KR20100100073A - Transmit device, information providing system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An originating apparatus for conveniently receiving various searching information, an information supply system using the same and a method thereof are provided to supply information based on location information only if a user presses a button of the originating apparatus. CONSTITUTION: A memory(120) stores a connection number of a predetermined server. An input unit(130) inputs the selection of a user. A microcomputer(140) controls an interface unit(150) in order to output control information for transmitting a short message including location information of a GPS unit according to the selection of the input unit. The interface unit outputs the control information to the terminal.

Description

Transmitter, information providing system and method using same

The present invention relates to an information providing system, and more particularly, to a sending apparatus and an information providing system and method using the same, by sending a text message by combining a calling apparatus with a mobile telephone and the like.

In general, since the Global Positioning System (“GPS”) technology allowed civilian reception at the US DoD in 1985, positioning technology using GPS satellites has been rapidly developed. Furthermore, on May 2, 2000, the position accuracy was improved by about 10 times and the error range was improved to within 20M by releasing SA (Selective availability), an artificial error signal according to the US Department of Defense's policy.

Recently, a variety of devices and services for providing location information by combining GPS-based technology with high positioning accuracy and the latest information and communication technology have been developed and spread. The GPS terminal developed according to this trend displays the position of the user who carries the GPS terminal by displaying approximately 10 coordinate information and time information received from a plurality of GPS satellites (approximately four or more) on the LCD screen. Denotes a coordinate value. Since the coordinate values obtained by the GPS terminal are information consisting only of numbers, an additional device or service that can convert these numerical values into desired geographic information is required.

An example of such a technology is a system and method for providing location information in Korean Patent Registration Publication No. 488177.

However, since the location information providing method requires the use of a pager and a mobile phone, the user is inconvenient and the service provided is inconvenient for the user.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve the disadvantages of the conventional, providing a system and method for providing information that can be provided with the information based on the location information in the desired form, the user simply presses the button of the calling device; will be.

The originating apparatus according to the characteristics of the present invention for solving this problem,

An originating apparatus connected to an external terminal by a predetermined interface method,

A GPS unit for calculating and outputting a location of a calling device;

A memory for storing a connection number of a predetermined server;

An input unit for receiving a user's selection;

A microcomputer for controlling to output control information for transmitting a short message including the location information of the GPS unit to the access number of the server according to the selection of the input unit;

And an interface unit configured to output the control information to the terminal according to the control of the microcomputer.

The terminal may transmit a short message including location information of the GPS unit and identification information of the terminal to the access number of the server according to the control information.

If necessary, a function of a separate caller may be embedded in the terminal so that the terminal transmits a short message including internally calculated location information and its own identification information to the access number of the server.

An information providing system according to a feature of the present invention for solving this problem,

An information providing system for receiving a message including location information and identification information of a terminal from the outside, and providing information based on the location information,

A member database storing an information receiving method corresponding to identification information of the terminal;

A database of predetermined information corresponding to the location information;

And a server configured to receive the message including the location information and the identification information and to transmit information corresponding to the identification information to a predetermined receiving terminal.

An information providing system according to another aspect of the present invention for solving this problem,

An information providing system for receiving a message including location information and identification information of a terminal from the outside, and providing information based on the location information,

A member database storing an information receiving method and request information corresponding to identification information of the terminal;

A geographic information database storing geographic information corresponding to the location information;

A land price information database storing land price information corresponding to the location information;

An animal database storing an animal name corresponding to the location information;

And a server configured to receive the message including the location information and the identification information and to transmit the request information corresponding to the identification information to the terminal by an information receiving method corresponding to the identification information.

As an information providing method according to an aspect of the present invention for solving this problem,

An information providing method for receiving a message including location information and identification information of a terminal from the outside, and providing information based on the location information.

Receiving, by a server, a message including the location information and the identification information;

Confirming, by the server, the request information corresponding to the identification information;

Confirming, by a server, an information receiving method corresponding to the identification information;

And controlling the server to transmit the request information corresponding to the identification information to the terminal by an information receiving method corresponding to the identification information.

The server may transmit the request information to at least one external server of an external message server, a messenger server, or an e-mail server according to the information receiving method.

