travel time according to the at least one travel route, And generate the navigation route message.

The route message manager may provide the corresponding travel route information to the user terminal when one of the at least one travel route is selected, and the user terminal may provide the corresponding travel route information to the navigation agent.

The disclosed technique may have the following effects. It is to be understood, however, that the scope of the disclosed technology is not to be construed as limited thereby, as it is not meant to imply that a particular embodiment should include all of the following effects or only the following effects.

The method of providing a navigation service of a message server and a message server according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide a navigation path message including an optimal departure time and route information according to a user's schedule.

The method of providing a navigation service of a message server and a message server according to an embodiment of the present invention can create a travel route based on a traffic situation according to a user's schedule, and determine a travel time to recommend a travel route.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing a navigation service of a message server and a message server may convert a navigation path message including traveling route information to fit to a plurality of navigation agents and provide the converted navigation route message to the user terminal.

The method of providing a navigation service of a message server and a message server according to an embodiment of the present invention can control to collect user's schedule information and route information through a message thread formed between a user terminal and a message server.

1 is a diagram illustrating a navigation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the message server shown in FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a navigation service of a message server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of periodically confirming the traffic situation shown in FIG. 3 and a method of determining whether or not to generate a navigation route message is performed according to an appointment time set based on a departure point.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of periodically confirming the traffic situation shown in FIG. 3 and a method of determining whether to generate a navigation route message according to an appointment time set based on a destination.
6 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing a navigation path message to a user terminal of the message server of FIG.
7 is a view for explaining a process in which the user terminal shown in FIG. 1 provides travel route information to a navigation agent.
8 is a diagram illustrating a process in which the user terminal of FIG. 1 registers a message server as a messenger friend.
9 is a view for explaining a process of transmitting and receiving a certain information or a route information message by the user terminal and the message server in FIG.

The description of the present invention is merely an example for structural or functional explanation, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, the embodiments are to be construed as being variously embodied and having various forms, so that the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing technical ideas. Also, the purpose or effect of the present invention should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, since it does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effect.

Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

The terms "first "," second ", and the like are intended to distinguish one element from another, and the scope of the right should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but there may be other elements in between. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. On the other hand, other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

It is to be understood that the singular " include " or "have" are to be construed as including the stated feature, number, step, operation, It is to be understood that the combination is intended to specify that it does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

In each step, the identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of explanation, the identification code does not describe the order of each step, Unless otherwise stated, it may occur differently from the stated order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes any type of recording device that stores data that can be read by a computer system . Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used predefined terms should be interpreted to be consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and can not be interpreted as having ideal or overly formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

1 is a diagram illustrating a navigation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a navigation service providing system 10 of a message server includes a message server 100 and a user terminal 200, and may also include a vehicle terminal 300. They can be connected through a network.

The message server 100 may receive a navigation schedule message including a start time, a start time, and a start time from the user terminal 200, and may include at least one travel route based on the received schedule and traffic conditions And can provide the generated navigation path message to the user terminal 200 or the vehicle terminal 300. The navigation terminal 300 can be provided with a navigation path message. A detailed description of the message server 100 will be described later with reference to FIG.

The user terminal 200 can transmit the navigation schedule message to the message server 100 and can be utilized as a means for reserving and scheduling the transmission and routing of the user's navigation schedule message. In addition, the user terminal 200 can receive the navigation path message from the message server 100, and can provide the navigation service by providing the navigation path information received to the navigation agent. The user terminal 200 may mean a smart phone, a tablet PC, a mobile phone, or the like as a mobile device.

The vehicle terminal 300 may be connected to the user terminal 200 in a wired or wireless manner as a device installed in a vehicle. For example, the vehicle terminal 300 may correspond to a navigation device as a display device. The vehicle terminal 300 can provide the navigation service by receiving the traveling route information from the user terminal 200. [

2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the message server shown in FIG.

2, the message server 100 includes a schedule message management unit 110, a path message management unit 120, a navigation interlock unit 130, a message friend management unit 140, a message thread management unit 150, ).

The schedule message management unit 110 may receive a navigation schedule message including a start time, an arrival time, and a departure time from the user terminal 200. In one embodiment, the schedule message manager 110 may receive the schedule message sent by the messenger of the user terminal 200 and may not provide the navigation path message to the user terminal 200 You can make reservations. The navigation schedule message message reservation and reception will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

The route message management unit 120 can receive the navigation schedule from the schedule message management unit 110 and can generate a plurality of travel routes according to the schedule. The traveling route can be calculated by a plurality of routes by the shortest distance route or the shortest distance route based on the source and destination. In one embodiment, the user can register a separate travel route with the message server using the user terminal 200, and the travel route managing unit 120 can generate the travel route including the travel route registered by the user .

The route message management unit 120 can determine the travel time by determining the travel time for each of the generated travel routes, and can generate the navigation route message based on the travel route and the traffic situation. The route message management unit 130 may provide the generated navigation route message to the user terminal. Here, the running time may mean an average running time in which the current traffic conditions are not reflected. For example, the running time can be calculated as an average value based on the past running record accumulated in the message server. The time of traffic situation confirmation can be calculated based on the appointment time and the running time. The operation of the path message management unit 130 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG.

