KR20020006357A - Method and system of information service by zones - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A service method and a system for providing information according to a spot are provided to allow a user to receive useful information at a suitable location and time by providing all sorts of information corresponding to a zone where a user terminal enters. CONSTITUTION: A terminal of an information provider or a wire/wireless telephone(10) are connected with a server(13) through a communication network or a mobile communication network(15). A contents database(13a) is connected with the server(13). The server(13) is connected with local base stations(19a,19c) and user terminals(19b,19d) through a wire network or a wireless mobile communication network(17,18). The server creates the contents database(13a) according to service zones(11,12) based on contents inputted thereto. The server transmits and receives each contents information related to plural service zones based on the database through the wire network or the wireless mobile communication network(17,18). The local base stations(19a,19c) are installed on each of the service zones(11,12) and communicate with the server and the user terminal. In case of entering the service zones(11.12), the user terminals(19b,19d) receive contents related to a corresponding one of the service zones(11,12). The user terminals(19b,19d) include a receiving unit for receiving additional service information related to the received contents.

Description

Method and system of information service by zones

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing information by zone, and more particularly, to a service method and system for providing necessary and useful information in a zone.

The development of communication technology has made it possible to obtain necessary information more easily and conveniently, and the value of information is going beyond the value of existing goods. Unlike the existing goods, this information is characterized by a large difference in value over time and space. Therefore, there is a great need to develop a method of providing information at a suitable place and time or a device capable of realizing it.

Currently, mobile communication provides text information services as well as simple voice information. However, these services are performed regardless of the subscriber's location. The importance of proper time and space has not been fully considered in the value of information discussed above, and as such, it cannot provide services that meet the needs of subscribers.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to implement a method and system for providing information on the area in which the user terminal is located.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to implement a user terminal that can be provided with information about the area in which it is located.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to implement a local base station providing a regional information service.

1 illustrates an embodiment of a zone-specific information providing service system.

2A illustrates an embodiment of a zone-specific information provision service method.

2B illustrates an embodiment of receiving content associated with each service zone from an information provider.

3A illustrates an example of a terminal display unit on which information providing service is performed in a residential area.

3B illustrates an example of a terminal display unit on which information providing service is performed in a university campus area.

3C illustrates an example of a terminal display unit on which information providing service is performed in a church area.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of performing an information service for each zone through a communication network, including: (a) dividing an entire area to provide information service for each zone into a plurality of service zones; (b) the server registering content related to each service zone from an information provider; (c) confirming whether the user terminal has entered an area of a specific service zone; And (d) providing content related to the specific service zone to the user terminal.

The zone-specific information service system for performing a service by dividing an entire area to provide zone-specific information service according to the present invention for solving the above technical problem into a plurality of service zones is provided in at least one information provider in a specific service zone. A server for receiving the content to be converted into a database for each service zone and transmitting respective content information related to the plurality of service zones; And installed in each service zone to communicate with a server and a user terminal, receive content information related to the service zone from the server, and transmit the content information to a user terminal that has been confirmed to have entered the service zone. And at least one zone base station for displaying the content information on a terminal.

In order to solve the other technical problem, a communication terminal capable of receiving an information service for each service zone by dividing an entire area in which an information service for each zone is provided into a plurality of service zones is located in a specific base station. Receiving unit for receiving the content associated with the service zone to inform the terminal that the terminal has entered a specific service zone from and receiving the additional service information related to the received content; A notification display unit for notifying the user of the received content and the additional service information by a predetermined method; And a transmitter for requesting an additional service related to the content received by the local base station.

The zone base station located in each service zone performing a service by dividing the entire area to provide the zone-specific information service according to the present invention for solving the another technical problem is a terminal entering the service zone. A database for storing contents related to the service zone to be provided to and additional service information related to the contents; A transmitting unit for transmitting the content to the user terminal indicating that the user terminal has entered the service zone when the user terminal enters the service zone; And an additional service unit configured to perform an additional service by receiving an additional service related to the content from a user terminal receiving the content.

In the terminology used in the present invention, a zone and a service zone equally represent a physical space that provides a specific service, such as a specific area or a specific building, but a zone refers to such a physical space itself, and a service zone means that a specific service is provided in the space. It means the physical space on the side.

