KR20070094186A - System and method for providing location inquiring service by using short message service - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for providing a location check service using an SMS(Short Message Service) are provided to reduce the burden of an Internet access usage fee according to a WAP(Wireless Application Protocol) connection in addition to a supplementary service usage fee. An SMS controller(410) checks whether service request information for requesting providing of a location check service is included in information received by an SMS server from a terminal, and when the service request information is included, the SMS controller(410) controls the SMS server to transmit building identification information excluding the service request information among the received information to a location server. A location information extracting unit(420) extracts location information set to correspond to the building identification information received from the SMS server. A map information generating unit(430) generates map information based on the extracted location information. An MMS(Multimedia Message Service) controller(440) generates MMS information based on the map information, and controls an MMS server to transmit the generated MMS information to the terminal.

Description

System and method for providing location inquiry service using SMMS {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INQUIRING SERVICE BY USING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE}

1 is a block diagram of an overall mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a system for providing a location inquiry service using SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 to 5 are configuration diagrams of a screen of a mobile terminal in which a service is implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 to 8 are flowcharts illustrating a method for providing a location inquiry service using SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100; Terminal 210; Base Station (BTS)

220; Base Station Controller (BSC) / Exchanger (MSC)

300; SMS server 350; MMS Server

400; Location lookup system 410; SMS control unit

420; Location information extracting unit 430; Map information generator

440; MMS control

The present invention relates to a service providing system and method for querying a location by using a short message service (SMS), and more particularly, a simple information input through SMS without a mobile terminal accessing a service using a WAP. The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a location inquiry service using an SMS capable of querying a location.

As the Internet is widely spread, various various Internet services are provided. Particularly, in order to access the Internet service, it was necessary to access the Internet communication network using a wired terminal such as a computer, but as the owner of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone becomes more common and the mobile communication network develops, the Internet service is provided through the mobile terminal. I got it.

For example, the location inquiry service using a mobile terminal is increasingly used with a map service corresponding to a location desired by a user. In addition, the location inquiry service accesses a specific server providing a location inquiry service using a WAP, and when a terminal wants to find a location of a specific building, the location inquiry service is inputted by inputting a trade name or an address for the building. Requested.

However, this method has a problem in that it takes a long time to request a location inquiry because the mutual or address can be input only through several menus in a sequential menu moving method using a WAP.

In addition, in order to receive the requested information after requesting the location inquiry, the WAP connection time is long because the WAP must be continuously connected. Therefore, in addition to the additional service fee associated with the use of the location lookup service, an additional fee is charged. Should be.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a location lookup service system using SMS to be provided with a location lookup service provided by a specific server without access to the WAP (WAP) And a method.

In addition, even if you do not know the address of the building to look up the location, if you know at least one of the information about the building, such as the phone number of the building location search service providing system and method using SMS to know in detail where the building is located To provide.

In the system for providing a location inquiry service using SMS according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the SMS server determines whether the service request information for requesting the provision of the location inquiry service is included in the information received from the terminal, and determines As a result, when the service request information is included, the SMS control unit for controlling the SMS server to transmit the building identification information other than the service request information from the received information to the location server; A location information extraction unit for extracting location information set corresponding to the building identification information received from the SMS server; A map information generator for generating map information based on the extracted location information; And an MMS controller for generating MMS information based on the map information and controlling the MMS server to transmit the generated MMS information to the terminal.

And the method for providing a location query service using the SMS according to the present invention for achieving the above object, a) the SMS server determines whether the service request information for requesting the provision of the location query service included in the information received from the terminal; And if it is determined that the service request information is included, transmitting the building identification information excluding the service request information from the received information to the location inquiry system; b) extracting, by the location inquiry system, location information corresponding to the building identification information, and generating map information based on the extracted location information; c) generating MMS information based on the generated map information, and transmitting the generated MMS information to the MMS server; And d) the MMS server transmitting the MMS information to the terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments will be described in detail a system and method for providing a location query service using SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the drawings.

