KR20110129603A - System, server and method for managing a event based on location information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for managing an event based on the location information is provided to transmit the welcome message or prestored event information corresponding to the specific palce to the terminal. CONSTITUTION: A terminal(200) has a location confirmation function. If the terminal enters the specific place, an event management server(100) includes a call back uniform resource locator in at least tow welcome message and prestored event information corresponding to the specific place and the terminal. The event management server stores the event information in which the terminal is transmitted through the call back URL according to the specific place and the terminal.

Description

Location-based event management system, server and method {SYSTEM, SERVER AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A EVENT BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to an event management system, a server, and a method based on location information. More specifically, the present invention generates / stores / manages event information such as a video, a photo, and a text based on location information of a terminal, and provides various welcome messages. And a location information-based event management system, server, and method for extracting a welcome message and pre-stored event information corresponding to the specific place and transmitting the same to the terminal when the terminal enters a specific place where corresponding event information is stored. .

Early wireless Internet services, that is, Internet services using mobile communication terminals, provided only fragmentary services such as ringtone downloads or mobile games. However, as the external environment changes, such as the opening of a mobile communication network and the provision of user-based services by a portal provider, it is easier to provide wired / wireless integrated Internet services. In addition, with the advent of synchronous EV-DO (Evolution-Data Only) or IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000), as the network speed improves, more various services can be provided.

In addition, the development of relational wired and wireless services in which a wireless network and a wired network interwork is being accelerated. For example, an instant messenger service is provided using a mobile communication terminal, a mobile mini homepage or a mobile blog service is provided. With the development of these technologies and services, there is an increasing demand for personalized information management and personal event management for companies to expand their marketing. For example, there is a need to efficiently manage various contents related to an event when accommodating acquaintances and performances at a theme park such as a cafe, a performance hall or an amusement park at Apgujeong Station Rodeo Street on MM DD YY.

To meet these demands, users attempt to memorize the event by creating related contents using various multimedia devices such as digital cameras and smartphone cameras. In this case, various storage media are used to store or manage related contents. In addition, in order to share the event with acquaintances, the relevant content will be posted on a separate mini homepage. To this end, after all the events are over, it will invest additional time and devices to repeatedly post related contents on various mini homepages and blogs. However, it is generally difficult to reconfirm the related content unless a lot of effort is required for this process and the event is intended to be recalled later.

The present invention generates / stores / manages event information such as video, photo, text, etc. based on the location information of the terminal, and responds to the specific place when the terminal enters a specific place stored in correspondence with various welcome messages and event information. It is to provide a location information-based event management system, server and method for extracting a welcome message, pre-stored event information to be transmitted to the terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, an event management system based on location information according to the present invention includes a terminal having a location checking function; And when the terminal receives the fact that the terminal enters a specific place, a call back URL (Call Back Uniform Resource Locator) is included in at least one of the specific place, a welcome message and pre-stored event information corresponding to the specific place, and transmitted to the terminal. And an event management server for storing the event information transmitted by the terminal through the callback URL in correspondence with the specific place and the terminal.

Meanwhile, the event management server based on location information according to the present invention includes a place designation unit for designating a specific place, a location information receiving unit for receiving the fact that the terminal enters the specific place, and the specific place if the terminal receives the fact of entry. And an event manager for extracting at least one of a welcome message and pre-stored event information corresponding to the terminal, and an event transmitter for transmitting the content extracted by the event manager to the terminal.

In this case, the apparatus further includes an event receiver configured to receive event information from the terminal, wherein the event manager includes a callback URL in the extracted content and transmits it to the event transmitter, and the terminal transmits the callback URL. The event information may be stored in correspondence with the specific place and the terminal. The apparatus may further include a target storage configured to register at least one of at least one homepage and at least one blog corresponding to the terminal as a target, and a coordinated transmitter configured to transmit event information transmitted from the terminal to the target.

In addition, the event manager generates the list of the target and includes the generated list in the extracted contents and transmits the generated list to the event transmitter, and the event receiver receives the list selection information selected from the list from the terminal. The interlocking transmitter may transmit the event information transmitted from the terminal to a target indicated by the list selection information.

The event manager may analyze call information included in the pre-stored event information, and the event transmitter may transmit the pre-stored event information to a companion terminal corresponding to the call information.

