KR101805533B1 - Mobile terminal, news providing apparatus and position based news providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile communication system including a first wireless communication unit for receiving position information of each of the mobile terminals from at least one mobile terminals authenticated to transmit position information, a second wireless communication unit for receiving news information from an external server, And a control unit for controlling the wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit to determine whether the received news information is related to location information of a specific mobile terminal among the at least one mobile terminals, And controlling the first wireless communication unit to transmit a notification message including news information determined to be related to the location information of the terminal to the specific mobile terminal. The news providing apparatus and news based on the location of the mobile terminal, A providing method is provided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, a news providing apparatus, and a location based news providing method. [0002] MOBILE TERMINAL, NEWS PROVIDING APPARATUS AND POSITION BASED NEWS PROVIDING METHOD [

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing news information corresponding to a location of a mobile terminal.

The terminal can move And can be divided into a mobile / portable terminal and a stationary terminal depending on whether the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal or a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal can be divided into a handheld terminal and a vehicle mount terminal according to whether the user can directly carry the mobile terminal.

Such a terminal has various functions, for example, in the form of a multimedia device having multiple functions such as photographing and photographing of a moving picture, reproduction of a music or video file, reception of a game and broadcasting, etc. .

There is a function of providing location information among various functions that can be implemented through a terminal. The position of the terminal can be accurately grasped by the position check function such as GPS (Global Position System) technology. When using the location checking function, the terminal may be provided with useful information related to the location.

However, conventionally, when an emergency occurs in a place where a terminal is located, a user of the terminal selects a specific key of the terminal and transmits the current location of the terminal to the server. However, in the case of an emergency, there is a real difficulty for the user to operate the terminal directly. Accordingly, there is a need to effectively provide useful information according to the place where the terminal is located, without operating the user of the mobile terminal.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for efficiently providing news information related to the location to a corresponding terminal based on location information transmitted from at least one terminal.

The present invention also provides a terminal capable of delivering news information to other terminals by receiving a news information based on location information.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a news delivering apparatus based on a location of a mobile terminal for realizing the above-mentioned problem. The news delivering apparatus includes a first server for receiving location information of each of the mobile terminals from at least one mobile terminal, A second wireless communication unit for receiving news information from an external server, and a control unit for controlling the first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit, wherein the received news information is transmitted to a specific one of the at least one mobile terminals And transmits the notification message including the news information determined to be related to the location information of the specific mobile terminal to the specific mobile terminal according to the determination result, And a control unit for controlling the control unit.

The control unit controls the second wireless communication unit to transmit the specific news information to another predetermined terminal other than the specific mobile terminal when it is determined that the specific news information associated with the location information of the specific mobile terminal exists.

The first wireless communication unit of the news providing apparatus may periodically receive location information of the mobile terminal, and the second wireless communication unit may periodically receive the news information.

The news information may include at least one of disaster information, weather information, traffic information, and location-based advertisement information.

The specific mobile terminal may transmit the news information to another mobile terminal existing in the vicinity of the specific mobile terminal.

The news providing apparatus may further include a memory for storing location information of each of the received at least one mobile terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including an output unit, a location information module for confirming location information of a mobile terminal, authentication information for transmission of location information, And a control unit for controlling the output unit, the position information module, and the wireless communication unit to receive an announcement message including news information determined to be related to the positional information from the external news providing apparatus And the control unit controlling the wireless communication unit and controlling the output unit to inform the reception of the notification message.

The location information module of the mobile terminal periodically checks the location information, and the wireless communication unit may periodically transmit the confirmed location information to the external news providing apparatus.

The controller of the mobile terminal may control the wireless communication unit to transmit a notification message including the received news information to another mobile terminal existing in the vicinity of the mobile terminal.

The wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal may receive location information of at least one other mobile terminal, and the controller may provide location information of the at least one other mobile terminal to the external news providing apparatus.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing news based on a location of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving authentication information for authenticating reception of location information from at least one mobile terminal; Receiving respective location information from the at least one mobile terminal, determining whether the received news information is associated with location information of a particular one of the at least one mobile terminals, and And transmitting a notification message including news information determined to be related to the location information of the specific mobile terminal to the specific mobile terminal according to the determination result.

