KR20010091247A - Pet portal service system and method using a position information of pet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A pet portal service system and method using a pet location information is provided to give a location information about a pet to a user, give a detailed location information and service information about pet related companies, and manage various histories about the pet according to the user's needs. CONSTITUTION: An identifier information is obtained by purchasing a positioning terminal. A user's computer is connected to a pet portal server computer. If it is logged in by using a menu of a home page information, a location information of the positioning terminal having a unique identifier information of the member is requested to the location information providing server computer. The location information and the unique identifier information are applied and an application program related to a pertinent menu is operated to execute processes. The processing result is output. The home page information includes a membership and a log-in menu. A location information providing menu provides a location information of registered pets. A pet history managing menu manages histories of the pets.

Description

Pet portal service system and method using a position information of pet}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an information service in a communication network. In particular, the present invention provides a detailed information of a pet and a related company based on a current location by identifying a pet's location. The present invention relates to a pet portal service system and method using pet location information for updating and storing information in a database and providing the same to a subscriber.

Information services provided in communication networks such as the Internet are very diverse, and among them, many information-related web sites are established.

However, pet-related sites currently being serviced through the Internet network simply store common information related to pets in a database, and then simply extract information about a menu selected by a user and transmit the information to a connected client computer. It was limited to service.

Therefore, according to the conventional method for providing a pet information service on a network, there is a problem in that the location information of the pet cannot be provided to the subscriber, and it is difficult to classify and provide individual information according to the location of the pet. There was a problem. In addition, there is a problem that can be provided to the subscribers by executing individual history management such as disease treatment, genealogy, etc. for registered pets in real time.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide the subscriber with the location information of the pet in real time to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides detailed location information and service information of the relevant company to the pet at the current location of the pet, The present invention provides a pet portal service system and method using pet location information for managing various histories of registered pets and providing information about them according to a client's request.

1 is a block diagram of a pet portal service system using pet location information according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the location information providing server computer shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the positioning terminal shown in FIG. 2.

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the pet portal server computer shown in FIG. 1.

5 is a tree configuration diagram of a home page provided by a pet portal service system using pet location information according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart of a pet portal service method using pet location information according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a process executed in the controller of FIG. 4 in IDEF notation.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the pet portal service system using the pet location information according to the present invention, in the pet portal service system on the network, is attached to a pet and transmits a signal including unique identifier information After identifying the current location by tracking the signal transmitted from the terminal and the location detecting terminal, the commerce site and location information related to the location information providing server computer and pet for providing the location information identified according to the location information request The pet portal service information is stored. The pet portal service information is stored. The pet information is transmitted to the location information providing server computer. Apply a predetermined program It characterized in that it comprises a PET portal server computer for outputting the running process.

In order to achieve the other technical problem, the pet portal service method using the pet location information according to the present invention is a method of operating a pet information service business using a pet portal server computer in a network, (a) the When the user computer is connected to the pet portal server computer and logged in using the menu of the home page information, the location information providing server receives the location information of the location detecting terminal attached to the pet having the unique identifier information of the logged-in member. Requesting and receiving a request from a computer, (b) applying the menu selected from the home page information to the unique identifier information and the location information received in the step (a) to execute an application related to the menu to execute processes Step and (c) outputting the result of the process execution. Characterized in that it comprises the steps:

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pet portal service system using pet location information according to the present invention includes a network 10, a pet portal server computer 11, a client computer 12, and a location information providing server computer ( 13), the site subscription company computer 1, N (14, 15) is provided.

Here, the location information providing server computer 13 includes a location terminal 21 and a base station 22, as shown in Figure 2, visitor location register (VLR), home location register (HLR: Home Location Register 24), location analysis section 25, control section 26, and interface section 27.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the location detecting terminal 21 includes a unique number setter 31, an encoder 32, a modulator 33, and an antenna 34. In detail, it consists of a position data extractor 25-1, a position data analyzer 25-2, and a database 25-3.

The positioning terminal 21 is a means attached to a pet and generates a signal having unique identifier information. The positioning terminal 21 initially sets the unique identifier information by the unique number setting unit 31, and then sends it to the encoder 32. Encoded by the modulator 33 and then radiated through the antenna 34 after the predetermined modulation is performed.

