KR20020014897A - Contents service method and system by location of mobile communication terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for supplying an information service using location information of a mobile communication terminal is provided to track a user location of the mobile communication terminal to supply an information-on-demand service to the user, so that an advertiser can obtain a higher advertising efficiency and the user can receive useful information on the location. CONSTITUTION: A member managing server receives a member's interest list and an information transmission method from the member's mobile communication terminal(100). The member managing server supplies a previously-applied interest list to the terminal(110). The member managing server receives correction information, confirmation information or information transmission method about the interest list from the terminal(120). The member managing server transmits member information including the interest list, the information transmission method, and terminal registration information to an additional service device(150). The additional service device generates an information-on-demand service according to location information and the interest list, and transmits the information-on-demand service to the terminal according to the information transmission method.

Description

Information service method and system using location information of mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an information service using location information of a mobile communication terminal.

The information service provided to the mobile communication terminal may be a useful means for the advertiser and the user of the mobile communication terminal. However, information services provided to mobile communication terminals have been unilateral services by advertisers. In other words, the user's interest, in particular, the service available for the information available in the location where the user is not at all.

For example, if you look at the traditional information service performed by GoldTel (www.goldtel.co.kr) or GoldOK (www.goldok.co.kr), when a user subscribes to an advertising service on a website, an advertisement is received. The city provided information service to advertising service members through text messages and voice messages on mobile phones. Such a technology considers only the advertiser side as a service that temporarily provides an advertisement only when the advertiser requests an advertisement, and has a problem of low advertisement effect.

An object of the present invention is to implement a method and system for providing information useful to a user of a mobile communication terminal using location information of the mobile communication terminal.

1 is a flowchart illustrating an information service using location information of a mobile communication terminal.

2 illustrates a process of using a content service provided to a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates an embodiment of an information service providing system using location information of a mobile communication terminal.

4 illustrates an example of representation of a region of interest list database for each member and an information list database for each region.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an information service providing method using location information of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a server comprising a member management server, an additional service device, and a base station. Receiving a list of interests of the member and a method of transmitting information from the member; (a1) providing a list of interests previously requested by the member management server to the terminal: (a2) receiving modification or confirmation information on the provided interest list and information transmission method information from the terminal; (a3) a member management server transmitting member information including the member interest field list, the information transmission method, and the terminal registration information to an additional service device; (b1) the additional service device making a location request for the terminal to a base station; (b2) the base station checking the location of the terminal and transmitting the location information to the additional service device; (c) the additional service apparatus transmits the location information and the customized information according to the information service to the terminal according to the information transmission method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing an information service using location information of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: (a) registering a member mobile communication terminal, a field of interest list, and an information transmission method from a member; (b) identifying a location of a terminal in which the server is registered; (c) a server retrieving a list of registered interests of the member relating to the location of the terminal; And (d) sending, by the server, the personalized information according to the search result to the terminal through the information transmission method.

The information service providing system using the location information of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention for solving the technical problem, provides a list of areas of interest previously applied to the terminal receiving the information service from the member mobile communication terminal, A terminal controller configured to receive correction or confirmation information and information transmission method information about the provided list of interests; A terminal location determining unit for identifying a location of the terminal with reference to the member information including the information transmitting method information and the registration information about the terminal; And an information providing unit for transmitting the personalized information according to the location of the terminal and the list of interests of the member to the terminal.

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

1 is a flowchart illustrating an information service using location information of a mobile communication terminal, and FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of an information service providing system using location information of a mobile communication terminal, wherein the server is a member management server. And an additional service device 321 and a base station 322.

In the case of FIG. 3, the additional service device 321 and the base station 322 are named as mobile communication servers, and are illustrated as being separated from the member management server 310, but this is equivalent to one embodiment. The system to implement the can be implemented in a variety of ways. For example, although the present invention may be implemented in one specific server, the function of the member management server 310 and the function of the additional service device 321 are described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. It will be described based on the illustrated embodiment.