The news providing apparatus according to at least one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above can provide urgent news based on the position to a specific terminal existing at a corresponding location, As shown in FIG.

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

1 is a schematic structure of a location based news providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a news providing apparatus, and more particularly,
3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4A and 4B are front views of a mobile terminal for explaining one operating state of the mobile terminal according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart showing a flow of an example of a location based news providing method according to the present invention;
6 is a flowchart showing a flow of another example of a location based news providing method according to the present invention;
7 is a flowchart showing another exemplary flow of a location based news providing method according to the present invention.
8A and 8B are views showing an example of a display operation of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.
9A and 9B are views showing another example of the display operation of the mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

The mobile terminal described in this specification may include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), and navigation. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may be applied to a fixed terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like, unless the configuration is applicable only to a mobile terminal.

1 is a schematic structure of a location based news providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The news providing system based on the location of the mobile terminal according to the present invention may be configured with at least one mobile terminal 100a to 100c, a news providing device 200, an external Internet server 400 and a GPS satellite 300 have.

Each of the at least one mobile terminal 100a-100c can identify its location in various ways. The GPS satellite 300 shown in FIG. 1 is used as a method of determining a position using each of GPS among various methods of confirming the location of each mobile terminal. Each of the mobile stations 100a to 100c may periodically or at a specific time point receive their location information from the GPS satellite 300. [ Although only the GPS satellite 300 is shown in the drawing, the mobile terminals 100a to 100c may receive location information of the current mobile terminal from a base station that is in a fixed position.

When the mobile terminals 100a to 100c check their own location information or location information of other mobile terminals, the mobile terminals 100a to 100c may provide the location information to the news providing apparatus 200. [ The news providing apparatus 200 manages the location information of each of the mobile terminals 100a to 100c individually. If necessary, the news providing apparatus 200 may store location information.

Apart from this, the news providing apparatus 200 can receive various news information from the external Internet server 400. The news information may include various information. The news providing apparatus 200 determines news information determined to be related to the location information of the mobile terminal among the received news information and determines whether the news information worthy of informing the mobile terminal of the relevant news information is determined according to a predetermined criterion. The news information based on the location of the mobile terminal determined by the news providing apparatus 200 is provided to the mobile terminal at the corresponding location.

2 is a schematic block diagram of a location based news providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a schematic diagram of an apparatus 200 for providing news based on the location of mobile terminals is shown. The news providing apparatus 200 receives various news information from the external server 300 and receives position information of the mobile terminal 100 from the mobile terminal 100. [ The news providing apparatus 200 includes a wireless communication unit 230 that receives news information and receives location information. The wireless communication unit 230 includes a first wireless communication unit 232 receiving location information from the mobile terminal 100 and a second wireless communication unit 234 receiving news information from the external server 300. Here, the first wireless communication unit 232 may additionally receive the authentication information for authenticating the transmission of the location information from the mobile terminal 100. [

The news information may include various information. For example, the news information may include disaster information such as fire, flood, earthquake, theft, war, etc., weather information such as temperature and wind direction, traffic information such as road condition and road condition. In addition, the news information may include advertisement related information related to a specific area. And may include advertisement information from various points such as a restaurant, a store, a bank, and the like located in the area as various information about a specific area. The news information received from the external server 400 by the news providing apparatus 200 is not limited to the specific information.

Further, the location information of the mobile terminal may be displayed in exact coordinates indicated by latitude and longitude, or may be displayed as a distance from a particular building to "150m northeast of the XX building ".

The control unit 210 of the news providing apparatus 200 analyzes news information and position information transmitted from the wireless communication unit 230. Specifically, the control unit 210 can periodically or continuously check the location information of each of the plurality of mobile terminals 100a to 100c. In addition, the controller 210 continuously checks whether there is news information related to the location of the mobile terminals in the news information. For example, when the location where the first mobile terminal is located receives news information declared as a disaster area, the news information may be determined as news information related to the location of the first mobile terminal. The control unit 210 may set a keyword or a criterion on which news information is to be selected by presetting.

