KR20040056859A - Method for providing a notification service of particular person's approach - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing a specific person approach announcement service is provided to offer an announcement service for the access of a specific person registered for a group. CONSTITUTION: An HLR(Home Location Register) manages the location information of each subscriber using subscriber information(S110). If a subscriber who wants to register his location newly is generated(S120), the HLR updates the location registration information of the subscriber, based on a location update request signal transmitted from the subscriber(S130). The HLR judges whether an existing subscriber, whose friend group includes the location-updated subscriber and who is located within a preset distance from the location-updated subscriber, exists among the already location-registered subscribers(S140). In case that an existing subscriber, whose friend group includes the location-updated subscriber and who is located within a preset distance from the newly location-updated subscriber, exists, the HLR sends a friend access announcement message to the existing subscriber(S150).

Description

METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NOTIFICATION SERVICE OF PARTICULAR PERSON'S APPROACH}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a specific access notification service, and more particularly, to a method for providing a specific access notification service using location registration information of a mobile communication terminal.

In the related art, a global positioning system (GPS) module is generally used to provide a location information providing service. For example, in order to provide a location information service using a conventional method, a global positioning system (GPS) module is embedded in a mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal must periodically notify the location information detected by the GPS module. Or, the mobile terminal had to request location information from time to time.

In the conventional location information providing service method, when a plurality of subscribers are designated and the location information for the subscribers is to be provided, the location between the mobile communication terminals of the target subscribers for providing the location information and the mobile communication terminals of the subscribers who request the location information Frequent data transmission for providing information has a disadvantage in that traffic increases in communication.

In addition, there was a disadvantage in that the user had to perform a procedure for requesting consent from the other party to receive the location information, causing inconvenience to the user.

The present invention has been made to solve the above disadvantages, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing an access notification service of a specific person registered in a predetermined group by one registration.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing an access notification service of a specific person registered in a predetermined group by using location registration information of a mobile communication terminal.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a specific access notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a wireless network system for explaining a method for providing a specific access notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary diagram of a structure of a subscriber database stored in a location register;

4 is a process diagram of a wireless network system for providing a specific access notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of providing a specific access notification service provided by the present invention is a location registration management apparatus of a mobile communication network system that stores / manages subscriber information including location registration information for each subscriber and access notification group information of a corresponding subscriber. A method of providing a specific access notification service using a first step of updating a location registration information of a corresponding subscriber based on a location update request signal received from an arbitrary subscriber, and the location registration management device based on the subscriber information. A second subscriber including a new subscriber who updated location registration information in the first step among the existing subscribers already registered in the access notification group, and determining whether there is an existing subscriber located within a predetermined distance from the new subscriber; And based on the determination result of the second process. A third step of including a subscriber in an access notification group and notifying a specific access notification message to existing subscribers located within a predetermined distance from the new subscriber; and the new subscriber among the existing subscribers based on the subscriber information. An access notification message specific to the new subscriber based on a determination result of the fourth process and determining whether there is an existing subscriber included in the access notification group of the subscriber and located within a predetermined distance from the new subscriber; And a fifth process of notifying.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a specific access notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to the present invention, subscribers corresponding to each other when located within a predetermined distance between the subscribers included in the access notification group (hereinafter, referred to as 'friend group') set by the user by using the subscriber's location registration information in a typical mobile communication network system Provides access notification service.

Referring to FIG. 1, a method of providing a specific access notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

In general, a location registration management device (eg, a home location register (HLR) and a visitor location register (VLR)) of a mobile communication network system stores / manages general subscriber information such as location registration information for each subscriber and operation information and billing information of a corresponding subscriber. do. In addition, the location registration management apparatus includes additional information for providing additional services to subscribers, and in particular, stores / manages friend group information preset by the subscriber as a friend group.

The location registration management apparatus of the mobile communication network system storing / managing such subscriber information manages location information of each subscriber by using the subscriber information (S110). If a subscriber (eg, a new location registrant) to newly register location occurs in the location registration management device (S120), the location of the corresponding subscriber based on the location update request signal transmitted by the subscriber for location registration. Update the registration information (S130).

And among the new subscribers (e.g., the previous location registrant) already registered in the location registration management device based on the subscriber information previously stored in the location registration management device (e.g., a new subscriber who updated the location registration information in step S130) A new location registrant is included in a friend group and an existing subscriber (eg, a former cell, the same location area, or an adjacent location area) within a predetermined distance (eg, a neighboring cell, the same location area, etc.) from the new subscriber (eg, a new location registrant) Location registrants) (S140). If it is determined in step S140 that the new subscriber (eg, a new location registrant) is included in a friend group and there are existing subscribers (eg, a previous location registrant) located within a predetermined distance with the new subscriber, the existing subscriber Notifies the new subscriber's access notification message (eg, friend access notification message) (S150).

The presence of existing subscribers included in the friend group of the new subscriber (for example, the new location registrant) among the existing subscribers (for example, the previous location registrant) and located within a predetermined distance from the new subscriber based on the subscriber information. In operation S160, if there are existing subscribers included in the new subscriber's friend group and located within a predetermined distance from the new subscriber, the new subscriber is notified of the friend access notification message (S170).

The processes S150 and S170 notify a friend approach notification message using audible and visible information, for example, outputs an alarm through a speaker and displays information of an approached friend (eg, name, phone number, etc.). By displaying on the display unit, new subscribers (eg, new location registrants) and existing subscribers (eg, old location registrants) are notified that subscribers included in the preset friend group have approached within a predetermined distance.

In addition, each user can temporarily limit the friend access notification service in order not to notify that the access to any subscriber. For example, by inputting predetermined keys such as 'password + SEND key', the user may not notify his / her location information to subscribers belonging to the friend group.

