KR20020038651A - System and Method for finding target-related information using location code - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for retrieving destination association information using a position code are provided to quickly and easily obtain desired destination association information using the position code linked with geographic information contents provided through various wired and wireless media. CONSTITUTION: Destination association contents including a position code and destination association information are received from an operation server. A position code corresponding to a desired destination is inputted in a terminal client with reference to the provided contents, and the inputted position code is transmitted to the operation server. The operation server retrieves a position code database and extracts information associated with the desired destination. Extracted destination association information is transmitted to the terminal client.

Description

System and method for finding target-related information using location code}

The present invention relates to a system and a search method for a destination related information search using a location code. More particularly, the present invention relates to a location where a user can quickly and conveniently search for a destination related information to be searched by inputting a location code corresponding to the destination. A system and method for retrieving a destination related information using code.

In general, several methods are used to search for a desired destination in a car navigation system (CNS) or a GPS (Global Positioning System).

For example, after narrowing the search area in the form of city / province, ward / county, and dong / eup / myeon in the administrative sequential search method, the destination is finally searched in the header list of the destination. Alternatively, the categories are classified into public institutions, educational institutions, companies, medical institutions, etc. and administrative administrative search is performed, and then the destinations are searched by the heading list of the destination.

In addition, there may be a mutual search method or a number search method, and after searching each administrative building sequentially, input a header or a number of the destination to search for a destination.

However, according to this search method, since the average search requires a hierarchical search step of 4-8 times, when the CNS, GPS, or other wired or wireless terminal device is used, the size of the displayed screen is limited. Difficult to identify.

Moreover, it is inconvenient to obtain related information from these contents first and then search for it since it is not linked with publications such as newspapers or magazines, broadcast media, yellow pages, and other wired / wireless geographic information contents.

Accordingly, the present invention is provided to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to quickly and easily obtain desired destination-related information by using a location code associated with geographic information content provided through various wired and wireless media. To provide a destination related information retrieval system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a destination-related information retrieval system that can easily obtain destination-related information through a small display screen of a wired or wireless terminal device by reducing the number of search steps until the final search.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a search method applied to the above search system.

Other objects and features of the present invention will be more clearly understood through the embodiments described below.

1 shows a network configuration to which a search system according to the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram functionally showing a configuration of an operation server applied to the present invention.

3 is a diagram schematically showing a search method according to the present invention.

According to a first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an operation server having a wired / wireless terminal client and a location code database connected with a terminal client via a network and including a location code corresponding to respective destinations. Provides destination-related content including location codes generated from a database to the terminal client through on / offline, and the terminal client transmits the location code to the operation server with reference to the provided location-coded destination-related content to provide information related to the desired destination. A destination related information retrieval system using a received location code is provided.

According to a second embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a wired / wireless terminal client and an operation server having a location code database connected to the terminal client via a network and including a location code corresponding to respective destinations. Receiving destination-related content including a location code including related information of a subject destination; Inputting a location code corresponding to a desired destination to the terminal client by referring to the provided content and transmitting the location code to the operation server; Retrieving a location code database from an operation server and extracting information related to a desired destination; Provided is a method for retrieving destination-related information using a location code including transmitting the extracted destination-related information to a terminal client.

Preferably, destination-related content including the location code may be provided through any one of a publication, a broadcasting medium, a web, and a storage medium.

In addition, the location code may be one of a telephone number, a latitude and longitude coordinate value, a number requested by the user, or a code set by the service provider.

According to the present invention, the wired terminal client includes a computer system connected to the Internet, and the wireless terminal client includes any one of a mobile phone, a PDA having a communication module, a CNS, and a GPS.

According to a third embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle navigation terminal client having a storage medium, and an operation server having a location code database connected to the terminal client via a network and including location codes corresponding to respective destinations. Receiving destination-related content including a location code including location code and related information of a destination from an operation server and storing the destination-related content in a storage medium; Extracting information related to a desired destination from the storage medium by inputting a location code corresponding to the desired destination to the terminal client by referring to the provided content; Provided is a method for retrieving destination-related information using a location code, which includes displaying extracted extracted destination-related information on a terminal client.

