KR20060068112A - Apparatus, method, and system for providing information relevant to poi - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides the related information (for example, phone number, search of industry information, web address and e-mail address, etc.) of POI information selected from POI (Point Of Interest) information provided on the screen of the mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a related information providing apparatus, method, and system for POI information that can be conveniently provided.

To this end, the present invention includes a memory unit for storing geographic information including POI (Point Of Interest) information and related information corresponding to the POI information; Providing related information of POI information, comprising: a control unit for retrieving geographic information including POI information from the memory unit and outputting it on a screen, and providing related information about POI information selected from the output POI information. Provide the device.

POI information, filtering, related information, and provision

Description

Apparatus, method, and system for providing information relevant to POI information

1 is a block diagram for explaining the overall information providing apparatus of the POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating in detail a device for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating in detail the configuration of a mobile communication terminal applied to FIGS. 1 and 2.

4 is a block diagram for explaining in detail the control unit of FIG.

5 is a block diagram illustrating an overall system for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention in detail.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a filtering related subroutine for POI information applied to FIG. 7.                 

9 is a flowchart illustrating a connection related subroutine to related information applied in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing related information of POI information in connection with a navigation management server in a device for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

11 is a screen example showing geographic information displayed on a screen of a mobile communication terminal and POI information displayed in distinguished colors.

12 is a screen example showing related information corresponding to POI information.

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50: GPS satellites 100: mobile communication terminal

200: information and communication network 220: website

240: mobile exchanger 250: exchanger

300: navigation management server 310: POI information database (DB)

320: Geographic Information Database (DB)

The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a system for providing related information of POI information. In particular, the present invention relates to information related to POI information selected from POI information displayed on a screen of a mobile communication terminal (eg, a telephone number, The present invention relates to a related information providing apparatus, method, and system for POI information that can be conveniently provided, such as a search, a web address, an e-mail address, etc., and can be easily connected with the related information selected by a user.

In general, the navigation system receives the current location information and the destination information from the navigation terminal to calculate the guidance route based on the map data, generates the guidance data, and transmits the guidance data to the navigation terminal to perform the road guidance.

Such a navigation system includes a map database (DB) and a point of interest (POI), which store map data produced according to road and traffic regulation conditions previously investigated in the information center. And a POI database (DB) for storing data such as a hotel, a golf course, a tourist attraction, and the like, and receive various signals necessary for driving by transmitting data stored in the database DB while receiving a signal according to an information request from a navigation terminal. Will be provided.

The navigation system is largely classified into a car navigation system (CNS) for providing various driving information and a personal navigation system (PNS) for providing various driving information while being portable. do.

The above-described car navigation system (CNS) has a problem in that the location of the place name is easy to recognize because the output screen is large, but it is mounted on the vehicle, and according to the restrictions of the place, the user cannot properly utilize the geographic information required by the user.

In addition, the above-mentioned personal navigation system (PNS) solves the problems caused by the limitations of the car navigation system, but it is difficult to recognize the exact location due to the limitation of the screen size or resolution of the mobile communication terminal, so that the user displays it on the screen. There was a problem that can not accurately recognize the geographic information.

In addition, in order to search for relevant information on the POI information displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, there is an inconvenient problem of requesting the relevant information on the specific POI information from the corresponding search menu through several movement processes.

In addition, there is an inconvenience in that it is necessary to accurately determine whether the related information on the POI information retrieved through several movement steps is related to the corresponding POI information displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.

When requesting access to the searched related information, note or memorize related information (for example, phone number, web address, email address, etc.) of the searched related information, and then link to the related information. There was an uncomfortable problem to try.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and the user needs by filtering POI information to be highlighted and displaying the filtered POI information among geographic information including POI information to be displayed on the screen. In addition to accurately recognizing the location, it is possible to accurately provide the relevant information on the POI information selected from the filtered POI information.

