KR102200458B1 - Method for displaying location of member for gorup driving, apparatus and system for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a member's position when driving in a group, an apparatus and a system therefor, and more particularly, by displaying the position of a member participating in the group driving in various forms, it is possible to more easily check the member's position. The present invention relates to a method for displaying a member's position when driving in a group, and an apparatus and system therefor.
To this end, the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention checks the location information of at least one member set as a group including the user, and displays the relative positions of the remaining members based on the position of the reference member, or The members are arranged and displayed based on either the time required to reach the destination or the remaining distance, or a control unit that displays the absolute position of the member and a display unit that displays information according to the control of the control unit. I can.

Description

Method of displaying the member's location when driving in a group, devices and systems therefor {METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LOCATION OF MEMBER FOR GORUP DRIVING, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a member's position when driving in a group, an apparatus and a system therefor, and more particularly, by displaying the position of a member participating in the group driving in various forms, it is possible to more easily check the member's position. The present invention relates to a method for displaying a member's position when driving in a group, and an apparatus and system therefor.

Due to the rapid development of information and communication technology, mobile communication terminals are being implemented to perform various functions. Taking a mobile communication terminal as an example, the mobile communication terminal can use various additional functions such as data communication, taking pictures or videos using a camera, playing music or video files, playing games, and watching broadcasts, in addition to basic voice communication functions. Is being implemented.

Recently, a function of providing location information through such a mobile communication terminal has been widely used.

The location information of the mobile communication terminal is determined by using a method of detecting the location of the mobile communication terminal in a base station transmitting and receiving data to and from the mobile communication terminal and a geographic information system (GIS). The detection method is mainly used.

In addition, a location information sharing service that enables group driving by sharing location information of a mobile communication terminal is also widely used. The location sharing service refers to a service in which a group between multiple mobile communication terminals is set to share the same destination, and location information or route information between group members until reaching the same destination is exchanged and shared.

However, since the method of displaying location information in mobile communication terminals up to now is implemented to simply display only absolute locations, there is a problem in that it is difficult to check the location information of all members of the group when the locations of the members set as a group are not near each other.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Patent No. 10-2005-0051452, published on June 01, 2005 (Name: Device and method for displaying the other party's location of a portable terminal)

As described above, the present invention relates to a method for displaying a member's position during group driving in which the position of a member can be more easily identified by displaying the position of a member participating in the group driving, and an apparatus and system therefor.

In addition, the present invention periodically collects the location of members participating in group driving and sends location information to each terminal participating in group driving, so that each member can easily check the location of other members while moving to the destination. The present invention relates to a method for displaying member positions during group driving.

In particular, the present invention displays the location of members participating in group driving in a relative position, such as in the form of a radar network, or by sorting and displaying the members based on the time required to reach the destination or the remaining distance. It relates to a method for displaying the location of a member of a city, and an apparatus and a system for the same.

The terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above-described object checks the location information of at least one member set as a group including the user, and displays the relative positions of the remaining members based on the position of the reference member. Or, a control unit for sorting and displaying the members based on either the time required or the remaining distance to reach the designated destination of the group, or displaying the absolute position of the members; And a display unit that displays information according to the control of the control unit.

At this time, the terminal further includes a communication unit that transmits and receives information to and from the service device, wherein the control unit requests and receives the location information of the member set as a group from the service device through the communication unit, or You can receive location information.

In this case, the reference member may be any one of a member who creates a group, a member who first arrives at a destination or is at a leading position, and a user.

In addition, the control unit sets the reference member, checks each relative distance, which means the distance from the position of the reference member to the position of the remaining members, determines the display range according to the relative distance, and then determines the display range and the relative distances of the remaining members. The position of the remaining members can be displayed according to the direction.

At this time, the controller may display the positions of the other members in the form of a radar network based on the position of the reference member.

In addition, the control unit checks the time required or the remaining distance before each member reaches the designated destination of the group, calculates the rank of the members based on either the time or the remaining distance, and sorts the members according to the calculated rank. Can be displayed.

In addition, after the control unit sorts and displays the members according to the calculated ranking, when the ranking of the first member is lower than the ranking of the second member, the control unit generates information for overtaking the ranking of the second member in connection with the service device. After that, the generated information may be displayed near the first member.

Here, the information for exceeding the ranking may be any one of driving route information, transportation means information, and movement speed information.

Also, the controller may map and display map data according to the member's location information.

A service device according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object includes: a service communication unit for transmitting and receiving information with one or more terminals; And collecting location information of at least one member set as a group including the terminal user at the request of any one terminal, and displaying the relative positions of the remaining members around the position of the reference member in the terminal at the request of the terminal. It may be configured to include; a service control unit that controls, or controls the members to be sorted and displayed based on either the time required to reach the designated destination of the group or the remaining distance, or the absolute position of the members to be displayed. .

The group driving system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above-described object checks the location information of at least one member set as a group including the user, and the relative positions of the remaining members based on the position of the reference member. A terminal that displays or sorts and displays the members based on either the time required or the remaining distance to reach the designated destination of the group, or displays the absolute position of the member; And a service device that collects location information of at least one member set as a group according to the request of the terminal, and provides the collected location information to the terminal.

In order to achieve the above-described object, a method for displaying a member location when driving in a group according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: checking, by a terminal, location information of at least one member set as a group including a user; Setting, by the terminal, any one member as a reference member; And displaying, by the terminal, the relative positions of the other members based on the positions of the reference members according to the received position information.

In order to achieve the above-described object, a method for displaying a member location when driving in a group according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: checking, by a terminal, location information of at least one member set as a group including a user; Checking, by the terminal, a required time or a remaining distance before at least one member set as a group reaches a designated destination of the group according to the received location information; And arranging and displaying the members based on either the required time or the remaining distance by the terminal.

In this case, before the step of checking, the terminal selecting at least one member including a user to create a group; And setting the destination of the group by the terminal.