In addition, if the desired destination related information cannot be extracted from the storage medium, the location code is transmitted to the operation server, the location code database is retrieved from the operation server to extract information related to the desired destination, and the extracted destination related information is transmitted to the terminal client. Can transmit Preferably, the storage medium may be a removable portable storage medium.

According to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, a geographical / location including a wired / wireless terminal client, a location code database connected to a terminal client via a network and including location codes corresponding to respective destinations, and geographical / location information related to the destinations. An operation server having an information database, the operation server comprising: a location code generation module for generating location codes by extracting reference information for location code generation from a geographic / location information database; A location code management module that stores and manages the location code generated by the location code generation module in a location code database in association with the destination code; Receives the location code inputted from the terminal client, converts it into a reference form, extracts the relevant destination from the location code database, and extracts geographic and location information or other related information related to the extracted destination from the geographic / location database according to the user's request. Providing search module; And it provides a destination-related information retrieval system using a location code that controls the function of each module, including a control module for storing or extracting data in the location code database and geographic / location information database.

Preferably, the mobile terminal may further include a content providing module for providing a user with content including a destination and information associated with the location code database and a geo / location database to the user through an on / off-line medium.

Preferably, the on / offline medium may be a publication including a newspaper, a magazine or a yellow page, a broadcast medium including a radio and a TV, or a web, and may include a compact disc, a USB memory, and a flash memory. It may be a storage medium.

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

1 shows a network configuration to which a search system according to the present invention is applied.

The terminal clients 100, 110, and 120 are wired and wireless, and the wired terminal client typically includes a computer system 120 connected to a network 250 such as the Internet.

The wireless terminal client includes a personal digital assistant (PDA) 100 having a mobile phone or a communication module, a car navigation system, and a global positioning system 110.

The mobile phone or PDA 100 is connected to the operation server 300 through the wireless base station 150, the CNS or GPS 110 to receive data from the carrier server 200 via the satellite 160 and the base station 150 Receive or send. The communication company server 200 is connected to the operation server 300 through the Internet (250).

The operation server 200 is a concept of all hardware and software managing the overall operation of the present invention, and may include a web server related to the Internet 250 and a wireless server and data server related to a wireless communication terminal. .

The operation server 300 is provided with a member information database, a location code database, and a geo / location information database, which will be described later.

The operation server 300 provides the content 340 in which the geographic information and the location code are linked directly or through another service provider to the user through a publication, the web, or a storage medium. In addition, the content may be provided to the user in real time through the broadcast medium 400.

2 is a block diagram functionally showing a configuration of an operation server applied to the present invention.

As described above, the operation server 300 includes a member information database 370, a location code database 372, and a geography / location information database 374. The member information database 370 stores related information such as IDs, passwords, addresses, names, trade names, accounts, and telephone numbers of registered members.

The location code database 372 stores the location code associated with the destination. Location code applied to the present invention can be configured by appropriately combining the phone number or latitude and longitude information of the destination, the number requested by the user, the code set by the service provider.

For example, in the case of using a phone number, first, a phone number related to a destination is extracted, and a combination of 'area code + station code + phone number' is converted into a 12-digit location code and stored.

When combining longitude and latitude, the longitude is set to 3 digits after the decimal point and the latitude is set to 4 digits after the decimal point.

For example, a user may request a number other than a telephone number for an advertisement of a company or a business that the user operates, and generate and use a location code corresponding to the service provider.

The geography / location information database 374 stores various geographic information and location information related to a destination. If necessary, the location code database 372 and the geo / location information database 374 can be integrated into one database without being used separately.

The member management module 320 registers and manages an individual or a group who wants to use the search system of the present invention as a member. The contents of membership management generally include the management of members on the Internet based on the general terms and conditions, and the details are omitted here.

The location code generation module 330 extracts information for location code generation from the geography / location information database 374 to generate a location code.

For example, if the telephone number of the destination A is '02 -837-4166 ', the telephone number information is extracted from the geography / location information database 374 to generate a 12-digit location code' 000208374166 '. Of course, in this case, for the convenience of the user possessing the terminal device, the phone number '028374166' may be input as it is in the input interface.

In addition, when the longitude of the destination A is' 127.055 'and the latitude is '37 .4909', '127055374909', which is a combination of these, is generated as the location code. For example, you can use a more convenient numbering system by providing a corresponding code.

The latitude and longitude can be used to know geographic information, location information or other related information about areas where phone numbers cannot be specified, such as migratory birds.