Another object of the present invention is to make it easy to connect with any one of the relevant information (e.g., phone number, search of industry information, web address and e-mail address) for the selected POI information.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a memory unit for storing geographic information including POI (Point Of Interest) information and related information corresponding to the POI information; Providing related information of POI information, comprising: a control unit for retrieving geographic information including POI information from the memory unit and outputting it on a screen, and providing related information about POI information selected from the output POI information. Provide the device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing related information about POI information from a memory unit in which geographic information including point of interest (POI) information and related information corresponding to the POI information are stored. A filtering step of filtering POI information to be displayed by highlighting geographic information including POI information to be outputted from the memory unit and highlighting any reference coordinates among the retrieved information; A display step of highlighting and displaying the POI information filtered through the filtering step; It provides a method of providing related information of the POI information, characterized in that it comprises a providing step of providing the relevant information for the selected POI information from the POI information displayed through the display step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a navigation management server including a point of interest (DB) information database (DB) and a geographic information database (DB), and searches for and provides geographic information and POI information for an arbitrary region. Wow; At least one GPS satellite providing position coordinates; Access the navigation management server to receive the geographic information including the POI information to be displayed on the screen, POI information to be displayed by highlighting the center coordinates received from any reference coordinates or GPS satellites from the received information It provides a related information providing system of the POI information, characterized in that it comprises a mobile communication terminal for filtering and providing the related information on the selected POI information from the filtered POI information.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing related information about POI information, after establishing a communication connection with a navigation management server through an information communication network, geography including POI information corresponding to a search request of a geographic object; A receiving step of receiving information; A filtering step of filtering POI information to be displayed by highlighting any reference coordinates among geographic information including the POI information received by the receiving step; A display step of highlighting and displaying the POI information filtered through the filtering step; It provides a method of providing related information of the POI information, characterized in that it comprises a providing step of providing the relevant information for the selected POI information from the POI information displayed through the display step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the POI information to be displayed by highlighting any reference coordinates among the geographic information including the POI information to be displayed on the screen, and to filter the POI information selected from the filtered POI information A mobile communication terminal for providing related information; At least one GPS satellite providing position coordinates to the mobile communication terminal; An ISP (Internet Service Provider) for providing a web site linked to the selected web address when the web address is selected by the user among the related information corresponding to the POI information displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal; A mobile switching unit for connecting to the mobile telephone number when the mobile telephone number is selected by the user among the related information corresponding to the POI information displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal; An exchanger for connecting to a wired telephone number when a wired telephone number is selected by a user among related information corresponding to POI information displayed on a screen of the mobile communication terminal; It provides a related information providing system of POI information including an information communication network for performing a wired or wireless interface with at least one of the mobile communication terminal, the ISP, the mobile switch and the switch.

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

An apparatus for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed description of an apparatus for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a block diagram illustrating in detail the configuration of a mobile communication terminal applied to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Referring to FIG. 1, the apparatus 100 for providing related information of POI information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention highlights and displays a predetermined reference coordinate among geographic information including POI information to be displayed on a screen. POI information to be filtered to provide related information on the selected POI information among the filtered POI information.                     

Here, the selected POI information is displayed in a different color, so that the user can easily check what POI information is selected. In addition, the selected POI information may be selected while switching according to a preset conversion path based on the POI information to be displayed after being filtered and emphasized. However, the user operates a key for movement among all the POI information displayed on the screen. The desired POI information may be selected, or even if the POI information highlighted by the user is not selected, a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds, 7 seconds, etc.) stored in advance may be automatically switched. The preset switching path is scheduled information for switching clockwise, counterclockwise or zigzag based on the POI information.

Filtering POI information filters POI information in concentric circles around a reference coordinate corresponding to the current position of the mobile communication terminal, or POI information in concentric circles around a reference coordinate corresponding to an arbitrary point selected by a user. Filtering or filtering POI information within a certain distance based on the reference coordinate existing on the simulated driving route.

The apparatus 100 for providing related information of the POI information may operate in conjunction with a GPS satellite 50 that transmits a coordinate of a current location and a coordinate on a driving route. Accordingly, the apparatus for providing related information of the POI information may be displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal using the GPS coordinates received from the GPS satellites 50. In addition, even when GPS coordinates are not received from the GPS satellites 50, POI information and geographic information may be displayed on the screen by directly receiving coordinates of an arbitrary point selected by the user. In this way, the POI information displayed on the screen is displayed in dark, shaded, flashing, or distinguished colors, so that the user can easily recognize the location.

Thereafter, the above-described related information providing apparatus 100 of POI information provides the stored related information in correspondence with the POI information selected by the user, and provides the related information (eg, a telephone number, industry information of the related POI information). It supports linking with relevant information that you want to access from search, web address and email address.

Although the above-described related information providing apparatus 100 of the POI information is described as a mobile communication terminal in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited thereto.

The apparatus for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, the apparatus 100 for providing related information of the above-described POI information includes at least one Internet Service Provider (ISP) 220 and a mobile communication company connected through a GPS satellite 50 and an information communication network 200. It operates in conjunction with the mobile exchange 240 and the exchange 250 of the. ISP 220 provides a website that links to a web address.

The related information providing apparatus 100 of the POI information having such a configuration provides related information on selected POI information among highlighted POI information, and supports connecting to desired related information among the provided related information. In addition, the apparatus 100 for providing related information of POI information searches for geographic information including POI information, outputs it on the screen, provides relevant information about POI information selected from the output POI information, and then selects among the provided related information. It can also be linked to related information.                     

