KR20060069061A - Method of providing location-based information using open service platform - Google Patents

Abstract

A location-based information providing service method using an open service platform and a recording medium on which a program for realizing the method are recorded. In the location-based information providing service method using an open service platform according to the present invention, in a location-based information providing service method using an open service platform connected to a plurality of types of communication network, the subscriber's access terminal is one of the plurality of types of communication network; Accessing the open service platform through a communication network; Acquiring location information of the subscriber from a wireless communication network to which the subscriber's wireless terminal is subscribed by using information about the subscriber's wireless terminal previously provided by the subscriber; Collecting location based information from a location based information database based on the location information of the subscriber; And transmitting all or part of the location-based information to the access terminal of the subscriber. According to the present invention, location-based information can be provided simply and quickly regardless of the type of access terminal of a subscriber.

Description

Method of providing location-based information using open service platform {Method of providing location-based information using open service platform}

1 is a schematic diagram of a location-based information providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of a location-based information providing service method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart for explaining in more detail the step of connecting to the open service platform shown in FIG.

4 is a flow chart for explaining in detail the step of tracking the current location of the subscriber shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining in detail a step of transmitting tourism information to an access terminal of a subscriber shown in FIG. 2.

The present invention relates to a location-based information providing service, and more particularly, to a method for providing location-based information using an open service platform.

Currently, some information providing services based on the user's location are being provided or under development. The location information of a user based on the location of the user includes a location information service system using a satellite and a system using a wireless communication network. These systems only provide the subscriber's terminal location, or require expensive equipment such as a GPS terminal to be serviced by the user. Furthermore, if the subscriber does not have the terminal of the network operator, he cannot receive the service. In addition, subscribers using other operators' networks cannot use the information held by other operators in different network environments.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a location-based information providing service method that can quickly provide a location-based information service through a terminal medium desired by the user at any time using an open service platform in an environment in which multiple types of communication networks are integrated. It is.

Location-based information providing service method using an open service platform according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A location-based information providing service method using an open service platform connected to a plurality of types of communication networks, the method comprising: accessing an open service platform by a subscriber's access terminal through one of the plurality of types of communication networks; Acquiring location information of the subscriber from a wireless communication network to which the subscriber's wireless terminal is subscribed by using information about the subscriber's wireless terminal previously provided by the subscriber; Collecting location based information from a location based information database based on the location information of the subscriber; And transmitting all or part of the location-based information to the access terminal of the subscriber.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the step of transmitting all or part of the location-based information to the access terminal of the subscriber, in consideration of the type of the subscriber access terminal, in the form of data that can be processed by the subscriber access terminal; All or part of the location-based information is characterized in that for transmitting to the access terminal of the subscriber.

According to another aspect of the invention, the step of transmitting all or part of the location-based information to the access terminal of the subscriber, determining the type of access terminal of the subscriber; Changing all or part of the location-based information into voice data when the subscriber's access terminal is a voice terminal; And changing all or part of the location-based information according to a multimedia providing environment when the subscriber's access terminal is an internet terminal.

According to another aspect of the invention, the step of accessing the subscriber's access terminal to the open service platform, if the subscriber's access terminal is a wired terminal, connecting a wired network and the open service platform, the subscriber's access terminal The wireless terminal connects the wireless network and the open service platform, and if the subscriber access terminal is the internet terminal, connects the internet network and the open service platform.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the access terminal of the subscriber accessing the open service platform, the open service platform is a connection request received by the different protocol scheme of each communication network using an open service interface It is characterized by processing.

According to another aspect of the invention, the open service interface is characterized in that the Parlay X API (Application Program Interface).

According to another aspect of the present invention, the plurality of types of communication network is characterized in that it comprises a wired network, a wireless network and the Internet network.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals even if they are shown on different drawings. In addition, in the following description there are shown a number of specific details, such as components of the specific circuit, which are provided to aid a more general understanding of the invention, it is to be understood that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It will be self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a schematic diagram of a location-based information providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the location-based information providing service system includes an open network platform, an internet network 102, a wired network 103, an integrated network environment in which a wireless network 104 is integrated, and terminals connected to each network. Shows.

The open service platform 101 connects the internet network 102, the wired network 103, and the wireless network 104, and uses the location information of the wireless terminal of the subscriber provided by the wireless network 104, Understand the current location of subscribers according to the service. It then provides various information related to the current location of the service subscriber to the subscriber's access terminal directly connected to the open service platform 101.

A subscriber of the location-based information providing service according to the present invention may access an open service platform 101 capable of receiving the location-based information providing service according to the present invention regardless of the type of the terminal such as a wireless terminal, a wired terminal, or an Internet terminal. Can be.

Meanwhile, location-based information provided by the location-based information providing service according to the present invention refers to information related to a specific location. For example, tourism information, traffic information, and the like of a specific region may be mentioned.

Hereinafter, the location-based information providing service method according to the present invention will be described in detail by taking tourist information as an example of location-based information provided by the location-based information providing service according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a location-based information providing service method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the open service platform 101 connection step (step 201), when a service subscriber requests service access through a terminal connected to a network of a network provider to which the subscriber subscribes to use the service, the network service provider opens the open service platform 101. The process of accessing it. In the past, each service provider used a unique service request method. However, the open service platform 101 is implemented using the Parlay X API, which is an international standard for open service interfaces. The service is available.