On the other hand, as described above, when the user requests a specific location code in more detail, for example, '1004' that represents the nature of the nursery rather than the telephone number of the nursery for advertising of the nursery run by his own If you want to use as a location code, ask the service provider and the service provider generates a predetermined rule, for example, a 12-digit location code and stores it with the destination related information. A user carrying a terminal device can obtain desired information by simply inputting the displayed location code '1004'.

The location code management module 340 stores and manages the location code generated by the location code generation module 320 in the location code database 372 in association with the destination, and updates and deletes the location code added afterwards. Perform.

The search module 350 receives the location code inputted from the terminal clients 100, 110, and 120, converts the location code into a reference form, extracts a related destination from the location code database 372, and relate to the extracted destination according to a user request. Geographic and location information or other related information is extracted from the geo / location database 374 to provide a function.

Optionally, the content providing module 360 refers to the location code database 372 and the geography / location database 374 to produce and provide a destination and related information in the form of an offline medium.

For example, it can be provided in a newspaper or magazine, a tour guide or a publication such as a yellow page. That is, in the case of introducing a famous restaurant through a magazine and providing the location code of this restaurant together, the user inputs the location information related to the restaurant, for example, by entering the search program activated on his terminal device. You can be provided with road and traffic information.

In addition, the present invention may be provided through a broadcasting medium such as a radio or a TV or the web. Furthermore, it may be provided through a storage medium such as a compact disc, a USB memory, a flash memory or the like by downloading through a file transfer.

The control module 310 controls the functions of the respective modules, and stores or extracts data in each of the databases 370, 372, and 374.

3 is a diagram schematically showing a search method according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the search method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

The location code generation module 330 of the operation server 300 extracts geographic information and location information or other related information related to respective destinations from the geography / location information database 374.

For example, if the telephone number of a Korean restaurant called 'Manchu' is '02 -333-4444 ', the location code generation module 330 generates a 12-digit location code' 000203334444 ', and the location code management module 340 ) Associates the generated location code with the name 'manchu' and stores it in the location code database 372. If there is no telephone number, a 12-digit location code based on the latitude and longitude coordinates is generated and stored.

Although a telephone number or a longitude coordinate value has been described as an example, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other items may be applied to items that can cover various destinations.

The content providing module 360 of the operation server 300 extracts and synthesizes relevant information from the location code database 372 and the geography / location information database 374 and distributes the content including the destination related information including the location code. do.

This content may be provided to the user through publications such as newspapers or magazines, tourist guides or yellow pages, or offline media such as removable portable storage devices, as described above.

Representatively, it may be provided through a storage medium such as a compact disk, a USB memory, or a flash memory to be read directly from the CNS or GPS.

Alternatively, the terminal client may directly download it through wired or wireless communication.

Preferably, the terminal client (100, 110, 120) possessed by the user is installed with a program for the search system of the present invention can be connected to the operating server 300 through this program, or through the general browser operating server ( 300).

When a user encounters a publication such as a magazine or a TV broadcast and wants to know related information, the user inputs a location code provided with the destination to the terminal clients 100, 110, and 120. In this case, the type of related information provided may be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, traffic information and a route from the current location may be set as a default.

The search module 350 of the operation server 300 receives the location code input from the user, searches the location code database 372 to extract a destination matching the location code, and is set from the geography / location information database 374. Extract relevant information and send it to the user.

On the other hand, in the case of a terminal client having a storage medium such as a CNS, the terminal client may search first without accessing the operation server 300 through the CD-ROM storing the destination related information content including the location code.

Alternatively, a fixed storage device such as a hard disk may be used to receive and store destination related information content including a location code from an operation server. In this case, there is an advantage that the periodic update is easy.

If it is not possible to extract the desired destination-related information from the storage medium, according to the above process, the input location code is transmitted to the operation server 300, the operation server 300 to search the location code database 372 to the desired destination It extracts information related to the and transmits the extracted destination related information to the terminal client.

In the following, we will look at the case that is actually applied.

A was watching a program that introduced the restaurant on the CNS's LCD monitor while driving. It was almost time for lunch and there was a lot of appointment time left, so I decided to solve my lunch.

The fusion restaurant 'Biwon', introduced through the program, is getting a spotlight these days with a new menu.