In more detail, when a web address is selected by the user among the related information in the provided POI information, a request is made to connect the selected web address to the ISP 220 so as to link a website linked to the requested web address from the ISP 220. If the mobile phone number is selected by the user, the mobile phone number is transmitted to the mobile switchboard 240 so that the mobile phone number is connected to the mobile phone number. If is selected, by supporting the telephone call with the other party by sending a wired telephone number to the switch 250 to be connected to the corresponding landline telephone number. In addition, when an e-mail address is selected by the user, an input window for inputting an e-mail is provided, and after the e-mail contents are input through the provided input window, the corresponding e-mail is transmitted according to the transmission request. In this case, an e-mail address of a receiver to receive an e-mail is set in advance in the input window.

Referring to FIG. 3, the apparatus 100 for providing related information of POI information includes a key input unit 110, a voice input unit 120, a GPS receiver 130, a data converter 140, a controller 150, and a display unit. 160, an RF transmitter / receiver 170, a memory 180 storing geographic information, a communication interface 190, and an antenna (not shown). Here, the information stored in the memory unit 180 includes a map, POI information, geographic information, and related information corresponding to the POI information.

In the memory unit 180, an operation program and a system program of the controller 15 are stored, and the operation program and the system program are usually stored in a ROM area, which can be erased as necessary. Electrically erasable ROMs include EEPROM and flash memory. In addition, the memory unit 180 further includes a RAM that temporarily stores data generated during execution of various operation programs.

The key input unit 110 operates a button key provided in the mobile communication terminal 100 to determine the geography of a specific location (for example, the current location of the mobile communication terminal 100, an arbitrary point, a location on a driving route, etc.). You are given a command to search. At this time, the location name (for example, select city / city, city / county / gu, name, etc.), address (for example, city / city / county / city, city / town / dong) You can also input the geographic search command of the current location by selecting one geographic search button key, and the name of one place (for example, Seocho-dong, Sinseol-dong, Bomun-dong). , Only Yeoksam-dong, etc.).

The voice input unit 120 receives a voice signal of the user for a phone call with the other party. In addition, a command for searching for a specific location may be input by a user.

When the GPS receiver 130 transmits a position measurement signal to the GPS satellite 50, the GPS coordinates (eg, at a location where the mobile communication terminal 100 is located) from the at least one GPS satellite 50 that receives the transmitted signal. Coordinates, including latitude, longitude, and the like. At this time, the mobile communication terminal 100 receiving the GPS coordinates displays the POI information and the geographic information corresponding to the GPS coordinates on the screen so that the user's location can be confirmed.

The data conversion unit 140 converts the information transmitted and received from the outside or the information requiring processing into suitable data. In particular, the data conversion unit 140 converts POI information and geographic information into appropriate data. The POI information and the geographic information converted as described above are stored in the memory unit 180. The geographic information and the POI information may be stored in the same file or may be separately stored in each file.

In the present embodiment, it is described that the geographic information including POI information and related information corresponding to the POI information are stored in the internal memory unit 180 of the mobile communication terminal 100, but the external memory (for example, sd POI information and geographic information stored in (eg, cf, memory stick, etc.) may be used. At this time, the mobile communication terminal 100 and the external memory are connected by a connection means (for example, a cable, a USB port, etc.) to use the information stored in the external memory.

POI (Point Of Interest) information includes the location name and coordinates of the important point, the location name of the important point refers to public institutions, schools, department stores, cathedrals, parks, fast food restaurants, markets, restaurants. In the present embodiment, the POI information is limited to the location name of the important point, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The geographic information includes location names, coordinates, and additional services of important points, and the additional services include an address, a representative telephone number, a search for the same industry, a web address, and additional information of facilities.

Relevant information includes mobile phone numbers, landline phone numbers, search of industry information, web addresses and email addresses.

Since the capacity of the memory unit 180 is limited, in order to receive a large amount of information while being updated with the latest information, it is desirable to request and receive geographic information of a specific region after establishing a communication connection to a navigation management server to be described later. Do.                     

The controller 150 controls the units collectively, and determines whether there is a geographic search command in response to the signal output from the key input unit 110, and if there is a geographic search command, it is displayed on the screen. Geographic information including POI information is searched and the POI information is filtered from the searched information so that the filtered POI information is highlighted. Of course, geographic information is also displayed on the screen, but it is not emphasized like POI information.

In addition, the controller 150 provides the related information on the POI information selected by the user among the highlighted POI information, and is connected to the related information when requesting access to the related information provided by the user's selection. Here, the selected POI information is desired to be connected to related information, and is preferably displayed in a distinct color. In addition, the selected POI information may be a preset switching path (eg, clockwise or counterclockwise) based on the filtered POI information in response to a key (eg, a search key, a selection key, etc.) signal selected by the user. And a switch for switching in the zigzag direction or the like, or may be selected by operating a key (for example, a direction key or the like) for movement among POI information displayed on the screen.