In the subscriber authentication step (step 202), the service subscriber authenticates that the subscriber is a subscriber to the tourism information service, and performs the authentication step according to the capabilities of different networks and respective terminals. The subscriber current location tracking step (step 203) is a step of locating the location through the wireless network 104 to which the subscriber is subscribed to find out the area where the service subscriber is located. The step of collecting tourism information based on the location of the subscriber (step 204) is a step of processing the tourism information related to the current location of the subscriber in the tourism information DB based on the subscriber location information acquired from the current location tracking step of the subscriber. The tourist information transmission step (step 205) is a step of delivering the processed tourist information to the subscriber's access terminal according to the data processing capability of the subscriber's access terminal.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining in more detail the steps of connecting to the open service platform shown in FIG. 2. When the service subscriber requests the tourism information providing service to the open service platform 101 using his terminal, the open service platform 101 determines whether the subscriber's access terminal is a wired terminal, a wireless terminal, or an internet terminal. (Step 301).

If the access terminal of the subscriber is a wired terminal, the open service platform 101 performs a connection with the wired network 103 (step 302), and if a wireless terminal, performs a connection with the wireless network 104. In operation 303, in the case of the Internet terminal, the connection operation with the Internet network 102 is performed (operation 304). In the embodiment of the present invention, the connection between each network and the open service platform 101 is performed using the Parlay X API, which is an international standard of the open service interface. 2 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the step of tracking the current location of the subscriber shown in FIG. The open service platform 101 accepts service requests from different networks and prepares to service tourist information.

4 is a flowchart for explaining in more detail the step of tracking the current location of the subscriber shown in FIG. The open service platform 101 accesses the wireless network to which the subscriber is subscribed using the information of the wireless terminal used by the subscriber that the service subscriber has previously input (step 401). When the connection is successfully established, the location information of the subscriber station is obtained from a network resource such as a home location register (HLR) or a gateway mobile location center (GMLC), which can determine the current location information of the subscriber by the subscriber's wireless terminal number. Request (step 402).

If the location information acquisition is successful, the location information is analyzed (step 404), and if it fails, the location information is re-requested. When the location information analysis is completed, the tourist information DB is searched and collected according to the location, and the collected tourist information is processed to provide the service according to the data processing capability of the access terminal of the user who requested the service.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the step of transmitting the tourism information to the subscriber's access terminal shown in FIG. 2. The open service platform 101 determines the type of the terminal that the subscriber is currently connected to receive the tourist information service in order to deliver the tourist information service to the service subscriber (step 501). The type of access terminal of the subscriber is related to the data processing capability of the terminal. That is, if the terminal currently connected to receive the service is a voice terminal, the tourism information of the corresponding region collected and processed from the tourism information DB is changed to voice data using equipment of each wired and wireless network operator (step 502) And provide voice to the subscriber (step 503).

If the subscriber connected to receive the service is an internet terminal, the tourist information collected and processed from the tourism information DB is changed to a multimedia providing environment (step 504), and the tourism information is provided to the connected internet terminal. (Step 505).

Meanwhile, some of the tourism information of a specific region collected from the tourism information DB in step 502 or 504 related to data change may be discarded without being transmitted to the subscriber's access terminal.

In addition, step 502 or step 504 relating to data change is not an essential element. That is, the type of the access terminal of the subscriber may be grasped in advance, and only the tourist information in the form of data that can be processed by the access terminal of the subscriber may be collected from the tourism information DB and then transmitted to the access terminal of the subscriber.

As described above, the location-based information providing service method according to the present invention has been described using the tourism information as an example of the location-based information, but various types of location-based information may be provided to the service subscriber.

As described above, the Linux kernel configuration method and the real-time performance test method for real-time performance support can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media include any type of recording device that stores data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). It includes being. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, location information of a subscriber's wireless terminal is received from a wireless network using an open service interface such as Parlay X API, and location-based information collected based on the location information is obtained. Provided to the subscriber's access terminal. In particular, the present invention can provide location-based information according to the data processing capability of the access terminal of the subscriber regardless of the type of access terminal of the subscriber. In addition, services can be easily accessed according to the user's environment without additional equipment, and location-based information related to the subscriber's location can be provided in real time without the need for the subscriber's location or the search process related to the subscriber's location.

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In the location-based information providing service method using an open service platform connected to a plurality of types of communication networks, Accessing, by a subscriber's access terminal, the open service platform via one of the plurality of types of communication networks; Acquiring location information of the subscriber from a wireless communication network to which the subscriber's wireless terminal is subscribed by using information about the subscriber's wireless terminal previously provided by the subscriber; Collecting location based information from a location based information database based on the location information of the subscriber; And Transmitting all or part of the location-based information to the subscriber's access terminal. According to claim 1, Transmitting all or part of the location-based information to the access terminal of the subscriber, Considering the type of the subscriber access terminal, characterized in that for transmitting all or part of the location-based information to the access terminal of the subscriber in the form of data that can be processed by the access terminal. The method of claim 2, Transmitting all or part of the location-based information to the access terminal of the subscriber, Determining a type of an access terminal of the subscriber; Changing all or part of the location-based information into voice data when the subscriber's access terminal is a voice terminal; And And changing all or part of the location-based information according to the multimedia providing environment when the subscriber's access terminal is an internet terminal. According to claim 1, The access terminal of the subscriber accesses the open service platform, If the subscriber's access terminal is a wired terminal, the wired network and the open service platform are connected. If the subscriber's access terminal is a wireless terminal, the wireless network and the open service platform are connected. And connecting the open network with the internet network. According to claim 1, The access terminal of the subscriber accesses the open service platform, The open service platform is characterized in that for processing the connection request received by the different protocol scheme of each communication network using an open service interface. The method of claim 5, The open service interface is characterized in that the Parlay X API (Application Program Interface). According to claim 1, The plurality of types of communication network comprises a wired network, a wireless network and an internet network.

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