KR20070065473A - System and method for servicing destination arrival alarm - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for providing a destination arrival announcement service are provided to enable a user to use a destination arrival announcement service using a generic mobile terminal, in which a Bluetooth device or an infrared device is not installed, by grasping the real-time location information of vehicles through a database, without any additional equipment. A system for providing a destination arrival announcement service comprises a mobile terminal(100) and a service provisioning server(130). The mobile terminal transmits vehicle identification information and a destination, inputted by the user, receives a destination arrival announcement service corresponding to the inputted data, and displays it. The service provisioning server catches the location of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle identification information received from the mobile terminal, creates a destination arrival announcement message if the vehicle arrives at the destination, and transmits it to the mobile terminal.

Description

System and Method For Servicing Destination arrival alarm

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a destination arrival notification service providing system according to an aspect of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for providing a destination arrival notification service according to an aspect of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a vehicle identification number and real time current location information of a subway in operation is provided according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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100: mobile communication terminal 110: bus

120: switch 130: service providing server

140: GPS satellite

The present invention relates to a destination arrival notification technique, and more particularly, to a destination arrival notification system and method using a mobile communication terminal.

Currently, transportation such as subways or buses informs passengers of station or station information through pre-recorded announcements. These announcements may overtake a stop or station that you must get off if you do not listen carefully. In addition, there are cases where a station and a different broadcast are actually coming out.

To solve this problem, a mobile communication terminal equipped with a Bluetooth function is used to communicate with a Bluetooth module installed in a subway or a train, and the Bluetooth server notifies the user based on the destination and time required by each passenger. Destination guidance techniques for sending messages are known.

 In addition, the station name to be disembarked by the user in advance is set in a mobile communication terminal equipped with an infrared communication port, and the mobile communication terminal is received in the form of infrared data from an infrared station name transmission device installed in the passenger information indicator in the train and vibrated to the user at the arrival station. Alternatively, a destination guidance technology for transmitting an alert message to a user by generating an alarm with a sound is also known.

However, the above techniques are limited to be implemented only in mobile communication terminals equipped with Bluetooth and infrared devices.

The present invention is derived from such a background, and aims to provide an arrival notification service technology without additional configuration.

A system for providing a destination arrival notification service according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object includes receiving vehicle identification information and a destination from a mobile communication terminal and storing a real-time location information of a subway or bus in operation. When the subway or bus reaches the destination entered by the user based on the destination arrival notification message.

According to the present invention according to this aspect of the present invention, it can be implemented without any additional equipment, there is an effect that even a mobile communication terminal holder not equipped with a Bluetooth or infrared device can use the service.

The foregoing and additional aspects of the invention are described in detail below to enable those skilled in the art to readily understand and reproduce through the embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a system for providing a destination arrival notification service according to an aspect of the present invention. As shown, the destination arrival notification service providing system according to the present invention receives and transmits vehicle identification information and a destination, and receives and displays a destination arrival notification service corresponding thereto, and a mobile communication terminal ( When the vehicle reaches the destination by identifying the location of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle identification information received from the 100, the service providing server 130 for generating a message indicating that the destination has arrived and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 100 Include.

The mobile communication terminal 100 refers to a terminal capable of a voice call function and a data communication / processing function through a mobile communication network. The mobile communication terminal 100 includes personal digital assistants (PDAs), cellular phones, personal communication services (PCS) phones, global system for mobile communication (GSM) phones, wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), CDMA-2000 phones, and the like. Are interpreted to encompass all of them. In the present embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 100 supports a wireless Internet access protocol to receive a destination arrival notification service according to the present invention, and is equipped with a browser for reading a wireless Internet page.

In this embodiment, the holder of the mobile communication terminal 100 accesses the service through a wireless Internet network, and transmits identification information of the vehicle on which he / she boards and destination information to go through the provided WAP page. In this embodiment, the identification information of the vehicle may be a vehicle number of the bus 110 or the subway. In another embodiment, the identification information of the vehicle may be a station or a station where the user is currently located. In this case, the user inputs only the station or station name and transmits it to the service providing server 130, but the service providing server 130 uses the vehicle received by the user based on information received from a GPS receiver mounted on a central control center or bus. The identification number of can be determined. When the user arrives at the destination, the user may receive a call message, a text message, or both types of messages indicating the arrival at the destination through the mobile communication terminal 100.

The exchange 120 performs basic and additional service processing, incoming and outgoing signal processing of a subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, and interworking with other networks. The exchanger 120 connects to another wireless base station when the call request signal is transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100 to enable a call. In addition, when a user requests a data transmission service, the mobile communication terminal 100 of the user may be provided with a data service by connecting to the Internet through a network interworking device.

The service providing server 130 receives real-time location information of the subway and the bus from a GPS receiver mounted on a central control center or a running bus. In the case of subways, vehicle identification numbers and current locations of subways in operation can be determined according to information provided by the central control center. 3 is a diagram for providing a vehicle identification number and real-time current location information of a subway in operation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The service providing server 130 according to the present invention can grasp the location information of the real-time subway from the information and recognizes the current location of the subway being operated according to this database.

In addition, in the case of the bus receives the location information of all the bus in operation from the GPS (global positioning system) receiver (GPS) mounted on each bus (110). When the GPS receiver mounted on the bus 110 transmits data to the GPS satellite 140, the GPS satellite 140 finds the position of the receiver in latitude and longitude and transmits the data back to the receiver. The GPS receiver then displays its latitude and longitude on its map. The service providing server 130 according to the present invention can grasp the real-time location information of all the buses 110 in operation from the database generated by receiving this information.