The member management server 310 receives a member's interest field list and information transmission method from the member mobile communication terminal 300 (step 100). The reception of this step may be performed by a member transmitting a voice or text message through the mobile communication terminal and receiving the member management server 310. In addition, step 100 may be understood as a process in which a user of a mobile communication terminal registers with a server. That is, during the member registration process, a list of interested areas and a method of transmitting information are received. In addition, the member's personal information and terminal phone number or unique number may be required during the member registration process.

The list of member interest areas received in step 100 is related to the core content of the service to be provided by the present invention. It lists various contents such as restaurant information, traffic information, sale information, weather information, etc. so that members can select the areas of interest, and suggests various information transmission methods such as voice messages or text messages. Step 100 may be performed using a member mobile communication terminal screen or a voice message transmission method so that a transmission method may be selected.

The member management server 310 provides a list of areas of interest previously applied to the terminal 300 (step 110). For members who are already registered, the list of areas of interest that have been applied has been listed to increase the efficiency of information use. 2 will be described together for better understanding.

2 illustrates an example of a process of using a content service provided to a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In other words, 200, 210, and 220 are examples in which a content service provided to a mobile communication terminal is displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal. It can also be seen as an example of step 110, as a list of interests of Hong Gil-dong's existing application areas, restaurants, bowling alleys, cinemas, traffic information, weather information, sale information, etc. are provided on the screen of the mobile terminal of the member (200).

Click on the part that says CLICK! And the screen changes to 210. Clicking on the message section provides subsequent information in a voice message. The add button at the bottom is available if the member wishes to register a new list of interests. Since the registration of the new area of interest list can be implemented in various ways in the current mobile communication information service, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The member selects a restaurant and changes to 210 screens. This may be composed of various subdivisions such as Korean food, Western food, and Japanese food as primary information on restaurant information. Similarly, the additional button at the bottom can be used when luck is to register a new subdivision. Next, step 120 of FIG. 1 will be described.

The member management server 310 receives correction or confirmation information and information transmission method information about the provided interest field list from the terminal 300 (step 120). This process is the process of changing from 200 screens to 210 screens in Figure 2 or the process of modifying the existing interest list by clicking the Add button on the 200 and 210 screens! Or it can be understood through the process of clicking the desired portion of the message portion.

The process of changing from screen 210 to screen 220 of FIG. 2 may correspond to the process of steps 130 through 160 of FIG. 1. In operation, the member management server 310 transmits the member information including the member interest field list, the information transmission method, and the terminal registration information to the additional service device 130, and the additional service device 321 transmits the terminal (322) to the base station 322. Request for location check 324 (140). The base station 322 may use a base station for the current mobile communication service that is responsible for transmitting and receiving radio waves in one cell area.

In the base station 322 to determine the location of the terminal 324, the base station continuously detects the location of the terminal and stores the location information in the location register, if necessary to provide information or when a request for location determination is received It is possible to check and provide the location. And the detailed description of the method for tracking or confirming the location of the mobile communication terminal corresponds to a technique known to those skilled in the art of the current mobile communication technology.

Step 140 is an important step with respect to the features of the present invention. That is, according to the present invention, by identifying the location of the member terminal 324, it is possible to provide the terminal user with business information and other useful information located at a short distance around the location.

The base station 322 checks the location of the terminal 324 and transmits the location information to the additional service device 321 (step 150). The additional service device 321 may generate personalized information according to the location information and the list of interests requested by the member, and transmit the personalized information to the terminal 324 according to the information transmission method selected by the member (step 160). Step 160 may be performed through the member management server 310.

4 illustrates an example of representation of a region of interest list database for each member and an information list database for each region. The interest field list database 400 for each member may be constructed by assigning a unique number to each member and storing interests using the information applied in step 100 of FIG. 1. Although the region information list database 410 is not included in the step of FIG. 1, it may be built in advance in the member management server 310 or the additional service device 321. This information can be categorized into distinctions as shown, or regions can be classified in a variety of ways depending on other needs.

Referring to the present invention in a more specific situation, when the member having a member number 003678 is located in Gangdong-gu, when the Korean menu is clicked on the screen 210 of FIG. 2, the database of FIG. Information linked to the reference number 208 according to 400 and 410 may be transmitted to the member terminal and displayed on the 220 screen. For example, if you clicked the button corresponding to Details!