Further, the fact that the terminal enters the specific place is grasped by an access point (AP) installed in the specific place, and the access point receives the terminal related information from the terminal and receives the related information of the specific place. Along with the location information receiver.

Further, the fact that the terminal enters the specific place is grasped by an access point (AP) installed in the specific place, and the terminal receives the specific place-related information from the access point to associate the terminal. The information may be transmitted to the location information receiver together with the information.

The terminal is a mobile communication terminal, and the fact that the terminal enters the specific place can be grasped by a mobile communication base station including at least a part of the specific place in a coverage area. In this case, the fact that the terminal enters the specific place may be grasped by the neighboring mobile communication base station of the mobile communication base station.

On the other hand, in the event management method based on location information according to the present invention, the method comprising: specifying a specific place, determining whether the terminal has entered the specific place, and when the terminal enters the specific place, the specific place and the terminal The method may include extracting at least one of a welcome message corresponding to the pre-stored event information and transmitting the extracted contents to the terminal.

In this case, the extracting may further include a callback URL in the extracted content, and after the transmitting, receiving event information from the terminal using the callback URL and receiving the received event information. The method may further include storing the corresponding location in correspondence with the terminal. Here, after receiving the event information, the method may further include transmitting the received event information to at least one of one or more homepages and one or more blogs corresponding to the terminal.

The extracting may further analyze call information included in the pre-stored event information, and the transmitting may further transmit the extracted event information to a companion terminal corresponding to the call information.

As described above, the location information-based event management system, server, and method according to the present invention extracts a welcome message or pre-stored event information corresponding to the specific place when the terminal enters a specific place and transmits the same to the terminal. Accordingly, the terminal user can easily check whether the user enters a specific place, information on a specific place, and existing event information at the specific place.

In this case, when the transmitted content is pre-stored event information, the user may be reminded of memories related to the event and may be connected to an acquaintance associated with the event. When the transmitted content is a donation message, various advertisements, information, etc. generated by a business operator associated with a specific place may be provided and used.

In addition, when predetermined call information is included in the pre-stored event information, additional call connection may be induced by transmitting the pre-stored event information to the companion terminal corresponding to the call information. The call information included in the pre-stored event information may be call information of a companion with the user at the time of the event. In this situation, by transmitting the pre-stored event information to the companion, it is possible to induce a call connection between the user and the companion.

In addition, by receiving and storing event information generated by the terminal at a specific place, the event information generated by the user can be effectively managed by transmitting the event information to the homepage or blog of the terminal user.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a location information based event management system related to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the application of the location information based event management system related to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a location information based event management server according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the range setting of the location information in the location information-based event management system and server related to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a location information based event management method according to the present invention;
Figure 6 is a block diagram showing another example of a location information based event management system related to the present invention.
7 is a block diagram showing another example of a location information based event management server related to the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a location information-based event management method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a location information based event management system, server, and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

For reference, an event described in the present specification may be a video, a photo, or a text to an event that a user intends to store as content such as a video, a photo, or a text, or a user entering a specific place. It refers to advertising or information intended to be provided as content, such as. In addition, the event information refers to content such as a video, a photo, text, etc. which specifically represents the event or the advertisement / information intended to be provided.

1 is a block diagram showing a location information based event management system related to the present invention.

The location information based event management system shown in FIG. 1 includes a terminal 200 having location information and an event management server 100 transmitting previously stored event information corresponding to the location information to the terminal.

The terminal 200 should have location information. To this end, the terminal must be provided with a means for generating location information by itself and providing it to the event management server or a means for identifying location information by a separate location tracking means. An example of this is a terminal using a mobile communication network or a GPS. In the case of a terminal using a mobile communication network (Cell Base location information), an accuracy of a base station can be provided, and in the case of using a GPS satellite, a terminal can provide an accuracy of several tens to hundreds of meters. The location information generated by the terminal itself or the location information detected by the location tracking means is transmitted to the event management server through a wired or wireless network. The terminal may consist of a single device, such as a mobile communication terminal or a GPS terminal, or may consist of a plurality of devices. An example of a terminal consisting of a plurality of devices is a terminal to which tethering technology is applied. Tethering technology is a technology that allows other devices to access the Internet by using a device with Internet access. In this case, when a device capable of accessing the Internet is called a bridge device and a device corresponding to another device is a target device, the terminal includes a bridge device and a target device. In the case of a terminal including a bridge device and a target device, it is necessary to determine which device's location information is the location information of the terminal. Since the location information has a close relationship with the location of the user, it is generally preferable to use the location information of the target device where the input / output means is provided as the location information of the terminal. However, in the tethering system, the bridge device is also often carried by the user, so the location information of the bridge device may be used as the location information of the terminal.