The navigation interlocking unit 130 may provide the navigation route message to the user terminal 200 in consideration of the appointment time and allow the user terminal 200 or the vehicle terminal 300 to receive the navigation service according to the traveling route. Interlocking between the navigation path message and the navigation agent will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The message friend managing unit 140 can manage the friends maintained by the user terminal 200. [ The message friend management unit 140 may register or delete the message server 100 as a friend of the navigation message according to a request of the user terminal 200. [

The message thread management unit 150 can generate a message thread between the user terminal 200 and the message server 100 and manage messages transmitted and received between them. In one embodiment, the message thread management unit 150 can hold a message sent or received until a request for deletion of a message thread is received by the user terminal 200, Messages can be provided in reverse order from the most recent message. In another embodiment, the message thread manager 150 may provide a navigation path information link to the user terminal 200 to view navigation path information. The operation of the message friend managing unit 140 and the message thread managing unit 150 will be further described below with reference to FIGS. 8 to 9. FIG.

The control unit 160 may control the schedule message managing unit 110, the path message managing unit 120, the navigation interlocking unit 130, the message friend managing unit 140, and the message thread managing unit 150. The control unit 160 can control whether a certain message is received from the user terminal 200 in response to a predetermined message to the management unit 110 or can control the operation of other management units according to whether a predetermined message is received.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a navigation service of a message server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the schedule message managing unit 110 of the message server may receive the navigation schedule message from the user terminal 200 (S310). The route message management unit 120 may generate at least one travel route based on the origin, destination, and appointment time information included in the received schedule message (S320), and may determine a travel time for the generated travel route S330). The path message management unit 120 may periodically check the traffic situation by determining a traffic situation check reference point based on the determined running time and the appointed time (S340). The route message management unit 120 can determine whether to generate a navigation route message by determining the traveling time according to the traveling route every time the traffic situation is checked (S350), determine the recommendation order of the traveling route, and generate the navigation route message (S360). The navigation interlocking unit 130 may provide the selected travel route information to the user terminal 200. When the user terminal 200 receives the navigation route message and requests the navigation service, the navigation interlocking unit 130 transmits the travel route information to the navigation agent 200 Thereby providing a navigation service (S370).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of periodically confirming the traffic situation shown in FIG. 3 and a method of determining whether or not to generate a navigation route message is performed according to an appointment time set based on a departure point.

Referring to FIG. 4, in one embodiment, when the appointment time is determined based on the departure point, the path message management unit 120 may periodically check the traffic conditions from the reference time to the appointed time. For example, when the departure appointment time is 1:00 pm and the driving time is 1 hour, the traffic situation check point may be 12:30 pm, which is the departure time 1:00 minus 30 minutes. That is, the traffic situation check reference time is 12:30 PM, and the route message management unit 120 can check the traffic situation every 5 minutes before the departure time.

The route message management unit 120 can determine whether to generate a navigation route message by determining a traveling time according to the traveling route whenever a traffic situation is confirmed. A navigation route message may be generated when the difference between the determined travel time and the travel time is within a specific range and the navigation route message may not be generated when the difference between the travel time and the travel time is outside a specific range. For example, a navigation route message may be generated when the driving time is 1 hour and the driving time calculated according to the traffic situation is 55 minutes, and when the driving time is calculated to be 40 minutes, the navigation path message may not be generated .

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of periodically confirming the traffic situation shown in FIG. 3 and a method of determining whether to generate a navigation route message according to an appointment time set based on a destination.

Referring to FIG. 5, in one embodiment, when the arrival appointment time is 1:00 PM and the driving time is 1 hour, the traffic condition check point is calculated by subtracting one hour of traveling time from 1:00 PM, which is the arrival time, Min, which is 11:30 am. That is, the traffic condition check reference time is 11:30 am, and the route message managing unit 120 can check the traffic condition every 5 minutes until the navigation service is provided.

The route message management unit 120 may determine the travel time according to the traveling route every time the traffic situation is confirmed and generate the navigation route message if the traveling time exceeds the predetermined time before the arrival time. For example, if the arrival time is 1 pm and the driving time calculated according to traffic conditions is 1 hour and the current time is 11:40, the expected arrival time is 12:40, which is a suitable time to start . Therefore, the route message management unit 120 can generate the navigation route message.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a process of providing a navigation path message to a user terminal in FIG. 1; FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a process of providing a navigation path to a navigation agent in FIG. to be.

Referring to FIG. 6, the navigation interlocking unit 130 may provide the navigation path message generated by the path message managing unit 120 to the user terminal 200. The navigation path message may be provided in a form of a text message unilaterally to the user terminal 200 by the message server 100 or may be provided in a form capable of transmitting and receiving a bidirectional message through a messenger.