The server controls to transmit at least one of geographic information, land price information, and animal information according to the request information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the user may simply transmit the location information, and the user may simply and conveniently text message various search information such as land price information, animal information, geographic information, restaurant information, gas station information, and convenience store information. , Multi-message, instant messenger, e-mail and more.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. have.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a transmission apparatus and an information providing system using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the originating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,

An originating apparatus connected to an external terminal by a predetermined interface method,

A GPS unit 110 for calculating and outputting a location of a transmitting device;

A memory 120 for storing a connection number of a predetermined server;

An input unit 130 for receiving a user's selection;

A microcomputer 140 for controlling to output the control information to the terminal to transmit a short message including the location information of the GPS unit 110 to the access number of the server according to the selection of the input unit 130;

An interface unit 150 for outputting the control information to the terminal under the control of the microcomputer.

If necessary, the input unit 130 may be omitted, and when the power is applied, the microcomputer 140 may output the control information to transmit a short message including the location information of the GPS unit 110 to the access number of the server. have. In this case, the transmitter 100 may be separated from the terminal 200 after a predetermined time.

The interface unit 150 may transmit / receive data with the terminal 200 in various ways such as UART, USB, WiBro interface, serial, and parallel, and in the case of a mobile phone terminal, may interface with UART.

The terminal transmits a message such as a short message or a multimedia message including location information of the GPS unit and identification information of the terminal to the access number of the server according to the control information.

If necessary, a function of a separate calling device 100 may be embedded in the terminal so that the terminal transmits a message including internally calculated location information and its own identification information to the access number of the server. The access number of the server may be a telephone number or another SMS MO service number corresponding thereto, for example, # 9955.

In addition, referring to Figure 1, the information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

An information providing system for receiving a message including location information and identification information of a terminal from the outside, and providing information based on the location information,

A member database 524 storing information receiving methods such as e-mails, text messages, multimedia messages, and messengers corresponding to identification information of the terminal, and request information such as animal information, land price information, and geographic information;

A geographic information database 521 for storing geographic information such as an address and dynamic information corresponding to the location information;

A land price information database 522 for storing land price information such as land prices or actual prices corresponding to the location information;

An animal information database 523 for storing an animal name corresponding to the location information;

And a server 510 which receives the message including the location information and the identification information and controls to transmit the request information corresponding to the identification information to the terminal in an information receiving method corresponding to the identification information.

For example, the animal information is information such as a description of the lion when it is in front of a lion cage in a zoo, and the land price information includes information such as a known land price and an actual price corresponding to the location information sent by a text message. Can be. In addition, the geographic information may be, for example, information such as how many locations are in Yeoksam-dong or Yeoksam-dong. This information can be variously modified, and can be variously applied as necessary.

In the above configuration, the information provided by the server may be simply configured to provide only one information to one database, and various modifications may be made as necessary.

Then, the information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration will be described in detail.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user accesses the server 510 through the network 300 and registers as a member. The subscription information includes a method of receiving desired information such as identification information such as a phone number or a serial number of the terminal, an email, a text message, a multimedia message, a messenger, and the like. In addition, it is possible to select to receive a text message from another terminal in the information receiving method. In addition, the subscription information includes request information such as animal information, land price information, and geographic information, and a plurality of request information may be selected. In addition, if necessary, various information can be selected at the time of membership registration, and can be modified and deleted when necessary. Here, the basic information of the originating apparatus is set differently according to the purchase route, so that the information based on the location provided may be different.

When the calling device is connected to the UART port of the terminal 200 such as a mobile phone terminal in the state in which membership registration is completed, power is applied from the terminal 200.

Then, the GPS unit 110 of the transmitting device 100 calculates GPS coordinates corresponding to the current position by signals transmitted from a plurality of satellites, and the microcomputer 140 calculates the GPS coordinates. Will output

At this time, if the user selects the input unit 130 or the like of the keypad type, the microcomputer 140 is a short message including the location information of the GPS unit with the access number of the server 510 stored in the memory 120. Control information for transmitting a message is generated and output to the terminal 200 through the interface unit 150. In this case, the terminal 200 is a mobile phone terminal, and may be a WiBro terminal, an information terminal, or the like, if necessary. The control information is transmitted to the terminal 200 in an AT command method, and may be a control command in a similar manner as necessary.

In addition, the terminal 200 transmits a message such as a short message or a multimedia message including identification information such as the location information of the GPS unit and the telephone number of the terminal 200 to the access number of the server according to the control information.