The event management server 100 retrieves the pre-stored event information corresponding to the location information after receiving the location information of the terminal from the terminal or the location tracking means. If the search result pre-stored event information exists, it is extracted and transmitted to the terminal through the wired / wireless network. If the search result pre-stored event information does not exist, no separate processing is performed. Through such a configuration, the following appearance will appear. It is assumed that the location information of the terminal is divided into regions A, B, C, and D, and there is only pre-stored event information corresponding to region C. An example of this assumption is shown in FIG. 2.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the application of the location information based event management system related to the present invention.

When the user having the terminal enters the region A, the event management server receives the location information from the terminal or the location tracking means to know that the terminal has entered the region A. Accordingly, to confirm whether the pre-stored event information corresponding to the area A exists, there is no pre-stored event information, so it does not transmit a different content to the terminal. Therefore, no content is transmitted to the terminal entering the area A. This process is true even if the user has moved from area A to area B. If the user moves from the B region to the C region, the event management server extracts the pre-stored event information corresponding to the C region and transmits it to the terminal. As a result, the user can check the pre-stored event information. In this case, the transmission form of the pre-stored event information may be a form of transmitting the pre-stored event information itself to the terminal or a form of transmitting a notification message indicating that the pre-stored event information is transmitted.

When transmitting the pre-stored event information itself, the terminal informs the user of the reception of the pre-stored event information through display means such as voice, vibration, display, etc. at at least one of initial, mid-transfer, and transfer completion points.

In the case of using the notification message, the call back URL includes a call back uniform resource locator so that the pre-stored event information can be received by the user. For example, the notification message is' event information. Do you want to check? ”And 'yes' and 'no' are provided. If you select 'yes', the device accesses the event management server through the callback URL obtained by analyzing the notification message, Will be sent. The terminal receiving the notification message notifies the user that the notification message has been received through display means such as voice, vibration, and display. In this case, the driving duration of the display means and the selection of the display means may be changed according to the device environment and settings of the terminal.

The transmission form of pre-stored event information made by the event management server may be determined in consideration of the performance of the terminal, the performance of the communication network, the business policy of the event management server provider, and the like. In general, the lower the performance of the terminal and the lower the performance of the communication network, the more preferable to use the notification message.

If the user moves from the C region to the D region after the transmission of the pre-stored event information is started, the transmission of the pre-stored event information is preferably maintained until completion. In the case of using the notification message, it is possible to receive pre-stored event information regardless of place and time. Of course, the pre-stored event information corresponding to the location information may be meaningful only in the region, so if the confirmation is not made until the move to another region, the pre-stored event information may be prevented from being received. You can also delete the message itself. In this case, the deletion of the notification message may be performed by the terminal receiving the deletion request of the event management server.

According to the above, when the user enters a predetermined position, the user can receive and confirm pre-stored event information. The pre-stored event information may be generated by the user to remind of a predetermined event. The user does not usually use the event information generated in this way and feels the necessity of using it when he or she revisits the event location (the place where the corresponding event information is generated). However, it is difficult to use existing event information at the event location unless the storage medium and the player in which the event information is stored are carried. In this situation, according to the present invention, upon revisit to an event place, event information previously generated may be immediately checked. The user confirms the event information as a memory of the previous event, as a result, will motivate the call connection with acquaintances who accompany the previous event.

