KR20060117153A - System and method for providing localized information service using by mobile telecommunication network - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for providing a local information service by using a mobile communication network are provided to automatically recommend information on an area in which a mobile terminal is currently located, thereby enabling users to have no need to search local information through several steps in a state that the mobile terminal is connected to the Internet and eliminating the need for the users to personally input key words. A mobile terminal(212) performs location registration in a wireless base station(120) controlling an area in which the mobile terminal(212) is located and automatically receives local information about the area in which the location registration is performed, and selects desired information among corresponding local information. A local information providing server(210) collects information about areas which each wireless base station(120,230,240) controls and stores the collected local information and automatically recommends information about a new area, which the mobile terminal(212) inquires whenever the mobile terminal(212) is located in the new area and registers its own location, according to a high preference order or a high search inquiry order, and enables the user of the mobile terminal(212) to automatically confirm the local information whenever the user of the mobile terminal(212) is located in a corresponding area. A local information DB(Database)(220) collects the local information about the areas which the each wireless base station(120,230,240) controls and stores the collected local information as data.

Description

System and Method for Providing Localized Information Service Using by Mobile Telecommunication Network}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system that provides an additional service through a wireless Internet in the related art;

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a system for providing local information using a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing local information using a mobile communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

100: mobile communication system 110: mobile terminal

120: wireless base station 122: base station transmitter

124: base station controller 130: mobile switching center

132: HLR 134: VLR

140: Internet 150: Wireless Internet Server

152: Wireless Internet Database 200: Local information providing system

210: local information providing server 212: mobile terminal

220: area information database 230, 240: wireless base station in each area

250: local information provider

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing local information using a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to an area in which a user carrying a mobile terminal is currently located according to the number of searches and preferences based on a result of searching the local information through a wireless Internet. The present invention relates to a method and system for providing local information using a mobile communication network to automatically recommend the information of each item with high frequency.

Recently, the mobile terminal accesses the wireless Internet, searches for and obtains various information including local information, downloads a game program to play a game, and adds an SMS text message to multimedia data and sends it to the other party. Provide service.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system 100 that provides an additional service through the wireless Internet.

Conventional mobile communication system 100 is a mobile terminal 110, wireless base station 120, mobile switching center 130, the Internet 140, wireless Internet server 150, wireless Internet database 152, SMS center 160 It has a configuration including.

The mobile terminal 110 not only makes a phone call through a wireless communication with the other party through a mobile communication network, but also accesses a wireless Internet server 150 to retrieve various information or receives a multimedia service including an SMS text. The terminal is provided with additional services.

The wireless base station 120 includes a base station transmitter 122 and a base station controller 124. The base station transmitter 122 performs transmission and reception of wireless signals to the mobile terminal 110, conversion and encryption / decryption of communication protocols, and the like. In addition, the base station controller 124 manages a plurality of base station transmitters 122 and performs functions such as allocation control of communication channels for the mobile terminal 110.

Mobile switching center 130 processes the call request requested by base station transmitter 122 via base station controller 124. The mobile switching center 130 is wired to the wireless internet server 150 so that the mobile terminal 110 can wirelessly access the wireless internet server 150.

The location registers 132 and 134 manage information of mobile subscribers registered in the area controlled by the wireless base station 120, and mobile subscribers registered in other areas enter the service area controlled by the wireless base station 120. When a service is provided, the database temporarily stores information of the mobile subscriber, and is divided into a home location register 132 and a visitor location register 134. Techniques for this are well known to those skilled in the art, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

The Internet 140 is a communication network that provides a communication connection path for the mobile terminal 110 to access the wireless Internet server 150.

The wireless internet server 150 downloads a game program or multimedia data to the mobile terminal 110 or collects and stores various pieces of information, and then stores the information when the information is requested from the mobile terminal 110. It is a server that provides a service such as transmitting to (110).

The wireless Internet database 152 stores data required for multimedia services and various information data.

The SMS center 160 executes a service of converting a delivery message into an SMS message and transmitting the received message to the receiving side according to an SMS message request from the mobile terminal 110 or the wireless Internet server 150.