Here, the unique identifier information is information including a unique code forming a system similar to the social security number. In other words, the customer that the user purchased the positioning terminal 21 obtains a unique code. Then, by accessing a site that provides a pet portal service through the Internet network and registering the unique code of the positioning terminal 21 used for the pet, the pet portal server computer 11 provides a pet Information service related to can be provided.

Positioning of the signal transmitted from the positioning terminal 21 can grasp the position of the positioning terminal 21 by the following operation in the same manner as the principle of tracking the position of the mobile phone in the cellular personal mobile communication service. .

That is, the base station 22 receives a signal transmitted from the positioning terminal 21 and records it in the visitor location register 23 whenever the area divided by cell is changed, which is transmitted to the home location register 24. Be notified. The home location register 24 is a device that semi-permanently records the unique identifier information and the location information for the positioning terminal 21, the cell in which the unique identifier information, the registrant information and the positioning terminal 21 of the pet is located (cell) ) Is also stored.

The home location register 24 transmits the stored unique identifier information and data for the cell to the location data extractor 25-1. Then, the location data extractor 25-1 extracts only the data for the cell related to the location information, reads it out from the location data interpreter 25-2, and converts the location information into place information, thereby converting the unique identifier information. The converted name information is stored in the database 25-3.

The controller 26 extracts the position information on the unique identifier information stored in the database 25-3 when data for requesting the position information on the unique identifier information is input through the network 10. In step 27), the location information is converted to the network data transmission standard and the location information is transmitted to the requested address.

According to this principle, the location information providing server computer 13 grasps the location of the positioning terminal 21 attached to the pet and transmits it to the pet portal server computer 11 connected to the network requesting the location information. do.

As described above, the location information providing server computer 13 according to the present invention can be embodied in the same manner as the principle of tracking the location of a mobile phone in a cellular personal mobile communication service, as well as a GPS system using a known satellite. Location information may be generated by applying a principle of tracking a location using a global positioning system and a pager.

In addition, the network 10 may use an internet network that is currently widely used.

The Internet network is a communication network that connects computers worldwide through the web. In order for a user of the client computer 12 to receive an Internet service, an Internet Protocol (IP) address is assigned by using a point-to-point protocol, which is software for Internet access. Using this, the Internet service can be used through the World Wide Web browser. At this time, in order to receive the World Wide Web Service, a web browser such as Netscape Nevigater and Microsoft Internet Explorer is started and connected to a desired web server to receive the desired information.

In this way, the client computer 12 is connected to the pet portal server computer 11 which is one of the web servers via the network 10.

As shown in FIG. 4, the pet portal server computer 11 includes a firewall server 41, a database 42, a web / mail server 43, a control unit 44, and an application program 45. have.

The firewall server 41 is composed of hardware and software for protecting the information assets inside the pet portal server computer 11 when exchanging information using a network, that is, the Internet network, and blocking the inflow of harmful information from the outside. For example, an illegal information leakage is protected by a program that restricts external access by using an IP address, a user authentication number, and a port number.

The database 42 stores information related to the history of a pet having registered unique identifier information, information on a pet-related commerce site classified by region, and content information related to various pets.

The web / mail server 43 converts the data read from the database 42 into an HTML standard, which is a web (WWW) document standard commonly used by the Internet, by executing a process of the control unit 44, and converts the mail into a designated file. In order to transmit to the address, it converts the packet data to the transmission standard.

The controller 44 collectively controls the pet portal server computer 11, and executes an application program related to a corresponding menu to execute processes by applying a unique identifier and location information to data input from a network.

The application programs 45 are programs for executing various processes related to menus and input data selected by the controller 44.

In detail, the process is a control process for editing and outputting the location information of the pet having the unique identifier information in a predetermined expression method when the client selects a menu for identifying the current location of the pet from the home page information. When the client selects one of the submenus connected to the proximity information service menu from the home page information, only the commerce site information of the region that is close to the location information of the unique identifier among the commerce sites that provide the service related to the selected submenu. There is a control process for searching and outputting, and a control process for updating the previously stored history information when information on a new history of the unique identifier is input through a network.