First, a system for providing a location inquiry service using SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. 1 is a configuration diagram of an entire mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a system for providing a location inquiry service using SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. A diagram of a screen of a mobile terminal in which a service is implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, the entire mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured as follows. That is, the terminal 100 transmits a short message service (SMS) or multimedia message through a base station (BTS) 210 and a base station controller (BTS) / switcher (MSC) 220. The service is connected to a service (MMS; hereinafter referred to as 'MMS'), and the SMS server 300 and the MMS server 350 are connected to a location inquiry service providing system 400 using SMS.

On the other hand, SMS is a service that transmits 80 bytes to 160 bytes of data to a mobile communication network. It means a service that can be transmitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system for providing a location query service using SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as a location search system) 400 includes an SMS controller 410 and a location information extractor. 420, a map information generator 430, and an MMS controller 440, preferably, a database manager (not shown), a terminal specification information manager (not shown), a billing calculation data manager, and a billing calculator (not shown). C) and the like.

The SMS controller 410 controls the SMS server 300, and therefore the SMS server 300 performs the following functions under the control of the SMS control server 410.

The SMS server 300 determines whether the service request information for requesting the provision of the location inquiry service is included in the predetermined information received from the terminal 100.

For example, when a location inquiry service is to be used, as shown in FIG. 3, the terminal 100 activates the SMS function and then provides building identification information and the service request information of a building to be searched in a predetermined input box. It receives the input from the outside and transmits it.

The building identification information may be a phone number of a building or a trade name of a building, and the service request information may include information consisting of at least one column of numbers and letters including a special symbol.

Therefore, if the phone number of the building to look up the location is '02 -12-31234 ', the terminal is the phone number of the building from the outside in the same way as the phone number of the receiving terminal that receives a message when using a typical SMS After receiving '02123123', '* 123' corresponding to the service request information is received after the phone number of the building.

As such, the SMS server 300 determines whether the service request information is included in the information received from the terminal 100, and if the service request information is included as a result of the determination, the building received together with the service request information. Send identification information to the location server.

 In addition, the SMS server 300 is interlocked with the MMS server 350, the location inquiry system 400 generates the response information according to the request of the terminal 100 as MMS information and the generated MMS information to the terminal 100 In case of transmission, the following function is performed under the control of the MMS server 350.

That is, the SMS server 300 transmits the MMS call information to the terminal 100. As shown in FIG. 4, the MMS call information is displayed on the terminal screen in the form of a message by a general SMS. In addition, the MMS call information includes information that enables the terminal 100 to activate the MMS function, so that the terminal 100 activates the MMS function through the MMS call information and then responds to the MMS information reception. Can be received from the outside.

The database manager (not shown) collects the building identification information and the location information of the building to be the location inquiry service, and stores the collected building identification information in correspondence with the location information of the building in the building information database. The location information of the building may be location information of the building.

The location information extraction unit 410 searches a building information database and extracts location information corresponding to the building identification information received from the SMS server 300.

The map information generator 430 generates map information based on the extracted location information.

The MMS controller 440 generates MMS information based on the map information and controls the MMS server 300 to transmit the MMS information to the terminal 100. The MMS information includes location information of the building, the map information, and the building identification information. As shown in FIG. 5, the MMS information is displayed on the terminal screen as in the case of receiving a general MMS message.

The terminal specification information management unit interworks with a predetermined server that manages terminal-specific specification information, and requests specification information corresponding to the terminal 100 and receives and manages corresponding specification information in response to the request. The terminal specification information management unit (not shown) extracts the terminal specification information of the terminal 100 requesting the location inquiry service and provides the extracted terminal specification information to the map information generation unit 430 corresponding to the terminal specification information. Allows you to create map information.

For example, the map information generator 430 may generate a map image in consideration of terminal screen size information received from the terminal specification information manager.

The billing calculation data management unit manages billing calculation data for each service subscriber. The billing calculation data refers to data that is a basis for calculating billing for using a location inquiry service. Preferably, the billing calculation data is based on the number of times of providing MMS information or the MMS information in response to a request for location inquiry service of a terminal. It includes at least one of information about the amount of data for.