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

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating an embodiment of a zone-specific information service system. The zone-based information service system that divides an area to provide zone-specific information service into a plurality of service zones 11 and 12 and performs a service may include information. The provider terminal or the wired / wireless telephone 10 is connected to the server 13 through a communication network such as a wired or wireless internet network, a PSTN or a mobile communication network 14, the content database 13a is connected to the server 13, and the server is It may be configured to be connected to the area base stations 19a and 19c and the user terminals 19b and 19d through wired / wireless internet communication, wired network or wireless mobile communication network (17, 18).

This division may mean dividing an area precisely. This is the case, for example, by installing zone base stations 19a and 19c in each distinction in Seoul to perform information service for each zone. In addition, it is possible to divide not limited to dividing correctly. For example, in an area such as a department store, a service park (11, 12), an amusement park, a mapo district, a church, and the like, an area that is intended to provide a specific service. This is the case when the regional base stations 19a and 19c which provide specific services or may be mediators of the services are installed to perform services.

In the case of setting the map area as a service zone, the server 13 may include at least one information provider terminal among various information providers in Mapo, such as grand mart, riverside Hanshin apartment, Samsung sauna, Woosung video, each office, mother meal, Mapo travel agency, etc. 10, the content to be provided in the specific service zone is input (15, 16). The method of inputting or receiving may be performed by various methods, such as using a wired telephone (15a), a mobile telephone (15b), or using the Internet.

The server generates a content database 13a for each service zone 11 or 12 based on the received content. The content of such content is preferably information corresponding to each characteristic depending on the area corresponding to each service zone, that is, whether it is in Mapo-gu, sports stadium, or university campus. It is obvious that this may vary depending on the request of the information provider. The server may transmit / receive (17, 18) each piece of content information related to a plurality of service zones using a wired network or a wireless mobile communication network based on the provided content database.

Zone base stations 19a and 19c are installed in respective service zones 11 and 12 to communicate with servers and user terminals. It is preferable to receive and store content information related to the service zone from the server and to have a content database related to the service zone. In addition, the server may transmit a signal from the server to the user terminal without building a content database.

The zone base stations 19a and 19c can transmit to the user terminals 19b and 19d entering the service zone confirmation information indicating the fact that they have entered the service zone and content information related to the service zone. The above acknowledgment means that the base station recognizes that the terminal has entered the specific service zone or the base station authenticates that the terminal has entered the specific service zone.

When the user terminals 19b and 19d are located within a range in which the zone base stations 19a and 19c transmit information, indications such as Z1 and Z2 are displayed on the user terminals 19b and 19d or notified by voice information. This can be done in a variety of ways.

The zone base stations 19a and 19c may further provide additional services for the content selected by the user among the contents displayed on the user terminal. This additional service will be described later in detail.

When the communication terminals 19b and 19d which are the present invention and are to be provided with the service of the present invention enter the specific service zones 11 and 12, the terminals 19b and 19d receive specific services from the corresponding base stations 19a and 19c. And a receiving unit for receiving content related to the corresponding service zone indicating that the zones 11 and 12 have been entered and receiving additional service information related to the received content.

The receiving unit sends the received content and the additional service information to the notification display unit to inform the user in a predetermined method. The notification method is as described above. The content of the content will be described later in detail. In addition, the communication terminals 19b and 19d preferably include a transmitting unit for requesting an additional service related to the content received from the corresponding area base station.

The zone base stations 19a, 19c located in each service zone 11, 12 that perform the service of the present invention and are related to the content and the content related to the service zone to be provided to the terminal entering the service zone. It is configured to send and receive information (17, 18) by wire or wirelessly from a server connected with a database storing additional service information.

The transmitting unit transmits to the user terminals 19b and 19d the content indicating that the user terminals 19b and 19d have entered the service zone, and the additional service unit provides the additional service related to the content from the user terminal that has received the content. It is desirable to perform additional services upon request.

FIG. 2A illustrates an embodiment of a zone-specific information provision service method, and FIG. 2B illustrates an embodiment of registering content related to each service zone from an information provider, which is more specific of step 21 of FIG. 2A. Show the process.

As a method of performing a regional information service through a communication network, first, an entire area for providing a regional information service is divided into a plurality of service zones (steps 11, 12, and 20). This division is as described above.