In addition, after the displaying step, if the order of the first member among the members in which the terminal is arranged is lower than the order of the second member, generating information for overtaking the order of the second member; And displaying, by the terminal, information for overtaking the order of the second member in the vicinity of the first member.

A method of providing a group driving service performed by a user device according to another embodiment of the present invention includes receiving information from a user at least one group member and destination information to participate in the group driving, the user and the at least one group member Periodically checking the location information of the user, and displaying the location of the user and the group member on the screen of the user device, using the location information of the user and the location information of the group member.

In this case, periodically checking the location information may include periodically receiving location information of the at least one group member from a service providing device.

In addition, the displaying may include a) displaying the relative position of the other members around the position of the reference member among all members including the user and the group member, and b) reaching the destination for each of the members. It may include at least one of the following steps: aligning and displaying based on either the required time or the remaining distance, and c) displaying the absolute position of each of the members.

In addition, the reference member is one of the user, a member who first arrives at the destination or is at the head position, and the step a) uses the distance and direction from the position of the reference member to the position of the remaining members. The positions of the remaining members can be displayed.

In addition, in step b), the distance and required time from the locations of each of the members to the destination are checked, a ranking is calculated based on any one of the distance and the required time, and the user according to the calculated ranking And group members can be arranged and displayed.

In addition, in step c), an image representing each of the members may be mapped and displayed on map data corresponding to the absolute location of each of the members.

In addition, the group driving service providing method further includes the step of setting a time for providing the group driving service, and during the set time, the location information of the user and the group member is checked, and the confirmed location is displayed on the screen. I can.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a group driving service providing method performed by a service device communicating with a plurality of user terminals includes receiving member information for group creation from a first user terminal, and the received member Determining whether a predetermined service application is installed in a user terminal corresponding to the information, and periodically transmitting location information collection request information to a user terminal in which the predetermined service application is installed, corresponding to the received member information. And receiving the corresponding location information, and transmitting the received location information to the first user terminal.

A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for causing a processor to perform the above-described group driving service providing method may be provided.

According to the method for displaying a member's position during group driving of the present invention, and an apparatus and system for the same, there is an excellent effect that the position of a member can be more easily identified by displaying the position of a member participating in group driving.

Preferably, the present invention periodically collects the locations of members participating in group driving and sends location information to each terminal participating in group driving, so that each member can easily locate other members while moving to the destination. It has the effect of allowing you to check in real time.

In addition, the present invention sorts and displays members traveling to the same destination based on the time it takes to reach the destination or the remaining distance, and also provides information to outperform other members to members who are lagging. There is an excellent effect that it is possible to prevent a user arriving late in advance, and to provide a new function to a user who uses the location information service.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a group driving system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1.
3 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of a service application control module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a service device according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a group creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 to 9 are screen diagrams illustrating a group creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a member position when driving in a group according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
11 and 12 are exemplary screen views for explaining a method of displaying a member's location when driving in a group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which one of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement the present invention. However, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention in describing the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. This is to more clearly convey the core of the present invention by omitting unnecessary description. In addition, the present invention is intended to illustrate specific embodiments in the drawings and describe in detail in the detailed description, as various changes may be made and various embodiments may be applied, but this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, It is to be understood as including all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In addition, terms including ordinal numbers such as first and second are used to describe various elements, and are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one element from other elements, and to limit the elements. Not used. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a second component may be referred to as a first component, and similarly, a first component may be referred to as a second component.

In addition, when a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in the middle. It should be understood that there is.

In addition, terms used in the present specification are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In addition, terms such as "comprises" or "have" described herein are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or a combination thereof described in the specification. It is to be understood that the above other features, or the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof, are not excluded in advance.

Now, a method for displaying a member's position when driving in a group according to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and a system therefor will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, and the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numbers regardless of the reference numerals. And redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a group driving system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a group driving system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of terminals 10, a service device 20, and a communication network 30.

Briefly describing each component, first, the terminal 10 refers to a user's device capable of transmitting and receiving various data through the communication network 30 according to the user's manipulation. The terminal 10 may perform voice or data communication through the communication network 30, and may transmit and receive various information with the service device 20. For this, the terminal 10 of the present invention may include a browser for transmitting and receiving information, a memory storing programs and protocols, and a microprocessor for calculating and controlling by executing various programs.

In addition, the terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a function module capable of collecting location information, collecting current location information through the module, and serving the collected location information through the communication network 30. It can be transmitted to the device 20. In addition, location information of members set as a group may be received from the service device 20 through the communication network 30. In addition, the terminal 10 may display current location information and location information of a group member on map data of a service application provided by the service device 20.

* In particular, the terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a user interface for a group creation and management function for group driving that can share movement route and location information to the same destination. Through this user interface, a user can set a group member and share destination, moving route, and location information among the set group members. For example, the first terminal 10a may create a group by setting users of the second terminal 10b and the third terminal 10c as group members using a user interface for a group creation and management function. In addition, any one member of the group members, for example, the user of the first terminal 10a, can designate destination information of the group members through the user interface, and the designated destination information is the second terminal 10b that is a group member and It can be shared by transmitting to the third terminal 10c. In addition, the first terminal 10a may collect current location information and transmit the collected location information to the second terminal 10b and the third terminal 10c, which are group members, by interworking with the service device 20, In conjunction with the service device 20, location information of the second terminal 10b and the third terminal 10c may be received.

In addition, when displaying the location information of a group member, the terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may map and display the absolute location information of the group member on the map data. Set as a reference member, display the relative position of the remaining members around the position of the reference member, or calculate the time required or the remaining distance to reach the designated destination of each member, and either the time or the remaining distance The members can be sorted and displayed based on the criteria.

A more specific method of displaying the member position during group driving in the terminal 10 will be described later.