The news providing apparatus 200 may store location information and news information of mobile terminals. The news providing apparatus 200 further includes a memory 220 for storing location information and news information.

3 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an audio / video input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, A controller 170, a controller 180, a power supply 190, and the like. The components shown in FIG. 3 are not essential, and a mobile terminal having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules for enabling wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or between the mobile terminal 100 and the network in which the mobile terminal 100 is located. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or externally attached to the mobile terminal 100. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

The position information module 115 is a module for obtaining the position of the mobile terminal, and a representative example thereof is a Global Position System (GPS) module.

3, an A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 151. [

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ Two or more cameras 121 may be provided depending on the use environment.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. Various noise reduction algorithms may be implemented in the microphone 122 to remove noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for a user to control the operation of the terminal. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The sensing unit 140 senses the current state of the mobile terminal 100 such as the open / close state of the mobile terminal 100, the position of the mobile terminal 100, the presence or absence of user contact, the orientation of the mobile terminal, And generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it is possible to sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. It is also possible to sense whether the power supply unit 190 is powered on, whether the interface unit 170 is connected to an external device, and the like. Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141.

The output unit 150 is for generating an output relating to visual, auditory or tactile sense and includes a display unit 151, an acoustic output module 152, an alarm unit 153, a haptic module 154, 155, and the like.

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with a call is displayed. When the mobile terminal 100 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received video or UI and GUI are displayed.

The display unit 151 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display display, and a 3D display.

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. The rear structure of the display unit 151 may also be of a light transmission type. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the display unit 151 of the terminal body.

There may be two or more display units 151 according to the embodiment of the mobile terminal 100. For example, in the mobile terminal 100, a plurality of display portions may be spaced apart from one another or may be disposed integrally with each other, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') in which a display unit 151 and a sensor for sensing a touch operation (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') form a mutual layer structure, It can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The audio output module 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 152 also outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal 100. [ The audio output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events that occur in the mobile terminal include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in a form other than the video signal or the audio signal, for example, vibration. The video signal or the audio signal may be output through the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152 so that they may be classified as a part of the alarm unit 153.

The haptic module 154 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 154 is vibration. The intensity and pattern of the vibration generated by the haptic module 154 are controllable. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and output or sequentially output.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module 154 may include a pin arrangement vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, a spraying force or a suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, contact with an electrode, And various tactile effects such as an effect of reproducing a cold sensation using an endothermic or exothermic element can be generated.

The haptic module 154 can be implemented not only to transmit the tactile effect through the direct contact but also to allow the user to feel the tactile effect through the muscular sensation of the finger or arm. The haptic module 154 may include two or more haptic modules 154 according to the configuration of the portable terminal 100.

The projector module 155 is a component for performing an image project function using the mobile terminal 100 and is similar to the image displayed on the display unit 151 in accordance with a control signal of the controller 180 Or at least partly display another image on an external screen or wall.

The memory unit 160 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 180 and temporarily store the input / output data (e.g., telephone directory, message, audio, For example. The memory unit 160 may also store the frequency of use of each of the data (for example, each telephone number, each message, and frequency of use for each multimedia). In addition, the memory unit 160 may store data on vibration and sound of various patterns output when the touch is input on the touch screen.

The memory 160 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk. The mobile terminal 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 160 on the Internet.

The interface unit 170 serves as a path for communication with all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the mobile terminal 100 or transmits data to the external device. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video input / output (I / O) port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 170.

The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the use right of the mobile terminal 100 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM), a general user authentication module A Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the port.

When the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the mobile terminal 100, or various command signals input by the user to the cradle may be transmitted It can be a passage to be transmitted to the terminal. The various command signals or the power source input from the cradle may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. The control unit 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia playback. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. [

The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 180 and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of a processor, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and other electronic units for performing other functions. In some cases, The embodiments described may be implemented by the control unit 180 itself.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described herein may be implemented with separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein. Software code can be implemented in a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software code is stored in the memory 160 and can be executed by the control unit 180. [

4A is a perspective view of an example of a mobile terminal or a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

The disclosed mobile terminal 100 has a bar-shaped terminal body. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be applied to various structures such as a slide type, a folder type, a swing type, and a swivel type in which two or more bodies are relatively movably coupled.