The reason for filtering the POI information is to highlight and display the POI information. For this reason, the filtering condition for filtering the POI information is set to filter the POI information within a predetermined distance from the reference coordinate, and the reference coordinate is the coordinate of the current location of the mobile communication terminal 100 or by the user. Coordinates of a predetermined point or coordinates set on the driving route.                     

Here, the filtered POI information is POI information of a surrounding (for example, 50M, 100M, etc.) centered on the coordinates of the current position, that is, POI information in a concentric circle centered on the coordinates of the current position or is set on the driving route. It refers to POI information at a certain distance (for example, 50M, 100M, 200M, etc.) with respect to the coordinates, or POI information in concentric circles about the coordinates of an arbitrary point.

In the present embodiment, the filtering of the POI information may be filtered according to a preset filtering condition, but the filtering condition may be set by a user.

Referring to FIG. 4, the controller 150 is described in more detail. The controller 150 includes a mobile communication processor 151, a filtering unit 153, a switching unit 155, a connection processing unit 157, and the like. , The POI information inquiry unit 159, and the like.

The mobile communication processing unit 151 is a module for performing a mobile communication service using a radio resource in a mobile communication terminal, and is configured and operated using a known mobile communication technology, so that detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

 The filtering unit 153 filters POI information to be displayed by highlighting any reference coordinates among geographic information including POI information retrieved from the memory unit 180, and POI information within a predetermined distance from the reference coordinates. Will be filtered. Here, the arbitrary reference coordinates refer to the coordinates of the current position of the mobile communication terminal 100, the position of any point selected by the user, and the position existing on the driving route.

The switching unit 155 selects arbitrary POI information from the POI information filtered by the filtering unit 153 according to a preset condition, and displays the POI information displayed in a distinct color. On the basis of the above, it is switched one by one according to a preset switching path (for example, clockwise, counterclockwise and zigzag direction). Here, the object of switching is limited to the POI information displayed highlighted, but all the POI information displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 100 is also possible.

The connection processing unit 157 is in the state of being switched by the switching unit 155, when the relevant information request signal for the POI information displayed in the distinguished color is input in response to the input request signal related information (for example For example, it provides a phone number, search of industry information, web address and e-mail address, etc.) and serves to support the connection to the relevant information selected by the user from the relevant information provided.

The POI information retrieval unit 159, when a search for the same industry information is requested by the user among the related information corresponding to the POI information, based on the POI information requesting confirmation of the related information (eg, reference coordinates) It searches the POI information of any area within 300M, 500M). In this way, the POI information retrieved through the POI information inquiry unit 159 may be displayed on the screen by highlighting it.

For example, if the POI information is a restaurant, if a request is made to search for industry information about a restaurant, the restaurant is searched in a nearby area based on the coordinates of the selected POI information and the POI information of the restaurant is displayed on the screen. It can also be highlighted.

3 again, the display unit 160 outputs information on the screen according to the control signal output through the controller 150. In this embodiment, POI information and geographic information are displayed on the screen. In particular, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the filtered POI information is highlighted and displayed, and the selected POI information is displayed in a distinct color. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

The RF transmitter / receiver 170 and the antenna (not shown) are under the control of the controller 150 and generally perform a role of transmitting and receiving a voice signal for a telephone call with a counterpart caller. Omit the description.

The voice processing unit (not shown) modulates the voice signal input from the microphone and converts the voice signal into voice data, and demodulates the voice data input from the RF transmitter / receiver 170 and voice data stored in the voice memory into voice signals. Sound is output through a speaker.

The ringing tone generator (not shown) generates a ring tone through the speaker under the control of the controller 150.

The communication interface unit 190 serves to interface the information received from the outside to the controller 150 and to interface the control signal output from the controller 150 to the outside.

5 is a block diagram illustrating an overall system for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a system for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 100 that is a requester of information, a navigation management server 300 that is a provider of information, and mobile communication. At least one location coordinate that provides a position coordinate to the mobile communication terminal 100 having an information communication network 200 and a GPS receiver 130 for interfacing the terminal 100 and the navigation management server 300 by wire or wirelessly. GPS satellites 50 and the like.

The mobile communication terminal 100 is a computer device that can communicate with a map browser capable of displaying map contents, and includes a mobile phone capable of wireless Internet communication, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an IMT2000, and the like.

Since the mobile communication terminal 100 is the same as described above, a description thereof will be omitted.

The information communication network 200 includes an Internet network, an internal network, and the like using a TCP / IP protocol that can be wired and a WAP protocol that can be wirelessly connected. Here, the mobile communication terminal 100 is connected through the information communication network 200 (for example, the Internet network).