The service device 20 transmits and receives various information to and from the terminal 10 through the communication network 30. When the service access of any one terminal 10 is confirmed, the service device 20 may provide various information to the terminal 10. Here, confirmation of service access of the terminal 10 may be confirmed through execution of a service application in the terminal 10.

In addition, the service device 20 provides a user interface that supports group creation and management through the service application. The service application described in the present invention means a program capable of performing a specific service or function provided by the service device 20. For example, it may be a navigation application that can provide route information based on map data.

In addition, the service device 20 may receive group information consisting of one or more members including a user of the first terminal 10a, for example, according to a request of the first terminal 10a generated through the service application. have. In addition, the service device 20 collects the location information of the first terminal 10a and the location information of the other terminal corresponding to the group member, and provides the collected location information to the terminal 10 corresponding to each member. I can. In addition, the service apparatus 20 may calculate the best driving route from the current location of each member to reach the destination, and provide the calculated driving route to the terminal 10 of each member.

In addition, the service device 20 may provide location information collected to the terminal 10 from various viewpoints according to the request of the terminal 10 corresponding to the group member. That is, the service device 20 may map the absolute location information of the group member on the map data and provide it to the corresponding terminal 10, and the member designated by the terminal 10 is set as a reference member, and the reference After checking the relative position of the other members based on the member's position, it is supported to be displayed on the corresponding terminal 10, and the time required or remaining distance to reach the designated destination of each member is calculated, and either the time or the remaining distance After sorting the members based on one, it may be supported to be displayed in the corresponding terminal 10. In other words, in the method of displaying the member location during group driving according to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation may be performed according to the control of the terminal 10, as described above, but depending on the system implementation method, the service device 20 The operation may be performed according to the control of the terminal 10 or the operation may be performed according to the interworking of the terminal 10 and the service device 20.

A more specific configuration and operation method of the service device 20 will be described later, and the terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention and the processor mounted in the service device 20 execute the method according to the present invention. Can handle program commands for In one implementation example, the processor may be a single-threaded processor, and in another implementation example, the processor may be a multithreaded processor. Furthermore, the processor is capable of processing instructions stored in a memory or a storage device.

In addition, the terminal 10 and the service device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention transmit and receive a variety of related information through the communication network 30, and the communication network 30 at this time may use various types of communication networks. .

For example, wireless communication methods such as WLAN (Wireless LAN), Wi-Fi, Wibro, Wimax, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), or Ethernet, xDSL (ADSL, VDSL) , HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Cable), FTTC (Fiber to the Curb), FTTH (Fiber To The Home), and other wired communication methods can be used. In addition, in addition to the above-described communication method, all types of communication methods that are widely known or developed in the future may be included.

In addition, the terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is described assuming that all functions are performed by one terminal 10, but the description is not limited thereto, and multiple terminals 10 may be operated in combination. May be. For example, group information can be created and managed using a mobile communication terminal such as a user's smartphone, and the generated group information is transmitted to a navigation terminal equipped in a vehicle, and the location of a member set as a group through the navigation terminal Can also be displayed.

Hereinafter, a main configuration and operation method of the terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1.

1 and 2, a terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 11, an input unit 12, a control unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a display unit 15. Can be.

To describe each component in more detail, first, the communication unit 11 serves to support transmission and reception of various information to and from the service device 20 through the communication network 30. In particular, the communication unit 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention may receive information related to a service application provided by the service device 20 and transmit the location information collected by the control unit 13 to the service device 20. have. In addition, the communication unit 11 may receive location information of one or more other members set as a group from the service device 20.

The input unit 12 transmits a variety of information such as numeric and text information input from a user, various function settings, and signals input in connection with the function control of the terminal 10 to the control unit 13. In particular, the input unit 12 of the present invention may support a user input for executing a service application. Further, the input unit 12 of the present invention may support user input in a user interface that supports group creation and management for group driving.

As described above, the input unit 12 includes a key input means such as a keyboard or a keypad, a touch input means such as a touch sensor or a touch pad, a voice input means, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor and a proximity sensor, and a camera. It may also include a gesture input means including at least one or more.

In addition, all types of input means currently under development or that may be developed in the future may be included.

The control unit 13 performs overall control of the terminal 10, in which at least one processor including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) / MPU (Micro Processing Unit) and at least one memory loading data are loaded in hardware. It may include an execution memory (eg, a register and/or a random access memory (RAM)) and a bus for inputting and outputting at least one data to the processor and the memory. In addition, a predetermined program routine that is loaded into the execution memory from a predetermined recording medium and processed by the processor in order to perform a function (eg, group creation and management function) defined in the terminal 10 by software. Alternatively, it may include program data. In other words, a component that can be processed by software among the functions provided in the terminal 10 in order to process the method of displaying the member position during group driving according to an embodiment of the present invention may be determined as a function of the controller 13. have.

The control unit 13 of the present invention is functionally connected to at least one or more components provided to support the method of displaying a member position during group driving according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. That is, the control unit 13 is functionally connected to the communication unit 11, the input unit 12, the storage unit 14, and the display unit 15, and controls the flow of signals for supplying power and performing functions to the respective components. Is done.

In particular, the controller 13 according to an embodiment of the present invention controls the overall process of executing a service application provided by the service device 20 according to a user's request. Also, the controller 13 may perform various controls related to group creation and management according to user interface information for group creation and management of the service application.

In more detail, the controller 13 may first control a process in which a group including at least one member including a user is created. In this case, the controller 13 may control a group member to be selected based on the phone book stored in the terminal 10. In this case, the controller 13 may control to output a guide message indicating that member selection is impossible if the other party to be set as the member selected by the user is not the same communication subscriber. In addition, it is checked by interlocking with the service device 20 whether the terminal of the other party to be set as a member has the same service application, and if the same service application is provided, an invitation message for inviting to the group is sent to the corresponding user. It can be controlled to be transmitted to the terminal of the user, and if the same service application is not provided, the invitation message including the installation path of the service application can be controlled to be transmitted to the terminal of the corresponding user.

