KR20020073650A - Automobile call service system and method by using a hand phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A car call service system using a cellular phone and a call service method are provided to offer a car call service between a service client who performs a business operation and a user client necessary for cars using the cellular phone of a user. CONSTITUTION: A map DB(112) provides map information necessary for grasping position information of a plurality of user clients(102/1-102/n) and service clients(104/1-104/n). A member information DB(114) stores registered member information of each service client, current position and moving path information according to each member, empty car classification information according to each member. If a random user client requests a car call service, a call service server(110) selects a service client who is the most similar to the request user client as a call service client among a plurality of service clients(104/1-104/n) classified as empty cars on the basis of current position information of the request user client and each service client-classified current position information. The call service server(110) transmits a call message including a cellular phone number of the request user client to the selected call service client through a wireless communication network(106).

Description

Vehicle call service system and call service method using mobile phone {AUTOMOBILE CALL SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD BY USING A HAND PHONE}

The present invention relates to a vehicle call service technique, and more particularly, to a vehicle call service and a call service method suitable for providing a vehicle call service using a mobile phone to a service client operating a vehicle.

As is well known, taxi companies, freight companies, etc., who conduct business by vehicle, use the call phone method for effective sales activities, which are provided by a taxi or freight driver with a dedicated terminal and headquarters (i.e. Service method that communicates with the calling service center).

Therefore, when using such a call phone method, the user can conveniently call the desired vehicle to the desired place whenever the user wants from the user's point of view, and the convenience of use is enhanced, and from the taxi or truck operator's point of view, the business efficiency is improved. Maximize operating profit through

However, in the case of the call phone system, each service provider (taxi operator, truck operator, etc.) must not only have an expensive dedicated terminal for the call service but also pay a certain fee to the call service company each time the call is received. In addition, since the user must pay a certain amount of terminal fee each month, there is a problem in that the cost burden of using the calling service is very large.

In addition, in the conventional system, when the vehicle is an empty vehicle, the vehicle call service center must notify the telephone that the vehicle is empty, thereby causing a burden of unnecessary call charges.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for the emergence of a service technique capable of providing an effective calling service while minimizing the cost of using a taxi or a truck service provider, but at present, no technique has been presented.

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised in view of the above, and uses a mobile phone that can provide a vehicle call service between a service client operating a vehicle using a personally owned mobile phone and a user client requiring a vehicle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle call service system and a call service method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle call service using a wireless communication network between a plurality of user clients who want to use a vehicle and a plurality of service clients that provide vehicle services. A map DB for providing map information necessary for identifying location information of a user client and a plurality of service clients; A member information DB that stores member information of each registered service client, current location and moving path information of each member, and information on whether the vehicle is empty or not; And when a user client requests a vehicle call service, a service client closest to the request user client among a plurality of service clients classified as an empty vehicle based on the current location information of the request user client and the current location information of each service client. Is selected as a call service client, and provides a vehicle call service system using a mobile phone including a call service server configured to transmit a call message including a mobile phone number of the requesting user client to the selected call service client through the wireless communication network.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a vehicle call service using a wireless communication network between a plurality of user clients who want to use a vehicle and a plurality of service clients that provide vehicle services. Registering a call service member by receiving member information whenever a service client requests membership registration; Receiving and storing current location information of each calling service member registered from the wireless communication network on a predetermined predetermined cycle basis; Classifying the call service member as a call service target candidate whenever an empty vehicle indication message is received from any call service member; When any user client requests the call service of the vehicle, the call service target candidate in the closest region of the requesting user client is selected based on the current location information of the requesting user client and the current location information of each preset call service target candidate. Selecting as the calling service client; And transmitting a call message including a mobile phone number of the requesting user client to the selected call service client through the wireless communication network.

According to another aspect of another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a vehicle call service using a wireless communication network between a plurality of user clients who want to use a vehicle and a plurality of service clients that provide vehicle services. Registering a call service member by receiving member information whenever a service client requests membership registration; Classifying the call service member as a call service target candidate whenever an empty vehicle indication message is received from any call service member; When any user client requests a call service of a vehicle, requesting and receiving current location information of each call service target candidate from the wireless communication network; Selecting a call service target candidate in the closest region of the request user client based on the current position information of the request user client and the current position information of each call service target candidate; And transmitting a call message including a mobile phone number of the requesting user client to the selected call service client through the wireless communication network.