The navigation management server 300 is a computer system including a central processing unit, a RAM, a ROM, a network interface, a data storage device, and the like. Traditional personal computers or workstations with more than a certain amount of memory and processing power can be used as server computers.

The navigation management server 300 is updated with the latest information and the POI information database (DB) 310 that stores the point of interest (POI) information updated with the latest information and related information corresponding to the POI information. And a geographic information database (DB) 320 that stores the geographic information.                     

The navigation management server 300 receives the POI information and the geographic information in response to the input request signal when a geographic search request signal for a certain area is input from the mobile communication terminal 100 that is connected through the information communication network 200. It searches from the POI information database (DB) 310 and the geographic information database (DB) 320 and transmits the retrieved POI information and geographic information to the mobile communication terminal 100 via the information communication network 200.

Then, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives POI information and geographic information transmitted through the information communication network 200 from the navigation management server 300 to be displayed on the screen.

At this time, the POI information is filtered based on any reference coordinates among the received POI information and geographic information, and the filtered POI information is displayed in bold, shaded, displayed in a distinct color, or blinked. It is to be displayed by highlighting any one of the, and in response to the request for related information on the selected POI information from the highlighted POI information to provide the relevant information corresponding to the POI information.

In this embodiment, since the mobile communication terminal 100 operates in conjunction with the navigation management server 300, the mobile communication terminal 100 can receive and use a vast amount of POI information and geographic information managed by the navigation management server 300, thereby allowing the user to Not only can you know where you need it more precisely, but it's also updated with the latest information to give you more detail.

The navigation management server 300 may support connection to related information stored in the POI information database (DB) 310 according to a request of the mobile communication terminal 100 connected and interworked through the information communication network 200. . That is, among relevant information provided at the request of the user (eg, representative phone number, search of industry information, web address, e-mail address, etc.) related information (eg, representative phone number) to be accessed is If it is selected, it can support the selected phone number call connection. Also, if other related information (eg, search of related industry information) is selected, POI information of the neighboring region can be selected based on the POI information requested to confirm the selected related information. The searched POI information may be provided by searching, and when other related information (for example, a web address) is selected, the user may be connected to the selected related information to receive desired information from the connected site. In addition, when other related information (eg, an e-mail address) is selected, an e-mail can be easily created through an input window for inputting an e-mail in response to the selected related information. In this case, an e-mail address of a receiver to receive an e-mail is set in advance in the input window.

Here, a single server 300 includes a POI information database (DB) 310 and a geographic information database (DB) 320 which are composed of POI information and geographic information updated with the latest information while retaining a large amount of information. Although it is described as providing by providing, since the companies providing POI information and geographic information may be different, only one information may be provided by one server.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A method of providing related information of POI information applied to FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 6.                     

The controller 150 performs a search step of searching for geographic information from the memory unit 180 including POI information to be output on the screen in response to the geographic search requested from the user (S100). The memory unit 180 stores geographic information including POI information and related information corresponding to the POI information. The POI information may be stored in one file by mapping the geographical information into one file or separately stored in each file. May be

Next, the controller 150 performs a filtering step of filtering POI information to be highlighted and displayed based on arbitrary reference coordinates among geographic information including the retrieved POI information (S110). The POI information filtered through the filtering step is POI information for highlighting on the screen. POI information in concentric circles centered on the reference coordinate, POI information located around the reference coordinate, and the reference coordinate. POI information located within a certain distance on the driving route. Here, the reference coordinate is a GPS coordinate received from the GPS satellite 50 after the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits a positioning signal to the GPS satellite 50, or does not transmit the positioning signal to the GPS satellite 50. Coordinates searched based on geographic information stored in the memory unit 180 or coordinates set on a driving route where a starting point and a destination are given.

Next, the controller 150 displays the geographic information including the POI information filtered by the above-described filtering step on the screen, and performs a display step of highlighting the filtered POI information (S120). Here, the filtered POI information is highlighted in one of the display modes that are displayed in bold, shaded, flashing, or distinguished colors while displaying geographic information on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 100. It is preferable to display it.

Next, the controller 150 performs the step of providing the related information corresponding to the requested POI information in response to the related information request signal for the selected POI information among the POI information in the highlighted state (S130). In this case, the related information provided is a landline phone number, a mobile phone number, search of industry information, web address and email address.

Next, when the control unit 150 requests the connection of the related information provided in this way, the connection is made to the requested related information.

Meanwhile, a method of providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a filtering related subroutine for POI information applied to FIG. 7. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a connection related subroutine to related information applied to FIG. 7.

The control unit 150 is turned on at the request of the user, so that the power supply to the components of the mobile communication terminal 100 described above is smoothly made (S200). As described above, various services can be provided according to a user's request while the power is turned on. However, in the present embodiment, only the service part related to the geographical search will be described.