In the middle of introducing the program, the location code was displayed with the term 'LCODE (Location CODE)'. A remembered the news that a new function was added to the CNS some time ago, and selected the location search mode of the CNS and entered 'LCODE' displayed on the monitor.

As soon as you enter the LCODE, information related to 'Bewon' is displayed, and the path from the current location to 'Bewon' is displayed graphically. Unlike the related art, it is convenient to obtain information related to a desired destination with a single input, and in particular, there is an advantage that it is possible to obtain information with a minimum of browsing while driving.

Such a scenario is an example that can be implemented using the search system and the search method of the present invention, and has been described to include only basic concepts.

Although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, various modifications and changes are possible at the level of those skilled in the art. Naturally, such changes and modifications belong to the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to quickly and easily obtain desired destination-related information by using a location code associated with geographic / location information content provided through various wired and wireless media.

In addition, there is an advantage that the destination related information can be easily obtained through the small display screen of the wired / wireless terminal device by reducing the number of search steps until the final search.

Claims (13)

A wired / wireless terminal client and an operation server having a location code database connected to the terminal client via a network and including location codes corresponding to respective destinations, The operation server provides the location-related content including the location code generated from the location code database to the terminal client via on-offline, and the terminal client is located in the operation server with reference to the provided location code-containing destination-related content. A destination related information retrieval system using a location code, characterized in that a code is provided to receive information related to a desired destination. A wired / wireless terminal client and an operation server having a location code database connected to the terminal client via a network and including location codes corresponding to respective destinations, Receiving destination-related content including a location code including information related to the location code and a destination from the operation server; Inputting a location code corresponding to a desired destination to the terminal client by referring to the provided content and transmitting the location code to the operation server; Searching the location code database in the operation server and extracting information related to a desired destination; And transmitting the extracted destination-related information to the terminal client. The method of claim 2, wherein the destination-related content including the location code is provided through any one of a publication, a broadcasting medium, a web, and a storage medium. The method of claim 2, wherein the location code comprises any one of a telephone number, a latitude and longitude coordinate value, a number requested by a user, and a code set by a service provider. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the wired terminal client comprises a computer system connected to the Internet. The wireless terminal client of claim 2, wherein the wireless terminal client includes a mobile phone, a PDA having a communication module, a terminal having a communication module, a vehicle navigation system (CNS), and a terminal including a GPS function. Destination related information retrieval method using. A vehicle navigation terminal client having a storage medium, and an operation server having a location code database connected to the terminal client via a network and including a location code corresponding to each destination; Receiving destination-related content including a location code including information related to the location code and a destination from the operation server and storing the destination-related content in the storage medium; Extracting information related to a desired destination from the storage medium by inputting a location code corresponding to a desired destination to the terminal client by referring to the provided content; And displaying the extracted destination-related information on the terminal client. The method of claim 7, wherein when the desired destination related information cannot be extracted from the storage medium, Transmitting the location code to the operation server; Searching the location code database in the operation server and extracting information related to a desired destination; And transmitting the extracted destination related information to the terminal client. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the storage medium comprises a movable portable storage medium. And an operation server having a wired / wireless terminal client, a location code database connected to the terminal client via a network and including a location code corresponding to each destination, and a geographic / location information database including geographic / location information related to the destination. The operation server is A location code generation module for generating location code by extracting reference information for location code generation from the geographic / location information database; A location code management module that stores and manages the location code generated by the location code generation module in association with the destination and stores the location code in the location code database; Receive the location code inputted from the terminal client, convert it into a reference form, extract the relevant destination from the location code database, and according to the user's request, the geographical and location information or other related information related to the extracted destination can be obtained. Search module for extracting from the provided; And A destination-related information retrieval system using a location code that controls the function of each module, and includes a control module for storing or extracting data in the location code database and geographic / location information database. The destination using the location code of claim 10, further comprising a content providing module for providing a user with content, including on-line and off-line media, to the user by referring to the location code database and the geo / location database. Related Information Retrieval System. The system of claim 11, wherein the on / offline medium is a publication including a newspaper, a magazine, or a yellow page, a broadcast medium including a radio and a TV, or a location code which is one of a web. . The system of claim 11, wherein the on / offline medium is a storage medium including a compact disc, a USB memory, and a flash memory.