That is, in the mobile communication system 100 configured as described above, the user accesses the wireless Internet server 150 through the mobile terminal 110, and then provides a multimedia service for downloading video data, image data, game programs, and the like. Receive.

In addition, the user searches for local information on the WAP page of the wireless Internet server 150 through the mobile terminal 110. A plurality of menus starting from the major category and the middle and small categories are used to search for the local information. Searching through, if there is no search through a multi-step process, there is an inconvenience of having to enter the search word directly. In addition, since the mobile terminal passes through various stages in the state of accessing the wireless Internet, there is a problem in that a charge for charging occurs as the search time elapses.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention preferentially automatically searches the information of the region currently located according to the frequency of search and preference based on the result of the user searching the area information through the wireless Internet. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing local information service using a mobile communication network.

In order to achieve the above object, a system for providing region information using a mobile communication network according to the present invention performs location registration with respect to a wireless base station that manages an area in which it is located, and provides region information on the region where the location registration has been performed. A mobile terminal which is automatically recommended and selects desired information from corresponding local information; Each wireless base station collects and stores the area information of the area under its jurisdiction, and whenever the mobile terminal is located in a new area and registers its location, the mobile terminal has a high preference or search for information on the area inquired by the mobile terminal. A region information providing server which automatically recommends the inquiry in the order of high order, so that whenever the user of the mobile terminal is located in the region, the region information can be automatically inquired; And a region information database that collects the region information of the region under the control of each wireless base station and stores the region information as data.

In addition, a method for providing local information using a mobile communication network according to another object of the present invention includes a first step of collecting and storing corresponding local information according to a frequency of a local information category searched or selected by a mobile terminal; A second step of registering the location of the mobile terminal in an arbitrary area; Recommending the area information corresponding to the location registered with the mobile terminal; And a fourth step of providing the area information selected by the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal.

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

First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings.

In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of a system for providing local information using a mobile communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The local information providing system 200 according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal 110, a wireless base station 120, a mobile switching center 130, the Internet 140, a local information providing server 210, a local information database ( 220, each local wireless base station 230, 240, or the like.

As shown in Figure 2, most of the configuration is the same as the conventional configuration, the local information providing server 210 and the local information database 220 has a different configuration.

The local information providing server 210 collects and stores regional information about an area under the control of each of the wireless base stations 120, 230, and 240, and moves whenever the mobile terminal 110 is located in a new area and registers its location. The terminal 110 automatically recommends the information about the region in the order of high preference or search inquiries, so that whenever the user of the mobile terminal is located in the region, the region information is automatically searched. To help.

In addition, the area information database 220 collects area information about the area that each wireless base station has jurisdiction and stores it as data. Here, the local information may be specific interest information desired by the user and may be a restaurant, leisure, tourism information, and the like of the region.

The local information providing server 210 collects updated local information from the local information provider 250 at a predetermined time or for a certain period of time, updates and stores the local information in the local information database 220 and stores it.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing local information using a mobile communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the local information providing server 210 collects and stores local information about a region that each of the wireless base stations 120, 230, and 240 has jurisdiction (S302). That is, the local information providing server 210 collects the corresponding local information from the local information provider 250 collecting information about each region through the Internet 140 or a wire.

The user accesses the local information providing server 210 through the WAP or the wireless Internet using the mobile terminal 212 and requests local information about the region where the user is located or another region (S304). In this case, the mobile terminal 212 may start by selecting a region or request a local information search by a user input.

The local information providing server 210 organizes and stores the local information requested or inquired by the mobile terminal 212 according to the number of searches and preferences so as to correspond to the information of the mobile terminal 212 (S306). That is, the local information providing server 210 provides an interest category to the mobile terminal 212 according to the user's age, gender, time zone, day of the week, and season when the mobile terminal 212 accesses the wireless Internet service. Always monitor the frequency of the selected local category and then present the highest category first. Therefore, if the location information providing server 210 is located in the area and registered in the mobile terminal 212 afterwards, the area information is automatically recommended according to the preference.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal 212 is located in various regions as the user moves, the local information providing server 210 according to the number of searches and preferences for the request for local information from the mobile terminal 212 according to each region Therefore, the area information is organized.