Meanwhile, the pre-stored event information may be advertisement content or information content generated by the operator to provide to a user who visited a specific place. When the pre-stored event information is for advertisement or information provision, it is preferable to limit the range of location information. For example, if there are a plurality of pre-stored event information corresponding to the C region and each of the advertisements or information generated by the operator, the user may receive a plurality of advertisements or information as event information when entering the C region and may have a sense of rejection. Therefore, it is necessary to use the advertisement or information without any objection by making such advertisement or information necessary for the user, and for this purpose, it is desirable to reduce the range of the location information as much as possible. For example, if there are a plurality of shops in the area C, and the owners of shops 1, 2, and 3 generate and provide pre-stored event information, each event information can be entered only when the location is very close to each shop. It is desirable to provide. That is, the event information provided by the business owner of shop 1 may be transmitted only when entering the shop 1 area in the region C of FIG. 2. In this case, the area of Shop 1, Shop 2, and Shop 3 should be distinguished from the C area. To this end, an AP (Access Point) can be installed in each of Shop 1, Shop 2, and Shop 3 that provide event information to cover the size of the shop and provide location information that can be distinguished from other shops. . In this situation, when the user enters the C region, the user receives the event information that he / she has previously created in relation to the C region or helpful event information regarding the entire C region. Event information is received. When passing by shop 1, the user may wonder what the shop 1 product is like. In such a situation, when an advertisement or information indicating a menu, a price, a rating, and the like of the shop 1 is provided, the user can function as useful information. In the above, the method of using the AP has been described, but if the accuracy of the location information is further improved, it can be applied without using a separate AP. That is, if the location information of the terminal entering the shop 1 area can be accurately identified in real time, it is not necessary to use the AP. In this case, the event management server may manage location information in a multi-level format such as a tree format. That is, the shop 1 area, the shop 2 area, and the shop 3 area may be set under the C area, and the event information of each of these areas may be transmitted in preference to the event information of the entire C area. Event information corresponding to the lower region is provided in preference to event information corresponding to the upper region, but since the range is relatively smaller than that of the upper region, it is preferable that the information needs to be limitedly provided to the user such as an advertisement.

It has been mentioned that the pre-stored event information may be generated by the user to remind a predetermined event. To this end, the terminal should be provided with means for generating event information. Such means may include a text input unit capable of inputting event information, an input means such as a camera, a microphone, storage means for storing event information input through the input means, and a transmission means for transmitting the event information to the event management server. . Event information generated by the terminal is transmitted to the event management server through a wired or wireless network. The event management server stores the transmitted event information in correspondence with the location information of the terminal, and the stored event information becomes a pre-stored event.

In the above, the previously stored event information stored in the event management server is transmitted to the terminal based on the location information, and the event information generated by the terminal is received and stored based on the location information.

At this time, the event management server may be configured as shown in FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an event management server based on location information related to the present invention.

The event management server 100 shown in FIG. 3 includes a location information receiver 110 receiving location information of a terminal, an event manager 130 extracting pre-stored event information corresponding to location information of the terminal from a database; And an event transmitter 150 for transmitting the extracted event information to the terminal.

The location information receiver 110 receives the location information of the terminal from the terminal or receives the location information of the terminal from a location tracking means capable of identifying the location information of the terminal. The location information receiver 110 receives the location information of the terminal through various wired and wireless networks, and transmits the location information of the received terminal to the event management unit.

The event manager 130 searches for and extracts pre-stored event information corresponding to location information of the terminal from a database (not shown). To this end, event information and location information corresponding to the event information should be stored together in the database.

Here, the location information preferably has a certain range. Although the actual location of the terminal corresponds to a single point location, it is not easy to store the event information in units of point locations, and even if the event information is stored in units of point locations, the terminal to provide pre-stored event information. This is because it is difficult to accurately enter the point position. Therefore, the minimum range of the location information is preferably a range that can cover the scale of a certain place and can be distinguished from other places as in the case of the shops 1, 2 and 3 mentioned above. The maximum range of location information is each range formed when the whole area managed by the event management server is divided into at least two or more. For example, in the event management server, if the management region is Seoul, when Seoul is divided into plural, each divided range becomes the maximum range. According to this, the maximum range may be flexible, depending on how the management area is divided. For example, when the management region of the event management server is worldwide, the maximum range may be set as follows according to the user of each terminal. In the case of a user living in Seoul, Korea, it is desirable to set the maximum range densely, such as the old unit and the same unit, for Seoul, the main active area. Areas other than Seoul may be set in units of cities such as Incheon, Busan, and Daejeon, and areas such as the United States, Japan, and China, which are distinct from Korea, may be set in units of countries. In addition, a plurality of ranges smaller than the maximum range may be set within the maximum range, such as the region C of FIG. 2, the store 1, the store 2, and the store 3 above. Small scale ranges included within the maximum range can also be fluid.

As the maximum range is flexible, the location information of the terminal may also be flexible.