Next, a method of operating a site of the pet portal service system using the location information of the pet shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6.

In order for a client to access a site for providing a pet portal service according to the present invention and to receive an information service, first, a unique identification information must be obtained, which is determined in the process of purchasing the location terminal 21. 21 is obtained by obtaining a unique code number stored in 21 (step 600). That is, each of the positioning terminal 21 has unique identification information, where the unique identification information is information including a code number having a system similar to that of a social security number.

The control unit 44 of the pet portal server computer 11 determines whether the client computer 12 is connected to the pet portal server computer 11 of the site providing the pet portal service through the Internet network 10. (Step 601).

If the client computer 12 is connected to the pet portal server computer 11 as a result of the determination in step 601, the pet portal server computer 11 transmits the home page information to the client computer 12 (step 602). For example, the home page may be configured as shown in FIG. 5.

In other words, a menu such as login, site introduction, membership registration, and information guide is arranged on the top menu of the home page, and the member registration menu details the member's ID / PASSWORD, personal information, address, contact information, It is configured to provide a column for entering the unique identifier information of the pet.

Here, the unique identifier information is composed of a unique code number given when purchasing the positioning terminal 21 and personal details information about the pets written by the client.

The top menu includes a proximity information service menu, a location information providing menu, a pet history management menu, and the like.

In the proximity information service menu, submenus such as hospitals, feeds, and accessories are connected. The proximity information service menu is a menu that provides information on sites selling hospitals, feeds, and accessories related to pets in the area where the connected pets are located.

The location information providing menu has submenus such as the current location of the pet and the status of pet registration by region. The location information providing menu is a menu that provides information related to the location of the pet. The current location menu of my pet is a menu providing location information of the pet when the pet is lost. Is a menu that provides information such as the number distribution of various pets registered by region.

The pet history management menu provides individual history information about individual registered pets such as disease treatment, birth date, genealogy, and growth status, and updates a new history. Here, the individual history information to be updated is a subscribing company such as the history information on the pet personal details modified by the client who purchased the location detecting terminal 21 and registered in the pet portal server computer 11 and the registered toilet. Include in the history information that the expert updates.

If the client connected to the pet portal server computer 11 is an unregistered member, select the member registration menu from the home page menu as described above to possess personal information, address, contact number, ID and password, and membership for membership. After entering the identification information including the unique identification code number of the terminal 21 attached to the pet of the membership registration, select the login menu to enter the ID and PASSWORD to complete the login. If you are a registered member, log in by entering your ID and PASSWORD from the login menu (step 603).

Then, the user of the client computer 12 connected to the pet portal server computer 11 can obtain the information and the history management information according to the location of the pet in detail using the home page information.

After completing the login, the pet portal server computer 11 requests and transmits the location information of the pet having the corresponding unique identification information of the ID logged into the location information providing server computer 13 through the network 10. Receive. The location information of the pet received from the location information providing server computer 13 is updated in the database 42 of the pet portal server computer 11 (step 604).

In addition, the client selects a top menu to be serviced from a menu posted on a home page, selects a submenu to be executed from among submenus connected to the selected top menu, and requests a data input. Data for animal related information is entered (step 605).

When menu selection and data input are made from the client computer 12, the controller 44 of the pet portal server computer 11 executes the process for the selected menu (step 606), and outputs the result thereof. Transfer to client computer 12 (step 607).

Next, a method of executing a corresponding process for each menu will be described in detail.

If the processes are expressed in IDEF (Information DEFinition) notation as shown in Figure 7, it is represented by the input data (I), the corresponding application (C) that executes the business rule, the output data (O), the performer (M) It can be explained.

Input data is input data to perform a process, and is divided into data input by a system and data input by a user.

The application control is a program that analyzes the input data as a business rule applied when the process is performed, classifies and outputs the information stored in the database 42 according to a predetermined rule, or controls to update the data. .

Mechanism is a performer that provides user input data to a process and checks output data, and means an operator of a client who registers a pet or a commerce site that subscribes to a pet portal service site.

Then, some of the processes executed in the present invention will be described by using, for example, Information DEFinition (IDEF) notation.