1 is a block diagram of a vehicle call service system using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a service client registers as a service member;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of periodically receiving and storing location information of a registered service member from a wireless communication network;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a vehicle call service using a mobile phone between an arbitrary user client and a service client according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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102: user client group 102/1-102 / n: client

104: service client group 104/1-104 / n: service client

106: wireless communication network 108: satellites

110: call service server 112: map DB

114: Member Information DB

The above and other objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

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

A key technical aspect of the present invention is a mobile phone (eg, cellular phone, PCS, etc.), which has recently been rapidly spread in use, unlike a conventional method of providing a vehicle call service using a dedicated terminal which is expensive and expensive to use. , PDA, IMT-2000, etc.) to provide a vehicle call service between a service client performing vehicle sales at low cost and a user client requiring a vehicle. Easy to achieve. Here, the service client means a taxi driver, a truck driver, or the like, who performs business in a vehicle.

1 is a block diagram of a vehicle call service system using a mobile phone according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a user client group 102 comprising a plurality of user clients 102/1-102 / n, a plurality of service clients Service client group 104, wireless communication network 106, satellite 108, call service server 110, map DB 112, and member information DB 114 of (104/1-104 / n). do.

Referring to FIG. 1, each user client 102/1-102 / n in user client group 102 is, for example, a wireless communication network 106, which includes a plurality of base stations and base station controllers and mobile communication exchanges, satellites. Through various services such as wireless telephone call service and data communication communication through 108 or the like, or through wireless communication network 106 or satellite 108 and calling service center (ie, call service server 110). A call service user who can receive a vehicle call service using a mobile phone according to the present invention.

In addition, each service client 104/1 -104 / n in the service client group 104 may, for example, comprise a wireless communication network 106, a satellite 108, including a plurality of base stations and base station controllers and mobile communication exchanges. Various kinds of additional services such as wireless telephone call service and data communication communication, or the like through the wireless communication network 106 or the satellite 108 and the call service center (ie, the call service server 110). The call service provider that can be provided with a vehicle call service using a mobile phone, that is, a driver who conducts business activities such as a taxi or a van.

Next, wireless network 106 and satellite 108, including multiple base stations and base station controllers, mobile communication exchanges, home location registers (HLRs), visitor location registers (VLRs), etc. The service client of the wireless communication service, additional information service, vehicle call service and the like.

On the other hand, the call service server 110, in response to any service client requests membership registration, the member information provided by the service client (for example, mobile phone number, business division (taxi, van, etc.), vehicle number, Vehicle model, color, driver's name, etc.) and registered in the member information DB 114 as a calling service member, requesting and providing the location information of each member to the wireless communication network 106, and then provided in the map DB 112. It stores the movement route and current location information for each member based on the map information, and displays it when the service client registered as a member notifies that the vehicle is an empty vehicle by any button signal or voice signal and classifies it as a callable service target. .

That is, the map DB 112 stores map information that can be used to determine a moving path and a current location of the user client and each registered member (service client), and the member information DB 114 includes information for each member, namely, Cell phone number, business category (taxi, van, etc.), vehicle number, model, color, driver's name, etc. are stored, and the details of the call service provided are stored.

In addition, when any user client requests a call service, the call service server 110 may determine the current position of the user client who requested the service, that is, if the terminal has a built-in GPS chip, process the GPS information to determine the current position. Or, in the case of a general terminal, the current position is determined by processing the paging information of the terminal stored in the HLR, and when the current position of the service request user client is known, the member closest to the service request user client among the members classified as the empty vehicle is called. Select the target service client.

In this case, when there are a large number of service clients in a similar proximity area, one service target member may be selected or recently selected by excluding the case where the progress direction is the opposite direction or the other direction based on the movement path of each service client. One service target member can be selected by selecting a service client with no performance as a service target service client.

When one service target service client is selected in the above-described manner, a call service message including a mobile phone number of the user client requesting the service is generated to the selected service client through the wireless communication network 106 or the satellite 108. to provide.