The service providing server 130 is a service server capable of providing a service to the mobile communication terminal 100 through a wireless network on a wireless communication network. In this embodiment, the service providing server 130 is implemented to provide a WAP Push service including a push initiator (PI) and a push proxy gateway (PPG). Push Access Protocol (PAP) is used between PPG and PI, and Push Over-the-Air (OTA) protocol is used between PPG and mobile communication terminal. The PI transmits a push message to the mobile communication terminal 100 through the PPG using the PAP protocol, and if the transmission is successful, it is possible to check whether the transmission is successful. The PPG obtains the address and location information of the mobile communication terminal to which the push message is to be transmitted, and performs authentication and confirmation on the mobile communication terminal 100.

SMS (Short Message Service) center 132 is connected to the switch 120 performs a function to deliver a short message to the mobile communication terminal (100). The SMS center 132 transmits and receives numbers and letters in both directions between various text delivery systems and subscribers through a mobile communication network. In the present embodiment, the SMS center 132 transmits a short message that has already been generated to the mobile communication terminal 100 with the content of arriving at the arrival station according to the push command signal from the PPG.

The ARS center 134 is connected to the switch 120 and calls a phone number of the mobile communication terminal 100 connected to the service when the vehicle on which the user boards arrives at the destination. The mobile terminal 100 transmits a voice message already stored in the voice mailbox device.

Hereinafter, a method for providing a destination arrival notification service according to the present invention will be described. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for providing a destination arrival notification service according to the present invention. As shown, the method for providing a destination arrival notification service according to the present invention includes receiving vehicle identification information and a destination from the mobile communication terminal 100, and determining a location of the vehicle according to the vehicle identification information based on a database provided. And transmitting a message indicating that the vehicle has arrived at the destination when the vehicle reaches the destination.

In the present embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 100 connects to the service providing server 130 through the switch 120 and the wireless base station including the base station transmitter, the base station controller and the repeater (step S200). This step (step S200) is a step in which the user accesses the wireless Internet function of the mobile communication terminal 100 to set up the service. In accordance with the service, the user inputs his / her vehicle identification information and a destination to which he / she wants to go (step S210). In this step, the vehicle identification information may be the vehicle identification number of the bus 110 or the subway. In another embodiment, if the user does not recognize the vehicle identification number, the user may input the departure point of the vehicle. According to an aspect of the present invention, the service providing server 130 may determine the identification number of the vehicle located at the starting point input by the user at the time when the user is connected, based on a database storing the real-time driving information.

Thereafter, the service providing server 130 determines the location information of the vehicle in which the user boards (step S220). When the user boards the subway, the central control center receives the information identifying the vehicle identification number and the current location of the subways actually running according to the subway route table. In addition, the bus receives the location information of all running buses from the GPS (global positioning system) receiver mounted on each bus.

When the subway or the bus on which the user boards reaches the destination input by the user based on the information provided above (step S230), the service providing server 130 may send a short message or the like to the user's mobile communication terminal 100. The voice message is transmitted (step S240). This is a message indicating that the arrival station arrives at the destination through which the user receives a short message or a voice message through a call.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, by real-time location information of the vehicle according to the database in the service providing server can be implemented without any additional equipment, even a mobile communication terminal holder not equipped with a Bluetooth or infrared device You can use this service.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, the destination arrival notification service is a service provided on the wireless Internet, which is advantageous to network operators.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is not limited thereto, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention should be construed by the appended claims, which are intended to cover such obvious variations.

Claims (8)

In a system that provides destination arrival notification: A mobile communication terminal for receiving and transmitting vehicle identification information and a destination, and receiving and displaying a destination arrival notification service corresponding thereto; A service providing server for identifying a location of a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle identification information received from the mobile communication terminal and generating a message indicating that the vehicle has arrived at the destination and transmitting the generated message to the mobile communication terminal; Destination arrival notification service providing system comprising a. The service providing server of claim 1, wherein the service providing server comprises: The destination arrival notification service providing system, characterized in that to receive the real-time location information of the subway running from a central control center to determine the location of the vehicle. The service providing server of claim 1, wherein the service providing server comprises: A destination arrival notification service providing system, characterized in that the location of the vehicle measured and transmitted by a GPS receiver mounted on a running bus. The service providing server of claim 2 or 3, wherein the service providing server comprises: An SMS center for generating a short message indicating arrival at the destination and sending the short message to the mobile communication terminal requesting the service; And an ARS center for generating a voice message indicating arrival at the destination and calling and transmitting the mobile communication terminal. Receiving vehicle identification information and a destination from a mobile communication terminal; Determining a location of the vehicle according to the vehicle identification information based on the provided database; Transmitting a message indicating that the vehicle has arrived at the destination when the vehicle reaches the destination; A destination arrival notification service providing method comprising a. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of locating the vehicle comprises: Method of providing a destination arrival notification service characterized in that the location of the vehicle is determined by receiving real-time location information of the subway running from a central control center. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of locating the vehicle comprises: Method for providing a destination arrival notification service, characterized in that for determining the location of the vehicle measured and transmitted by a GPS receiver mounted on a running bus. 8. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein said message sending step comprises: Generating a short message indicating that the destination has been reached and sending the message to the mobile communication terminal requesting the service; generating a voice message indicating that the destination has arrived; and calling and transmitting the mobile communication terminal. Method for providing a destination arrival notification service characterized in that.

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