KR101984843B1 - Point Of Interest Providing System And Method thereof, Apparatus And Device supporting the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a route guidance method, the present invention comprising the steps of receiving a destination from the user, obtaining the route information to the destination generated based on the input destination and the current location of the user, and the route Providing information and further providing point of interest (POI) information around a destination determined based on the entered destination.

Description

Point of Interest Providing System And Method, Apparatus And Device supporting the same}

The present invention relates to the provision of POI information, and more particularly, to a POI information providing system and method for supporting route information for moving to a POI near a destination, and providing preferred POI information around a destination, and an apparatus and a terminal supporting the same.

With the development of automobiles, the time to travel to a specific area of interest is very short. Recently, when a mobile communication terminal is mounted on a vehicle and a user inputs a current location and a destination, a navigation service that provides an image and a voice to a user by calculating an optimal route from the current location to the destination has been popularized.

When a user accesses an information center that provides route information using a navigation terminal and inputs his current location and destination, the information center provides the optimal travel route information by referring to map information and traffic conditions from the user's current location to the destination. After calculating the transmission to the terminal. The navigation terminal receiving the movement route information performs route guidance by extracting a voice, an image, a map, and the like corresponding to each received data code and transmitting the same by voice or displaying it on a screen.

On the other hand, POI (Point Of Interest) is data that displays major facilities, stations, airports, terminals, hotels, etc. in coordinates on an electronic numerical map, and is usually divided into search data used for searching for a destination and background data displayed only on the desktop. Can be. In the destination search, when the user knows information about the destination, that is, the address, telephone number or the exact name of the destination, the destination can be directly searched by directly inputting the data. However, when the user knows the rough destination but does not know the exact name or address information, there is a problem that a place search for moving to a specific point around the destination is impossible.

Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication 10-2007-0090410 A, published on September 06, 2007 (name: POI service system and method)

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to base the information on the surrounding information or other terminal search history, even if the user does not know the information on the specific point of the destination to be moved in detail. The present invention provides a route guidance method for supporting a user's potential point of search by providing surrounding POI information and a configuration of a device and a terminal performing the same.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a route guidance method for receiving a destination from a user, and route information to a destination generated based on the input destination and the user's current location. And obtaining the route information and further providing POI information around a destination determined based on the input destination.

Here, the POI information around the destination is determined as a POI located within a predetermined distance from the destination input by the user.

The route guidance method may further include providing route information from the current location to one or more POIs in the POI information around the destination.

The route guidance method may further include providing route information from the current location to POI selected by the user among POI information around the destination.

The route guidance method may further include providing a user with a selection menu for selecting a specific POI information group among POI information around the destination.

Here, the POI information around the provided destination corresponds to the POI information group selected by the user by the selection menu.

The POI selected by the user among the POI information around the destination is reset to the destination.

POI information around the destination is displayed on a map.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a route guidance method includes receiving a current location and a destination of a user from a user terminal device, and generating route information to a destination based on the received destination and the current location of the user. And collecting POI information around the destination based on the received destination, and transmitting the route information and the POI information to the user terminal device.

Here, another embodiment of the present invention discloses a recording medium storing a computer program for the processor to perform the route guidance method according to one embodiment of the present invention and another embodiment.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a route guidance device includes an input unit configured to receive a destination from a user; A controller configured to receive route information to a destination generated based on the input destination and the current location of the user; And a display unit for outputting route information to the destination and additionally outputting POI information located around the destination input by the user.

POI information providing service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit for receiving the current location and destination of the user from the user terminal device; Generate route information to a destination based on the received destination and the current location of the user, collect POI information around a destination based on the received destination, and generate the route information and the POI information. A control unit provided to a user terminal device; And a storage unit storing a POI information database including the POI related information.