Therefore, the selected service client will provide a vehicle call service to the user client by making a phone call to the received mobile phone number.

Next, a process of providing a call service between an arbitrary user client and a service client using the vehicle call service system having the above-described configuration will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a service client registers as a service member.

Referring to FIG. 2, when any service client calls or visits a calling service center and requests registration as a calling service member (step 202), the calling service server 110 requests member information necessary for registration as a member. (E.g., cell phone number, business division (taxi, van, etc.), vehicle number, vehicle model, color, driver's name, etc.) (step 204).

In response to this request, when the service client provides the member information (step 206), the calling service server 110 stores the received member information in the member information DB 114, thereby registering the service client as a full member. (Step 208).

That is, the call service server 110 registers a plurality of service clients as call service members through a series of processes described above.

Next, a process of tracking and storing the location information and the movement route of each registered member in the calling service server will be described.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of periodically receiving and storing location information of a registered service member from a wireless communication network.

Referring to FIG. 3, the call service server 110 periodically registers at intervals of, for example, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, 6 minutes, and 9 minutes while performing a standby mode for waiting for a call service (step 302). Request the wireless communication network 106 with location information for each of the members (steps 304 and 306). That is, the call service server 110 transmits the mobile phone numbers of registered members to the wireless communication network 106 and requests current location information.

In response, the wireless communication network 106 extracts the location information of each registered member requested by the call service server 110 and delivers the location information to the call service server 110, and the call service server 110 receives the received location information. The current location information of each member is detected by matching the map information with the map information provided from the map DB 112, and the current location information of each detected member is stored in the member information DB 114 (step 308). Therefore, since the current location information of each member is periodically stored in the member information DB 114, the movement path of each member can be tracked using this information.

Meanwhile, each registered service client may notify the call service server 110 when its current vehicle is an empty vehicle, and instruct it to classify itself as a call service target candidate.

Therefore, if the call service server 110 receives the service waiting message from any service client while performing the standby mode for periodically receiving and storing the current location information of each member (step 310), the call service target member is called. The candidate is classified (step 312). In this case, the notification of the empty vehicle may be performed by using a voice recognition function of the terminal or by using a specific button.

Meanwhile, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the location information of each registered member (service client) is periodically identified to store the current location and the moving path, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. Unlike the above, any user client may set the wireless communication network to request location information of each member (service client) each time a call service is requested, and even in this case, substantially the same result can be obtained.

Next, a process of providing a call service between the user client and any service client in response to the request of the call service by the user client will be described.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a vehicle call service using a mobile phone between an arbitrary user client and a service client according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when an arbitrary user client calls a call service center using a speed dial or the like for requesting a vehicle call service (step 402), the wireless communication network 106 associates with the mobile phone number of the user client. The vehicle call request message including the current location information of the service request user is transmitted to the call service server 110 (step 404).

In response, the call service server 110 selects the service client closest to the user client who requested the service among the members classified as the empty vehicle as the call service target client based on the current location information of each member (step 406).

In this case, when there are a large number of service clients in a similar proximity area, one service target member may be selected or recently selected by excluding the case where the progress direction is the opposite direction or the other direction based on the movement path of each service client. One service member can be selected by selecting a service client with no performance as the service client to be called.

Next, the call service server 110 generates a call message including the mobile number of the user client requesting the service, transmits the call message to the selected call service client through the wireless communication network 106 (step 410), and provides the call service. Increment the count value by one. Here, the counted number of call service counts may be used to provide a call service to each service client relatively evenly or to calculate statistics for receiving the call service.

Accordingly, by calling the mobile phone number of the received user client and making a call (step 412), the call service client can provide the vehicle call service to the user client who requested the vehicle call service (step 414).

As described above, according to the present invention, unlike the conventional method of providing a vehicle call service using a dedicated terminal which is expensive and expensive to use, a mobile phone (for example, a cellular phone, a PCS, a PDA, an IMT-2000, etc.) By providing a vehicle call service between a service client that performs vehicle sales at low cost and a user client that requires a vehicle, the cost burden of each service provider for the vehicle call service can be significantly reduced.