Welcome to the dungeon !! (588-8285 !!)

Today's service: If you've eaten more than 20,000 won, North Nation's Ogyukan cold noodles are ready !!!

Main menu: 200g fresh green sirloin 6000 tea bag 8000 .........

Access: By subway ....

By bus ......

Based on the court ...

Based on the shift ...

Business information or necessary information can be provided by various methods such as the above information. The invention described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 is a preferred embodiment and will be briefly described below with reference to other embodiments in order to help the understanding of the present invention.

Through the present invention, a method of using an information service by a service user, that is, a member, can be divided into two types. First, there is a usage method in which a service user accesses the member management server 310 through a mobile phone or a PDA (accessible via a mobile Internet or a telephone) and receives information in real time after registering a member.

As a second method, there is a usage method in which a service user receives information by accessing the member management server 310 (by telephone or wireless Internet) when the information is required. The information herein refers to traffic information, sale information, weather information, and business information as described above.

In terms of PDAs, PDAs are generic terms for palm-sized devices that have calculations, information storage and retrieval functions for personal or business purposes, and are often used to maintain schedule calendars and address book information. Similarly, the term 'pocket computer' is used, and many people just use the name of a famous PDA product as a generic name for a PDA. Examples include HP's Palmtop or 3Com's PalmPilot.

Most PDAs have a small keyboard, but some PDAs have electronic pads that accept handwritten text. Typical uses for PDAs include storing and retrieving schedules, address books, and memo entries. However, many PDA applications have been developed. PDAs are increasingly being combined with telephone or pager systems. Some PDAs come with a Microsoft operating system called Windows CE or a variant of it, and others use their own operating system.

First, the first use method, the service user is connected to the member management server 310 using a mobile phone or PDA (mobile Internet, can be accessed by phone) to join as a member, select the desired information and information transmission method member management server ( 310 sends user information, user selection information, and information transmission method to additional service device 321 of the mobile communication server.

The base station 322 determines the location of the service user in real time and sends the subscriber information and the location information to the additional service device 321 through the exchange. The additional service device 321 checks the information transmission method and checks the information transmission method if there is information suitable for the location of the service user, and then calls the service user to transmit the information by voice or the information by text message.

Secondly, when the service user requests a switch to access the member management server 310 by wireless Internet or a telephone using a personal mobile communication device such as a mobile phone or a PDA, the exchange may change the location of the service user through the base station 322. After grasping the location of the user to the member management server 310 and connects the communication with the service user.

The member management server 310 stores the location of the service user received from the exchange and transfers the service list according to the location from the service user by voice or text.

First, in more detail about the information service application procedure for using the method, when the service user accesses the server, the member management server 310 checks the accessor information such as the user's mobile phone number, Check if there is information service requested and print out the result. The service user selects a menu of registration or modification after checking the contents of the previously requested service.

In the case of selecting registration, the member management server 310 transmits the currently applied service contents to the service user by voice or text, and selects registration to deliver the entire service list. When the service user registers or modifies the contents of the service (123), the supplementary service apparatus 310 stores the registered and modified contents, and re-registers or delivers the entire service list to the service user by voice or text upon request of further modification by the user. If there is no request for modification, the request is sent to the service user for confirmation and correction.

When the service user selects the modification after viewing the list, the additional service apparatus 310 delivers the registered information, and when the service user selects the termination, the member management server 310 selects a method of transmitting the information on the application service. Ask the service user. When the service user selects a method of acquiring voice or text information, the member management server stores all the choices of the service user and sends the user information, the user's selection information, and the information transmission method information of the mobile communication company 321. Send to) The additional service device 321 stores the received information in a database.

In the above procedure, when the service user accesses the member management server 310 through the wireless Internet, the member management server 310 requests the output and selection of information as text and the service user accesses the member management server 310 by telephone. And the member management server 310 may make a voice request for the output selection of the information.

Looking at the method of providing information in the first use method in more detail, when the additional service device 321 requests the base station 322 to locate the service users, the base station 322 confirms the location and the exchange is a user Information (telephone number) and location information are sent to the additional service device 321.