Thereafter, the controller 150 determines whether a geographic search request signal is input from the user (S202). As a result of the determination in step S202, if no geographic search request signal is input from the user, the process ends.

As a result of the determination in step S202, when a geographic search request signal is input from the user, the controller 150 searches geographic information including POI information to be displayed on the screen in response to the requested signal (S204). In this case, after providing a setting window for receiving a geographic object to be searched for, the geographic object to be searched may be input through the provided setting window, which is operated by operating a button key provided in the mobile communication terminal 100. It is possible to easily enter a geographic target search request by selecting a button for geographic search.

Thereafter, the controller 150 performs a filtering related subroutine for POI information filtering POI information within a predetermined distance from a predetermined reference coordinate among geographic information including the retrieved POI information (S300 of FIG. 8). .

Referring to FIG. 8, the filtering-related subroutine S300 for POI information is described. The controller 150 determines which geographic object is a search request (S302). That is, it is determined whether the geographic search request of the current location of the mobile communication terminal 100, the geographic search request of any point selected by the user, or the geographic search request on the driving route.

As a result of the determination in step S302, when a geographic search of the current position of the mobile communication terminal 100 is requested, the controller 150 transmits a position measurement signal to the GPS satellite 50 and then receives the received GPS signal from the GPS satellite 50. The GPS coordinates are set as reference coordinates (S303). Here, the reference coordinates are coordinates that serve to filter POI information within a certain distance or in concentric circles among geographic information including POI information to be displayed on the screen, and are the same below.

As a result of the determination in step S302, when a geographic search of an arbitrary point selected by the user is requested, the controller 150 based on the geographic information including the POI information stored in the memory unit 180, the arbitrary point. The coordinate corresponding to the reference coordinate is set (S304). In this case, the GPS coordinates received from the GPS satellites 50 may be set as the reference coordinates in the same manner as the method for setting the reference coordinates of the current position.

As a result of the determination in step S302, when a geographic search for a location on a driving route is requested, the controller 150 transmits a position measurement signal periodically from the GPS satellite 50 and performs a GPS satellite ( The GPS coordinates received from 50) are set as reference coordinates (S305). Here, the reference coordinate is a coordinate set on the driving route, and the coordinate is changed while moving.

Next, when the reference coordinate is set for the current position of the mobile communication terminal 100 or a random point selected by the user or a position on the driving route, the controller 150 filters POI information based on the set reference coordinate ( S306). If the reference coordinate is set to the coordinates of the current position, the POI information in or around the current position is filtered around the current position, and even if set to the coordinates of the arbitrary point selected by the user, If the POI information is located or neighboring, the POI information is filtered.

In FIG. 7, the controller 150 displays the geographic information including the filtered POI information on the screen, but highlights the filtered POI information in bold, shaded, flashing, or distinguished colors ( S400). The method of highlighting and displaying the POI information may be preset or may be selectively changed and changed by the user.

Next, the controller 150 determines whether a related information request signal for POI information selected by the user is input from among the highlighted POI information (S402).

As a result of the determination in step S402, when the related information request signal for the POI information selected by the user is input from the highlighted POI information, the controller 150 stores the related information corresponding to the requested POI information in the memory unit 180. Search and provide from (S404).

Next, the controller 150 performs a connection related subroutine to the related information for supporting the connection to the related information which is desired to be connected among the provided related information (S500 of FIG. 9).

Referring to FIG. 9, a subroutine related to connection to related information (S500) will be described. The controller 150 determines whether related information is requested by the user (S502).

As a result of the determination in step S502, when the user is requested to connect to the mobile phone number, the controller 150 transmits the phone number to the mobile switcher 240 (S510), and then makes a phone call with the other party. Support to lose (S512).

As a result of the determination in step S502, when the search for the same industry information is requested by the user, the controller 150 inquires POI information of the neighboring area from the memory unit 180 based on the POI information requested to confirm the related information. In operation S520, the inquiries related industry information may be provided on the screen in operation S522.

For example, if the POI information is a restaurant, if a request is made to search for industry information about a restaurant, the restaurant is searched in a nearby area based on the coordinates of the selected POI information and the POI information of the restaurant is displayed on the screen. It can also be highlighted.

As a result of the determination in step S502, when a connection to the web address is requested by the user, the controller 150 interworks with the ISP 220 and accesses a website linked to the web address (S530). The main web page of the site is provided on the screen (S532).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing related information of POI information by interworking with a navigation management server in an apparatus for providing related information of POI information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A method of providing related information of POI information operating in conjunction with the navigation management server illustrated in FIG. 5 will now be described with reference to FIG. 10.

The control unit 150 of the mobile communication terminal 100 is in a state in which power is turned on at the request of the user as in step S200 (S600).