When group creation is completed, the control unit 13 may transmit group information to the service device 20 through the communication unit 11. Here, the group information may include group identification information allocated at the time of group creation and identification information of members included in the group (eg, phone number, identification image).

In addition, the control unit 13 may check the current location information and control to transmit the checked location information to the service device 20 through the communication unit 11. Here, the location information may be collected using various known methods. For example, when the terminal 10 includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor module, the controller 13 may collect location information of the terminal 10 detected through the GPS sensor module. In addition, the control unit 13 includes location information that can be detected using the mobile communication base station or the service cell ID of the mobile communication base station, location information that can be detected by comparing the base station signal pattern and the pattern of the database, and Wi-Fi. Location information can be collected in various ways, such as location information that can be detected by comparing signal strength.

Thereafter, the controller 13 may control to display location information of at least one member set as a group through the display unit 15 in various ways. In this case, the controller 13 may provide an absolute position display mode, a user center display mode, and a destination center display mode.

First, the absolute location display mode means mapping and displaying map data according to the location information of a group member. In this case, the number of members displayed through the absolute location display mode may vary according to the accumulation of the displayed map. For example, if the location of another member is located near the user's location, the location of the other member may not be displayed.

On the other hand, the user-centered display mode refers to displaying the relative positions of the other members around the position of the reference member.

For this purpose, the control unit 13 first selects a reference member. Here, the reference member may be the member who created the group. In addition, the member who first arrives at the destination or is in the leading position can be the reference member. Also, the user of the terminal 10 may be a reference member.

Then, the control unit 13 displays the relative positions of the other members around the position of the reference member. To this end, the control unit 13 first checks the positions of all members in the group, and then analyzes the relative directions of the positions of the remaining members based on the positions of the reference members. Then, the control unit 13 checks the relative distance, which is the distance from the position of the reference member to the position of each other member. And the control unit 13 sets a display range according to the relative distance. Here, the display range may vary as the relative distance varies. For example, when the relative distance between the reference member and other members is far, the display range can be set wide, and when the relative distance is close, the display range can be set narrow.

Thereafter, when the display range according to the relative distance is set, the control unit 13 may control the position of the reference member and the remaining members to be displayed through the display unit 15 in the form of a radar network in a radar form according to the display range.

On the other hand, the destination-centered display mode means arranging and displaying each member around the destination. At this time, the control unit 13 calculates the required time or remaining distance for each member to reach the destination, then calculates the rank of the members based on either the time or the remaining distance, and the member according to the calculated rank. Can be displayed by sorting. For example, it is expected that it will take about 10 minutes for the first member of the group to reach the destination, and when it is expected that the second member will take about 20 minutes, the control unit 13 is the first member based on the destination, Control so that each member is sorted and displayed like the second member. In this case, the time or the remaining distance may be calculated in conjunction with the service device 20.

In addition, the control unit 13 sorts and displays the members according to the calculated rank, and then, when the rank of the first member is lower than the rank of the second member, the service device provides information for overtaking the rank of the second member. In connection with (20), the process generated can be controlled. For example, when the second member is driving at 60 km/h, and when the second member increases the driving speed to 80 km/h, information indicating that the first member may arrive earlier than the expected arrival time is linked with the service device 20 After creation, the generated information may be controlled to be displayed near the identification information of the second member.

The display mode of the present invention as described above will be described in more detail with reference to an exemplary screen to be described later.

In addition, the control unit 13 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a location information collection module 13a that supports a location information collection process, and a service application control module 13b that performs various functions related to service application execution. Can be. In particular, the service application control module 13b can control overall items related to group creation and management, and as shown in FIG. 3, an absolute location display mode 13b_1, a user-centered display mode 13b_2, and a destination center display It is possible to support the process of the mode 13b_3.

The operation of the control unit 13 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be performed according to a user interface provided by the service device 20. In this case, the user interface provided by the service device 20 may be provided in the form of a program. After storing the information on the user interface in the storage unit 14, the control unit 13 may control the process of displaying the member location during group driving according to the stored user interface information.

In addition, such information on the user interface can be activated only while the service application is being executed, and when the execution of the service application is terminated, the control unit 13 allows the information on the user interface stored in the storage unit 14 to be deleted. Can be controlled.

In addition to the above, the controller 13 according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform various controls related to execution of a service application. For example, it is possible to check a driving route to a destination and control a process in which the confirmed driving route is displayed. In addition, it is possible to support a process of transmitting voice information to a group member.

The storage unit 14 may temporarily store various data generated during execution of the application program, including an application program required for a functional operation according to an embodiment of the present invention. In particular, the storage unit 14 according to an embodiment of the present invention may pre-store a service application supporting a method of displaying a member location when driving in a group according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, various information including location information of a member provided from the service device 20 may be stored, and user interface information supporting various functions such as group creation, management, and display may be stored.

The storage unit 14 may largely include a program area and a data area. The program area stores information related to driving the terminal 10 such as an operating system (OS) that boots the client terminal 10. The data area is an area in which data generated according to the use of the terminal 10 is stored, and as described above, a service application, various information generated during execution of the service application, particularly information on location information may be stored. The storage unit 14 includes a flash memory, a hard disk, a multimedia card micro-type memory (eg, SD or XD memory, etc.), RAM, and ROM ( It may be configured to include a storage medium such as ROM).

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, a description is mainly made of a configuration in which a service application, etc. is stored in the storage unit 14, but is not limited thereto, and the service device is linked with the service device 20 according to a cloud service method. 20) can also be stored.

The display unit 15 displays information on a series of operation states and operation results that occur while the terminal 10 is performing functions. In particular, the display unit 15 of the present invention may display various information generated during execution of a service application. In addition, the display unit 15 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may display various information such as information related to group creation and management, and a member location during group driving under the control of the controller 13.

