KR102311022B1 - Method for providing location-based local information and search information using search message - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal using a search information providing system including a network-connected mobile terminal and a search information providing server, (a) the search information providing server sends a message from the mobile terminal. (b) confirming whether the message is a brand name and, if it is a brand name, connecting to URL information corresponding to the brand name, (c) if the message is not a brand name, a designated service word providing search information for the designated service word by checking whether it contains the designated service word; (e) when the message does not include a region name, providing search information for the location information including the location information set in the message, and (f) the location information in the message If there is no search information for the mobile terminal, comprising the step of connecting to a designated search server, the message is a location-based surrounding of a mobile terminal, characterized in that it includes at least one multimedia medium of keyboard, voice, barcode, QR code or image Provides information and a method of providing search information.

Description

A method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal using a search message {METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED LOCAL INFORMATION AND SEARCH INFORMATION USING SEARCH MESSAGE}

According to the present invention, when a search message is input from a mobile terminal, the message is received to determine whether a domain name or local information is included, or the message is searched using extracted keywords or measured location information. And it relates to a method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal that provides a result or automatically connects a call depending on the presence or absence of a phone number.

Recently, in accordance with the rapid functional improvement of wireless communication devices such as smartphones and the progressive change of wireless communication environments such as HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) and LTE (Long Term Evolution), various services are developed and provided through wired and wireless Internet networks. this is being done Accordingly, various services implemented in a website, which were conventionally serviced through a wired Internet network, can be used through a mobile communication terminal. Currently, services through the wireless Internet network include the ability to send e-mails or search news information using mobile communication terminals, as well as reservation of various tickets including games and air tickets, banking services through personal account inquiry and bank transfer, etc. Various services such as shopping, auctions, ringtone transmission and text chatting are provided.

On the other hand, types of services provided through the Internet include information transmission type service, search type service, information provision type service and interactive service. Among these services, information provision type service provides hypertext type information in window format. Application services are mainly used. In the information providing service, a text string is linked to a separate text, file, image, moving image, or voice, and when the user clicks each text string, the text, file, or image indicating more detailed information is sent to the user's computer, etc. provided as

In order to use such an information providing service, a user must connect to a service providing system, select a corresponding service menu, and provide a keyword related to information to be provided. As such, since a number of steps (access, menu selection, keyword input, etc.) are required to obtain specific information, it is difficult for a user to quickly obtain desired information, and the procedure is complicated.

In addition, in order to access a specific system on the Internet that provides services, it is necessary to know the domain name, and since such a domain name consists of a combination of English characters created according to certain rules, citizens of non-English-speaking countries such as Korea, Japan, and China Compared to English-speaking countries, it is relatively difficult to memorize domain names. Therefore, it is difficult to memorize the domain name and file name for accessing the Internet system, and it takes a lot of time to input the domain name and file name.

In particular, even when it is not easy to input a keyword as in a mobile communication terminal, the user has to enter a domain name or keyword required while going through a number of procedures, which further aggravates the user's inconvenience and facilitates the use of the service. The downside is that it doesn't work.

In order to solve this problem, techniques have been proposed to analyze a query word provided from a client accessing through a network, and to search and provide local information or map information based on a keyword name or location information of the client [Patent Documents 1 and 2] ].

However, the prior arts are based only on keyword names and client location information, and do not support overall search results such as domain names and keywords. Therefore, if only the access message is input into the mobile communication terminal in this way, the keyword is identified, the user's access intention according to the keyword is identified and the result is displayed, or the location information of the mobile communication terminal is received and searched, and the corresponding search message Techniques that show results for (or connection messages) are desperately needed.

In addition, the prior arts are based only on keyword names and client location information, and do not support a direct connection service for search results. Therefore, if only the access message is input into the mobile communication terminal, the keyword is identified, the user's connection intention according to the keyword is identified, and the call is connected, or the location information of the mobile communication terminal is received and searched, and the result for the message The need for technologies that show

On the other hand, in the conventional phone function, in order to enter a phone number or make a call to a number other than a phone number registered in advance in the terminal's contact information or a recently received phone number, a domain required through a number of procedures using the Internet network. Since you have to check the phone number and make a call only after entering a name or keyword to get a search result, connecting a phone number to a specific phone number that is not stored in the address book will increase the inconvenience of users and facilitate smooth service use. The downside is that it doesn't work.

In addition, due to the recent development of the online advertising market, the routes through which advertisements of advertisers are exposed to users are diversifying. However, there is a disadvantage that the connection screen of the terminal cannot be used as an advertisement when the user enters a message to connect to the call or after the call is terminated.

