KR20040078354A - Delivery Method Using Location Based Service of Mobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A delivery method using a position based service of a mobile communication terminal is provided to deliver an article to a receiver who is not at a receiver's place by tracing a location of a mobile terminal which the receiver has. CONSTITUTION: A client(10) requests a delivery company(30) to deliver an article, providing a telephone number of a mobile phone of a receiver(20). The delivery company(30) asks the receiver(20) the approval for position tracking. If the receiver(20) approves the position tracking, the delivery company(30) traces the position of the mobile phone with which the receiver(20) carries. The delivery company(30) confirms the position of the receiver(20) to directly deliver the article to the receiver(20).

Description

Delivery method using location based service of mobile communication terminal {Delivery Method Using Location Based Service of Mobile}

(Technology)

The present invention relates to a method for delivering goods, and more particularly, to a method for delivering a goods by tracking the location of the goods recipient by identifying the location of the mobile communication terminal possessed by the goods recipient.

(Background)

Mobile phones, which are representatives of mobile communication terminals, have been expanded day by day and are becoming a necessity of life for most people. With the development of electronic communication technology, mobile phones have been expanded in various ways, including basic communication functions, wireless Internet terminals, electronic notebooks, and payment methods. Recently, the location of mobile phones has been tracked by location tracking technology. A location tracking service (LBS; Location Based Service) that informs the location of the holder has been provided.

The location tracking service of the mobile phone, such as tracking the location of the mobile vehicle to determine the current location of the delivery volume to guide the time to completion of delivery, services to track the location of children and the elderly, emergency services It has been applied to services such as location tracking for people.

Location-based services of mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones include cell-based (base station tracking) and GPS using satellites to track user location based on the base station from which mobile phone radio waves are detected.

Traditionally, the delivery of various goods is generally delivered to the addressee of the goods recipient. Since the address delivery method is not a method of delivering the goods directly to the recipient of the goods, the risk of postal accidents is inevitably existed. There is the hassle of having to return or deliver again.

An object of the present invention is to combine the delivery of the location-based services (location tracking function) of the mobile communication terminal (mobile phone), the delivery company tracks the location of the mobile communication terminal possessed by the recipient of the goods to the goods recipients By direct delivery, it is intended to solve the problems of delivery accidents and redistribution due to the absence of recipients and delivery accidents contained in the address delivery system.

1 is a block diagram of a delivery method using a location-based service of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is an exemplary flow chart of a delivery method according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10: Goods Delivery Client

20: Goods Recipient

30: delivery company

40: Delivery Goods

50: Mobile carrier

60: satellite

According to the present invention, a delivery method using a location-based service of a mobile communication terminal is provided.

In a delivery method using a location-based service of a mobile communication terminal (mobile phone) according to the present invention, a goods delivery client provides a unique number (mobile phone number) of a mobile communication terminal of the recipient of the goods to a delivery company for delivery. The process of commissioning the delivery of; Tracking, by the delivery company, the location of the mobile communication terminal of the recipient of the goods; And delivering the delivery goods by finally confirming the location of the goods recipient by the delivery company according to the location tracking result. It includes.

Preferably, the goods recipient must approve the delivery of the goods so that the delivery company can perform the process of tracking the location of the goods receiver's mobile communication terminal.

Preferably, the approval of delivery of the article may be executed through a text message via the mobile communication terminal, wireless Internet, or a direct voice call.

Preferably, for the approval of the delivery of the goods from the credible delivery company, it is possible to set the options of the goods recipient's mobile communication terminal automatically to be approved for delivery without a separate approval process of the goods recipient, thereby invading privacy If the problem is small, the approval of the delivery of the goods can be quickly and automatically processed quickly.

Preferably, the article payer may pay a fee for the delivery provided the goods payee approves.

Preferably, the delivery fee paid by the goods recipient may be automatically settled together with the usage fee of the mobile communication terminal through the payment method of the usage fee of the mobile communication terminal of the goods recipient.

Hereinafter, a delivery method using a location-based service of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are merely illustrative of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a delivery method using a location-based service of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an exemplary flowchart of a delivery method according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the delivery method according to the present invention, a mobile communication system capable of location tracking services (location-based services), that is, a GPS system or a cell-system using a satellite can be applied to provide a LBS The communication system is applied.

In the delivery method of the present invention, the goods delivery client 10 requesting the delivery of the goods, the goods recipient 20 receiving the delivery goods, the delivery company 30 performing the delivery, the goods 40 to be delivered. And a mobile telecommunication company 50 that operates a mobile telecommunication terminal 2 having a location tracking function. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 60 denotes a satellite in the case where the mobile phone location tracking is a GPS using satellites.

Referring to Figure 2, the delivery method according to the present invention, first, when the goods 40 to be delivered to the goods delivery client 10 to the delivery company (30) the mobile telephone (2) of the goods recipient 20 The goods are requested to be delivered while providing the telephone number (step S10).

It is not excluded that the delivery company 30 that is requested to deliver the location of the mobile phone 2 of the recipient 20 is not excluded. However, the delivery company 30 has to approve the delivery of the goods. It is desirable to be able to track the location of the cellular phone of the article recipient 20.