As described above, the display unit 15 may be implemented in the form of a single touch panel (or touch screen) together with the input unit 12, and when implemented together with the input unit 12, the user's touch operation Various information generated accordingly can be displayed.

In addition, the display unit 15 of the present invention as described above includes a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Thin Film Transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), an Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED), a light emitting diode (LED), an Active Matrix Organic (AMOLED). LED), a flexible display, and a three-dimensional display. In addition, some of these displays may be configured as a transparent type or a light-transmitting type so that the outside can be seen through them. This may be configured in the form of a transparent display including TOLED (Transparant OLED).

As such, the main components of the terminal 10 have been described with reference to FIG. 2. However, not all of the components shown in FIG. 2 are essential components, and the terminal 10 may be implemented by more components than the shown components, and the terminal 10 is reduced by fewer components. It can also be implemented. For example, the terminal 10 may further include a sound source output unit (not shown) that converts and outputs a sound source, which is an electrical signal, into an analog signal, and such a sound source output unit (not shown) is generated during execution of the service application. It plays a role of supporting the output of various information.

In addition, it goes without saying that the positions of main components of the terminal 10 shown through FIG. 2 may be changed for convenience or for other reasons. In addition, the modules constituting the control unit 13 are only the location information collection module 13a and the service application control module 13b, but are not limited thereto, and the control unit 13 is composed of various modules performing various functions. It could be.

The main configuration and operation method of the terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention have been described above. The terminal 10 of the present invention may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal 10 described in this specification is a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), an MP3 player, etc. , A fixed terminal such as a smart TV or a desktop computer may be used.

In the terminal 10 of the present invention, the transformation of the portable device is very diverse according to the convergence trend of the digital device, so it is not possible to enumerate all of it, but a unit of the same level as the above-mentioned units is the terminal according to the present invention. It may be used as (10), and any device can be applied to the terminal 10 of the present invention as long as it is a terminal that can transmit and receive information with the service device 20 through the communication network 30 and display location information. .

Hereinafter, a main configuration and operation method of the service device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a service device according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1.

1 and 4, a service device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a service communication unit 21, a service control unit 22, and a service storage unit 23.

To describe each component in more detail, first, the service communication unit 21 supports a role of transmitting and receiving various information to and from one or more terminals 10 through the communication network 30. In particular, the service communication unit 21 of the present invention may receive group information including at least one member as well as a user of the terminal 10 from any one terminal 10. In addition, the service communication unit 21 may request and receive location information from each terminal of the member.

The service control unit 22 performs overall control of the service device 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In particular, the service control unit 22 according to the embodiment of the present invention displays various information related to service application execution. You can control the process.

In particular, the service control unit 22 may include the group management module 22a to control the entire group creation and management process. For example, when the service control unit 22 receives member selection information for group creation from any one terminal 10, the process of determining whether the member is subscribed to the same communication service provider as the user of the terminal 10 Can be done. Also, the service control unit 22 may determine whether a service application is installed in the terminal of the user selected as a member.

In addition, the service control unit 22 transmits continuous location information collection request information to the user's terminal 10 set as a group member, and when the location information is received from the terminal 10, it stores it in correspondence with the group information, When member location information is requested from any one terminal 10 that is a member of the group, a process of transmitting pre-stored member location information to the terminal 10 can be controlled.

In particular, the service controller 22 according to an embodiment of the present invention may control a process of displaying the location information of the group member in the terminal 10. For example, the service control unit 22 may set a reference member and control the relative position of the remaining members to be displayed through the terminal 10 based on the position of the reference member. In addition, the service control unit 22 calculates the required time or remaining distance to reach the designated destination, sorts the members based on either the time or the remaining distance, and then sends the information to the terminal 10. Can be transmitted. In this case, when the rank of the first member is lower than the rank of the second member, a process of generating information for exceeding the rank of the second member may be controlled.

That is, in the method of displaying a member location during group driving according to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation may be performed under the control of the terminal 10, but the operation may be performed under the control of the service device 20. When the operation is performed under the control of the service device 20, it is similar to the method of displaying the member position during group driving described with reference to FIG. 2, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The service storage unit 22 stores all programs according to the execution of functions of the service device 20. In particular, the service storage unit 22 according to the present invention stores a variety of information according to service provision to the terminal 10. For example, the service storage unit 22 may store and manage the group information 23a received from the terminal 10. Here, the group information may include group identification information allocated at the time of group creation and identification information of members included in the group (eg, phone number, identification image).

In addition, the service storage unit 23 may store and manage member location information 23b. Here, the member location information 23b may match and store the group information 23a of the group to which the member belongs, and the member location information 23b may be periodically collected by the service control unit 22.

The service storage unit 23 of the present invention may be a storage located in the service device 20, or may be a data storage server located outside the service device 20 and capable of transmitting and receiving data with the service device 20. have.

The main configuration and operation method of the service device 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described above.

The service device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as a typical web server or network server in terms of hardware. However, in terms of software, a program module implemented through a language such as C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, and Visual C is included. The service device 20 may be implemented in the form of a web server or a network server, and the web server is generally connected to an unspecified number of clients and/or other servers through an open computer network such as the Internet, and a client or other web server It refers to a computer system that receives a request to perform a task and derives and provides the work result for it, and a computer software (web server program) installed for it. However, in addition to the above-described web server program, it should be understood as a broad concept including a series of application programs running on the web server and various databases built therein in some cases. The service device 20 uses web server programs that are variously provided according to operating systems such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Macintosh in general server hardware. As a representative example, a website used in a Windows environment, Internet Information Server (IIS), and CERN, NCSA, APPACH, etc. used in a UNIX environment may be used. In addition, the service device 20 may classify service subscription information, store and manage the service subscription information in a member database, and such a database may be implemented inside or outside the service device 20. In this case, the database implemented in the service device 20 may be the service storage unit 23.

