KR20040011634A - Personal Location-based Information Providing Method and Apparatus using Wire/Wireless Data Communication Network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for providing personal position-based information through a wired/wireless data communication network are provided to offer desired various information on the basis of user position information on a corresponding moving path of a user. CONSTITUTION: A terminal(110) has a wired/wireless data transmitting/receiving function, and supports a position measurement function. The terminal(110) displays provided information to transmit information to a user. A path generating server(140) generates an optimal path according source and destination information transmitted from the terminal(110) through a wired/wireless data communication network(120). An information DB(131) stores various information to be provided to the terminal(110) through the wired/wireless data communication network(120), and stores limited condition information for selectively providing information according to the type of information. If information is requested from the terminal(110) connected through the wired/wireless data communication network(120), an information providing server(130) generates path information and requested information as one integrated information according to a spatial correlation and provides integrated information to the terminal(110).

Description

Personal Location-based Information Providing Method and Apparatus using Wire / Wireless Data Communication Network}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing personal location-based information using a wired / wireless data communication network. More particularly, the present invention relates to a wired / wireless data communication network in which a user's location technology and navigation technology are combined. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing personal location-based information using a wired / wireless data communication network for providing desired information based on user location information on a corresponding driving route.

In general, a method of providing various information based on a user's location in a wired / wireless data communication network is proposed by a method such as Cell Broadcasting Service (CBS), Wap push, and tracking. It has been.

In the CBS scheme, since information is provided unidirectionally to an unspecified number of corresponding cells, the CBS scheme cannot provide a granular personal service.

The swap push method has a problem of constantness because the subscriber locates and provides information only when the subscriber accesses the wireless Internet for any purpose.

In addition, the tracking method has a problem that it is difficult to apply realistically because it occupies wireless network resources because a huge traffic occurs when providing a service to a large number of subscribers.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, and provides a personal location-based information using a wired / wireless data communication network to provide a variety of desired information based on the user location information on the corresponding driving route when the user travels; To implement the device.

1 is a block diagram of a personal location-based information providing apparatus using a wired / wireless data communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a flowchart of a method for providing personal location-based information using a wired / wireless data communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a detailed flowchart of the step S210 of FIG. 2 made in the terminal of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating menu items provided on a screen of a terminal in step S203 of FIG. 2.

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110: terminal 120: wired / wireless data communication network

130: information providing server 131: information database

132: subscriber database 140: route generation server

141: GIS Database

In order to achieve the above object, a personal location-based information providing method using a wired / wireless data communication network according to the present invention comprises a server that provides various types of information to a terminal connected through a wired / wireless data communication network. In the information providing method in the server that provides the desired information, From the terminal connected via the wired / wireless data communication network, If a list of information that the user of the terminal wants to be provided, starting point and destination is selected, A first step of recognizing this; A second step of generating optimal route information on the recognized starting point and destination, and extracting various types of information to be provided corresponding to a specific location of the terminal on the route based on the generated route information and the selected information list; step; A third step of matching the path information with the extracted information and generating one piece of integrated information; And a fourth step of providing the generated integrated information to the connected terminal.

The terminal acquires a current position when moving according to the route information on the provided integrated information, and displays the extracted information on the integrated information at the specific location based on the obtained current location information to the user. It is characterized by.

The display on the terminal may be performed at a specific time zone selected by the terminal user according to the type of the selected information list or according to a provisioning time condition preset in the server, and the specific location is the selected information list. Depending on the type of the user, the user of the terminal is selected or automatically set based on a predetermined provisional area conditions in the server, and in the first step to automatically recognize the current location of the connected terminal as the starting point information can do.

In order to achieve the above object, the personal location-based information providing apparatus using the wired / wireless data communication network according to the present invention has a wired / wireless data transmission / reception function such as WAP, HTTP, TCP / IP, and the like. A user terminal that supports (GPS, etc.) and has a function of displaying the provided information and delivering the information to the user; Wired / wireless data communication networks as wired / wireless data transmission means such as WAP, HTTP, TCP / IP, etc .; A route generation server for generating an optimal route according to the source and destination information transmitted from the terminal through the wired / wireless data communication network; An information database having various types of information to be provided to the terminal through the wired / wireless data communication network, and optionally having limitation condition information for providing information such as a region and a providing time of the information according to the type of the information; And when the information is requested from the terminal connected through the wired / wireless data communication network, the generated path information and the requested information are generated as one unified information according to a mutual spatial linkage, and then the unified information is generated. Characterized in that it comprises an information providing server provided to the terminal.

In the information providing server, the spatial connection may be based on, for example, region information included in the route information and provision region information of the information provision restriction condition included in the database. It may be made based on the included area information and the offer area information selected by the user.

The terminal acquires a current location when moving according to the route information, and displays the corresponding information included in the integrated information and provides the same to the user when the obtained current location is included in the providing area information.

Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for providing personal location-based information using a wired / wireless data communication network according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a personal location-based information providing apparatus using a wired / wireless data communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, a user terminal 110, a wired / wireless communication network 120 , The information providing server 130 connected to the terminal 110 via the wired / wireless communication network 120, the information database 131 of the information providing server 130, the subscriber database 132, and the information. It is composed of a path generation server 140 connected to the providing server 130 and the database 141 of the path generation server 140.

The terminal 110 has a wired / wireless data transmission / reception function such as WAP, HTP, TCP / IP, etc., and provides a positioning function (eg, GPS). The present invention has a function of presenting the information provided to the user in an audible and / or visual manner according to a method such as voice recognition, voice synthesis (TTS), and / or graphics display. In the present invention, a mobile communication terminal having all of the above functions and basically capable of voice communication and data communication is adopted.

The wired / wireless data communication network 120 represents an integrated network including an IP backbone network, a network including all necessary nodes as a wired / wireless data transmission means such as WAP, HTTP, TCP / IP, and the like. .

When the information providing server 130 is connected to the terminal 110 through the wired / wireless data communication network 120, the terminal 120 may select route information and various content information required by the user. Providing menu information and recognizing a menu item selected by the operation of the terminal 110 according to the menu information, the list of contents as the information that the user of the terminal 110 wants to be provided and the starting point And a destination are selected, the optimum path information is generated through the path generation server 140 in conjunction with the path generation server 140 based on the source and destination information, and the generated path information and the selected path. Search the information database 131 based on a content list to extract various content information to be provided corresponding to a specific location on the path In addition, the generated path information and the extracted content information are matched according to mutual spatial linkage to generate a single piece of integrated information, and then the generated piece of integrated information is provided to the connected terminal 110.

In addition, the spatial connection relationship between the route information and the content information in the information providing server 130 may include, for example, region information included in the route information and constraint condition information provided in the information database 131. Information based on information provided by the location (or region, place) of the information provision condition information, or in another example, the region information included in the route information and the information of the region (or location, place) to be provided by the user. To be based on.

The information database 131 is an information database provided in the information providing server 130 and has, for example, content information such as advertisements, news, weather, securities, tourism information, and the like. The spatial and temporal constraints necessary for providing each content information, that is, the constraints on the provision location (or region, place) and the provision time, are characterized in that they are databased.

The subscriber database 132 is a subscriber database provided in the information providing server 130 and has information on a subscriber profile and the like.

The route generation server 140 includes a GIS database 141 having a navigation map, a POI, etc. as geographic information, and links to the source and destination information in cooperation with the information providing server 130. Create an optimal path accordingly.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for providing personal location-based information using a wired / wireless data communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention, and will be described in parallel with the operation since it is applied to the apparatus of FIG. 1.

First, when the terminal 110 is connected to the information providing server 130 by a user's operation (S201), the information providing server 130 provides the service provision of the present invention to the connected terminal 110. By providing a menu message for displaying on the screen of the terminal 110 as shown in Figure 4 (S202).

As an example of step S202, the menu message includes message items for selecting content such as advertisements, news, weather, securities, tourism (museums, art galleries, temples, etc.) and user selection as shown in FIG. According to the present invention, a list of message items for selecting or inputting constraints such as a providing location and a providing time, and a message item for selecting or inputting a starting point and a destination for receiving route information may be included in the terminal 110. To be provided on the screen.

Next, when the user looks at the menu screen of the terminal 110 and selects one or more content items that he / she wants to be provided with, and selects or inputs a starting point and a destination, the information providing server 130 may select the selected content item. After recognizing the selected (or input) source / destination information (S203), the route generation server 140 requests the route generation server 140 for optimal route information according to the recognized source and destination (S204). Meanwhile, in step S203, the starting point information may be recognized as a starting point even if the starting point information is not selected or input by the user.

The route generation server S204 searches the GIS database 141 to generate optimal route information according to the origin and destination (S205), and transmits the generated route information to the information providing server 130. Provided (S206).

Next, the information providing server 130 searches the information database 131 based on the provided route information and the list of the selected content item to provide various types of corresponding content information to be provided corresponding to a specific position on the route. To extract, for example, assuming that "Museum" of "5. Sightseeing" is selected as the content item in step S203, the information providing server 130 for the museum provided in the information database 131 The information is searched by reflecting provision area information (that is, museum location information as the specific location) among the provision limitation condition information stored in association with various contents information in the database, so that a predetermined range around the route (or around a route) is searched. The content information of the museum located inside) is extracted (S207).

As another example of step S207, assuming that an item "4. securities" is selected as the content item in step S203, the securities item is not spatially located like the museum item, and thus the relation with the spatial location is thus described. Missing items may allow the user to select the offer area information and / or offer time information via the "6.