First, when the client selects the hospital menu as an example of the submenus connected to the proximity information service menu, the controller 44 executes the hospital proximity information service process, and the input data I corresponds to the logged in ID. Location information and hospital data for the pet-specific identifier information that is being used, the application (C) of the pet-related commerce sites stored in the database 42 for the animal hospital in the area included in the location information It is a program that searches and displays the commerce site and location information of these animal hospitals in graphic form, or outputs it in the form of text. The output data (O) is the unique identifier information included in the input data and the location included in the location information Information related to the cattle hospital, the attendant (M) is a client that registered the unique identifier information of the pet do.

In this manner, a process of submenus such as feeds and accessories connected to the proximity information service menu is executed.

Secondly, when the client selects the current location menu of my pet among the submenus connected to the location information providing menu, the controller 44 executes the location information providing process, and the input data I is the logged-in ID. Pet unique identifier information corresponding to the location information and the location information thereon, the application (C) retrieves the location information of the unique identifier information stored in the database 42 to process the graphic in the form of a map or text (text) The output data (O) is a graphic data of the current position of the pet of the unique identifier information included in the input data or the text data for the region name, and the attendant (M) is the pet. It becomes the client which registered the unique identifier information of.

When the client selects a regional pet registration status menu from among submenus connected to the location information providing menu, the controller 44 executes a location information providing process, and the input data I corresponds to the local data and the pet. Data about the type, and the application C corresponds to information related to a pet having unique identifier information which has been approved for disclosure among information about the pet stored in the database 42 and the pet portal server. It is determined whether the computer 11 corresponds to an approved site subscription company, and if so, only information about the selected pets in the region is extracted, and statistics are generated for each region to form a graphic or text form. The output data (O) is based on the distribution of pets in the area included in the input data. Is a graphical or textual data, and the attendant M becomes the operator of a pet-related commerce site that bears a certain database usage cost.

Third, when the client selects one of the submenus connected to the pet history management menu, the controller 44 executes a history management process, in which the input data I is unique to the pet corresponding to the logged-in ID. The application program C is a program for searching and outputting information on various histories of the unique identifier information stored in the database 42 as a search program, and the output data O is included in the input data. It is history data related to the currently selected item of the pet having the unique identifier information, and the performer M becomes a client that registers the unique identifier information of the pet.

That is, when the client selects the disease treatment submenu connected to the pet history management menu, the controller 44 controls the pet having the unique identifier information registered by the client connected from the database 42 until now. A process of extracting data on detailed history details related to disease treatment, such as disease contents, treatment history, treated animal hospital information, and treatment date, is performed and transmitted to the client computer 12.

By the process of the above method, the client can be provided with historical information on the date of birth, genealogy, growth status, etc. of the pet registered in the pet history management menu. That is, history information can be provided with information input by the client and updated information by companies such as hospitals subscribed to the site.

In addition, the client computer 12 or the site subscription company computers 1 and N 14 and 15 may update the real-time information related to the pet. The unique identifier information and the unique identifier information may be updated through the network 10. The history information to be added related to the pet having it is received and the pet portal server computer 11 updates the new history by executing the update process.

For example, when a disease occurs in a pet having registered unique identifier information and is treated at a livestock hospital, after the pet of the treated animal hospital is connected to the pet portal server computer 11, the pet If the history update menu is selected from the history management menu, the unique identifier information and the treated contents are filled in the corresponding columns, and are newly stored in the database 452 by the update process.

As such, the pet portal after a client or site subscription operator is programmed to update the history of a registered pet directly while connected to the network, or after receiving information on the added history via e-mail. There is a way for the server computer to update its history. In addition, the information on the site subscription company can be provided to the desired member in the form of e-mail.

In this way, the location information of the pet is provided to the subscriber in real time, the detailed location information of the relevant company is provided to the pet at the current location of the pet, and the systematic management of various records of the registered pet is systematically performed. I can do it.