In order to solve this problem, techniques for mediating phone connection through advertisement exposure through a message provided from a terminal have been proposed [Patent Documents 4,5]. However, the prior arts only connect a phone call after presenting an advertisement using a message, and there is a fear that the advertisement may not be exposed or the phone may be connected to a different phone from the actual phone registration name. Therefore, when only an access message is input into the mobile communication terminal as described above, techniques for connecting a phone call by identifying a keyword and displaying search or information related to the message are urgently required.

[Patent Document 1] Korean Patent No. 0513998 (published on Sept. 9, 2005) [Patent Document 2] Korean Patent No. 0460274 (published on 2004.12.04.) [Patent Document 3] Korean Patent No. 0487007 (published on March 4, 2002) [Patent Document 4] Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2012-0078172 (published on July 10, 2012) [Patent Document 5] Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0033682 (published on March 31, 2011)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems. When a message for location-based surrounding information and search is input from a mobile terminal, the message is received to determine whether a brand name or local information is included or not. , It is to provide a method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal that performs a search for the message with the extracted keyword or measured location information and provides the result or supports a call connection to the searched phone number. .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal using a search information providing system including a network-connected mobile terminal and a search information providing server, (a) providing the search information server receiving a message from the mobile terminal, (b) checking whether the message is a brand name and, if it is a brand name, connecting to URL information corresponding to the brand name, (c) if the message is a brand name If not, providing search information for the designated service word by checking whether the designated service word is included; providing search information for the area name; (e) if the message does not include the area name, providing search information for the location information including location information set in the message; and (f) ) if there is no search information for the location information in the message, connecting to a designated search server, wherein the message includes at least one multimedia medium of keyboard, voice, barcode, QR code, or image It provides a method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal.

As described above, according to the method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information for a mobile terminal according to the present invention, when searching for surrounding related information through a network, without going through a procedure such as accessing a corresponding web page or application, By inputting only a message for a search, it is possible to provide various information related to the surrounding area or search information to be found easily and quickly, and to easily connect to other general search servers from the provided search information result. There is an advantage in that information related to the surroundings or search information can be provided quickly.

In addition, through the telephone connection function of the present invention, when a telephone connection is made through a network, unnecessary search time is saved by enabling a telephone connection without going through a cumbersome procedure such as a search through access to a corresponding web page or application. In addition, it is possible to easily and quickly find the phone number to be actually found and make a phone connection, and to easily connect the related search information with the provided information result to obtain the effect of providing the search information quickly.

1A to 1C show embodiments of a configuration diagram of an entire system for implementing the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a search result and an example additional search screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for connecting a phone call to a mobile terminal and providing an advertisement using a message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing advertisements when a mobile terminal is connected to a phone call using a message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing advertisements upon termination of a telephone connection of a mobile terminal using a message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view showing embodiments of a flowchart for explaining a location-based phone connection and a method of providing surrounding information of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function interferes with the understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this specification, when it is stated that a part includes a certain element, it means that other elements may be further included.

First, an example of the configuration of the entire system for implementing the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1A to 1C.

As shown in FIG. 1A , the method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal according to the present invention may be implemented as a server system on a network.

As shown in FIG. 1A , an example of the entire system for implementing the present invention is composed of a mobile terminal 10 and a search information providing system 30 . It is configured to further include a network 20 such as a mobile communication network or Internet network for connecting the mobile terminal 10 and the search information providing system 30 . In addition, the search information providing system 30 may be configured by adding a search information providing server 31 and databases 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 for storing data. That is, the search information providing system 30 of the mobile terminal according to the present invention may be implemented as a server system on a network.

The mobile terminal 10 refers to a terminal using a wireless network (or mobile communication network) such as a smartphone. That is, the mobile terminal 10 has a built-in wireless Internet function, so that data communication can be performed through the wireless Internet. In addition, the mobile terminal 10 has a search support application 11, a browser application 12, etc. installed or has such a function.

For storing data in the search information providing system 30, the brand name DB 32 for storing data on the brand name, and the region name DB for storing data on the local name or hot place (popular place) ( 33), a search information DB 34 for providing specific search information, a designated service word DB 35 for storing a designated service word for providing information such as maps and news, a search server capable of providing a service through a designated search It consists of information (36). However, the configuration of the search information providing system 30 is only a preferred embodiment, and in developing a specific device, it may be configured in a different structure according to the database construction theory in consideration of the ease and efficiency of access and search.