As another example, information on temporal and spatial constraints may be preset for all the information contents included in the information database 131 of the information providing server 130 and accordingly, Likewise, if the providing area information and / or providing time information is selected by the user, it is preferable to give priority to the selected restriction condition.

Next, the information providing server 130 matches the path information provided in the step S206 and the corresponding museum information as the content extracted in the step S207 according to mutual spatial linkage to generate one integrated information (S208). In step S209, the generated integrated information is transmitted to the connected terminal 110.

Lastly, the terminal 110 acquires information on the current location and time at the time of navigation according to the route information on the provided integrated information, and the obtained current location and time is the provisioned area information. And when the information is included in the providing time information, the information about the museum as the content information included in the integrated information is displayed visually or audibly and provided to the user.

3 is a detailed flowchart of the step S210 of FIG. 2 made in the terminal of the present invention.

First, the terminal 110 stores the integrated information when the integrated information is provided from the information providing server 130 as in step S209, and then, upon navigation according to the path information on the stored integrated information, Obtain location information and time information (S301), and determine whether the obtained current location information matches the provided location information (ie, museum location information) of the constraint condition on the integrated information (S302), and agree If it is determined whether the provided time information is set in the restriction condition (S303), if it is set, it is determined whether the obtained current time is consistent with the provided time information (S304), and if it matches, various kinds of the corresponding museum Visually display information (e.g., content information about the museum name, exact location, etc.) on the screen, synthesized voices through speakers, or visual And audible to both display and provide to the user (S305).

As described in detail above, according to the method and apparatus for providing personal location-based information using the wired / wireless data communication network according to the present invention, a user moves by integrating the user's location technology and navigation technology in the wired / wireless data network. On the basis of the location information of the user on the path, the user's personally requested information is provided at an appropriate time, or the service provider side can provide information such as advertisements and the like at an appropriate time based on the personal location.

Claims (10)

In the information providing method in the server for providing a user desired information by establishing a server for providing a variety of information to the terminal connected via a wired / wireless data communication network, A first step of recognizing, when the list information and the source and destination information of the information that the user of the terminal wants to be provided are selected from the terminal connected through the wired / wireless data communication network; Generating optimal route information on the recognized source and destination information, and extracting various types of information to be provided corresponding to a specific location of the terminal on the route based on the generated route information and the selected information list; Two steps; A third step of matching the path information with the extracted information and generating one piece of integrated information; And And providing a fourth step of providing the generated integrated information to the connected terminal. The method of claim 1, The terminal acquires a current position when moving according to the route information on the provided integrated information, and displays the extracted information on the integrated information at the specific location based on the obtained current location information to the user. Personal location-based information providing method using a wired / wireless data communication network characterized in that. The method of claim 2, The display may be performed at a specific time zone selected by the terminal user according to the type of the selected information list or according to a provisioning time condition preset in the server. Personal location using a wired / wireless data communication network How to Provide Base Information. The method of claim 1, The specific location may be selected by the user of the terminal according to the type of the selected information list, or automatically set based on a provisioned area condition set in the server, based on a personal location using a wired / wireless data communication network. How to Provide Information. The method of claim 1, The method of claim 1, wherein the current location of the connected terminal is automatically recognized as the starting point information. A user terminal having wired / wireless data transmitting / receiving functions such as WAP, HTTP, TCP / IP, supporting a positioning function, and displaying and providing the provided information to a user; Wired / wireless data communication networks as wired / wireless data transmission means such as WAP, HTTP, TCP / IP; A route generation server for generating an optimal route according to the source and destination information transmitted from the terminal through the wired / wireless data communication network; An information database having various types of information to be provided to the terminal through the wired / wireless data communication network, and optionally having limitation condition information for providing information such as a region and a providing time of the information according to the type of the information; And When requesting information from the terminal connected through the wired / wireless data communication network, the generated route information and the requested information are generated as one unified information according to mutual spatial linkage, and then the unified information is generated. Personal location-based information providing apparatus using a wired / wireless data communication network comprising an information providing server provided to a terminal. The method of claim 6, The spatial connection in the information providing server is based on the area information included in the route information and the area information provided by the information provision constraint provided in the database. Location based information providing device. The method of claim 6, The spatial connection relationship in the information providing server is an individual location-based information providing device using a wired / wireless data communication network, characterized in that made based on the area information included in the route information and the area information selected by the user. The method according to claim 7 or 8, The terminal acquires a current position when moving according to the route information, and if the obtained current position is included in the providing area information, displays the corresponding information included in the integrated information and provides the same to the user. Personal location based information providing device using wired / wireless data communication network. The method of claim 9, The terminal is a personal location-based information providing apparatus using a wired / wireless data communication network, characterized in that the mobile communication terminal capable of voice communication and data communication.