The body includes a case (a casing, a housing, a cover, and the like) which forms an appearance. In this embodiment, the case may be divided into a front case 101 and a rear case 102. [ A variety of electronic components are embedded in the space formed between the front case 101 and the rear case 102. At least one intermediate case may be additionally disposed between the front case 101 and the rear case 102. [

The cases may be formed by injection molding a synthetic resin, or may be formed to have a metal material such as stainless steel (STS) or titanium (Ti) or the like.

The display unit 151, the sound output unit 152, the camera 121, the user input units 130/131 and 132, the microphone 122, the interface 170, and the like may be disposed in the front body 101 have.

The display unit 151 occupies most of the main surface of the front case 101. A sound output unit 151 and a camera 121 are disposed in an area adjacent to one end of both ends of the display unit 151 and a user input unit 131 and a microphone 122 are disposed in an area adjacent to the other end. The user input unit 132 and the interface 170 may be disposed on the side surfaces of the front case 101 and the rear case 102. [

The user input unit 130 is operated to receive a command for controlling the operation of the portable terminal 100 and may include a plurality of operation units 131 and 132. The operation units 131 and 132 may be collectively referred to as a manipulating portion and may be employed in any manner as long as the user operates in a tactile manner.

The contents inputted by the first or second operation unit 131 or 132 may be variously set. For example, the first operation unit 131 receives commands such as start, end, scroll, and the like, and the second operation unit 132 controls the size of the sound output from the sound output unit 152 or the size of the sound output from the display unit 151 To the touch recognition mode of the touch screen.

4B is a rear perspective view of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 4A.

Referring to FIG. 4B, the rear surface of the terminal body, that is, the rear case 102, may further include a camera 121 '. The camera 121 'may have a photographing direction substantially opposite to the camera 121 (see FIG. 4A), and may be a camera having different pixels from the camera 121.

For example, the camera 121 may have a low pixel so that the face of the user can be photographed and transmitted to the other party in case of a video call or the like, and the camera 121 ' It is preferable to have a large number of pixels. The cameras 121 and 121 'may be installed in the terminal body so as to be rotatable or pop-upable.

A flash 123 and a mirror 124 are additionally disposed adjacent to the camera 121 '. The flash 123 illuminates the subject when the subject is photographed by the camera 121 '. The mirror 124 allows the user to illuminate the user's own face or the like when the user intends to shoot himself / herself (self-photographing) using the camera 121 '.

An acoustic output 152 'may be additionally disposed on the rear surface of the terminal body. The sound output unit 152 'may implement the stereo function together with the sound output unit 152 (see FIG. 4A) and may be used for the implementation of the speakerphone mode in a call.

In addition to the antenna for talking and the like, a broadcast signal receiving antenna 116 may be further disposed on the side of the terminal body. The antenna 116, which forms part of the broadcast receiving module 111 (see FIG. 3), may be installed to be able to be drawn out from the terminal body.

A power supply unit 190 for supplying power to the portable terminal 100 is mounted on the terminal body. The power supply unit 190 may be built in the terminal body or may be detachable from the outside of the terminal body.

The rear case 102 may further include a touch pad 135 for sensing a touch. The touch pad 135 may also be of a light transmission type like the display unit 151. [ In this case, if the display unit 151 is configured to output time information on both sides, the time information can be recognized through the touch pad 135 as well. The information output on both sides may be all controlled by the touch pad 135. [ Alternatively, a display may be additionally mounted on the touch pad 135, and a touch screen may be disposed on the rear case 102 as well.

5 is a flowchart showing a flow of an example of a location based news providing method according to the present invention.