On the other hand, the search information providing system 30 includes a function of providing information to the domain name server when the query word is a domain name separately from the search information providing server 31 and the databases 32,33,34,35,36 can do.

The brand name DB 32 stores URL information corresponding to each brand name. For example, URL information of "http://www.netpia.com" corresponding to "netpia" is stored.

The area name DB 33 stores various information such as area names or hot places (popular places). That is, the names of regions such as Seoul, Busan, Yeoksam-dong, Seokchon-dong, and Dongnae-gu, Busan, and various hot places information such as Garosu-gil, Sinchon, and Hongik University may be stored, and search information is stored in response to the region name. Also, a plurality of pieces of information corresponding to the brand name may be stored for each region. For example, in response to the brand name "Samsung Electronics", a plurality of information (location information, introduction, etc.) about Samsung Electronics' regional stores belonging to each region in each region such as Yeoksam-dong, Seokchon-dong, and Sinsa-dong may be stored.

The search information DB 34 stores search information according to various search queries. In particular, URL information is stored corresponding to the keyword name and the user's location information so as to be automatically linked to a search information providing page corresponding to a keyword with regional characteristics according to the location information. For example, URL information of "http://gangnam.cgv.co.kr" may be stored in correspondence with "theater (keyword). Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu (location information set by the user)". As a result, "user location information + keywords" performs a kind of search query function. Here, the user's location information follows values set in the terminal, such as location information set by the user and current location information of the user.

The designated service word DB 35 stores search information corresponding to various designated service words such as search, map, news, and breaking news. In addition, the query location of the designated service word may be stored. (For example, search information is stored differently depending on the location of the command “search” in the keywords “Samsung Electronics Search” and “Search Samsung Electronics”.)

In the above-described embodiment, a method of extracting optimal search information through various databases 32,33,34,35,36 on the search information providing system 30 for a search word input through the mobile terminal 10 is described. Although described, such a search method can be searched through a separate application installed in the mobile terminal 10 (eg, an application provided and managed by the search information providing system 30), and is installed in the mobile terminal 10 The application performs a search including the above-mentioned database 32,33,34,35,36, or interworks with the database 32,33,34,35,36 on the search information providing system 30 to find a query word (search word). ) can be implemented to determine

As another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1B , the method for providing location-based telephone connection and surrounding information of a mobile terminal according to the present invention may be implemented as a server system on a network.

As shown in FIG. 1B , an example of the overall system for implementing the present invention is composed of a mobile terminal 10 and a phone information providing system 30 . It is configured to further include a network 20 such as a mobile communication network or Internet network for connecting the mobile terminal 10 and the telephone information providing system 30 . In addition, the phone information providing system 30 may be configured by adding a phone information providing server 41 and databases 42, 43, 44, and 45 for storing data. That is, the phone information providing system 30 of the mobile terminal according to the present invention may be implemented as a server system on a network.

The mobile terminal 10 refers to a terminal using a wireless network (or mobile communication network) such as a smartphone. That is, the mobile terminal 10 has a built-in wireless Internet function, so that data communication can be performed through the wireless Internet, and telephone communication can be performed. In addition, the mobile terminal 10 has a phone connection application 13, a phone number DB 14, etc. installed, or has these functions built-in.

As for storing data in the phone information providing system 30, an information providing DB 42 for storing at least one information for a specific message, and an advertisement DB for storing at least one advertisement for a specific message ( 43), a phone information DB 44 in which phone information corresponding to a specific message is stored, and setting search information 45 capable of providing a service through a specified search. However, the configuration of the phone number providing system 30 is only a preferred embodiment, and in developing a specific device, it may be configured in a different structure according to the database construction theory in consideration of the ease and efficiency of access and search.

The information providing DB 42 stores information such as a phone number, an address, and a map in response to each message. For example, in response to "Netpia", phone numbers and address information such as "02-3665-0123" and "Hangeul Hall 4th floor, 7 Saemunan-ro 3-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul" are stored.

The advertisement DB 43 stores advertisement information corresponding to each query message. That is, when Taeseong Restaurant and the like are input, advertisement information corresponding to the restaurant may be stored, and advertisement information having a region or name similar to that of the restaurant may be stored. In addition, a phone number corresponding to the brand name may be stored for each region. For example, in response to the brand name of “Samsung Electronics”, phone numbers for local branches of Samsung Electronics belonging to each region may be stored in each region such as Yeoksam-dong, Seokchon-dong, and Sinsa-dong.