The server 13 receives the contents related to each service zone 11 and 12 from the information provider terminal 10 (step 21). The 21st step may be subdivided into the following steps (step 21a, step 21b, step 21c). The information provider transmits to the server 13 the contents 15 and 16 including the content of information, detailed information related thereto, and a service zone selected to provide the information (step 21a). For example, if a certain area is Mapo-gu, Smart in Mapo-gu will conduct a special summer fruit sale until 17:00 today, and Mapo Travel Agency will distribute free Caribbean Bay vouchers to 200 people on a first-come, first-served basis. Refers to receiving various content from the person who wants to provide. In this case, a service zone called Mapo-gu is selected. The receiving method may be performed by various methods such as using a telephone or the Internet.

The server 13 stores the content in the content database 13a for each service zone 11 and 12 (21b). Since the service to be provided by the present invention is to provide content for a specific zone, it is preferable to construct a content database for each service zone corresponding to the zone. The server 13 sets display order for a plurality of contents stored in each content database 13a (21c).

The server transmits the registered content for each zone to the base station for each zone (22). Since this is a preferred embodiment, it is possible to provide zone-specific content directly from the server. It is checked whether the user terminals 19b and 19d enter the area of the specific service zone (23). This confirmation process is as described above.

The user terminal 19b or 19d provides the content related to the specific service zone stored in the content database (24). This provision is preferably performed by the server through the zone base stations 19a and 19c. If the user's terminal (19b, 19d) is informed that 200 first-come-first-served tickets for the Caribbean Bay will be distributed free of charge to the first-come, first-served person, then the user would like to call Mapo Travel Agency. If you press it, you can make a call to Mapo Travel Agency. In addition, if the dominant video is provided with information about renting a synpro for 500 won, when the user presses the setting number of the dominant video, he / she is directly connected to the dominant video web page to receive information on the type of synpro that the dominant video has. Can be.

It is apparent that the present invention can further provide an additional service for the content selected by the user among the contents displayed in this manner, and the method of the additional service can be performed in more various ways depending on the type of the provided content.

3A illustrates an example of a terminal display unit in which an information providing service is performed in a residential area, and a Z1 mark on the upper right is a sign indicating that the service zone 1 has been entered. As described above, voice information is also available as a notification method. When a certain area is set as one service zone, such as Mapo-gu, content about information such as living information, general advertisements, neighborhood news, and job / job listings is preferable.

01: 30% off ice cream at Grand Mart

02: Supplied KRW 150 million to 25 pyeong from the riverside Hanshin apartment

03: Samsung Sauna open 24 hours

04: Doosan Video Synphdo 500 won

05: Summer defense at the local offices today

06: Mom Fraud 3333-1234

07: First 200 Caribbean Bay discount tickets first-come-first-served at Mapo Travel Agency

As this information is more diverse, and as we have seen earlier, pressing a setup number can provide additional services tailored to the characteristics of each piece of information, such as links to related web pages, calls to related locations, or more detailed information. Services may be provided.

3B illustrates an example of a terminal display unit on which information providing service is performed in a university campus area, and it can be seen that necessary and beneficial information may be provided for students' lives such as school news and education guide. Considering a case other than the information shown in Fig. 3b,

07: Apply for swimming class for swimming club. Up to 7/20

08: TOEFL classes are 7 / 10-8 / 31, 80,000 won

09: Apply for the International Language Institute at the homepage of the school

10: The Speed of Thought of Bill Gates as a Recommended Book

Various information services such as and the like are possible, and this also provides additional services as described above, so that more efficient information provision can be performed.

3C illustrates an example of a terminal display unit on which information providing service is performed in a church area, and provides a church news light 30c and a real-time sermon text service 31c for the hearing impaired.

The example of the terminal display unit on which the information providing service described above is performed may also be implemented in a menu tree method. For example, in FIG. 3C

01: Worship Time

011: Part 1 Worship 9:00 AM

012: Worship Part 2 11:00 AM

013: Part 3 Worship 1:00 pm

014: Youth Praise Worship 3:00 pm

015: Goddess Devotees Worship 5:00 PM

016: Evening Worship Evening 7:00

02: meeting

021: Monthly meeting of South Jeolla 9:00 am First Prayer Room

022: Monthly meeting of Ecclesiastes, 11:00 am Pastor's office

023: Young Praise Evangelism Team 1:00 PM Hallelujah Meeting Room

This can also be implemented. That is, if the information is provided in a tree form in major, medium, and small categories, the user can more conveniently search for the information.