It is desirable to obtain prior approval from the recipient 20 prior to carrying out the location tracking delivery of the mobile phone because the location tracking itself may be an invasion of personal privacy.

This pre-delivery approval may be approved by voice directly by voice call with the goods recipient 20, or 'I would like to send the product 000 sent by 000 through the location tracking of your mobile phone. ' It may be requested by sending a text message, such as, or by sending a query and response to the request for approval via the wireless Internet of the mobile phone.

Prior approval of location delivery is necessary for privacy protection, but if the delivery company 30 is reliable and there is no problem with the infringement of the privacy, the goods recipient 20 may perform location tracking delivery by such authorized delivery company 30. It is possible to set the options of the mobile phone (2) to automatically approve without additional approval, in which case it is desirable to minimize the process for approval of delivery while also considering privacy.

Article 20 received the approval of location tracking delivery of the delivery company 30 will answer whether the location tracking delivery according to the method required by voice calls, text messages or wireless Internet (step S30). At this time, if the goods recipient 20 refuses the location tracking delivery (NO), the delivery method according to the present invention is suspended, the delivery according to the normal address delivery method is executed or the delivery is canceled (step S40). ).

The goods recipient 20 may approve the delivery after confirming the credibility of the delivery company 30, the goods of the delivery goods 40, and the goods delivery client 10, and the goods recipient 20 receives goods by location tracking. If the delivery is approved (YES), the delivery company 30 tracks the position of the cellular phone owned by the goods receiver 20 to grasp the whereabouts of the goods receiver 20 (step S50).

Such location tracking may be performed only once in some cases until the goods delivery is completed, or may be repeatedly performed several times in accordance with the movement of the goods receiver 20.

In the course of location tracking, the goods receiver 20 may withdraw the approval for delivery by the mobile phone location tracking at any time before receiving the delivery goods (S60). When the goods recipient 20 withdraws the approval of delivery (NO), the delivery by the delivery method according to the present invention is stopped, and the goods 40 are delivered by the address delivery method or the delivery is canceled (step S70). If the approval for delivery is not withdrawn (YES), according to the result of the location tracking, the delivery company 30 finally checks the location of the goods receiver 20 and delivers the goods to the goods receiver 20 directly. (S80), thereby completing the delivery using the location-based service of the mobile phone according to the present invention.

In the above-described series of delivery processes, the communication between the delivery company 30, the goods receiver 20, and the goods delivery client 10 can be performed through a voice call, a text message, the Internet, or the like of the mobile phone.

In addition, in the delivery method of the present invention, the fee for the delivery service performed by the delivery company 30 is generally paid by the goods delivery client 10. It is natural that the payment can be made by 20), and it is also natural that the delivery fee can be automatically paid together with the usage fee of the mobile phone through the payment method of the mobile phone of the goods receiver 20. .

In the above description of the present invention, since the mobile communication terminal is described as a representative mobile phone, the present invention can be implemented using other mobile communication terminals such as PDAs.

According to the delivery method using the location-based service of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention described above, the mobile communication is carried by the recipient of the goods based on the location-based services of the mobile communication terminal rather than the delivery to the destination address of the goods recipient By tracking the location of the terminal to deliver the goods directly to the recipient of the address, it is possible to completely solve the problem of delivery accidents, delivery or redistribution due to the absence of the recipient in the address delivery method, and the recipient of the goods Walking around to see the effect of being able to receive the goods delivered. Of course, it is also possible to use the mobile communication terminal fee payment method to pay the delivery fee and pay the delivery fee.

Claims (6)

Requesting the delivery of the goods 40 to be delivered by the goods delivery client 10 by providing the delivery company 30 with a unique number of the mobile communication terminal of the goods recipient 20; Tracking the location of the mobile communication terminal of the goods recipient 20 by the delivery company 30; And The delivery company 30 finally confirms the location of the goods receiver 20 according to the location tracking result and delivers the delivery goods 40; Characterized in that it comprises a delivery method using a location-based service of the mobile communication terminal. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the goods payer 20 approves the delivery of the goods so that the delivery company 30 executes a process of tracking the location of the mobile communication terminal of the goods payer 20. The delivery method using a location-based service of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 2, wherein the approval of the delivery of the article is performed by at least one of a text message, a wireless Internet, and a direct voice call through the mobile communication terminal. Delivery method. According to claim 3, Options for the mobile communication terminal of the goods recipient 20 so that the approval of the delivery from the credible delivery company 30 is automatically approved without a separate approval process of the goods recipient 20 If this is set, the delivery method using the location-based service of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the approval of the delivery of the article is automatically executed. The method according to claim 1, wherein the goods payer (20) pays a delivery fee if the goods payee (20) approves. The method according to claim 5, wherein the delivery fee paid by the goods recipient 20 is settled together with the usage fee of the mobile communication terminal by the method of payment of the usage fee of the mobile communication terminal of the goods recipient 20, Delivery method using location based service of mobile communication terminal.