The phone information DB 44 stores phone number information corresponding to various query words. In particular, phone number information is stored corresponding to the query word and the user's location information so that a phone number corresponding to a keyword containing regional characteristics is automatically connected according to the location information. For example, “CGV Gangnam 1544-1122”, “Lotte Cinema Gangnam 02-540-8150”, “Citi Theater 02-561-” corresponding to “Theatre (keyword). A phone number such as 3388” may be stored correspondingly. As a result, "user location information + keywords" performs a kind of phone number search query function. Here, the user's location information follows values set in the terminal, such as location information set by the user and current location information of the user.

In the above-described embodiment, a method of extracting optimal search information from various databases 42, 43, 44, and 45 on the phone information providing system 30 for a search word input through the mobile terminal 10 has been described. , such a search method may be performed through a separate application installed in the mobile terminal 10 (eg, an application provided and managed by the phone information providing system 30), and the application installed in the mobile terminal 10 is It can be implemented to perform a search including the above-described databases 42, 43, 44, 45 or to determine a query word (search word) by interworking with the databases 42, 43, 44, 45 on the phone information providing system 30. can

As another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1C , the method for providing location-based telephone connection and surrounding information of a mobile terminal according to the present invention may be implemented as a server system on a network.

Referring to Figure 1c, an example of the overall system for implementing the present invention is composed of a mobile terminal (10), and a phone number providing system (30). It is configured to further include a network 20 such as a mobile communication network or Internet network for connecting the mobile terminal 10 and the phone number providing system 30 . In addition, the phone number providing system 30 may be configured by adding a phone information providing server 51 and databases 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 and 56 for storing data. That is, the phone number providing system 30 of the mobile terminal according to the present invention may be implemented as a server system on a network.

The mobile terminal 10 refers to a terminal using a wireless network (or mobile communication network) such as a smartphone. That is, the mobile terminal 10 has a built-in wireless Internet function, so that data communication can be performed through the wireless Internet, and telephone communication can be performed. In addition, the mobile terminal 10 has a search support application 15, a phone connection application 16, etc. installed, or has these functions built-in.

As for storing data in the phone number providing system 30, the brand name DB 52 for storing data on the brand name, the region name DB for storing data on the area name or hot place (popular place) ( 53), a phone information DB 54 in which phone information corresponding to a query word is stored, and setting search information 55 capable of providing a service through a specified search. However, the configuration of the phone number providing system 30 is only a preferred embodiment, and in developing a specific device, it may be configured in a different structure according to the database construction theory in consideration of the ease and efficiency of access and search.

The brand name DB 52 stores phone number information corresponding to each brand name. For example, phone number information "02-3665-0123" corresponding to "Netpia" is stored.

The region name DB 53 stores various types of information such as region names or hot places (popular places). That is, the names of each region, such as Seoul, Busan, Yeoksam-dong, Seokchon-dong, and Dongnae-gu, Busan, and various hot place information such as Garosu-gil, Sinchon, and Hongik University may be stored, and phone information is stored in response to the local name. In addition, a phone number corresponding to the brand name may be stored for each region. For example, in response to the brand name of “Samsung Electronics”, phone numbers for local branches of Samsung Electronics belonging to each region may be stored in each region such as Yeoksam-dong, Seokchon-dong, and Sinsa-dong.

The phone information DB 54 stores phone number information according to various query words. In particular, phone number information is stored corresponding to the query word and the user's location information so that a phone number corresponding to a keyword containing regional characteristics is automatically connected according to the location information. For example, “CGV Gangnam 1544-1122”, “Lotte Cinema Gangnam 02-540-8150”, “Citi Theater 02-561-” corresponding to “Theatre (keyword). A phone number such as 3388” may be stored correspondingly. As a result, "user location information + keywords" performs a kind of phone number search query function. Here, the user's location information follows values set in the terminal, such as location information set by the user and current location information of the user.

In the above-described embodiment, a method of extracting optimal search information through various databases 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 on the phone number providing system 30 with respect to a search word input through the mobile terminal 10 is described. Although described, this search method can be searched through a separate application installed in the mobile terminal 10 (eg, an application provided and managed by the phone number providing system 30), and is installed in the mobile terminal 10 The application performs a search including the above-mentioned databases 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, or interworks with the databases 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 on the telephone information providing system 30 to query words (search words). ) can be implemented to determine

Next, a method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 .