In addition, if the service zone is an athletic stadium, it can provide information on athletes, stadium news, and other stadium news.If the service zone is a company premises, it can provide in-house notice boards, executive status, seminar schedules, etc. If the exchange is a service zone, it may provide information useful for trading securities, such as market information.

If the service zone is a highway, it can provide information on nearby repair shops, nearby attractions, and rest rooms.In the case of a national park, the service zone can provide information on attractions, hiking trails, time required, weather, etc. When parks and resorts are service zones, it is possible to provide useful information such as various information such as finding missing children and public relations services. It is apparent that the contents of the information provision and the additional services may be variously provided according to the characteristics of the service zone.

When the present invention is applied to an existing mobile communication system and a terminal, the service of the present invention can be provided simultaneously with the service of the base station of the existing mobile communication network.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, hard disk, floppy disk, flash memory, optical data storage device, and also carrier waves (for example, transmission over the Internet). It also includes the implementation in the form of. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

According to the present invention, when a user terminal enters a service zone in which a zone base station provides an information service through a method and a system for providing information on a zone in which a user terminal is located, the user terminal provides various information related to the corresponding service zone to the user. In this way, the necessary and useful information can be provided in various and appropriate places and times, and the information provider can serve more customers and perform more effective information dissemination. can do.

Claims (11)

In the method for performing information service by zone through a communication network, (a) dividing an entire area to provide information service for each zone into a plurality of service zones; (b) the server registering content related to each service zone from an information provider; (c) confirming whether the user terminal has entered an area of a specific service zone; And and (d) providing contents related to the specific service zone to the user terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein each service zone is provided with a base station capable of communicating with the server and the user terminal, and after step (b) (b1) transmitting the content of each zone registered in the server to each zone base station, wherein steps (c) and (d) are performed through the zone base stations. How Zones Provide Information. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) (b1) transmitting, to the server, the content provider comprising content including information content, detailed information related thereto, and a service zone selected to provide the information; (b2) the server storing the contents in a content database for each service zone; And (b3) The server comprises the step of setting the display order for a plurality of contents stored in each of the content database, the information providing service method for each zone using a communication network. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an additional service for content selected by the user among contents displayed on the user terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein the providing of the additional service comprises connecting the user terminal to a web page related to the selected content. The method of claim 4, wherein the providing of the additional service comprises connecting the user terminal to a telephone number associated with the selected content. In an information service system for each zone, which divides the entire area to provide information service for each zone into a plurality of service zones and performs a service. A server configured to receive content to be provided in a specific service zone from at least one information provider, to database the content for each service zone, and to transmit respective content information related to the plurality of service zones; And A user terminal installed in each service zone to communicate with a server and a user terminal, receiving content information related to the service zone from the server, and transmitting the content information to a user terminal that has been confirmed to have entered the service zone. And at least one zone base station configured to display the content information on the at least one zone base station. 8. The zone information service system according to claim 7, wherein the zone base station further provides an additional service for the content selected by the user among the contents displayed on the user terminal. A communication terminal capable of receiving an information service for each service zone by dividing an entire area where an information service for each zone is provided into a plurality of service zones, A receiving unit receiving content related to the service zone informing that the terminal has entered a specific service zone from a zone base station located in a specific service zone and receiving additional service information related to the received content; A notification display unit for notifying the user of the received content and the additional service information by a predetermined method; And And a transmitter for requesting an additional service related to the content received by the local base station. In a zone base station located in each service zone performing a service by dividing an entire area to provide zone-specific information services into a plurality of service zones, A database storing content related to the service zone to be provided to a terminal entering the service zone and additional service information related to the content; A transmitting unit for transmitting the content to the user terminal indicating that the user terminal has entered the service zone when the user terminal enters the service zone; And And an additional service unit configured to perform an additional service by receiving an additional service related to the content from a user terminal receiving the content. In the method for performing information service by zone through a communication network, (a) dividing an entire area to provide information service for each zone into a plurality of service zones; (b) the server registering content related to each service zone from an information provider; (c) confirming whether the user terminal has entered an area of a specific service zone; And (d) a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of providing information on a zone using a communication network using a communication network, the method comprising providing contents related to the specific service zone to the user terminal.