KR20030013669A - Mobile communication service system and location information service using wireless mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile communication service system and a method for servicing position information through a wireless mobile terminal are provided to offer position information of the wireless mobile terminal to a service subscriber. CONSTITUTION: A position information retrieval service server(60) stores information of a service subscriber registered in a position information service, retrieves registered service subscriber information when an inquiry signal is received, and informs the retrieved result. If a call signal is generated in a wireless mobile terminal and a caller is a service subscriber, an MSC(Mobile Switching Center)(40) inquires the position information retrieval service server(60) whether a callee is a service subscriber, receives position information of the callee or the caller from an HLR(Home Location Register)(50) according to the inquired result, and transmits the received result to the corresponding wireless mobile terminal.

Description

Mobile communication service system and location information service method using wireless mobile terminal {Mobile communication service system and location information service using wireless mobile terminal}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication service system and a location information service method through a wireless mobile terminal, and to a mobile communication service system for providing location information to a service subscriber through a wireless mobile terminal and a location information service method through a wireless mobile terminal. will be.

The mobile communication service system is constructed to support a call of a wireless mobile terminal, commonly called a mobile phone.

Such a mobile communication service system includes a base station, an exchange, and a home location register (HLR).

However, until now, the services supported through the wireless mobile terminal have limited service support fields such as Internet access, text message transmission, caller's telephone number indicator, and thus do not satisfy various service needs of subscribers.

In addition, there is a disadvantage in that it does not properly utilize the visitor location registration function of the wireless mobile terminal of the mobile communication service system.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a mobile communication service system capable of providing location information of a wireless mobile terminal to a service subscriber and a location information service method through the wireless mobile terminal. .

1 is a view showing a mobile communication service system according to the present invention,

2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a location information search service server of FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a location information service process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10: wireless mobile terminal 20: base station

30: base station controller 40: exchanger

50: home location register 60: location information search service server

70: customer management system

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile communication service system according to the present invention is a mobile communication service system that provides a call and information service to a wireless mobile terminal through a mobile telephone network, wherein information of a service subscriber registered to receive location information service is stored. And a location information retrieval service server for retrieving the registered service subscriber information and informing the result when an inquiry signal for the service subscriber is received; When a call signal is generated from the wireless mobile terminal, when it is determined that the caller is a service subscriber by communicating with a home location register, it is inquired of the location information retrieval service server to determine whether the receiver is a service subscriber. And a switch configured to receive the location information from the home location register and process the received location information to be transmitted to the wireless mobile terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication service system for providing a call and information service to a wireless mobile terminal through a mobile telephone network, the mobile terminal connected to the switch, the location for the wireless mobile terminal registered by the subscriber to the location information grasping target When the information providing request signal is received through the exchange, the location information retrieval service server to receive the location information of the wireless mobile terminal from the home location register to provide the service to the wireless mobile terminal;

Preferably, the location information retrieval service server transmits the determined location information to the wireless mobile terminal that requested the service through the exchange through ARS.

The location information search service server converts the location code information provided from the home location register into geographic information that can be easily recognized by the general public and transmits the location code information to the wireless mobile terminal.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in a method for serving location information to a wireless mobile terminal through a mobile telephone network, whether the caller's wireless mobile terminal subscription to the service when a call is generated from the caller's wireless mobile terminal; Searching whether the called party subscribes to the service using information recorded in a database registered by the service subscriber; And transmitting the location information of the other party to the corresponding wireless mobile terminal of the service subscriber when the caller and / or the receiver are determined to be the service subscriber.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for servicing location information to a wireless mobile terminal through a mobile telephone network, the method comprising: registering a service target mobile phone number for determining location information; When the location information service request signal is received from the caller's wireless mobile terminal through a mobile telephone network, retrieving the service target mobile phone number registered by the caller; Receiving location information of the searched mobile target phone number from a home location register connected through the mobile telephone network; And providing location information provided from the home location register to a caller's wireless mobile terminal.

Preferably, the location information provided from the home location register is converted into a voice signal and provided to the wireless mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, a mobile communication service system and a location information service method through a wireless mobile terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a mobile communication service system according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, a mobile communication service system includes a switching center, a base transceiver station (BTS), and a location information retrieval service server 60.

The exchange exchanges a mobile switching center (MSC) 40, a home location register (HLR) 50 as a location register, and a base station controller (BSC) 30 as a base station controller. Include.

The exchange 40 is connected with a public land mobile network (PLMN). The mobile telephone network is a general term for a network in which the above-listed elements are connected to each other by the position of the network.