For example, assume that there is event information A provided by shop A in Los Angeles, California, as shown in FIG. In this situation, if a user residing in Korea visits the United States, the event information A may be transmitted wherever the user visits the United States. That is, the location information of the terminal is set in the unit of country of the United States. If a user in a state other than California in the United States visits the state of California, the event information A may be transmitted. In other words, the location information of the terminal is set in the state of the United States. When a user residing outside of LA in California visits LA, event information A may be transmitted. In other words, the location information of the terminal is set in a regional unit in California. A user residing in Los Angeles can receive event information A only when he visits shop A. In other words, the location information of the terminal is set in units of shops in LA. The range of the location information described above can be applied in a state where an accurate region can be identified such as GPS.

Due to the limitations of equipment and the like, the range of location information may be set differently. For example, when the terminal is a mobile communication terminal, the location information of the terminal may be processed in units of coverage of a mobile communication base station. In this case, the coverage of the mobile communication base station may be different for each region. For example, in a densely populated area, a plurality of base stations having a small range of coverage may be installed for processing a large amount of calls, while a few base stations having a large range of coverage may be installed in other regions. Therefore, in a densely populated area, a case may occur out of a certain coverage before receiving event information. For example, if the terminal enters coverage A while the event information B is stored in the coverage A, the event information B is transmitted. If the coverage A is small, the terminal leaves the coverage A before the event information B is transmitted. Can be. This situation can generally occur when the edge of coverage A passes at high speed through a vehicle or the like. In this regard, the event manager may extract previously stored event information corresponding to at least one of a coverage where the terminal is located and adjacent coverage and transmit the extracted event information to the terminal. In this configuration, when the event information C is located in the C region of FIG. 2, the event information C may be transmitted in the B region or the D region which is an adjacent region.

Meanwhile, the event management server may further include an event receiver 170 for receiving event information generated by an event generator (not shown).

Prestored event information extracted from the event management server may be provided by a user or a provider. As such, the event receiver is used to receive event information provided by the user or operator. The event information received through the event receiver should be stored in correspondence with the predetermined location information. Therefore, the location information receiver receives the location information specified by the event generator and delivers the location information to the event manager, and the event manager stores the received event information in the database corresponding to the location information specified by the event generator. In this case, the location information designated by the event generator may be received through the event receiver. Since the location information receiver is a means for receiving location information of the terminal, it will be described later, which is useful when the event generator is formed integrally with the terminal. This is because the location information of the terminal may be the location information designated by the event generator. When the means other than the terminal is an event generator, location information designated by the event generator is preferably transmitted through the event receiver along with the event information.

The event generator may have various means as elements for generating event information, and may not have location information on its own or may be disposed at a location different from location information to which event information is to be mapped. Thus, the event generator may include means for specifying location information. If the event generator is formed integrally with the terminal, the means for specifying the location information may be omitted. If the means for specifying the location information is omitted, the location information of the terminal becomes the location information designated by the event generator.

The event generator may include a text input unit for generating event information, an input means such as a camera and a microphone, a processing means for processing the event information input through the input means to be compatible with the terminal, and a transmission means for transmitting the event information. . Only the processing means may be provided without an input means, in which event information processed by the processing means may be transmitted from the outside. The event generator may be, for example, a mobile communication terminal or a personal computer, and more specifically, an event generator may be an event information generation program that is driven by the mobile communication terminal or the personal computer. The event generator may also be a homepage management server or a blog management server that processes requests from mobile communication terminals and personal computers. Also, the event generator may be a system to which tethering technology is applied. The tethering system includes a bridge device capable of connecting to the Internet and serving as a modem of another device, and a target device corresponding to the other device. At this time, the bridge device functions at least as a transmission means and may also function as a processing means in some cases. The target device functions as an input means and a processing means, and may have only the function of the input means when the bridge device also serves as the processing means. Meanwhile, the event information received from the event generator may be transmitted to at least one of the one or more homepage management server and blog management server through the event transmitter. In this case, the user or the operator can provide the contents of the homepage or blog as event information, and can also decorate the contents of the homepage or blog with the event information transmitted from the event management server. The appearance becomes a form in which a homepage management server or a blog management server is linked with an event management server. Therefore, the user may omit the process of uploading the event information generated by the event generator directly to each homepage or blog.

If there is no processing means in the event generator, the event manager may further include means for processing the event information received from the event generator to be compatible with the terminal.