In addition, the service device 20 of the present invention may be implemented as one or more servers operating in a server-based computing method or a cloud method. In particular, information transmitted and received through the group driving system 100 may be provided through a cloud computing function that may be permanently stored in a cloud computing device on the Internet. Here, cloud computing is a virtualized IT (Information Technology) resource, for example, hardware (server, storage, network, etc.), software by utilizing Internet technology in digital terminals such as desktops, tablet computers, laptops, netbooks, and smartphones. It refers to a technology that provides services (database, security, web server, etc.), services, and data in an on-demand manner. In the present invention, all information transmitted and received between one or more terminals 10 and the service device 20 is stored in a cloud computing device on the Internet, and can be transmitted anytime, anywhere.

Meanwhile, a memory mounted on the terminal 10 or the service device 20 stores information in the device. In one implementation, the memory is a computer-readable medium. In one implementation, the memory may be a volatile memory unit, and in another implementation, the memory may be a non-volatile memory unit. In one implementation, the storage device is a computer-readable medium. In various different implementations, the storage device may include, for example, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, or some other mass storage device.

Although the present specification and drawings describe exemplary device configurations, the functional operations and implementations of the subject described in this specification may be implemented with other types of digital electronic circuits, or the structures disclosed herein and structural equivalents thereof. It may be implemented with computer software, firmware, or hardware, or may be implemented by a combination of one or more of them. Implementations of the subject matter described in this specification are one or more computer program products, that is, one relating to computer program instructions encoded on a tangible program storage medium for execution by or for controlling the operation of a device according to the invention. It can be implemented as the above module. The computer-readable medium may be a machine-readable storage device, a machine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a composition of materials that affect a machine-readable radio wave signal, or a combination of one or more of them.

Hereinafter, before describing a method of displaying a member's location when driving in a group according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method of creating a group according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be first described.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of creating a group according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 6 to 9 are exemplary screen views illustrating a method of creating a group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 5, when power is supplied, the terminal 10 can distribute power required for each configuration of the device using the supplied power, and accordingly, the terminal 10 waits in step S101. State can be performed. Here, the standby state may be a state in which the terminal 10 can execute a service application.

Thereafter, the terminal 10 executes the service application according to a request for executing the service application from the user (S103). Here, the service application is provided by the service device 20 and may be a navigation application capable of displaying current location information of the terminal 10 and displaying a driving route. Such a service application is preferably provided in the terminal 10 in advance, but is not limited thereto. For example, the terminal 10 stores only information related to the execution of the service application, and other map data, etc. 10) can be received and used in real time, or a service application can be executed in a cloud service method.

In addition, the terminal 10 displays a user interface for group creation and management. When a group creation request is generated from a user through the user interface (S105), a list of users for selecting members to participate in the group is displayed. The user list may be generated based on the address book stored in the terminal 10 or may be generated based on information registered through a service application.

And, when the user's selection input of the user to be set as a member is confirmed (S109), the terminal 10 may check whether the selected user is a user subscribed to the same communication service provider (S111).

The verification process may be performed in conjunction with the service device 20, and if the user is not a user subscribed to the same communication service provider, the terminal 10 may display a guide message indicating that the user cannot be selected (S113).

On the other hand, if the selected user in step S111 is a user subscribed to the same communication service provider, the terminal 10 may determine whether the same service application is installed (S115). As a result of the determination, when the selected user does not install the same service application, the terminal 10 transmits an invitation message including installation path information to the selected user's terminal (S117), and the same service application is installed. In this case, an invitation message for recommending participation of the group may be transmitted (S119). Through this process, the terminal 10 completes the group creation (S121).

In this case, the service device 20 may set the user of the terminal 10 requesting the group creation as the leader of the group, and grant control rights only to the terminal 10 in performing various controls related to the group. For example, various management related to the group, such as adding members of the group, setting destination information, or modifying meeting time information, may be controlled to allow only the terminal 10 that created the group.

This will be described in more detail with reference to an example screen.

First, FIG. 6A shows an example of a user interface that supports group creation and management through the service application after the service application is executed in the terminal 10. For example, the first screen for group creation is Can be. The screen may display information 500 of the user of the terminal 10 and may support creation of a new group by providing a new meeting creation button 501.

When the user selects and inputs the button 501, a menu 503 for setting a meeting time is displayed as shown in FIG. 6B. For example, time information may be set as two hours later based on the current time, and time information may be set based on an absolute time such as 2:00 pm.

When time information is input from the user, the terminal 10 displays a user list 504 for selecting a member to participate in the group as shown in FIG. 6C. Here, the user list 504 can be divided into a first user list 508 that was set as a group in the past and a second user list 509 included in the address book of the terminal 10 although not set as a group in the past. have.

In addition, the terminal 10 may display each user included in the user list 504 by dividing a user who has installed the same service application and a user who does not. That is, a user on which identification information indicated by 505 is displayed means a user who has installed the same service application, and a user who does not means a user who has not installed the service application. In addition, the terminal 10 may display an offline user and an online user separately. For example, a user indicated by 506 is currently online, and a user indicated by 507 is offline. Here, the online state may be a state in which the service application is running.

Thereafter, when the user confirms the selection information of the user who wants to join the group, as shown in FIG. 6D, the terminal 10 displays a screen 510 notifying that the group is being created, as shown in FIG. 7A. At this time, the terminal 10 determines whether the selected user is a user subscribed to the same communication service provider, and if the selected user is not a user subscribed to the same communication service provider, the guide message 511 and the Information 512 for a corresponding user may be displayed.

