KR20030020485A - Method of serving telephone number using position information of a mobile stationin wireless communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for a telephone number service using location information in a mobile communication system is provided to improve a telephone number information service by utilizing location information of mobile communication subscribers. CONSTITUTION: If a mobile station requests a telephone number service, a telephone number service page(201) is generated based on location information of the mobile station and the generated telephone number service page(201) is provided to the mobile station. If a person's name or a firm name is inputted through the telephone number service page(201), a telephone number of the person's name or the firm name is searched for in a predetermined area in which the mobile station is located, and the retrieved telephone number is provided to the mobile station. The location information of the retrieved telephone number is searched for, and the retrieved location information is provided to the mobile station.

Description

Method of serving telephone number using position information of a mobile station in wireless communication system}

The present invention relates to a telephone number guide service method in a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method for providing a telephone number guide service to a mobile station based on location information of the mobile station in the mobile communication system.

In general, people easily remember a person's name or business name, but they don't remember the phone number. In this case, most people use the telephone number guide service, but if there are a large number of users of the same company or name, it is inconvenient to be guided again according to the region in order to select only the desired number among them. There is this. In most cases, however, the telephone number to be searched for is often the region in which it is located, and the current mobile communication system has location information of the mobile station.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number service method using location information in a mobile communication system that provides a telephone number guide service using location information of mobile communication subscribers. To provide.

A telephone number service method using location information in a mobile communication system according to the present invention for realizing the above objects comprises: a) when a telephone number service request is generated from a mobile station, based on the location information of the mobile station; Generating and providing the generated telephone number service page to the mobile station; And b) if a person's name or business name is entered through the phone number service page, retrieving a phone number for the person's name or business name in the region where the mobile station is located, and providing the retrieved phone number to the mobile station. Characterized in that. Preferably, the method further comprises c) retrieving location information of the telephone number retrieved by step b) and providing the retrieved location information to the mobile station.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an improved telephone number guide service by utilizing the location information of the mobile station in the mobile communication system.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile communication system implemented with a phone number service method using location information in a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

2 to 8 are diagrams for explaining a telephone number service method using location information in a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

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101: mobile station 102: wireless Internet server

103: database

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

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile communication system to which a phone number service method using location information of a mobile station in a mobile communication system according to the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, a user of the mobile station 101 requests a telephone number service through the wireless Internet. Telephone number database 103 databases the addresses and telephone numbers. On the other hand, the telephone number guidance for all mobile communication subscribers is currently prohibited from disclosure in order to protect personal information. Therefore, it is desirable to have a telephone number database for mobile subscribers only for subscribers wishing for a telephone guidance service. When requesting a telephone number service from the mobile station 101, the wireless Internet server 102 searches for the telephone number requested by the telephone number database 103 based on the location information of the mobile station 101 and retrieves the retrieved telephone number. To the mobile station 101 via a mobile communication network.

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

When a telephone number guide service request is received from the mobile station 101, the wireless Internet server 102 displays the main page 201 including current location information of the mobile station 101, as shown in FIG. To the mobile station 101. If the user of the mobile station 101 wants to select a " mutual name " item included in the main page 201 by requesting a telephone number of a specific business name in the region where the mobile station 101 is located, the wireless Internet server 102 In response, a business name entry page 301, as shown in FIG. 3, is provided to the mobile station. When entering the business name in the business name input window included in the business name input page 301 and selecting the OK button, the wireless Internet server 102 in the database 103 the area where the mobile station 101 is located Searches for phone numbers with the entered business name, generates a search result page 401 as shown in FIG. 4 including the searched phone number and location information of the searched phone number, and the search results page ( 401 is provided to the mobile station 101.

Preferably, the main page 201 may include a "business type" item, as shown in Figure 2, so that the user of the mobile station 101 can search the telephone number according to the business type, the user If the user selects the "business type" item of the main page 201, the wireless Internet server 102, as shown in Figure 5, the industry selection page 501 indicating the items corresponding to a number of industries And generate the generated industry type selection page 501 to the mobile station 101. At this time, when the user of the mobile station 101 selects one of the items for a plurality of industries included in the industry selection page 501, the wireless Internet server 102 is the mobile station 101 The telephone number corresponding to the selected industry in the area where the user is located is searched in the database 103, and the search result page 401 is provided to the mobile station 101 as shown in FIG.

Also preferably, the main page 201 may include a "person-specific" item, as shown in FIG. 2, so that a user of the mobile station 101 may search for a telephone number according to a person's name. When the user selects a "person by person" item of the main page 201, the wireless Internet server 102, as shown in Figure 6, a name input page 601 having a window for entering a name And generates the generated name input page 601 to the mobile station 101. In this case, when the user of the mobile station 101 enters a person's name in a person's name input window included in the person's name input page 601 and selects a confirmation button, the wireless Internet server 102 corresponds to the person's name. And a search result page 401 is provided to the mobile station 101 as shown in FIG.

Also preferably, the main page 201 may include an "go to another phrase" item, as shown in FIG. 2, to allow a user of the mobile station 101 to select a region to search for a phone number. If the user selects the "Go to another phrase" item of the main page 201, the wireless Internet server 102 is a search area having items representing a plurality of areas, as shown in FIG. A selection page 701 is generated and the generated search area selection page 701 is provided to the mobile station 101. At this time, when the user of the mobile station 101 selects one of the items of each region included in the search region selection page 701, the wireless Internet server 102 displays the selected region. Create a main page 201 and provide it to the mobile station 101.

Also preferably, the main page 201 includes an “go to another city / road” item, as shown in FIG. 2, to allow a user of the mobile station 101 to search for a phone number in a wider area. And when the user selects the "go to another city / road" item on the main page 201, the wireless Internet server 102 may select a plurality of wider areas, as shown in FIG. A wide area selection page 801 having items representing the generated area is generated, and the generated wide area selection page 801 is provided to the mobile station 101. At this time, when the user of the mobile station 101 selects one of the items of each area included in the wide area selection page 801, the wireless Internet server 102 displays the selected area. A main page 201 is generated and provided to the mobile station 101.

Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to provide an improved telephone number guide service by utilizing the location information of the mobile station in the mobile communication system.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a telephone number service method using location information in a mobile communication system that provides a telephone number guide service using location information of mobile communication subscribers.

Although the present invention has been described in detail by the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited thereto, and variations and improvements can be made without departing from the ordinary knowledge of those skilled in the art.

Claims (2)

a) when a telephone number service request is generated from a mobile station, generating a telephone number service page based on the location information of the mobile station, and providing the generated telephone number service page to the mobile station; And b) if a person's name or business name is entered through the phone number service page, retrieving a phone number for the person's name or business name in the region where the mobile station is located, and providing the retrieved phone number to the mobile station; Phone number service method using the location information in the mobile communication system, characterized in that. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising c) retrieving location information of the telephone number retrieved by step b) and providing the retrieved location information to the mobile station. How to service phone number using location information.