As shown in Fig. 2, the method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes (a) receiving a message (S110); (b) if the message is a brand name, connecting to the brand name DB (S120); (c) if the message is not a brand name, connecting to the designated service word DB (S140), (d) if the message does not include the designated service, connecting to the local name DB (S170); (e) if the message does not include the name of the region, query the search information DB including the location information set by the user in the query (S210), (f) if there is search information in the search information DB, search information It consists of a providing step (S220) and a step (S230) of connecting to a designated search when there is no search information in the search information DB.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, a brand name is a keyword consisting of Korean, English, foreign language, numbers, symbols, etc. corresponding to all Internet addresses registered on the Internet, and is set separately. A brand name specifically refers to a real name, such as a company name, trade name or service mark. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. It enables access to the web page using the brand name as above.

Here, an Internet address including IP address and URL information of a specific web page on the Internet is called an Internet address, and character strings input from the mobile terminal 10 to access a specific web page are called "query words". That is, the "query term" refers to a string input by a user to access a specific website or to search for a specific target. The query term includes both "domain name" and "brand name".

According to the present invention, after receiving the message in step (a), determining the country or language based on the location set in the message, and automatically translating the message into the language used by the search information providing server according to the determination result It may further include a step of becoming. That is, when the search information providing server receives a message from the mobile terminal, it is possible to search using the automatic translation function by using the location information. For example, when a user residing in the UK transmits a search message including a query word 'hospital' using a mobile terminal, the search information providing server extracts the location information of the message, UK (country information), and 'hospital'. ' can be automatically translated into English 'hospital', which is mainly used by servers in that country, to perform a search. Through such a translation function, it is easy to search using the native language anywhere in the world, and it is possible to easily search the search server without a recognition error of a specific language.

Furthermore, in the above example, the search information searched for 'hospital' may be translated into Korean, which is the search language, to provide search information. Through this function, there is an advantage that it is possible to search and receive search results in multiple languages in a specific country through the search engine of that country.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal will be described in more detail. First, the location-based surrounding information and search providing system 30 of the mobile terminal receives a message from the mobile terminal 10 . Receive (S110). The user inputs a query to access or search a specific website on the search support application 11 or browser application 12 installed in the mobile terminal 10 . In this case, a method of inputting a query word may be performed in various ways, such as a string input, a voice input, a picture input, and an input by clicking a provided command. Accordingly, the message of the mobile terminal 10 may include various multimedia media such as a two-dimensional code such as a keyboard, voice, barcode, QR code, or an image.

Next, the system 30 determines whether the input character string (or query word, message) is a brand name (S120). If it is judged as a brand name, it connects to the brand name DB. In addition, preferably, by comparing the keyword stored in the brand name DB 32 to determine whether the message is a brand name, an Internet address (or URL information) corresponding to the brand name is searched in the database, and the mobile terminal 10 ) to reply. The mobile terminal 10 accesses the corresponding website with the returned Internet address.

Next, when the message is not a brand name, the system 30 connects to the designated service word DB (S140), finds the designated service word in the message, and retrieves search information corresponding to the found designated service word as search information fetch from DB Then, the search information providing server 31 returns the corresponding Internet address or URL information to the mobile terminal 10 . The mobile terminal 10 accesses the returned Internet address or URL information.

On the other hand, the designated service word provides a search result when 'search', 'search', 'search', and 'search' are included in the message, and 'map', 'map', 'find', ' Map search information is provided in case of including 'Get directions', 'Go to', and 'Location', and 'Photo', 'Picture', 'Find photo', 'Find picture', 'Find image', ' Provide photo search information when including 'Go to image', 'Picture', 'Picture', 'picture', 'Landscape', 'Scenery', 'Image', 'Screen', 'Picture', 'Portrait', If the message includes 'Nearby Search', 'Nearby', 'Nearby Search', 'Nearby Search', 'nearsearch', 'Nearby', and 'Near', the surrounding search information is provided and the message contains 'News', In the case of including 'news', 'breaking news', 'news' and 'news', news search information is provided, and when 'access', 'shortcut', 'go', 'direct go' are included in the message You can connect with URL information. The designated service word included in the message is an example, and may be added according to the type of data.

In addition, when the designated service word is included as a prefix or a suffix in the message, different search result information may be provided according to the location of the designated service word. The different search result information provides search (referred to as a first search and a second search for convenience) information according to each location preset by the user.

If there is no designated service word in the message, it is determined whether a region name is included and search information is provided. have.

Meanwhile, among the search information, local information or location information can be extracted by two methods. When a region name or a hot place name is included in the message, there is a method of extracting it from the message. Another method is to extract the location information set in the mobile terminal 10 and use it as the corresponding local information or location information.