Thereafter, the controller 150 makes a communication connection with the navigation management server 300 through the information communication network 200 (S602). In this case, it is possible to transmit and receive request information between the navigation management server 300 and the mobile communication terminal 100 by maintaining the communication connection is made in this state, that is, the online state.

Next, the controller 150 determines whether a geographic search request signal is input from the user (S604). As a result of the determination in step S604, if no geographic search request signal is input from the user, the process ends.

As a result of the determination in step S604, when a geographic search request signal is input from the user, the controller 150 provides a setting window for receiving a setting of a geographic object to be searched, and then receives a search request geographic object based on the provided setting window. The received geographic search target is transmitted to the navigation management server 300 (S606). In this case, the controller 150 may receive a setting window for receiving a setting of a geographic object to be searched from the navigation management server 300 and receive a search request geographic object through the received setting window.

Next, the controller 150 receives geographic information including the POI information corresponding to the geographic search request from the navigation management server 300 and displays the geographic information on the screen (S308). In this case, the navigation management server 300 searches for and provides geographic information including POI information corresponding to a search request of a geographic object in the POI information database (DB) 310 and the geographic information database (DB) 320. . The information stored in the POI information database (DB) 310 and the geographic information database (DB) 320 is POI information and geographic information updated with the latest information.

Next, the controller 150 performs a filtering related subroutine for POI information filtering based on an arbitrary reference coordinate among the received POI information (S300 of FIG. 8). Since the filtering-related subroutine S300 for the POI information has been described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the controller 150 highlights the filtered POI information among geographic information including the POI information received from the navigation management server 300 (S610).                     

Next, the controller 150 determines whether a related information request signal for POI information selected by the user is input from the highlighted POI information (S612). At this time, the request for the related information receives a confirmation button or a selection button with respect to the POI information displayed in a different color among the POI information highlighted.

As a result of the determination in step S612, when the related information request signal for the POI information selected by the user is input from the highlighted POI information, the controller 150 displays the related information corresponding to the requested POI information in the navigation management server 300. Received from) provides the received related information (S614).

Next, the controller 150 performs a connection related subroutine to the related information for supporting the connection to the related information which is desired to be connected among the provided related information (S500 of FIG. 9).

The connection related subroutine S500 to the related information is also the same as described above. However, when searching for the same industry information, the industry information of the neighboring area is searched in the navigation management server 300 and the searched industry information is provided.

 Thus, the related information selected from the POI information displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 10 (for example, telephone number, search of industry information, web address and e-mail address, etc.) is provided as shown in FIG. 12. And by connecting with any one of the desired related information from the provided related information it is possible to accurately obtain the information of the position required by the user.

The present invention is not limited to the above described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to conveniently provide related information on the selected POI information among the filtered POI information by filtering the POI information to be displayed by highlighting among the geographic information including the POI information to be output on the screen. have.

In addition, according to the present invention as described above there is an effect that can accurately provide the relevant information on the POI information by requesting the relevant information from the POI information provided on the screen.

In addition, according to the present invention as described above by highlighting the filtered POI information centered on the reference coordinates has the effect that can accurately recognize the location required by the user.

In addition, according to the present invention as described above, when the user is requested to search for the same industry information by searching for and provide POI information of the same classification in the vicinity of the center around the coordinates of the selected POI information to provide the location desired by the user There is also an effect that can be found conveniently.

In addition, according to the present invention as described above, the user can be easily connected to any one of the related information provided by the selection, there is an effect that can accurately obtain the information of the location required by the user.