As described above, according to the present invention, the server computer providing the pet portal service provides real-time location information of the registered pet, and provides business information related to the pet centered around the area where the pet is located. In addition, by providing various history management for pets, firstly, the location of the pet can be prevented by providing location information, and secondly, the actual service centering on the area where the pet is located. It is effective to receive a variety of information about the location information and service items for pet related companies, and thirdly, the location information and history information of pets to the commerce site that provides services related to pets The effect of improving the quality of services that can be provided and provided. By managing various histories for pets, it is effective to raise pets efficiently.

In terms of revenue generation, in order to receive the information while operating the pet portal service site, the position identification terminal must be purchased and unique identifier information must be obtained, thereby increasing the sales revenue of the positioning terminal. In addition, since the information of the established database can be sold, the profit for this is generated.

Claims (15)

In the pet portal service system on the network, Positioning terminal attached to the pet for transmitting a signal containing the unique identifier information; A location information providing server computer for tracking a signal transmitted from the location determination terminal to determine a current location and then providing the location information identified in response to a location information request; And Stores pet portal service information including a commerce site and location information related to a pet, receives location information of a location detecting terminal having unique identifier information of a client connected thereto, and requests the location information providing server computer to receive the location information; And a pet portal server computer for outputting the input data by executing a predetermined process by applying the unique identifier and the location information. The pet portal service system according to claim 1, wherein the unique identifier information is a unique code number given when the location terminal is purchased. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the pet portal server computer A database for storing information related to a history of a pet having the unique identifier information, information on a pet-related commerce site classified by region, and content information related to various pets; A web / mail server for converting the data retrieved and read from the database into a document standard commonly used in the network according to a control command, and for converting the data to send the mail to a designated address; And And a controller configured to apply the unique identifier and the location information to the data input from the network to start an application program related to the corresponding menu, to execute processes, and to generate a control command to collectively control the system. Pet portal service system using animal location information. 4. The pet portal server computer of claim 3, wherein the pet portal server computer Pet location information further comprises a firewall server composed of hardware and software for protecting information assets inside the pet portal server computer when exchanging information using the network, and blocking harmful information from the outside. Pet portal service system using. The method of claim 1, wherein the process comprises a control process of outputting location information of the unique identifier in a predetermined method when the client selects a menu for identifying the current location of the pet from a home page menu. Pet portal service system using a pet location information characterized in that. The pet portal service system according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined expression method expresses the location information in a graphic form. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the process further comprises: when the client selects one of the submenus connected to the proximity information service menu from the home page menu, the process applies to the location information of the unique identifier among the commerce sites that provide the service related to the selected submenu. Pet portal service system using the pet location information, characterized in that it comprises a control process for searching and output only the commerce site information of the adjacent area. The method of claim 1, wherein the process comprises a control process of updating the previously stored history information when information regarding a new history of the unique identifier is input through a network. Pet Portal Service System. A method of operating a pet information service business using a pet portal server computer in a network, (a) acquiring unique identifier information by purchasing a positioning terminal; (b) When the user computer is connected to the pet portal server computer and logged in using a menu of home page information, the location information providing server computer receives the location information of the location detecting terminal having the unique identifier information of the logged in member. Requesting and receiving; (c) running the application program related to the menu by executing the menu selected from the home page information by applying the unique identifier information and the location information received in the step (b); And and (d) outputting the process execution result. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the home page information includes a member registration and login menu, and provides a proximity information service menu for providing information of relevant commerce sites to pets classified by region, and providing location information of registered pets. Location information providing menu, the pet portal service method using the pet location information, characterized in that the pet history management menu for managing the history of the pet. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the process includes a control process of outputting the location information of the unique identifier in a predetermined method when the client selects a menu for identifying the current location of the pet from the home page information. Pet portal service method using a pet location information, characterized in that. The pet portal service method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined expression method expresses the location information in a graphic form. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein when the client selects one of the submenus connected to the proximity information service menu from among the home page information, the process is performed based on the location information of the unique identifier among commerce sites that provide a service related to the selected submenu. The pet portal service method using the pet location information, characterized in that it comprises a control process for retrieving and outputting only the commerce site information of the adjacent area. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the process comprises a control process for updating the previously stored history information when information on a new history of the unique identifier is input through a network. How to service pet portals. 10. The pet portal service system of claim 9, wherein the unique identifier information is a unique code number assigned when the location terminal is purchased.