The Customer Center and Billing System (CCBS) 70 supports registration for the use of various supplementary services, including location information service subscriptions of the wireless mobile terminal 10 subscribers. The customer management system 70 may be configured to be connected to the Internet (not shown) so as to support the service subscription using a user computer.

The customer management system 70 downloads and provides location information service subscriber registration information to the home location register 50 visited by the location information retrieval service server 60 and the wireless mobile terminal 10.

The location information retrieval service server 60 receives the location information service subscriber information from the customer management system 70 and stores it in its database.

Such a mobile communication service system can provide a location information service by various methods. In addition, according to the method of providing location information service, the role of each element may be divided in various ways to provide a location information service corresponding thereto.

For example, there is a method of providing location information when a call signal is generated, and a method of directly accessing the location information retrieval service server 60 to receive location information.

First, a method of providing a location information service when generating a call signal will be described with reference to FIG. 3. In the following description, the subscript a is attached to elements related to the calling party and the subscript b is assigned to elements related to the called party.

When the wireless mobile terminal enters the jurisdiction, the home location registerer 50 downloads the subscriber information of the wireless mobile terminal 10 visited in its own jurisdiction from the customer management system 70 and stores it in the database of the visited register.

Then, when a call is made from the wireless mobile terminal 10a (S10), the exchange (hereinafter referred to as originating exchange) 40a contacts the home location register 50a and provides subscriber information of the caller registered in the visitor register. In response to receiving the location information service subscriber and determining that the service is set to be active, the called party requests the service registration confirmation to the location information retrieval service server 60 to determine whether the receiver is the service registrant (S20). Here, the service registrant refers to registrants and / or service subscribers whose service subscribers have grouped and registered to receive location services.

Then, the location information retrieval service server 60 searches the database to determine whether the called party's telephone number is the service registrant, and provides the result to the originating exchange 40a (S30).

Thereafter, the originating exchange 40a inquires the location information of the called subscriber to the home location register 50a (S40).

Then, the home location registerer 50a inquires of the routing information to the called side exchange (hereinafter called the called exchange) 40b to obtain routing information for call connection (S50). Thereafter, the destination exchange 40b transmits the routing information, which is a response signal to the routing request, to the home location register 50a to the home location register 50a (S60).

The home location register 50a transmits the state information including the relative location information to the call connection information to the originating exchange 40a (S70). Thereafter, the originating exchange 40a performs a call connection with the destination exchange 40b for voice call connection of both wireless mobile terminals 10a and 10b (S80).

The location information of the sender's wireless mobile terminal 10a transmitted in this process is transmitted to the destination exchange 40b, and the caller's location information is displayed on the called party's wireless mobile terminal 10b (S100). In addition, the originating exchange 40a transmits the location information of the called party to the originating wireless mobile terminal 10a, and accordingly, the location information of the receiver is displayed on the originating wireless mobile terminal 10a (S90).

Through this process, the called party can receive the ringing signal at the same time as the incoming subscriber and the location information of the calling party, the calling party can be provided with the location information of the called party.

Preferably, when the incoming wireless mobile terminal 10b is turned off, it is preferable to process to provide the caller's wireless mobile terminal 10a with the latest location information provided from the home location register.

In addition, after the ring signal, the greeting selected by the caller may be output through the receiving wireless mobile terminal 10b when the call is resumed. The location information retrieval service server 60 may provide a menu in text or voice so that various greetings can be selected by the subscriber, and any greeting selected by the subscriber may be provided when the call is connected.

On the other hand, in addition to the method of providing the location information when calling, the location information retrieval service server 60 to directly contact the location information retrieval service server 60 to receive the location information of the other terminal or its location information regardless of a call connection ( 60) can be established.

In this case, the location information retrieval service server 60 has a unique telephone number commonly used in the mobile telephone network or a unique number recognizable by the exchange 40, and the wireless mobile terminal 10 has a location information retrieval service server 60. It may be configured to access the location information search service server 60 by operating a unique phone number or a shortcut key set corresponding thereto. Preferably, it is preferable to allow a service subscriber to register and set a target to receive location information service. Preferably, a corresponding selection menu in the wireless mobile terminal 10 and / or the location information retrieval service server 60 may select a target to receive the location information service for each of its own terminals or terminals of other persons. It is preferable to provide. When the corresponding menu is provided in the wireless mobile terminal 10, the selection menu may be transmitted as a signal that can be identified by the location information service server 60. In another alternative, the location information service server 60 may be configured to provide a menu by text or voice to the connected wireless mobile terminal 10 and perform a service corresponding to the selection menu.