When the selection of a member to participate in the group is completed, the terminal 10 displays a user interface for setting items related to group information, as shown in FIG. 7C. For example, a screen 513 for setting the representative image or group name of the group is provided, and the user can input the group name through the text input window indicated by 515, and select and input the menu indicated by 514, As illustrated in FIG. 7D, the representative image of the group may be set using an image 516 provided by the service application. Here, the image 516 basically provided by the service application may vary according to the group name and group member. For example, when the group name is'bicycle club', the image 516 may be an image related to a bicycle. In addition, when the group member is composed of a woman in her twenties, the image 516 may be composed of images related to cosmetics, love, and travel, which are interests of a woman in her twenties.

Thereafter, the terminal 10 displays a screen 517 in which the group destination information can be set, as shown in FIG. 7E. The user may select and input the meeting place setting button 518 to set the destination of the group, or select and input the skip button 519 to set later.

When the destination is set, the terminal 10 may display map information 520 on the destination and display buttons 521 and 522 for deleting or modifying the meeting place, as shown in FIG. 7F.

When group creation is completed through this process, the terminal 10 shows a screen 523 for transmitting an invitation message to the terminal of the user set as a group member as shown in FIG. 7G. And, when the user confirms the selection input of the invitation transmission button 524, the terminal 10 displays a screen 525 informing that the invitation message is being transmitted, as shown in FIG. Complete group creation as shown.

In this case, the terminal 10 may determine whether a service application is installed in the terminal of the user selected as a group member when transmitting an invitation, and if not, may transmit an invitation message including installation path information.

In more detail, the screen related to group information is described in more detail, as shown in FIG. 8, the terminal 10 displays group information 526 such as a group name and a group representative image at the top of the screen, and corrects group information. It may include a button 527 that can be. In addition, the terminal 10 may display the user's information 529 and the remaining time 530 until arrival at the destination, or may provide a button 531 for changing or modifying the appointment time.

In addition, the terminal 10 provides a button 532 for checking the location of a group member on the map data, a button 533 for ending a meeting, and a destination information 534, a button for modifying the destination. 535, a button 536 for executing an application capable of displaying a separate driving route, and weather information 537 expected based on the destination arrival time may be displayed together.

Also, the terminal 10 may display a user list 538 selected as a group member. Here, each user may be displayed together with user identification information, and a user who has not yet accepted the invitation message may be displayed with a phrase “waiting for acceptance”. In addition, the terminal 10 provides a button 539 for adding more group members, and the user may add a new user as a group member at any time.

On the other hand, when destination information is not set corresponding to the group, the terminal 10 may display a screen as shown in Fig. 9A, and a button 540 that provides a function of setting a meeting place is also displayed. can do. In addition, when the user confirms the selection input of the button 531 for changing or modifying the appointment time, as shown in FIG. 9B, information 541 related to the meeting time may be set.

Hereinafter, a method of displaying a member position during group driving according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a member position when driving in a group according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 11 and 12 are exemplary screen views for explaining a method of displaying a member's location when driving in a group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 10, when the terminal 10 is displaying group information (S201), when a map view request is input from the user (S203), the member location according to the absolute location display mode according to the user's selection (S205), a member location may be displayed in the user-centered display mode (S207), or the member location may be displayed in a destination-centered display mode (S209).

If this is described in more detail with reference to the screen example, when group information is displayed as shown in FIG. 11A and the user confirms the selection input of the view buddy button 532 on the map, the terminal 10 11B, location information of a member set as a group including user location information on map data may be displayed according to an absolute location display mode method.

In an embodiment of the present invention, description is made on the assumption that the absolute position display mode is set as a default, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The member location can be displayed according to the method, or the member location can be displayed according to the destination center display mode method.

In addition, as indicated by 542 on the map data, the terminal 10 provides a button for moving to a previous step, and may display information 543 of remaining time until reaching the current destination. In addition, the terminal 10 may display a button 544 for transmitting/receiving voice information between members set as a group in a half duplex communication method.

In addition, the terminal 10 may display the current location information 549 of the user as well as the location information 549, 550, and 551 of the other party set as a group member together with the member identification information on the map data. At this time, when the user confirms the selection input of a member, the terminal 10 may display more specific information 552 of the member, as shown in FIG. 11C, and make a call or message to the member. A menu to transmit the message may be provided.

Also, as indicated by 546, the terminal 10 may display the current user's location in a text format, and may display information 545 of members set as a group including the user. In addition, the terminal 10 provides a view button 547, and a user can change the view format through the view button 547.

That is, as shown in FIG. 11D, the terminal 10 may provide a menu 553 for selecting any one of an absolute position display mode, a user center display mode, and a destination center display mode.

Thereafter, when the user confirms a selection input of the user-centered display mode, the terminal 10 may display the relative positions of the remaining members around the reference member, as shown in FIG. 12A. Here, the reference member may be the member who created the group, and any one member of the member or the user who first arrives at the destination or at the head position may be set as the reference member. Also, a member selected according to a user input can be set as a reference member.

Thereafter, the terminal 10 may check each relative distance, which is a distance from the position of the reference member to the position of the other members, and determine a display range according to the relative distance. For example, the terminal 10 checks a relative distance 200m with a member indicated by 549 based on the reference member, and determines a display range according to the confirmed relative distance. The display range may vary depending on the relative distance. When the relative distance is long, the display range may be set wide, and when the relative distance is close, the display range may be set narrow. Thereafter, the terminal 10 displays the position of each member according to a direction corresponding to a corresponding display range. For example, a member indicated by 549 may be displayed as being positioned at 10 o'clock with respect to the reference member and within a radius of 200 m around the reference member. In addition, the member indicated by 550 may be displayed as being positioned at 7 o'clock with respect to the reference member and within a radius of 150m with respect to the reference member.

On the other hand, on the screen of FIG. 11D, the user can select the destination center display mode, and when the terminal 10 confirms the selection input of the destination center display mode from the user, the terminal 10 is the set destination as shown in FIG. 12B. Based on the calculation of the required time or the remaining distance before the members of the group reach the destination, the ranking between members is calculated based on either the time or the remaining distance, and then the members are sorted according to the calculated ranking. It can also be displayed.