As described above, according to the system and method for providing POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and an apparatus and a terminal supporting the same, the present invention provides POI having a history of searching other terminals as well as providing POI information around a destination input by a user. Providing the information can provide the user with useful POI information around the destination and induce easy selection and use of the user.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a POI information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating in more detail a configuration of a POI information providing service apparatus in a configuration of a POI information providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the apparatus control unit of FIG. 2 in more detail.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that may be used for operating a POI information providing function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this case, it should be noted that like elements are denoted by like reference numerals as much as possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may blur the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely presented specific examples to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and help the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

1 schematically illustrates a configuration of a system for providing POI information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the POI information providing system 10 of the present invention may include a user terminal 100 and a POI information providing service apparatus 200 that want a navigation function, and provide POI information with the user terminal 100. The apparatus may further include a configuration of the communication network 300 for communication connection between the service devices 200.

In the above-described POI information providing system 10, when the user terminal 100 inputs destination information in a process of supporting a navigation function, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 collects POI information around a corresponding destination and then user. It may be provided to the terminal 100. In addition, the POI information providing system 10 may collect the POI information having a history searched by other terminal users based on the corresponding destination, and provide the POI information providing service apparatus 200 to the user terminal 100. In addition, the POI information providing system 10 collects real-time POI ranking information for each administrative area adjacent to a destination based on the POI information providing service apparatus 200, and at least one of the collected POI information and POI ranking information is used by the user terminal 100. To be provided). By supporting such a function, the POI information providing system 10 of the present invention can support a user to search for a specific point of a POI around a specific destination more easily, or to facilitate a user's search around a destination.

To this end, the communication network 300 may support to establish a communication channel between the user terminal 100 and the POI information providing service apparatus 200. In more detail, when the user terminal activates a navigation function, the communication network 300 may form a communication channel between the POI information providing service apparatus 200 and the user terminal 100. In addition, the communication network 300 may support the user terminal 100 to transmit the moving path information and the destination-related POI information calculated by the POI information providing service apparatus 200. The communication network 300 is a communication network capable of supporting a mobile communication service for operating a navigation function of the user terminal 100 and the Internet for collecting POI information having a POI information collection and retrieval history of the POI information providing service apparatus 200. It may be composed of various communication network devices constituting the network. In addition, the communication network 300 may support various terminals to access the POI information providing service apparatus 200 in order to collect POI information of the POI information providing service apparatus 200.

The user terminal 100 may be connected to the communication network 300 using a communication unit, and may be connected to the POI information providing service apparatus 200 connected to the communication network 300. In addition, the user terminal 100 transmits the destination information input by the user to the POI information providing service apparatus 200 to support the collection of POI information around the destination and POI information having a search history around the destination. The user terminal 100 may receive corresponding information from the POI information providing service apparatus 200 and apply the corresponding information to the navigation function. In this process, the user terminal 100 may receive at least one moving path information related to a destination from the POI information providing service apparatus 200, and thus, the POI information and the search history are stored in an area separate from the moving path information. At least one of the acquired POI information and the POI ranking information may be output. Alternatively, the user terminal 100 may support outputting by overlaying POI information, POI information having a search history, and POI ranking information on the movement path information or by mapping and applying to a specific point of the movement path information.

The POI information providing service apparatus 200 establishes a communication channel with the user terminal 100, receives destination information and current location information from the user terminal 100, and calculates at least one moving path information based on the received information. Can be provided. The POI information providing service apparatus 200 according to the present invention may collect POI information around a destination based on destination information received from the user terminal 100, and display POI information and POI ranking information having a search history around the destination. Can be collected and provided. The POI information providing service apparatus 200 may be designed to support both the above-described moving path information calculating and providing function and the POI related information providing function or only supports the POI related information providing function. The detailed configuration of the POI information providing service device 200 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

As described above, when the user terminal 100 inputs destination information, the POI information providing system 10 of the present invention may collect and provide at least one piece of POI information disposed around a destination, and particularly, provides a search history. By collecting and providing at least one of the POI information and the POI ranking information, the user can easily and quickly search for places around various destinations.

2 is a diagram illustrating in more detail the configuration of the POI information providing service apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a device communication unit 210 for supporting a communication function, a device storage unit 250 for storing data necessary for providing a POI information providing function, and POI information provision. It may include a configuration of the device control unit 260 for controlling the operation of each component included in the service device 200 and the signal flow of each component.

The POI information providing service device 200 having such a configuration supports the connection of the user terminal 100 based on the device communication unit 210, and when receiving destination information from the user terminal 100, the corresponding user terminal 100. May provide movement path information and POI information. In particular, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect surrounding POI information searched by other user terminals using the destination transmitted by the user as a keyword, and provide the same to the user terminal 100.