When the mobile communication service system is constructed as described above, when the user accesses the location information retrieval service server 60 using the wireless mobile terminal 10 and selects a desired service, the location information retrieval service server 60 The requested location information is provided to the caller terminal 10.

A preferred example of a location information retrieval service server that performs this location information service function is shown in FIG.

Referring to the figure, the location information retrieval service server 60 includes a service subscriber information processing unit 61, an ARS 62, a location information conversion unit 63, and a database 65.

The service subscriber information processing unit 61 determines whether the subscriber registered to receive the location information service is currently registered, updated, canceled, or not received the service for the target of the group to receive the location information through the wireless mobile terminal 10. It supports the selection of the active (active) / inactive, etc., and stores the information set by the selection in the database, and performs a response to the inquiry of the information.

The service subscriber information processor 61 may be linked with an automatic response processor (ARS) to be described later to perform a corresponding function.

The location information converting unit 63 changes the location code information commonly used in the mobile phone network to the base station 20 to which the wireless mobile terminal 10 belongs to geographic or regional information that can be recognized by the user, and requests the service. Processing to be provided to the mobile terminal 10. The database 65 stores a conversion table of geographic information corresponding to base station location code information for use by the location information conversion unit 63.

The ARS 62 supports various types of supported information such as a greeting selection to be additionally provided when providing location information by using a wireless mobile terminal. Preferably, the service subscriber information processing unit 61 is constructed so as to assist with a voice function. That is, the ARS 62 processes the location information of the registered identification target terminal through the wireless mobile terminal, and selects the service activation / deactivation of the service subscriber and the registered registrant of the location target group designated by the service subscriber. It supports the user to set the change by receiving voice guidance.

The location retrieval service server 60 supports the location information of the terminal of the location target subject registered by the subscriber from the originating wireless mobile terminal 10a with the support of the switch 40 and the home location register 50 as described above. And the identified information is provided to the calling wireless mobile terminal 10a.

As described above, according to the mobile communication service system and the location information service method through the wireless mobile terminal according to the present invention, the relative location information of the called party can be provided using the wireless mobile terminal.

Therefore, there is an advantage that can be provided at any time when the location needs of the acquaintances, the elderly, children, logistics transporters, missing persons carrying a wireless mobile terminal is required at any time.

In addition, location information can be provided by a single connection to the wireless mobile terminal, thereby providing convenience in use.

Claims (7)

A mobile communication service system for providing a call and information service to a wireless mobile terminal through a mobile telephone network, A location information retrieval service server that stores information of a service subscriber registered to receive location information service and retrieves the registered service subscriber information and informs of the result when an inquiry signal for service service is received; When a call signal is generated from the wireless mobile terminal, when it is determined that the caller is a service subscriber by communicating with a home location register, it is inquired of the location information retrieval service server to determine whether the receiver is a service subscriber. And a switch configured to receive the location information from the home location register and transmit the location information to the wireless mobile terminal. A mobile communication service system for providing a call and information service to a wireless mobile terminal through a mobile telephone network, When the mobile station is connected to the exchange and receives the location information providing request signal for the wireless mobile terminal registered by the subscriber for the location information grasping target, the wireless mobile terminal receives the location information of the wireless mobile terminal from the home location register and requests the service. And a location information retrieval service server provided to the mobile terminal. The mobile communication service system according to claim 2, wherein the location information retrieval service server transmits the determined location information to the wireless mobile terminal which requested the service through the switch via ARS. The mobile communication service of claim 3, wherein the location information retrieval service server converts the location code information provided from the home location register into geographic information that can be easily recognized by the general public and transmits the location code information to the wireless mobile terminal. system. A method for servicing location information to a wireless mobile terminal via a mobile telephone network, Retrieving whether the caller subscribes to the service of the caller when the call is generated from the caller's wireless mobile terminal and whether the called party subscribes to the service using information recorded in a registered database; Transmitting the location information of the other party to the corresponding wireless mobile terminal of the service subscriber when the caller and / or the receiver are determined to be the service subscriber; Service method. A method for servicing location information to a wireless mobile terminal via a mobile telephone network, Registering a service target mobile phone number for which location information is to be determined; When the location information service request signal is received from the caller's wireless mobile terminal through a mobile telephone network, retrieving the service target mobile phone number registered by the caller; Receiving location information of the searched mobile target phone number from a home location register connected through the mobile telephone network; And providing location information provided from the home location register to a caller's wireless mobile terminal. The method of claim 6, wherein the location information provided from the home location register is converted into a voice signal and provided to the wireless mobile terminal.