The charging calculator calculates the charging for using the location inquiry service based on the charging calculation data calculated by the charging calculation data manager and preset charging calculation amount reference information. And preferably, the charging calculation amount reference information corresponds to the map information generated differently according to the specification information of the terminal.

Next, a method of providing a location inquiry service using SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. 6 to 8 are flowcharts illustrating a method for providing a location inquiry service using SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 6, the terminal 100 receives building identification information and service request information on a building to be queried from the outside, and inputs the inputted building identification information and service request information to an SMS server. It transmits (S 610).

The SMS server 300 determines whether the service request information for requesting the provision of the location inquiry service is included in the information received from the terminal 100 (S620).

 As a result of the determination, when the service request information is included, the building identification information excluding the service request information is transmitted to the location inquiry system 400 from the received information (S630).

As shown in FIG. 7, the location inquiry system 400 receives the building identification information from the SMS server 300 and extracts location information corresponding to the building identification information (S 710). Generate map information based on the information (S 720). In this case, preferably, the map information may be generated according to the terminal specification information of the terminal 100.

The location inquiry system 400 generates MMS information based on the generated map information, and transmits the generated MMS information to the MMS server 350 (S730), and the MMS server 350 transmits the received MMS information. It transmits to the terminal 100 (S740).

However, as a result of the determination of the location inquiry system 400 in S 620, when the service request information is not included in the information received from the terminal 100, the SMS server 300 performs an SMS process in operation S 635. On the other hand, the SMS process is a short message service performing process, which is the same as a variety of techniques already known, so the following detailed description will be omitted.

In addition, although not shown in the figure, the position inquiry system 400 records the charge calculation data when the MMS information is transmitted to the terminal 100. That is, the location inquiry system 400 records at least one of the number of times the MMS server 350 transmits the MMS information to the terminal 100 or the data amount of the MMS information transmitted to the terminal 100.

And calculates a charge for providing a location inquiry service based on the recorded charge calculation data and preset charge calculation amount reference information, wherein the charge calculation amount reference information is different according to the specification information of the terminal 100. Corresponds to the generated map information. For example, billing may be calculated differently according to the image type and the image size of the map information provided to the terminal 100.

On the other hand, preferably, the MMS server 350 transmits the MMS information to the terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 8.

That is, the MMS server 350 transmits MMS call information to the terminal 100 through the SMS server 300 (S810). The MMS call information includes MMS function activation information for activating the MMS function of the terminal 100 and MMS access information for connecting the terminal 100 to the MMS server 350.

Therefore, when the terminal 100 activates the MMS function using the MMS call information and receives permission information for receiving the MMS information from the outside, the terminal 100 transmits the received permission information to the MMS server 350 (S). 820).

For example, when the terminal 100 receives the MMS call information from the SMS server 300, the MMS function of the terminal 100 is activated, and as shown in FIG. 4, the terminal 100 receives the permission information from the outside. Is displayed. In addition, the terminal 100 transmits the permission information to the MMS server 350 by receiving an 'OK' button from the outside.

 As such, the MMS server 350 receives the permission information from the terminal 100 and transmits the MMS information to the terminal 100 in response to the received permission information (S830).

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a map image indicated by map information is displayed on the terminal 100 provided with the MMS information. In addition, the terminal 100 may further display text information identifying a building such as address information of the building and a phone number of the building, in addition to the map image.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention belongs to the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone with ordinary knowledge will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various changes or modifications can be made.

As described above, according to the system and method for providing a location query service using the present invention, the SMS server and the MMS server are interlocked with the location query system so that the terminal can access the Internet through SMS without having to access the WAP. There is an effect that can be provided with a location lookup service provided by.

Accordingly, the terminal user can reduce the burden of the Internet access fee due to the WAP connection in addition to the additional service fee.

In addition, the location inquiry system establishes a database in which building identification information, such as a phone number of a building, is stored corresponding to the location information of a building, so that a user can simply call the building even if the user does not know the specific address information of the building to search for the location. There is an effect that the location lookup service can be provided only by entering the number.