At least one of the mobile terminals 100a to 100c transmits authentication information for authenticating to transmit the respective location information before providing location information (S510). The location information of the mobile terminal is related to the privacy of the individual, and there is an illegal use of the news providing apparatus 200 arbitrarily. Accordingly, in the present invention, the mobile terminals 100a to 100c transmit authentication information for permitting transmission of the respective location information. The authentication information may include authentication information such as unique information and authentication code capable of identifying mobile terminals.

The news providing apparatus 200 receives various news information (S520). As described above, the news providing apparatus 200 receives various news information from various news information sources. The news information may be received from one external Internet server 400 or may be received from a plurality of external servers or a plurality of devices. The news providing apparatus 200 can separately store and manage various news information.

At least one of the mobile stations 100a to 100c transmits the respective location information (S530). Each of the mobile terminals 100a to 100c authenticating the transmission of the location information transmits each location information to the news providing apparatus 200 as coordinate information or area information. With respect to location information transmission, the mobile terminals 100a-100c may periodically transmit position information (e.g., in units of 10 minutes), and, optionally, only when the mobile terminal moves and the location information is changed And may transmit the changed position information.

The news providing apparatus 200 determines whether the received news information is related to location information of a specific mobile terminal among the mobile terminals 100a to 100c (S540). The control unit 210 of the news providing apparatus 200 determines whether the received news information is related to the location information of the specific mobile terminal. Here, in the determination of the relevance, it can be judged by a preset reference or a keyword. For example, when the disaster information is set by presetting, the news providing apparatus 200 determines that the location of the specific mobile terminal is a disaster area, and determines that the disaster news information is related to the location information of the mobile terminal. If not, the news providing apparatus 200 repeats news information tracking and location information reception.

When the news providing apparatus 200 determines that there is news information related to the location information of the specific mobile terminal 100b, it transmits a notification message including the news information to the corresponding specific mobile terminal 100b. Accordingly, the user of the mobile terminal 100b can acquire news information of the corresponding area without taking any other action.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of another example of the location-based news providing method according to the present invention.

A method for transmitting location information of a first mobile terminal 100a through a second mobile terminal 100b using another news providing method based on the location of the mobile terminal is disclosed.

For example, if there is a need for the user of the second mobile terminal 100b to protect or monitor the user of the first mobile terminal 100a, And the second mobile terminal 100b may be configured to receive the news information related to the location information of the first mobile terminal 100a.

First, the first mobile terminal 100a transmits authentication information for transmitting location information to the second mobile terminal 100b (S610). Unlike the method shown in Fig. 5, since the information is transmitted through the second mobile terminal 100b, the authentication information that allows the transmission of the location information is transmitted to the second mobile terminal 100b. Meanwhile, although the second mobile terminal 100b is described as receiving location information only from one mobile terminal 100a, it may receive location information from a plurality of other mobile terminals for convenience of explanation.

After transmitting the authentication information of the location information transmission, the first mobile terminal 100a transmits the location information of the first mobile terminal 100a to the second mobile terminal 100b (S620). The news providing apparatus 200 receives news information from the outside (S630). The news providing apparatus 200 analyzes news information and stores news information as needed.

The second mobile terminal 100b transmits the location information of the first mobile terminal 100a to the news providing apparatus 200 (S640).

The news providing apparatus 200 sets up and registers the terminal 2 with the terminal apparatus that receives the location information related news information of the terminal 1 (S650). The present embodiment is an example in which the location information of the terminal is provided rather than providing the location information of the terminal itself. Therefore, the news providing apparatus 200 separately manages a terminal for providing news information related to location information of other terminals. The news providing apparatus 200 may store a terminal for providing such news information to the memory. On the other hand, this step of registering a terminal providing such news information is optional and may be omitted as necessary.

The news providing apparatus 200 determines whether the news information is related to the location information of the terminal 1 100a (S660). As described in FIG. 5, the news providing apparatus 200 may determine whether news information is related to the location information of the mobile terminal 100 according to various criteria. If not, the news providing apparatus 200 repeats the reception of the news information and the reception of the position information.