That is, in the latter method, GPS information or base station information or a location information server of the terminal is interlocked and confirmed. The former is a case in which local information is included in the input message.

And finally, if it does not exist in the search information DB, it is connected to the set search information, and the query (or message) is transmitted to a general search engine. Meanwhile, the set search information may be set in the mobile terminal 10 instead of the search information providing system 30 and the query (or message) may be transmitted to a general search engine. In this case, a typical search engine includes at least one of Naver, Daum, or Google.

3 is a view showing a search result and an example additional search screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3 , separate from each information search result page, the user can additionally connect to a general search engine using the search result page or setting search information set by the user in the mobile terminal.

Next, a method for connecting a phone call and providing an advertisement to a mobile terminal using a message according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 . As shown in FIG. 4 , a method for connecting a phone call and providing an advertisement to a mobile terminal using a message according to an embodiment of the present invention includes (a) receiving a message (S410); (b) when the message is the same as the name stored in the user's address book, connecting a call to the phone number corresponding to the name stored in the address book (S420); (c) if the message is different from the name stored in the address book, connecting to the phone information DB (S430); (d) If there is information in the phone information DB, the phone number information is provided and a call is connected (S450), and when there is no information in the phone information DB, it is connected to a designated search (S460). This is an independent description of the phone connection function, but is not limited thereto, and may be implemented in an integrated form with the method described with reference to FIG. 2 .

Here, character strings input from the mobile terminal 10 for a telephone connection are called “messages”. That is, "message" refers to any string input by a user to make a phone call to a specific company, trade name, brand, industry, name, etc. or to search for a specific target. The string input for phone connection refers to any method that can be recognized as a string, such as voice, keyboard input, photo recognition, and QR code recognition.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the method of connecting a phone call and providing advertisements of the present embodiment will be described in more detail. First, the phone information providing system 30 receives a message from the mobile terminal 10 ( S410 ). The user inputs a query to connect a phone call with a specific company or individual using the phone or search support applications 11 and 15 or phone connection applications 13 and 16 installed in the mobile terminal 10 . A method of entering a query word is possible in various ways, such as string input, voice input, photo input, and input by clicking a command provided.

Next, the mobile terminal 10 determines whether the input character string (or query word, message) has a phone number corresponding to the address book stored in the mobile terminal 10 (S420). If it is determined that there is a phone number, a call is connected to the phone number (S430).

Next, if there is no phone number corresponding to the address book of the mobile terminal 10 in the message, the system 30 determines whether there is a phone number corresponding to the message. (S440) If it is determined that there is a phone number, A phone number is connected to the phone number. (S430) If the phone number corresponding to the message is not included, the user-specified setting search information is connected, and the query (or message) is transmitted to a general search engine. Meanwhile, the set search information may be set in the mobile terminal 10 instead of the phone information providing system 30 and the query (or message) may be transmitted to a general search engine. In this case, the general search engine includes at least one of general search engines such as Naver, Daum, and Google.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing advertisements when a mobile terminal is connected to a phone call using a message according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5 , at the stage of each call connection (S430 or S450), the phone information providing system 30 checks whether there is advertisement information corresponding to the query message (S520) and separates the call connection service. to expose the advertisement to the mobile terminal 10 (S530).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing advertisements upon termination of a telephone connection of a mobile terminal using a message according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6 , when the phone call is terminated, the phone information providing system 30 determines whether there is additional information to be provided corresponding to the inquiry message and the phone number (S620). If there is additional information, a text message or a push message, etc. It is possible to send additional provided information through (S630).

7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating embodiments of a flow chart for explaining a location-based phone connection and a method for providing surrounding information of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7 , a method for providing location-based surrounding information and search for a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes (a) receiving a message (S710); (b) if the message is a brand name, connecting to the brand name DB (S720); (c) if the message is not a brand name, connecting to the local name DB (S750); (e) if the message does not include the area name, query the phone information DB including the location information set by the user in the query (S790), (f) if there is information in the phone information DB, enter the phone number information It includes a step of providing (S800) and a step of connecting to a designated search when there is no information in the phone information DB (S810). The method described in FIG. 7 may be implemented in an integrated form with the methods described in FIGS. 4 and 6 .

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the brand name represents an actual name such as a company name, a business name, or a service mark configured to correspond to all phone numbers registered in the phone book. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. A phone connection using the brand name as above is possible.