Subsequently, when the mobile terminal 212 is located in the second area controlled by the wireless base station 230, the mobile terminal 212 performs location registration with respect to the wireless base station 230 (S308).

When the mobile terminal 212 registers the location, the local information providing server 210 acquires the location information in association with the home location register 132 or obtains the base station information from the header information of the terminal connected through the WAP or the wireless Internet. Extracting the location information is obtained, and checks and reads the area information from the area information database 220 based on the location information on which the mobile terminal 212 is currently located (S310).

Then, the local information providing server 210 recommends the corresponding local information to the mobile terminal 212 according to the frequency of the search or the selected local information category of the mobile terminal 212 (S312). Here, the recommended local information may be a list of many local information of the corresponding area.

The user checks the region information of the currently located region recommended by the region information providing server 210 through the mobile terminal 212 and selects to provide the region information (S314). Here, the user may select one desired local information list from among the many local information lists.

The local information providing server 210 transmits the corresponding local information selected according to the local information selection of the mobile terminal 212 to the mobile terminal 212 (S316).

Therefore, the user can easily receive the desired area information about the area where the user is currently located through the mobile terminal 212.

As described above, according to the present invention, on the basis of the result of searching the local information on the wireless Internet by the user carrying the mobile terminal, the automatic recommendation of the information of the current location according to the frequently searched items by priority Local information providing service method and system using a mobile communication network can be realized.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments.

The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by automatically recommending the information of the current location, there is no need to search for local information through a multi-step process by accessing the wireless Internet, and enter a search word directly. You can solve the inconvenience. In addition, there is an advantage that there is no burden for billing due to the elapse of search time that occurs because it passes through various stages while connected to the wireless Internet.

Claims (9)

A mobile terminal that performs location registration with respect to a wireless base station that manages an area in which it is located, automatically receives area information on the area where the location registration is performed, and selects desired information from the corresponding area information; Each wireless base station collects and stores the area information of the area under its jurisdiction, and whenever the mobile terminal is located in a new area and registers its location, the mobile terminal has a high preference or search for information on the area inquired by the mobile terminal. A region information providing server which automatically recommends the inquiry in the order of high order, so that whenever the user of the mobile terminal is located in the region, the region information can be automatically inquired; And Local information providing system using a mobile communication network, characterized in that it comprises a local information database that collects and stores the area information for the area that each wireless base station has jurisdiction. The method of claim 1, The mobile terminal accesses the local information providing server through a WAP or wireless Internet and requests local information about the region where the mobile terminal is located or another region, And the mobile terminal starts from selecting a desired region or requests a search for the region information by a user input. The method of claim 1, The local information providing server provides an interest category to the mobile terminal according to the user's age, gender, time zone, day of the week, and season when the wireless terminal accesses the mobile terminal, and always displays the frequency of the local information category searched or selected by the user. Local information providing system using a mobile communication network, characterized in that the priority to present a high frequency category after monitoring. The method of claim 1, The local information providing server recommends a list of many local information of the region to the mobile terminal, And the mobile terminal selects one desired area information list from among the plurality of area information lists. A first step of collecting and storing corresponding area information according to a frequency of a searched or selected area information category by the mobile terminal; A second step of registering the location of the mobile terminal in an arbitrary area; Recommending the area information corresponding to the location registered with the mobile terminal; And And providing a fourth step of providing the local information selected by the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 5, In the first step, an interest category is provided to the mobile terminal according to the user's age, gender, time zone, day of the week, and season when the mobile terminal accesses the wireless Internet service, and according to the frequency of the local information category searched or selected by the user. After arranging the area information, and performing the third step, the area information providing service method using a mobile communication network. The method of claim 5, The third step is to recommend a list of many local information of the region to the mobile terminal, And in the fourth step, the mobile terminal selects one desired area information list from among the plurality of area information lists. The method of claim 5, In the first step, the mobile terminal requests local information about a region where the mobile terminal is located or another region through a WAP or wireless Internet, And the frequency information of the area information category is determined based on the information provided to the mobile terminal in response to the request. The method of claim 8, And the mobile terminal starts from selecting a desired region or requests a search for the region information by a user's input.

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