In addition, the present invention, unlike the above-described conventional method to make a call to the call service center to call the service center, it is possible to notify the call service center to the call service center by using a voice recognition function or a simple button signal of the terminal Therefore, it is possible to further suppress unnecessary calls and thereby reduce costs.

Claims (11)

What is claimed is: 1. A system for providing a vehicle call service using a wireless communication network between a plurality of user clients who want to use a vehicle and a plurality of service clients that provide vehicle services. A map DB for providing map information necessary for identifying location information of a plurality of user clients and a plurality of service clients; A member information DB that stores member information of each registered service client, current location and moving path information of each member, and information on whether the vehicle is empty or not; And When a user client requests a vehicle call service, a service client closest to the requesting user client among a plurality of service clients classified as an empty vehicle based on the current location information of the requesting user client and the current location information of each service client is selected. Selecting a call service client and transmitting a call message including a mobile phone number of the requesting user client to the selected call service client through the wireless communication network. The call service server of claim 1, wherein when the plurality of target candidate service clients exist in the vicinity of the requesting user client, the call service server refers to the call by referring to a moving direction of the vehicle based on the movement path information of each target candidate service client. Vehicle call service system using a mobile phone, characterized in that for selecting a service client. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the call service server selects the call service client by referring to the recent call service performance of each target candidate service client when there are a plurality of target candidate service clients in the vicinity of the requesting user client. Vehicle call service system using a mobile phone characterized in that. A method of providing a vehicle call service using a wireless communication network between a plurality of user clients who want to use a vehicle and a plurality of service clients that provide vehicle services, the method comprising: Registering a call service member by receiving member information whenever a service client requests membership registration; Receiving and storing current location information of each calling service member registered from the wireless communication network on a predetermined predetermined cycle basis; Classifying the call service member as a call service target candidate whenever an empty vehicle indication message is received from any call service member; When any user client requests the call service of the vehicle, the call service target candidate in the closest region of the requesting user client is selected based on the current location information of the requesting user client and the current location information of each preset call service target candidate. Selecting as the calling service client; And And transmitting a call message including a mobile phone number of the requesting user client to the selected call service client through the wireless communication network. The method of claim 4, wherein the call service method detects current location information of the user client or the service client by matching the location information of the user client or the service client provided from the wireless communication network with the map information provided from the map DB. Vehicle call service method using a mobile phone, characterized in that. The call service method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the call service method determines a moving direction of the vehicle based on the movement path information of each call service target candidate when there are a plurality of call service target candidates in the vicinity of the requesting user client. Vehicle call service method using a mobile phone, characterized in that for selecting the call service client with reference. 6. The call service client according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the call service server refers to the call service client by referring to the recent call service performance of each call service target candidate when a plurality of call service target candidates exist in the vicinity of the requesting user client. Vehicle call service method using a mobile phone, characterized in that for selecting. A method of providing a vehicle call service using a wireless communication network between a plurality of user clients who want to use a vehicle and a plurality of service clients that provide vehicle services, the method comprising: Registering a call service member by receiving member information whenever a service client requests membership registration; Classifying the call service member as a call service target candidate whenever an empty vehicle indication message is received from any call service member; When any user client requests a call service of a vehicle, requesting and receiving current location information of each call service target candidate from the wireless communication network; Selecting a call service target candidate in the closest region of the request user client based on the current position information of the request user client and the current position information of each call service target candidate; And And transmitting a call message including a mobile phone number of the requesting user client to the selected call service client through the wireless communication network. The method of claim 8, wherein the call service method detects current location information of the user client or the service client by matching location information of the user client or the service client provided from the wireless communication network with map information provided from a map DB. Vehicle call service method using a mobile phone, characterized in that. 10. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein the call service method, when a plurality of call service target candidates are present in the vicinity of the requesting user client, the call service method determines the traveling direction of the vehicle based on the movement path information of each call service target candidate. Vehicle call service method using a mobile phone, characterized in that for selecting the call service client with reference. 10. The call service client according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the call service server refers to the call service client by referring to the recent call service performance of each call service target candidate when a plurality of call service target candidates exist in the vicinity of the requesting user client. Vehicle call service method using a mobile phone, characterized in that for selecting.