Strings input from the mobile terminal 10 for a telephone connection are called "query words". That is, "query word" refers to a string input by a user to make a phone call to a specific company, trade name, brand, industry, etc. or to search for a specific target. The query word includes both "brand name" and "common noun".

When the method of FIG. 7 is described in detail, first, the system 30 for providing location-based phone connection and surrounding information of the mobile terminal receives a message from the mobile terminal 10 (S710). The user inputs a query to connect or search for a phone call with a specific company or individual on the phone or search support applications 11 and 15 or the phone connection applications 13 and 16 installed in the mobile terminal 10 . A method of entering a query word is possible in various ways, such as string input, voice input, photo input, and input by clicking a command provided.

Next, the system 30 determines whether the input character string (or query word, message) is a brand name (S720). If it is judged as a brand name, it connects to the brand name DB. Also, preferably, it is compared with the keyword stored in the brand name DB 32 to determine whether the message is a brand name, and a phone number corresponding to the corresponding brand name is retrieved from the database and returned to the mobile terminal 10 . The mobile terminal 10 connects the call to the returned phone number. At this time, if there is one keyword stored in the brand name DB 32 corresponding to the message, a direct connection is made to the phone, and if there are two or more keywords, the location of the mobile terminal is determined and directly connected to the nearest local phone number, The list of phone numbers is listed and returned to the mobile terminal 10 . In the mobile terminal 10, the user selects a desired phone number to connect the call.

Next, when the message is not a brand name, the system 30 determines whether the message includes a region name, and if it includes a region name, provides related phone information for the region so that the mobile terminal 10 can make a phone call. , when the message does not include a region name, search information can be provided by searching for a query including the set location information.

At this time, if there is one related phone number in the corresponding area including the area name, it is directly connected to the phone. The list is returned to the mobile terminal (10).

Meanwhile, area information or location information among the phone number information can be extracted by two methods. When a region name or a hot place name is included in the message, there is a method of extracting it from the message. Another method is to extract the location information set in the mobile terminal 10 and use it as the corresponding local information or location information.

That is, in the latter method, GPS information or base station information or a location information server of the terminal is interlocked and confirmed. The former is a case in which local information is included in the input message. The location information can be checked when the query word inputted from the mobile terminal is transmitted for the first time, or when the phone information providing system requests the location information when the location information is required.

Finally, if it does not exist in the phone information DB, it is connected to the set search information and the query (or message) is transmitted to a general search engine. Meanwhile, the set search information may be set in the mobile terminal 10 instead of the search information providing system 30 and the query (or message) may be transmitted to a general search engine. In this case, a typical search engine includes at least one of Naver, Daum, Google, and the like.

In the above, since the present invention has been described in detail only with respect to the above specific examples to facilitate understanding, the components shown in this specification, their connections and relationships, and their functions are meant to be exemplary only. In the present invention, each component may be implemented in a physically separated form or in an integrated form of one or more components as needed.

Even though all components constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or operated in combination, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this embodiment. That is, within the scope of the object of the present invention, all the components may operate by selectively combining one or more.

In addition, terms such as "comprises", "comprises" or "have" described above mean that the corresponding component may be inherent, unless otherwise stated, excluding other components. Rather, it should be construed as being able to further include other components. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms such as terms defined in the dictionary should be interpreted as being consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art, and are not interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the present invention, and various modifications and variations will be possible without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent range should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: mobile terminal 11: search support application
12: browser application 20: network
30: surrounding information providing system 31: search information providing server
32: brand name DB 33: region name DB
34: Search information DB 35: Designated service word DB
36: setting search information

Claims (23)