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A memory unit for storing geographic information including POI information and related information corresponding to the POI information; Providing related information of POI information, comprising: a control unit for retrieving geographic information including POI information from the memory unit and outputting it on a screen, and providing related information about POI information selected from the output POI information. Device. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selected POI information is selected while switching according to a preset switching path based on the highlighted POI information. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller provides related information on the selected POI information by manipulating a key for movement among POI information output on the screen in addition to the filtered POI information. . The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the related information is at least one of a telephone number, a search for industry information, a web address, and an e-mail address. The method according to claim 4, wherein the control unit further comprises a connection processing unit to be connected to any one of the telephone number, the industry information search, web address, email address included in the related information according to the user's selection Related information providing device of POI information. The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the control unit further comprises a POI information inquiry unit for inquiring POI information having the same classification in the adjacent area around the coordinates of the selected POI information when the search for the same industry information is selected by the user Related information providing device of POI information, characterized in that. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the filtered POI information in a dark color, to display in shade, to display in a distinct color, or to blink. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the filtering of the POI information comprises filtering POI information within a predetermined distance from the reference coordinate. The POI information according to claim 1 or 8, wherein the reference coordinate is one of a coordinate of a current position of the mobile communication terminal, a coordinate of an arbitrary point selected by a user, or a coordinate set on a driving route. Device for providing related information. A method for providing related information about POI information from a memory unit in which geographic information including point of interest (POI) information and related information corresponding to the POI information are stored, the method comprising: Filtering geographic information including POI information to be output on the screen from the memory unit and filtering POI information to be displayed by highlighting any reference coordinates among the retrieved information; A display step of highlighting and displaying the POI information filtered through the filtering step; And providing the related information on the POI information selected from the POI information displayed through the displaying step. The method according to claim 10, wherein the selected POI information is selected while switching according to a preset conversion path based on the highlighted POI information. The related information of the POI information according to claim 10, wherein the providing step provides related information on the selected POI information by operating a key for movement among POI information output on the screen in addition to the filtered POI information. How to Provide. The method of claim 10, wherein the related information is at least one of a phone number, a search of related industry information, a web address, and an e-mail address. The method according to claim 13, After the providing step, further comprises a connection processing step of connecting to any one of the telephone number, the search for industry information, web address, email address included in the related information by the user's selection Related information providing method of POI information, characterized in that. 15. The method of claim 13 or claim 14, wherein after the providing step, if the search for the same industry information is selected by the user, POI information query for inquiring POI information having the same classification in the neighboring area around the coordinates of the selected POI information Related information providing method of POI information, characterized in that it further comprises the step. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying of the filtered POI information is performed by displaying the filtered POI information in a dark color, in a shade, in a distinguished color, or in blinking. The method of claim 10, wherein the filtering of the POI information comprises filtering POI information within a predetermined distance from the reference coordinate. The POI information according to claim 10 or 17, wherein the reference coordinate is one of a coordinate of a current position of the mobile communication terminal, a coordinate of an arbitrary point selected by a user, or a coordinate set on a driving route. How to provide relevant information. A navigation management server including a POI (DB Of Interest) information database (DB) and a geographic information database (DB), and searching and providing geographic information and POI information for any region; At least one GPS satellite providing position coordinates; Access the navigation management server to receive the geographic information including the POI information to be displayed on the screen, POI information to be displayed by highlighting the center coordinates received from any reference coordinates or GPS satellites from the received information And a mobile communication terminal for filtering and providing related information on the selected POI information among the filtered POI information. The system according to claim 19, wherein the selected POI information is selected while switching to a preset switching path based on the highlighted POI information. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the mobile communication terminal provides the related information of the selected POI information by operating a key for movement among the POI information output on the screen in addition to the filtered POI information. system. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the related information is at least one of a telephone number, a search for industry information, a web address, and an e-mail address. 23. The method of claim 22, The mobile communication terminal further comprises a connection processing unit to be connected to any one of the telephone number, the search for industry information, web address, email address included in the related information according to the user's selection Related information providing system of POI information characterized in that. 24. The method of claim 22 or 23, wherein the mobile communication terminal is a POI information inquiry unit for inquiring POI information having the same classification in the adjacent area around the coordinates of the selected POI information when the search for the same industry information is selected by the user Related information providing system of the POI information further comprising. The system of claim 19, wherein the mobile communication terminal displays the filtered POI information in a dark color, in a shade, in a distinct color, or in a blinking manner. . The system of claim 19, wherein the filtering of the POI information comprises filtering POI information within a predetermined distance from the reference coordinate. The POI information according to claim 19 or 26, wherein the reference coordinate is one of a coordinate of a current position of a mobile communication terminal, a coordinate of an arbitrary point selected by a user, or a coordinate set on a driving route. Related Information Provision System. In the method for providing related information about the POI information, Receiving a geographic information including POI information corresponding to a search request of a geographic object after establishing a communication connection with a navigation management server through an information communication network; A filtering step of filtering POI information to be displayed by highlighting any reference coordinates among geographic information including the POI information received by the receiving step; A display step of highlighting and displaying the POI information filtered through the filtering step; And providing the related information on the POI information selected from the POI information displayed through the displaying step. A mobile communication terminal for filtering POI information to be displayed by highlighting any reference coordinates among geographic information including POI information to be displayed on the screen, and providing related information on selected POI information among the filtered POI information; ; At least one GPS satellite providing position coordinates to the mobile communication terminal; An Internet service provider (ISP) for providing a website linked to the selected web address when a web address is selected by the user among related information corresponding to the POI information displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal; A mobile switching unit for connecting to the mobile telephone number when the mobile telephone number is selected by the user among the related information corresponding to the POI information displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal; An exchanger for connecting to a wired telephone number when a wired telephone number is selected by a user among related information corresponding to POI information displayed on a screen of the mobile communication terminal; And a mobile communication terminal, the ISP, the mobile switch, and the POI information-related information providing system including an information communication network for wirelessly and wirelessly interface with at least one of the switch.

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