Referring to FIG. 7, the navigation path message includes a link that can be interlocked with the navigation agent, and travel route information may be provided to the navigation agent according to a user's selection. The navigation agent may be installed in the user terminal 200 or may be installed in the vehicle terminal 300. In one embodiment, the navigation interlocking unit 130 may be provided with information on a navigation agent installed in the user terminal 200 or the vehicle terminal 300 in advance. The navigation interlocking unit 130 may convert the traveling route information and the navigation route message generated by the route message managing unit 120 into a form suitable for the data format of each navigation agent and provide the same to the user terminal 200. [

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a message server as a messenger buddy in FIG. 1; FIG. 9 illustrates a process of transmitting and receiving a schedule information or route information message, FIG.

8 to 9, the user terminal 200 may acquire an identifier of the messenger server 100 and request the message server 100 to register a navigation message friend, and the message server 100 may request the user terminal 200 ) To provide the user terminal 200 with a navigation message friend registration notification message. A navigation message friend can be displayed in the friend list.

9A illustrates a process in which the schedule message management unit 110 receives and reserves a navigation schedule message through a messenger. The user terminal 200 may provide a message for reserving a navigation schedule through the messenger and the message server 100 may provide reservation completion information to the user terminal 200 according to the received navigation schedule message . FIG. 9B shows that the navigation path message is generated and provided through the messenger when the appointment time is determined based on the departure point, as described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9C shows that the navigation path message is generated and provided through the messenger when the appointment time is determined based on the destination as described with reference to FIG.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

10: navigation service providing system 100: message server
110: schedule message management unit 120: path message management unit
130: navigation interlocking unit 140: message friend managing unit
150: message thread management unit 160:
200: user terminal 300: vehicle terminal

Claims (14)

(a) receiving a navigation schedule message including a starting point, a destination and an appointment time of the starting point or the destination point;
(b) generating a navigation route message for providing at least one traveling route including a predetermined traveling route based on a traffic situation according to the navigation schedule; And
(c) providing the navigation route message to the user terminal in consideration of the appointment time, and allowing the user terminal to receive the navigation service through the at least one travel route,
The step (b)
Determining a driving time according to the at least one driving route and checking the traffic situation when the appointment time is set as the starting point or the destination reference;
Wherein the control unit periodically checks the traffic situation from the first reference time to the appointment time when the appointment time is determined based on the departure place and determines a running time according to the at least one traveling path each time the traffic condition is confirmed Determining whether to generate the navigation route message based on the difference between the determined driving time and the driving time; And
Wherein the control unit periodically checks the traffic situation from the second reference time until the navigation service is provided when the appointment time is determined based on the destination, And generating the navigation route message so as to arrive at a predetermined time before the appointment time based on the determined driving time, the driving time, and the specific time before the appointment time, To provide a navigation service of the message server.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (a)
And reserving the navigation schedule message as a message generated through the messenger of the user terminal.
delete 2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b)
(b3) determining the recommendation order of the at least one traveling route based on the identified traffic condition and generating the navigation path message as a message to be received at the messenger of the user terminal A method of providing a navigation service of a server.
delete delete 2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c)
And providing the corresponding travel route information to the user terminal when the one of the at least one travel route is selected so that the user terminal provides the corresponding travel route information to the navigation agent. Service delivery method.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein step (c)
Further comprising the steps of: receiving information on the navigation agent through the user terminal in advance and generating traveling route information converted into a form suitable for the data format of the navigation agent.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of forming a message thread between the user terminal and the friend of the navigation message by allowing the user terminal to register a friend of the navigation message before the step (a).
A schedule message management unit for receiving a navigation schedule message including a start point, a destination, and an appointment time of the start point or the destination point;
A route message management unit for generating a navigation route message for providing at least one traveling route based on a traffic situation according to the navigation schedule; And
And a navigation interlocking unit for providing the navigation route message to the user terminal in consideration of the appointment time and for allowing the user terminal to receive the navigation service through the at least one travel route,
Wherein the route message management unit determines (1) a traveling time according to the at least one traveling route and then checks the traffic situation when the appointed time is set as the starting point or the destination reference, (2) Wherein the control unit periodically checks the traffic condition from the first reference time to the appointment time when the departure point is determined based on the departure point, determines a running time according to the at least one running path each time the traffic condition is confirmed, (3) determining whether to generate the navigation route message based on the difference between the time and the traveling time; and (3) if the appointment time is determined based on the destination, from the second reference time until the navigation service is provided Periodically checks the traffic situation, and when the traffic situation is confirmed, A navigation route message is generated so as to arrive at a specific time before the appointment time based on the determined traveling time, the traveling time, and the specific time before the appointment time by determining a traveling time according to at least one traveling route Wherein the message server comprises:
11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: a message buddy management unit that allows the user terminal to register a buddy of a navigation message; And
A message thread management unit for forming a message thread between the user terminal and the navigation message buddy,
The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the schedule message management unit
Wherein the message scheduling unit reserves the navigation schedule message as a message generated through the messenger of the user terminal.
delete 11. The navigation system according to claim 10, wherein the navigation interlocking unit
Wherein when one of the at least one travel route is selected, providing the corresponding travel route information to the user terminal, the user terminal provides the corresponding travel route information to the navigation agent.

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