A method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal using a search information providing system including a network-connected mobile terminal and a search information providing server, the method comprising:
(a) receiving, by the search information providing server, a message from the mobile terminal;
(b) confirming whether the message is a brand name and, if it is a brand name, linking to URL information corresponding to the brand name;
(c) when the message is not a brand name, checking whether a designated service word is included and providing search information for the designated service word;
(d) if the message does not contain a designated service word, checking whether the message includes a region name and providing search information for the region name;
(e) providing search information for the location information including location information set in the message when the message does not include a region name; and
(f) if there is no search information for the location information in the message, connecting to a designated search server;
The message includes at least one multimedia medium of keyboard, voice, barcode, QR code or image,
In step (c), when the message includes 'search', 'search', 'search' or 'search' as a designated service word, a search result is provided,
In step (d), if the message includes the area name but search information cannot be obtained, the message including the area name is connected to a designated search server,
The search information for the area name or the search information for the location information is extracted from the message when the area name or hot place name is included in the message, or by extracting the location information set in the mobile terminal to obtain the corresponding area information or location A method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal, characterized in that it is used as information.
According to claim 1,
(a-2) after receiving the message, determining a country or language based on a location set in the message; and
(a-3) according to the determination result, the message is automatically translated into the language used by the search information providing server location-based location information and search information providing method of the mobile terminal further comprising the step of.
According to claim 1,
(b-1) after receiving the message, searching for a phone number corresponding to the message in a user address book of the mobile terminal, and connecting a call to the searched phone number;
(b-2) when the phone number corresponding to the message is not in the user's address book, searching for the phone number in a phone information database, and connecting a call to the searched phone number; and
(b-3) when there is no phone number corresponding to the message, the method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal further comprising the step of performing the steps (b) to (f).
4. The method of claim 3,
In the step (b-1) or step (b-2), the location-based surrounding information and search information providing method for a mobile terminal, characterized in that the advertisement information corresponding to the message is provided to the mobile terminal.
4. The method of claim 3,
(b-4) when the call is terminated, the location-based surrounding information and search information providing method of the mobile terminal, characterized in that it further comprises the step of providing guide information corresponding to the called phone number to the mobile terminal.
According to claim 1,
In the step (f), the location-based surrounding information and search information providing method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the connection to a search server preset in the mobile terminal or the system.
According to claim 1,
In step (a), when the message is a domain name, the method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information for a mobile terminal, characterized in that the message is connected to a domain name server.
delete According to claim 1,
In step (c), if the message includes 'map', 'map', 'find', 'direction', 'find' or 'location' as a designated service word, providing map search information A method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal, characterized in that it.
According to claim 1,
In step (c), the message is 'picture', 'picture', 'picture search', 'picture search', 'image search', 'go to image', 'picture', 'picture', Location-based surrounding information and How to provide search information.
According to claim 1,
In step (c), when the message includes 'neighborhood search', 'nearby', 'neighborhood search', 'neighborhood search', 'nearsearch', 'nearby' or 'near' as a designated service word, nearby search A method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the information is provided.
According to claim 1,
In step (c), when the message includes 'news', 'news', 'breaking news', 'news' or 'news' as a designated service word, news search information is provided. A method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information.
The method of claim 1
In the step (c), when the message includes 'connection', 'shortcut', 'go' or 'direct go' as a designated service word, the location-based vicinity of the mobile terminal, characterized in that the connection is made to URL information. How to provide information and search information.
The method of claim 1
In the step (c), when the message includes a designated service word as a prefix or suffix, location-based surrounding information and search of a mobile terminal, characterized in that different search result information is provided for the prefix or the suffix HOW TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
delete The method of claim 1
In the steps (b) to (f), it is possible to provide a service by switching the order of each step.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, 9 to 14, 16,
A method for providing location-based surrounding information and search information of a mobile terminal, characterized in that it can be connected to a preset search server within a page providing each information search result.
According to claim 1,
In the step (b), searching for a phone number corresponding to the brand name and performing a call connection to the phone number,
The search information of steps (c) to (e) is information including one or more phone numbers, and location-based surrounding information and search of a mobile terminal, characterized in that a call connection is performed with respect to the one or more phone numbers HOW TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
19. The method of claim 18,
In the step (b), when there are two or more brand names corresponding to the message, the mobile terminal, characterized in that by checking the location information set in the message, providing a phone number corresponding to the brand name of a nearby area and making a call connection A method of providing location-based surrounding information and search information.
19. The method of claim 18,
When the search information of steps (c) to (e) includes two or more phone numbers, the location information set in the message is checked and a phone number corresponding to a nearby location is provided. A method of providing base surrounding information and search information.
19. The method of claim 18,
In the step (b), when there are two or more brand names corresponding to the message, the phone numbers corresponding to the two or more brand names are listed and provided as a search result. HOW TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
19. The method of claim 18,
When the search information of steps (c) to (e) includes two or more phone numbers, the location-based surrounding information and search of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the two or more phone numbers are listed and provided as a search result. HOW TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
23. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, 9 to 14, 16 and 18 to 22,
The mobile terminal receives and installs the location-based surrounding information and search information providing application from the search information providing server,
When the message is input from the mobile terminal, the location-based location information of the mobile terminal, characterized in that performing the steps (b) to (f) through the location-based surrounding information and search information providing application running on the mobile terminal How to provide surrounding information and search information.

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