The additional service device 321 searches for the user, checks the list of services registered by the user, searches whether there is information on the user's location according to the service list, terminates if there is no information, and extracts information from the database if there is information, and then services. Send information to the user by voice or text. The service user A may view or listen 209 the received information.

Secondly, if the service user calls the member management server 310 or requests the wireless internet access to the member management server URL from the exchange, the exchange checks the location of the service user through the base station 322 and the member. Sending the location information of the service user to the management server 310 and connects the communication with the service user.

The member management server 310 checks the location of the received information, searches for serviceable information at the corresponding location, and transmits a list of available services to the service user. The service user selects what is needed from the service list, and the member management server 310 transmits the corresponding information to the service user. The service user reads or listens to the received information, and views the service list or terminates communication according to the additional search.

The list of services in the above may correspond to the list of interests discussed above, the exchange may be viewed as that of the mobile communication system currently being serviced and may be included in the mobile communication server in the present invention. In addition, various types of terminals, such as general PCS or PDA, can be used as the mobile communication terminal.

The terminal control unit receives an information service from a member mobile communication terminal, provides a list of interests previously applied to the terminal, and receives a correction or confirmation information and information transmission method information about the provided interest field list. And a terminal location detecting unit for identifying the location of the terminal by referring to the member information including the information transmission method information and the registration information about the terminal, and corresponding to the base station, and the location of the terminal and the interest of the member. The information providing unit for transmitting the personalized information according to the field list to the terminal corresponds to the additional service device.

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, by tracking the location where the mobile communication terminal user is located and providing the customized customized information to the customer by using the location information, the advertiser is more likely to be attracted to the customer, thereby obtaining a high advertisement effect. For mobile terminal users, useful information such as weather information, traffic information, and cultural information at the location where they are located can be effectively provided.

Claims (8)

A method for providing an information service to a member mobile communication terminal by a server including a location tracking device of a mobile communication terminal, (a) the server receiving an information service from the member mobile communication terminal; (b) the server identifying the location of the terminal; And (c) a server transmitting the customized information according to the location of the terminal to the terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the information service of step (a) comprises receiving a list of interests of the member and a method of transmitting information, In the step (c), the server transmits the personalized information according to the location of the member and the list of interests to the terminal according to the information transmission method. The information service method of claim 2, wherein the information transmission method comprises transmitting as text information or voice information. The server of claim 1, wherein the server comprises a member management server and an additional service device. after step (a) (a1) the member management server providing a list of areas of interest previously applied to the terminal: (a2) receiving correction or confirmation information about the provided interest list and information transmission method information from the terminal; And (a3) a member management server further comprising transmitting member information including the member interest field list, the information transmission method, and the terminal registration information to an additional service device. The server of claim 1, wherein the server comprises a member management server, an additional service apparatus, and a base station. (b1) the additional service device making a location request for the terminal to a base station; And (b2) the base station checks the location of the terminal and transmits the location information to the additional service apparatus, step (c) And a supplementary service apparatus transmits the location information and the customized information according to the information service to the terminal according to the information transmission method. A method for providing an information service to a member mobile communication terminal by a server including a location tracking device of a mobile communication terminal, (a) registering a member mobile communication terminal with a list of interests and a method of transmitting information from a member; (b) identifying a location of a terminal in which the server is registered; (c) a server retrieving a list of registered interests of the member relating to the location of the terminal; And (d) a server transmitting the personalized information according to the search result to the terminal by the information transmission method. A terminal control unit which receives an information service from a member mobile communication terminal, provides a list of interests previously applied to the terminal, and receives correction or confirmation information and information transmission method information about the provided interest field list; A terminal location determining unit for identifying a location of the terminal with reference to the member information including the information transmitting method information and the registration information about the terminal; And an information providing unit for transmitting the personalized information according to the location of the terminal and the list of interests of the member to the terminal. (a) the server receiving an information service from the member mobile communication terminal; (b) the server tracking the location of the member mobile communication terminal to determine the location of the member; And (c) a server recording the program for executing the information service method using the location information on a computer, comprising the step of transmitting the personalized information according to the location of the member to the member mobile communication terminal. Recording media.