The news providing apparatus 200 transmits a notification message including news information related to the location information of the terminal 1 100a to the terminal 2 100b (S670a). The terminal 2 (100b) receiving the notification message may selectively forward the notification message to the terminal 2 (100b) (S670a).

Alternatively, the news providing apparatus 200 may directly transmit a notification message including news information related to the location information to the terminal 1 100a (S680). Here, the terminal 2 serves as a repeater which transmits only the location information of another terminal, that is, the terminal 1, and the actual location information related news information is directly received by the terminal 1.

7 is a flowchart showing another exemplary flow of a location based news providing method according to the present invention.

The news information received from the news providing apparatus 200 is useful information related to the location information of the mobile terminal 100 and may be useful information to other terminals in the area where the mobile terminal 100 is located. For example, when news information that a specific area is a flood area is received, the news information may be transmitted to other nearby terminals.

The terminal 1 (100a) transmits authentication information for authenticating the transmission of the location information (S710), and transmits the location information of the terminal 1 (100a) (S730). Prior to this, the news providing apparatus 200 receives news information from the outside (S720).

The news providing apparatus 200 determines whether the news information is related to the location information of the first terminal 100a using the received news information and the location information of the first terminal 100a (S740). If the news information is not judged to be important information related to the position of the first terminal 100a, the news providing apparatus 200 continues to receive news information and position information.

If it is determined that the news information is related to the location information of the first terminal 100a, the news providing apparatus 200 transmits a notification message including the news information to the first terminal 100a (S750).

When the terminal 1 (100a) receives news information related to its location, the terminal 1 (100a) can transmit the news information to the other mobile terminals (100D). In this way, not only the terminal 1 100a but also other mobile terminals 100D can acquire useful information related to the location.

Meanwhile, the news information related to the location information of the first terminal 100a may be transmitted to the terminals other than the terminal 1 (S770). For example, when the user of the terminal 1 is a child and the user of the terminal 2 is a mother, the location information of the terminal 1 is transmitted to the news providing apparatus 200, and the related news information is transmitted directly to the terminal 2 May be transmitted. The steps transmitted to these other terminals are optional, and steps S660 and S670 may be performed simultaneously or either one of them may be selected.

8A and 8B are diagrams showing an example of a display operation of the mobile terminal according to the present invention.

As described above, the mobile terminal 100 receiving the news information related to the location from the news providing apparatus 200 is required to approve the location information.

Referring to Fig. 8A, an operation for approving the position information of the mobile terminal 100 is shown. The display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 inquires whether the user is allowed to approve the location information. When the user approves the transmission of the location information, the mobile terminal 100 provides its location information to the news providing apparatus 200 periodically or at the time of location change.

8A, the present invention may transmit the location information of the mobile terminal 100 itself and the location information based news information to the mobile terminal 100 other than the mobile terminal 100. As described above, the location information of the mobile terminal 100 is related to the privacy of the individual who confirms his / her location, and permission or consent of the user is essential. Accordingly, the mobile terminal 100 is required to obtain a user agreement to allow such location information to be transmitted to other terminals. In the drawing, the display unit 151 may inquire whether or not to provide location-related news information to another terminal through a specific window 820.

Referring to (c) of FIG. 8A, there is shown an example in which the mobile terminal 100 displays a state of providing position information. The display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 displays an icon 830 indicating that the location information is provided and an icon 840 informing that the news information is provided. For example, the first icon 830 is related to (a) of FIG. 8A, and can inform the user that the first icon 830 is in a state of providing its own location information. Accordingly, when the first icon 830 is selected, detailed information on which device provides its own location information can be confirmed. The second icon 840 is related to (b) of FIG. 8A, and can inform the user that the news information related to the location information is provided to other terminals. Similar to the first icon 830, when the second icon 840 is selected, it is possible to check which terminals are provided with news information related to their location information.

8B is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation in which the mobile terminal 100 is actually provided with location-based news information.

In connection with FIG. 8 (a), when disaster information is received among the news information, the disaster information is displayed on the display unit 151. If the location of the mobile terminal 100 is determined as "Jamsil-dong, Jamsil district, Seoul ", and the information is transmitted to the news providing apparatus 200, it is determined that the disaster information exists in the news information associated therewith, As shown in Fig.