Claims (21)

The SMS server determines whether the service request information for providing the location inquiry service is included in the information received from the terminal, and if the service request information is included as a result of the determination, excluding the service request information from the received information. An SMS controller for controlling the SMS server to transmit building identification information to a location server;  A location information extraction unit for extracting location information set corresponding to the building identification information received from the SMS server; A map information generator for generating map information based on the extracted location information; And And generating an MMS information based on the map information and controlling an MMS server to transmit the generated MMS information to the terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the building identification information A system for providing a location inquiry service using SMS, comprising at least one of a phone number of a building and a trade name of a building. The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the system is And a database management unit that maps and stores the building location information to the building identification information. The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the system is And a billing calculation data management unit for managing billing calculation data for use of location lookup service by recording the number of MMS information provisions or data amount of MMS information in response to the location inquiry service request of the terminal for each service subscriber. Location inquiry service providing system using SMS. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the MMS control unit When the MMS server transmits the MMS call information to the terminal through the SMS server, and the terminal transmits permission information for receiving the MMS information using the MMS call information, the MMS server sends the MMS information to the terminal. Location inquiry service providing system using SMS, characterized in that the control to transmit to the terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the MMS call information is MMS function activation information for activating the MMS function of the terminal and MMS access information for connecting the terminal to the MMS server. The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the system is Using a SMS, characterized in that for each service subscriber to record the number of MMS information provided in response to the request for location inquiry service of the terminal or the amount of MMS information to manage billing calculation data for the use of location lookup service Location inquiry service provision system. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the system is Providing a billing calculation unit for calculating the billing for the use of the location query service on the basis of the billing calculation data calculated by the billing calculation data management unit and the preset terminal billing calculation amount standard providing a location query service using SMS system. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the service request information is System for providing a location inquiry service using SMS, characterized in that composed of at least one column of numbers and letters including special symbols. The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the system is SMS, characterized in that the terminal specification information management unit for interworking with a predetermined server that manages the specification information for each terminal, requesting the specification information corresponding to the terminal and receiving and managing the corresponding specification information in response to the request. Location inquiry service providing system using. The method of claim 10, wherein the corresponding specification information And the map server is transmitted to the map server to generate map information corresponding to the corresponding specification information. The method of claim 10, wherein the specification information Location inquiry service providing system using SMS, characterized in that the screen size information of the terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the MMS information is The system of claim 1, wherein the location information, the map information, and the building identification information are included. a) the SMS server determines whether the service request information for providing the location inquiry service is included in the information received from the terminal, and if it is determined that the service request information is included, the service request information among the received information; Transmitting the building identification information except for the location inquiry system; b) extracting, by the location inquiry system, location information corresponding to the building identification information and generating map information based on the extracted location information; c) generating MMS information based on the generated map information, and transmitting the generated MMS information to the MMS server; And d) transmitting, by the MMS server, the MMS information to the terminal. The method of claim 14, wherein the building identification information Method for providing a location lookup service using SMS, characterized in that it comprises at least one of a phone number of the building and the business name of the building. The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein step d) d-1) transmitting, by the MMS server, MMS call information to the terminal through an SMS server; And d-2) when the terminal transmits permission information for receiving the MMS information using the MMS call information, the MMS server transmitting the MMS information to the terminal; How to provide referral service. The method of claim 16, wherein the MMS call information is MMS function activation information for activating the MMS function of the terminal and MMS access information for connecting the terminal to the MMS server. The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein after step d) e) recording, by the location inquiry system, charging calculation data including at least one of the number of times the MMS server transmits the MMS information to the terminal or the amount of data of the MMS information transmitted to the terminal; And f) calculating, by the location inquiry system, the charge for providing the location inquiry service based on the number of times of transmission of the recorded MMS information or the data amount and a predetermined billing calculation threshold. Location inquiry service providing method used. The method of claim 18, wherein the billing calculation reference amount Method for providing a location query using SMS, characterized in that corresponding to the map information generated differently according to the specification information of the terminal. The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein the service request information is Method for providing a location lookup service using SMS, characterized in that consisting of at least one column of numbers and letters containing a special symbol. The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein the MMS information is And providing the location information, the map information, and the building identification information.

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