2 is a block diagram of a wireless network system for explaining a method for providing a specific access notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Typically, a wireless network system includes a home location register (HLR) 110, a mobile switching center and a visitor location register (MSC / VLR) 120, a base station controller (BSC) 130, 160, and a base transceiver subsystem (BTS) 140, 170.

The base stations 140 and 170 perform data transmission / reception with mobile terminals included in a predetermined area, and the base station controllers 130 and 160 control the base stations under the control of the mobile switching center and the visitor location register 120. Meanwhile, the home location register 110 provides subscriber information to the mobile switching center and the visitor location register 120 based on the registered subscriber database.

3 is an exemplary diagram of a structure of a subscriber database stored in a location register. Referring to FIG. 3, the subscriber database 200 includes a subscriber station number 210 / subscriber's serial number 220 / subscriber's MSC_ID 230 / subscriber's additional service information 240 / subscriber's friend group information 250 ) / Including the subscriber's location information 260. The structure of such a subscriber database is information managed by a typical location register.

4 is a flowchart of a process in a wireless network system for providing a specific access notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 4, when the mobile station (MS_B) 180 moves to the area of the base station (BTS_B) 170 as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile station (MS_A) 150 notifies the mobile station (MS_A) 150 of the mobile station (MS_B). Also shown at 180 is a series of processes informing the presence of the mobile terminal (MS_A) 150 in close proximity. In this case, it is assumed that the mobile terminal MS_A 150 and the mobile terminal MS_B 180 are registered in the friend group.

Referring to FIG. 4, a processing procedure in a wireless network system for providing a specific access notification service is as follows. First, when the MS_A 150 transmits a location registration message to the BTS_A 140 (S201), the BTS_A 140 transmits the information to the MSC / VLR 120 (S202). Upon receiving this, the MSC / VLR 120 requests the HLR 110 to update the location registration information of the MS_A 150 (S203). The HLR 110 updates the location registration information of the MS_A 150 in response to the request (S204), and transmits the location registration update result and the friend group information of the MS_A 150 to the MSC / VLR 120 (S205). , S206).

On the other hand, when the MS_B 180 transmits the location registration message to the BTS_B 170 (S207), the BTS_B 170 transmits the information to the MSC / VLR 120 (S208). Upon receiving this, the MSC / VLR 120 requests the HLR 110 to update the location registration information of the MS_B 180 (S209). The HLR 110 updates the location registration information of the MS_B 180 in response to the request (S210), and transmits the location registration update result and the friend group information of the MS_B 180 to the MSC / VLR 120 (S211). , S212).

The MSC / VLR 120 checks whether the MS_B 180 is included in the friend group of the MS_A 150 (S213). If the MS_B 180 is included in the friend group of the MS_A 150, the position of the MS_B 180 is determined. The BTS_A 140 is notified of the registration (S214). The BTS_A 140 transmits a friend access notification message to the MS_A 150 based on the location registration fact of the MS_B 180 (S215). In addition, the MSC / VLR 120 checks whether the MS_A 150 is included in the friend group of the MS_B 180 (S216), and if the MS_A 150 is included in the friend group of the MS_B 180, The BTS_B 170 is notified of the location registration fact (S217). The BTS_B 170 transmits a friend access notification message to the MS_B 180 based on the location registration fact of the MS_A 150 (S218).

In this way, it can be seen that the MS_A 150 and the MS_B 180 included in the mutual friend group are close to each other.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention is relatively economical compared to the method of providing location information using the GPS module by providing the access notification service of a specific person registered as a predetermined group using the location registration information of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, in order to know the access between subscribers registered in a predetermined group (for example, a friend group), the user does not need to perform a series of processes for requesting the service and receiving the consent of the other party. It is available.

In the conventional method of periodically receiving a location, as more subscribers are registered in a predetermined group (eg, friend group), notification may occur more frequently. However, in the present invention, subscribers registered in a predetermined group (eg, friend group) There is no such inconvenience as the fact of approach is notified only when approaching close range.

Therefore, the present invention has an effect of increasing the chance of meeting with friends by telling each other when the friends are located in close proximity at the same time by chance.

Claims (5)

A method of providing a specific access notification service using a location registration management device of a mobile communication network system that stores / manages subscriber information including subscriber location registration information and corresponding subscriber access notification group information. A first step of updating the location registration information of the corresponding subscriber based on the location update request signal received from any subscriber; Based on the subscriber information, among the existing subscribers already registered in the location registration management device, a new subscriber who has updated location registration information in the first process is included in the access notification group, and is located within a predetermined distance from the new subscriber. A second process of determining the existence of existing subscribers, A third process of including the new subscriber in an access notification group based on the determination result of the second process and notifying a specific access notification message to existing subscribers located within a predetermined distance from the new subscriber; A fourth process of determining whether there is an existing subscriber included in the access notification group of the new subscriber among the existing subscribers and located within a predetermined distance from the new subscriber based on the subscriber information; And a fifth process of notifying the new subscriber of a specific access notification message based on the determination result of the fourth process. The method of claim 1, wherein the third process provides a specific access notification message for informing the existing subscribers of the access of the new subscriber using audible and visible information. The method of claim 1, wherein the fifth process provides a specific access notification message for notifying the new subscriber of the access of the corresponding existing subscribers using audible and visible information. . The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the third process determines whether to notify a specific access notification message to the existing subscribers based on the temporary notification access limit setting information of the new subscriber. How to provide notification service. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the fifth process determines whether to notify the new subscriber a specific access notification message based on the access notification temporary restriction setting information of the corresponding existing subscribers. How to provide access notification service.