To this end, the device communication unit 210 supports communication channel establishment with the user terminal 100 through the communication network 300. In addition, the device communication unit 210 may receive a message informing that the navigation function is performed, current location information of the user terminal 100, and destination information of the user terminal 100 from the user terminal 100. The received current location information and destination information may be transferred to the device controller 260 to calculate the movement path information of the user terminal 100.

Here, when the POI information providing service apparatus 200 of the present invention is designed to provide movement route information, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may support calculation and provision of movement route information according to reception of current location information and destination information of the user terminal 100. When the POI information providing service apparatus 200 of the present invention is designed to provide only POI information, the device communication unit 210 receives only destination information from the user terminal 100 and has neighboring POI information and a search history according to the corresponding destination. POI information, POI ranking information, and the like may be collected and provided. Meanwhile, the device communication unit 210 may allow the connection of other user terminals providing the destination information through the communication network 300, and receive and transmit information on information retrieval of other user terminals to the device control unit 260. The device communication unit 210 may provide the user terminal 100 with moving path information according to the reception of the destination information, POI information around the destination, POI information having a search history around the destination, POI ranking information for each administrative area around the destination, and the like. Can be.

The device storage unit 250 may store an operation program and movement path information for operating the POI information providing service device 200 and a POI information providing program 251 for supporting POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the device storage 250 may store the collected POI information database 253 in the form of a database.

When the POI information providing program 251 receives the destination information from the user terminal 100, a routine for collecting POI information related to the received destination information, a routine for providing the collected POI information to the corresponding user terminal 100, and a POI It may include a routine for updating the information database 253. In addition, as described above, when the POI information providing service apparatus 200 is designed to provide route information for a navigation function of the user terminal 100, the POI information providing program 251 may be configured to provide destination information from the user terminal 100. May include a routine for collecting current location information, a routine for calculating at least one moving path information based on the collected current location information and destination information, and a routine for providing the calculated moving path information to the user terminal 100. . In addition, the POI information providing program 251 may further include a routine for collecting current traffic condition information and a routine for applying the collected current traffic condition information to the travel path information when calculating the travel path information.

The POI information database 253 may include neighbor POI information for a specific destination, POI information having a history retrieved by other user terminals among POI information around a specific destination, POI ranking information for each administrative area around a specific destination, and the like. have. In this case, the POI information stored in the POI information database 253 may include coordinate information on the map, name information assigned by the creator who allocated the POI information, and the like. POI information may be collected based on the coordinate information on the map during the collection process, and may have a plurality of name information. Each of the POI information stored in the POI information database 253 may be provided at least according to a request of the user terminal 100.

The POI information having the search history is obtained by requesting at least one other user terminal to access the POI information providing service apparatus 200 and requesting neighboring POI information based on a specific destination, and then selecting information on the selected POI information among the provided POI information. Can be. That is, the POI information selected among the above-mentioned destination surrounding POI information by other user terminals inputting the same destination as the destination input by the user terminal 100 may be separately stored in the POI information database 253.

The POI ranking information may be rank information of each POI information based on selection cumulative information of other user terminals among the above-mentioned destination surrounding POI information. In particular, the POI ranking information may be rank information of POI information having a history searched by user terminals for each administrative zone in a state classified by certain administrative zones. In addition, the POI ranking information stored in the POI information database 253 may include ranking information of POI information for each administrative district of an adjacent region based on a destination, and also POI having a history of the most searches among the administrative districts. The search history of the information or POI information may include real-time or schedule period information for the largest administrative area.

The device controller 260 is a component that supports various signal processing and data processing for the operation of the POI information providing service device 200. The device controller 260 may support access of the POI information providing service device 200 of the user terminals 100, provide movement path information based on current location information and destination information of the user terminal 100, and provide POI information. Can be. To this end, the device controller 260 may include a configuration as shown in FIG. 3.

3 is a view showing in more detail the configuration of the device control unit 260 of the configuration of the POI information providing service device 200 of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the device controller 260 may include a POI information detector 261, a POI information updater 263, a POI information provider 265, and a path provider 267.