Through this, the user can more easily check which member will arrive at the current destination first. In addition, the terminal 10 supports a process of generating information for overtaking the ranking among members, and may support a process of outputting the generated information.

For example, the terminal 10 first checks information that 20km remains until the user reaches the destination, and it takes 20 minutes to reach the destination. In addition, the terminal 10 checks whether the user is currently driving a vehicle or walking, based on movement speed information, and checks driving route information. In addition, the terminal 10 guides the user to increase the current moving speed from 60km to 80km in order to outperform the user Buddy2, or to use public transportation such as nearby subways, buses, and taxis, Can generate information.

As described above, a method of displaying a member's position when driving in a group according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has been described.

As described above, the method for displaying member locations during group driving of the present invention may be provided in the form of a computer-readable medium suitable for storing computer program commands and data. At this time, a computer-readable medium suitable for storing computer program commands and data is, for example, a recording medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, and a magnetic medium such as a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory). , Optical Media such as DVD (Digital Video Disk), Magneto-Optical Media such as Floptical Disk, and ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (RAM) , Random Access Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM). The processor and memory can be supplemented by special purpose logic circuits or incorporated into it. Examples of the program instructions may include not only machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. These hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operation of the present invention, and vice versa.

While this specification includes details of a number of specific implementations, these should not be construed as limiting to the scope of any invention or claim, but rather as a description of features that may be peculiar to a particular embodiment of a particular invention. It must be understood. Certain features described herein in the context of separate embodiments may be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in a plurality of embodiments individually or in any suitable sub-combination. Furthermore, although features operate in a particular combination and may be initially described as so claimed, one or more features from a claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from the combination, and the claimed combination may be a subcombination. Or sub-combination variations.

Likewise, although operations are depicted in the drawings in a specific order, it should not be understood that such operations must be performed in that particular order or sequential order shown, or that all illustrated operations must be performed in order to obtain a desired result. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing can be advantageous. In addition, separation of the various system components of the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the program components and systems described are generally integrated together into a single software product or packaged in multiple software products. You should understand that you can.

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a member's position when driving in a group, an apparatus and a system therefor, and more particularly, by displaying the position of a member participating in the group driving in various forms, it is possible to more easily check the member's position. The present invention relates to a method for displaying a member's position when driving in a group, and an apparatus and system therefor.

According to the present invention, the location of members participating in group driving is displayed from a relative perspective such as a form of a radar network, or members are sorted and displayed based on the time required to reach the destination or the remaining distance. By displaying the locations of participating members in various forms, there is an excellent effect that the location of the members can be more easily checked.

Through this, the present invention can contribute to the development of the location-based service industry, and the present invention has industrial applicability because not only has the possibility of commercialization or business being sufficient, but also a degree that can be practically clearly implemented.

10: terminal 11: communication unit 12: input unit
13: control unit 13a: location information collection module
13b: service application control module 14: storage
14a: service application 15: display
20: service device 21: service communication unit 22: service control unit
22a: group management module 23: service storage 23a: group information
23b: member location information 30: communication network 100: group driving system

Claims (9)

As a method of providing a group driving service performed by a user device,
Receiving at least one group member information and destination information to participate in group driving from a user; and
Periodically checking the location information of the user and the at least one group member,
Displaying a list of the input at least one or more group member information, and transmitting an invitation message for group driving to at least one or more group members; and
Using the location information of the user and the location information of the group member, the location of the group member that sent the acceptance message among the at least one group member in response to the invitation message, the remaining distance to the destination, or the estimated time required, and the Displaying the location of the user on the screen of the user device, wherein the location of the group member who has not sent the acceptance message for the invitation message is not displayed on the screen of the user device, and the group member who sent the acceptance message Group driving service providing method, characterized in that displayed to be distinguished. The method of claim 1,
The step of periodically checking the location information,
And periodically receiving location information of the at least one group member from a service providing device. The method of claim 1,
The displaying step,
a) displaying the relative positions of the remaining members around the position of the reference member among all members including the user and the group member; and
b) aligning and displaying each of the members based on either the required time or the remaining distance to reach the destination; and
c) a group driving service providing method comprising at least one of the steps of displaying the absolute position of each of the members. The method of claim 3,
The reference member is any one of the user, a member initially arriving at the destination or at a leading position,
Step a),
And displaying the positions of the remaining members using a distance and a direction from the position of the reference member to the positions of the other members. The method of claim 3,
Step b),
Check the distance and required time from each location of the all members to the destination, calculate a ranking based on any one of the distance and required time, and display the user and group members by sorting according to the calculated ranking Group driving service providing method, characterized in that. The method of claim 3,
In the step c), an image representing each of the members is mapped and displayed on map data corresponding to an absolute position of each of the members. The method of claim 1,
Further comprising the step of setting a time for providing the group driving service,
During the set period of time, the location information of the user and the group member is checked, and the checked location is displayed on a screen. A method for providing a group driving service performed by a service device communicating with a plurality of user terminals,
Receiving member information for group creation from the first user terminal, and
Determining whether a predetermined service application is installed in a user terminal corresponding to the received member information;
Periodically transmitting location information collection request information to a user terminal in which the predetermined service application is installed, corresponding to the received member information, and receiving corresponding location information; and
And transmitting the received location information to the first user terminal,
In the method, the second user terminal accepts the invitation message until the second user terminal transmits an acceptance message to the first user terminal in response to the invitation message for group driving from the first user terminal. It controls to display on the first user terminal that it is on standby, and after the second user terminal transmits the acceptance message, the location of the second user terminal, the remaining distance to the destination, or the estimated time required is determined by the first user. Group driving service providing method for controlling to be displayed on the terminal.
A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for causing a processor to perform the group driving service providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is recorded.

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