8B is a view showing a case where weather information is received among the news information. When the location of the mobile terminal 100 is currently "Nukseongdae ", the news providing apparatus 200 determines that news information in the vicinity of the Nukseongdae is related to the location of the mobile terminal and transmits it to the mobile terminal 100. [

8B is a diagram illustrating a case where location-based advertisement information is received among news information. When the mobile terminal 100 is in a specific position, the news providing apparatus 200 may provide location-based advertisement information among various news information. That is, advertisement information of a restaurant, a bank, a convenience store, and the like located near the location of the mobile terminal 100 can be provided. In the above description, advertisement information is described. However, the present invention is not limited to the advertisement format. For example, the detailed information related to the current location of the mobile terminal 100 may be included in the advertisement information without being limited to the name.

Meanwhile, in providing a variety of advertisement information located near the current position of the mobile terminal 100, the news providing apparatus 200 may perform additional operations using the advertisement information as a relay server. For example, when the news providing apparatus 200 determines that the restaurant A exists near the current location of the mobile terminal 100, the news providing apparatus 200 can perform additional operations such as making a reservation to the restaurant A, for example.

Only the method of notifying the display unit 151 of the reception of the notification message when the mobile terminal 100 receives the notification message including the news information has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, when receiving a notification message including news information from the news providing apparatus 200, the mobile terminal 100 may notify the notification message using the sound output module 152, It can be seen through vibration.

9A and 9B are views showing another example of the display operation of the mobile terminal according to the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 provided with the location-based news information according to the present invention may deliver the news information to other terminals. 9A, news information is provided to other terminals belonging to the address book of the mobile terminal 100. In case of FIG. 9B, when news information is provided to other terminals located near the mobile terminal 100 to be.

Referring to FIG. 9A, the mobile terminal 100 may store a phone book or a user name corresponding to a plurality of other terminals in the address book or the phone book. Based news information received by the mobile terminal 100 may be transmitted to other terminals when selecting other terminals in the address book according to the selection of the user of the mobile terminal 100. [

Referring to FIG. 9B, the mobile terminal 100 can confirm the existence of the surrounding mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal 100 of the present invention can confirm presence or information of neighboring terminals from Bluetooth, near-field communication, or nearby base stations. In this case, when the mobile terminal 100 receives the news information related to its location, it may retransmit the news information received to the nearby terminals.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method can be implemented as a code that can be read by a processor on a medium on which the program is recorded. Examples of the medium that can be read by the processor include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) .

The mobile terminal described above can be applied to not only the configuration and method of the embodiments described above but also all or some of the embodiments may be selectively combined so that various modifications may be made to the embodiments It is possible.

100 mobile terminal 200 news providing device
300 GPS satellite 400 External Internet server

Claims (14)

An output section;
A location information module for identifying location information of the mobile terminal;
A wireless communication unit for transmitting authentication information for transmission of location information and the detected location information to an external news providing apparatus; And
A controller for controlling the wireless communication unit to receive a first notification message including news information determined to be related to the location information from the external news providing apparatus and controlling the output unit to notify reception of the first notification message; Including,
Wherein,
When the location information of at least one external terminal is received through the wireless communication unit, transmits location information of the external terminal to the external news providing apparatus through the wireless communication unit,
When the second notification message including the news information determined to be related to the location information of the external terminal is received from the external news providing apparatus through the wireless communication unit, And transmitting the received second notification message to the external terminal through the communication unit.
Mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The location information module periodically grasps the location information,
Wherein the wireless communication unit periodically transmits the identified location information to the external news providing apparatus,
Mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the news information comprises at least one of disaster information, weather information, traffic information, and location-
Mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit controls the wireless communication unit to transmit the first notification message to another mobile terminal,
Mobile terminal. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the external news providing apparatus receives news information from an external server and transmits a first notification message including the news information to the mobile terminal when the received news information is associated with the location information of the mobile terminal,
Mobile terminal. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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