The POI information detection unit 261 supports a connection of the user terminal 100 and detects POI information based on destination information transmitted from the user terminal 100. To this end, the POI information detector 261 may perform an authentication process of the user terminal 100 when the user terminal 100 requests an access. In this case, the POI information detection unit 261 may perform authentication by confirming authentication information related to the user terminal 100 pre-stored in the device storage unit 250 and identification information of the user terminal 100 that has requested the current connection.

Meanwhile, when the POI information detection unit 261 is connected to the user terminal 100, the POI information detector 261 may receive destination information from the user terminal 100. When destination information is collected, the POI information detector 261 may collect at least one of POI information, POI information having a search history among POI information, and POI ranking information around a corresponding destination. Here, the POI information having a search history may be POI information having a search history among POI information within a predetermined radius around a destination. In addition, the POI information having a search history may be POI information having a search history of a predetermined number of times or a predetermined number of terminals. The POI ranking information may include real-time search ranking information of POIs according to division of administrative regions, search ranking information of POIs disposed within a predetermined radius around a destination, and search ranking information of POIs according to division of administrative regions around a destination. POI ranking information may include only POI information having a predetermined rank or more.

When the user terminal 100 requests a connection and inputs destination information, the POI information detection unit 261 may provide a user terminal with a menu for selecting a specific POI information group among POI information around the corresponding destination. That is, the POI information detector 261 may provide the user terminal 100 with a menu including items such as viewing POI information around the destination, viewing specific POI information having a search history, and viewing POI information having a predetermined ranking. When the user terminal 100 selects a specific item, the POI information detector 261 searches for the POI information group corresponding to the selected item in the POI information database 253 of the device storage unit 250 and stores the POI information. Can be passed to study (265). The POI information detector 261 may collect and provide POI information for all the menu items described above according to a request of the user terminal 100. The POI information detection unit 261 may transmit specific information to the POI information update unit 263 when specific POI information is retrieved or selected by the user terminal 100. The POI information detector 261 may provide the POI information provider 265 with at least one of the above-described POI information around the destination, POI information having a search history, and POI ranking information.

The POI information updater 263 may check the detected POI information when the POI information detector 261 detects specific POI information according to a request of the user terminal 100. In particular, the POI information updater 263 may receive feedback on specific POI information selected by the user for checking information from the POI information transmitted to the user terminal 100 according to the operation of the user terminal 100. Accordingly, the POI information updater 263 may support information update related to the POI search history by accumulating and storing feedback on the received corresponding POI information. The POI information updater 263 may generate POI ranking information according to a search history of specific POI information. When the POI ranking information is generated, the POI information updater 263 may reclassify the corresponding POI ranking information into administrative regions, a predetermined region adjacent to a destination, or a predetermined region adjacent to a destination.

The POI information providing unit 265 is a configuration for providing the user terminal 100 with specific POI information provided by the POI information detecting unit 261. The POI information providing unit 265 may receive the address information of the user terminal 100 and the type of POI information to be provided, and provide the POI information to the user terminal 100. In this case, the POI information providing unit 265 may directly transmit the POI information received from the POI information detecting unit 261 to the user terminal 100, but may also provide the route providing unit 267.

The route provider 267 is a component that provides movement route information of the user terminal 100. As described above, the path providing unit 267 may be omitted when the POI information providing service apparatus 200 is not designed to support a corresponding path information providing function. Meanwhile, the path provider 267 may receive current location information from the user terminal 100 and destination information from the POI information detector 261.

The route providing unit 267 uses various location information such as the shortest distance travel path information, the shortest time travel path information from the current location to the destination, the minimum cost travel path information, etc. based on the application of the current location information and the destination information. Can be calculated. In addition, the path providing unit 267 may provide the user terminal 100 with at least one moving path information among the calculated moving path information.

On the other hand, when the route providing unit 267 receives the POI information from the POI information providing unit 265, the route providing unit 267 configures a screen by applying the received POI information to the calculated movement route information and applies the configured screen to the user terminal 100. Can provide. In this case, the path providing unit 267 may configure a screen to distinguish the movement path information and the POI information output in each predetermined area. In addition, the route providing unit 267 may configure a screen by overlaying POI information on the movement route information.