Then, the server 510 receives the message including the location information and the identification information of the terminal via the SMS server 420 or MMS server 410 of the network 300 (S210).

Next, the server 510 reads request information corresponding to the identification information from the member DB 524 (S230). Then, the server 510 selects pre-selected request information among animal information, land price information, and geographic information belonging to the request information from the geographic information database 521, the land price information database 522, and the animal name corresponding to the location information. Read from the animal information database (523) for storing the.

Then, the server 510 reads the information receiving method selected from among information receiving methods such as an email, a text message, a multimedia message, a messenger, etc. corresponding to the identification information of the terminal registered in advance in the member DB 524 (S220). . In the process, the two steps S220 and S230 may be changed in order as necessary, and may be changed in other steps.

Next, the server 510 transmits the receiving terminal number and the request information to at least one of the corresponding servers 410 to 420 which send information externally so that the user can receive the request information in the selected information receiving method ( S240).

Then, among the MMS server 410, the SMS server 420, the messenger server 430, and the e-mail server 440, the server that receives the request for information transmission from the server 510 is an e-mail, text message, multimedia message, Among the information receiving methods, such as a messenger, the information is sent in a method provided by the user (S250).

In this case, when the user chooses to receive the request information by all means, the MMS server 410, the SMS server 420, the messenger server 430, and the e-mail server 440 all transmit the information to at least one receiving terminal. . The receiving terminal may be a mobile phone terminal, a terminal 200 for requesting information, a notebook computer, a personal computer, an information terminal, or the like, and at least one of a messenger function, an email function, a multimedia message play function, and a text message display function may be implemented. Should be.

By this process, the user can easily receive various information corresponding to the desired location by using at least one receiving method.

Such embodiments of the present invention may be variously modified, variously modified as necessary, and services may be provided in various forms.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

1 is a diagram illustrating a transmitting apparatus and an information providing system using the same according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (9)

An originating apparatus connected to an external terminal by a predetermined interface method, A GPS unit for calculating and outputting a location of a calling device; A memory for storing a connection number of a predetermined server; An input unit for receiving a user's selection; A microcomputer for controlling to output, to the terminal, control information for transmitting a short message including location information of the GPS unit to the access number of the server according to the selection of the input unit; And an interface unit for outputting the control information to the terminal according to the control of the microcomputer. An originating apparatus connected to an external terminal by a predetermined interface method, A GPS unit for calculating and outputting a location of a calling device; A memory for storing a connection number of a predetermined server; A microcomputer for controlling to output, to the terminal, control information for transmitting a short message including location information of the GPS unit to the access number of the server when power is applied from the terminal; And an interface unit for outputting the control information to the terminal according to the control of the microcomputer. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The interface unit uses a UART scheme, characterized in that for transmitting the control information to the terminal by the AT command. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the terminal transmits a short message including location information of the GPS unit and identification information of the terminal to the access number of the server according to the control information. An information providing system for receiving a message including location information and identification information of a terminal from the outside, and providing information based on the location information, A member database storing an information receiving method and request information corresponding to identification information of the terminal; A geographic information database storing geographic information corresponding to the location information; A land price information database storing land price information corresponding to the location information; An animal database storing an animal name corresponding to the location information; And a server configured to receive the message including the location information and the identification information and to transmit the request information corresponding to the identification information to the terminal in an information receiving method corresponding to the identification information. An information providing system for receiving a message including location information and identification information of a terminal from the outside, and providing information based on the location information, A member database storing an information receiving method corresponding to identification information of the terminal; A database of predetermined information corresponding to the location information; And a server configured to receive the message including the location information and the identification information and to transmit information corresponding to the identification information to a predetermined receiving terminal. An information providing method for receiving a message including location information and identification information of a terminal from the outside, and providing information based on the location information. Receiving, by a server, a message including the location information and the identification information; Confirming, by the server, the request information corresponding to the identification information; Confirming, by a server, an information receiving method corresponding to the identification information; And controlling the server to transmit the request information corresponding to the identification information to the terminal by an information receiving method corresponding to the identification information. The method of claim 7, wherein And the server transmits the request information to at least one external server of an external message server, a messenger server, or an e-mail server according to the information receiving method. 9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, And the server controls to transmit at least one of geographic information, land price information, and animal information according to the request information.

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