4 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow between components of an information providing system for explaining a method of providing POI information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the method of providing POI information according to the present invention, when the user terminal 100 receives an input signal for activating a navigation function under user control, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 uses pre-stored information. Perform the connection. To this end, the user terminal 100 may register to use the POI service provided by the POI information providing service apparatus 200 in advance. After the registration is completed, the user terminal 100 forms a communication channel with the POI information providing service apparatus 200 by activating the navigation function. In addition, a key map or the like may be output to the display unit for inputting destination information. When destination information input is generated from the display unit on which the keymap is output for the input unit or the input function, the user terminal 100 may provide the POI information providing service apparatus 200 with the destination information input in step 401. In this case, the user terminal 100 may collect current location information using a location information collecting unit, for example, a GPS module, and provide the collected current location information to the POI information providing service device 200 together with the destination information.

When the POI information providing service apparatus 200 receives the destination information from the user terminal 100, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect surrounding POI information based on the received destination information in step 403. To this end, the POI information providing service device 200 may check the POI information database 253 stored in the device storage 250 and collect POI information within a predetermined radius around a destination. In this case, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may apply a radius range differently around the destination according to the type or characteristic of the destination.

For example, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may apply the range of POI search as the first region when the destination is a downtown area with a predetermined population or more. The POI information providing service apparatus 200 may define a range of the POI search as a second area larger than the first area when the destination is an urban area having a predetermined population or less. In addition, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may apply the third region, which is larger than the second region, to a POI search range in a region where a destination is in the mountains, or where a large number of open areas, rice fields, and fields are distributed. As described above, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may apply a different size of the search area according to the regional characteristics of the corresponding destination in the process of searching for POI information around the destination.

In operation 405, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect POI information having a search history of another destination-based terminal. That is, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect POI information having a history searched by other terminal users among POI information around the same destination. In particular, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect POI information having a search history of a predetermined number or more.

In operation 407, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect POI ranking information. To this end, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may select POI information having a search history of terminals among information stored in the POI information database 253 and allocate a rank based on the search history of the corresponding POI information. In addition, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may classify the POI information for each administrative region or for each administrative region within a destination predetermined region. In addition, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect POI information within a predetermined area based on a destination input by the user terminal 100.

When the POI related information is collected, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may branch to step 409 and provide the corresponding POI information to the user terminal 100. At this time, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 calculates movement route information using the current location information and the destination information received from the user terminal 100, and calculates the movement route information along with the POI related information in step 409. 100 may be provided.

When the movement path information and the POI related information are received, the user terminal 100 may output the received information to the display unit in step 411. In particular, the user terminal 100 may output movement path information and POI related information on the navigation function screen as the navigation function is activated. The screen output to the user terminal 100 will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the above description, the POI information surrounding the destination is collected at step 403, the POI information having a search history at step 405, and the POI ranking information having rank information is collected at step 407, but the present invention is not limited thereto. .

That is, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect only at least one of the POI information around the destination, POI information having a search history, and POI ranking information. In addition, even if the POI information providing service apparatus 200 collects all the above-described information, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect the corresponding information in a specific order according to the intention of the system designer regardless of the order. When the user terminal 100 provides destination information and requests to provide only specific types of information among the above-described POI information, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may collect only information of the requested type. For example, when the user terminal 100 requests only POI information around a destination having a search history, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may perform only collection of corresponding information.

On the other hand, when the POI information providing service apparatus 200 does not receive a specific type of information providing request from the user terminal 100, by default, only a specific type of information, for example, only POI information around a destination, is preferentially collected. 100). Alternatively, when the POI information providing service apparatus 200 checks the information search history of a specific user terminal 100 and mainly searches for a specific type, for example, POI ranking information, the POI ranking information is first collected according to the corresponding history and then, It may be provided to the user terminal 100.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to the POI information providing function of the present invention, which is configured by the POI information providing service apparatus 200 of the present invention and output to the user terminal 100.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the user activates the navigation function, the user terminal 100 may output a screen according to activation of the navigation function. In addition, the user terminal 100 transmits the destination information input by the user to the POI information providing service device 200, and receives a specific type of POI information and moving path information from the POI information providing service device 200. You can output something like To this end, the user terminal 100 may output an input window for inputting a destination to a predetermined screen area. Although the illustrated keymap output is not illustrated in the drawing, when the user touches the search area, the user terminal 100 may support a keymap output for inputting a destination. For example, it is assumed that the user terminal 100 receives adjacent POI information around a destination having a search history.

As illustrated, the POI information output screen 140 may output POI information 41, 42, 43, and 44 at a predetermined location with a predetermined name on the movement path information 141, respectively. Accordingly, the POI information output screen 140 may output a plurality of POI information 41, 42, 43, and 44 at predetermined positions, respectively. In this case, a numerical value of the search history of the corresponding POI information 41, 42, 43, 44 may be output together in an adjacent area of the output POI information 41, 42, 43, 44. The user can easily check how much POI information has been searched by other terminal users through the above-described POI information 41, 42, 43, 44 and numerical values output in the adjacent area.

The POI information output screen 140 outputs the movement route information 141 on the map information. In this case, the POI information providing service apparatus 200 may configure the additional path 143 to the specific POI information 41 having the most search history in association with the movement path information 141 while providing the POI information having the search history. Can be. Accordingly, as illustrated, the POI information output screen 140 may output the moving path information 141 to the subsea range, which is a destination, and the additional path 143 to the specific POI information 41.

As described above, the POI information providing system and method of the present invention, and a device and a terminal supporting the POI information can automatically provide specific POI information that a user wants to go around an actual destination by collecting and providing POI information related to a specific destination. have. Accordingly, the user can more easily find a place useful to the user by checking POI information around the destination only by inputting the destination. In particular, the present invention can improve the usefulness of the information by improving the reliability of the information by providing the POI information used by a plurality of users using the search history.

Meanwhile, the method for providing POI information according to the embodiment of the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means, and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. In this case, the computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Meanwhile, the program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be those specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in computer software.

Computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic disks such as floppy disks. Magnetic-Optical Media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like.

In the above description, the program instructions may include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. And the hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

In the above description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the POI information providing function according to an embodiment of the present invention through the specification and drawings, although specific terms are used, it merely describes the technical details of the present invention and understanding of the invention It is only used in a general sense to help, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. That is, various embodiments based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible to those skilled in the art.

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing POI information, and an apparatus and a terminal supporting the same, and the present invention can provide useful surrounding information to a user traveling to a specific destination, thereby making it easier to find a place where the user actually needs to search. By minimizing the waste of time in a place movement situation, it is possible to contribute to the local development by inducing the user to search and use the place around.

10: POI information provision system
100: user terminal 200: information providing service device
210: device communication unit 250: device storage unit
260: device control unit 300: communication network

Claims (12)

Receiving a destination from a user;
Acquiring first route information to a destination generated based on the input destination and the current location of the user;
Providing the first route information to a user, and further providing POI information around a destination determined based on the input destination;
Providing a user with a selection menu for selecting a specific POI information group among POI information around the destination; And
And providing the user with second route information from the current location to the POI selected by the user among the POI information around the destination.
POI information around the provided destination corresponds to a POI information group selected by the user by the selection menu,
Resetting the POI selected by the user among the POI information around the destination as the destination to provide the user with the second route information instead of the first route information.
The method of claim 1,
POI information around the destination is determined by the POI located within a certain distance from the destination input by the user.
The method of claim 1,
And providing route information from the current location to one or more POIs in the POI information around the destination.
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POI information around the destination is displayed on a map.
delete A recording medium storing a computer program for executing each step of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
As a route guidance device,
An input unit for receiving a destination from a user;
A controller configured to receive route information to a destination generated based on the input destination and the current location of the user; And
A display unit for outputting route information to the destination and additionally outputting POI information located around the destination input by the user;
Including,
The control unit provides a user with a selection menu for selecting a specific POI information group among POI information around a destination, and provides second path information from the current location to the POI selected by the user among the POI information around the destination. Reset through the display unit in place of the first path information,
POI information around the provided destination corresponds to the POI information group selected by the user by the selection menu.
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