Event information may include call information. The call information at this time may be for a terminal of the companion associated with the event. The companion at this time includes a third party that accompanied the user or an event or a third party that the user wants to notify the event. When interpreted differently that the pre-stored event information corresponding to the location information of the terminal is transmitted, the pre-stored event information may be transmitted when entering a specific location (event place). Therefore, the user who enters the event place and checks the pre-stored event information reminds the companion who has accompanied the event place when the event information was generated in the past and motivates the call connection with the companion. In this case, for convenience of call connection, call information included in event information may be used. Of course, to do this, call information should be included when generating event information.

When the event information is stored in a database (which may be included in the event management server) communicating with the event management server, the event information becomes prestored event information. The pre-stored event information is provided to the user who reenters the event at a later time, and may be provided to the companion. To this end, the event manager analyzes call information included in prestored event information, and the event transmitter transmits prestored event information to a companion terminal corresponding to the analyzed call information. According to this, when a user enters an event place, both the user and his / her companion receive previously stored event information generated in the past, and the call connection is motivated.

An operation of the location information based event management server described above will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an event management method based on location information related to the present invention, and may be expressed as an operation of an event management server.

First, the terminal receives location information (S530). In this case, the subject transmitting the location information of the terminal may be the terminal itself or a location tracking means for identifying the location information of the terminal. The location information of the terminal is received through the location information receiver 110 of the event management server and transferred to the event manager.

The event manager 130 searches through the database whether there is prestored event information corresponding to the received location information of the terminal and extracts prestored event information when there is prestored event information (S550). If there is no information, no special processing is performed (S540). If the user wants to receive a processing result for the case where there is no pre-stored event information, a message such as 'There is no event information corresponding to the current location' may be transmitted. Such setting may be made by a user.

The event transmitter 150 transmits previously stored event information extracted from the event manager to the terminal (S580). Since the transmitted event information should be displayed through the terminal, the terminal may be provided with visual and audio display means.

Meanwhile, call information may be included in the pre-stored event information, but the event manager checks whether there is call information included in or stored in the pre-stored event information before or after the pre-stored event information is extracted (S560). If the call information is included in the pre-stored event information, the existence of the call information may be checked after the pre-stored event information is extracted. If call information related to the pre-stored event information exists, the call information may exist as different data from the pre-stored event information. In this case, the existence of the call information may be checked before the pre-stored event information is extracted.

 If call information exists, the event transmitter transmits the event information extracted by the event manager to the companion terminal corresponding to the call information (S570).

Prestored event information is event information generated by an event generator and stored in a database. Therefore, if there is no event information generated by the event generator, there is no event information to be transmitted to the terminal, and as a result, it is meaningless to grasp the position information of the terminal. Therefore, before receiving the location information of the terminal, the event receiver receives the event information generated by the event generator and transmits the event information to the event manager (S510), and the event manager stores the received event information in correspondence with the location information in the database. (S 520). In this case, the location information is a location designated by the event generator and is received through the location information receiver or the event receiver.

According to the above description, the user may transmit the event information generated at the event venue to the event management server, and may easily receive and confirm the event information when the event venue is revisited later. In addition, the event information generated by other users or operators can be received only when entering the event venue. This can lead to new call associations and to provide advertising or information to the user.

According to the above configuration, there is no restriction on the event location, but it is required to prepare a specific range setting method for the location information of the terminal and to accurately identify the location. With regard to range setting, the following may be proposed.

6 is a block diagram illustrating another example of a location information based event management system according to the present invention.

The location information-based event management system illustrated in FIG. 6 receives a terminal 400 having a location checking function and a fact that the terminal enters a specific place, and welcome messages and pre-stored events corresponding to the specific place and the terminal. An event in which at least one of the information includes a call back uniform resource locator (URL) and transmitted to the terminal, and the event information transmitted by the terminal through the call back URL is stored in correspondence with the specific place and the terminal; The management server 300 is included.

The terminal 400 is a terminal having a positioning function. A terminal that needs to have a positioning function can be interpreted as meaning that the current position is not fixed but flexible. That is, the terminal may be a portable terminal having a positioning function.

The location checking function of the terminal is a function that can determine whether the terminal has entered a specific place. At this time, the subject to determine whether the entry may be the terminal itself, an access point (AP), a mobile communication base station.

If the subject that determines whether the entry is the terminal itself may be, for example, a GPS terminal. In this case, a specific place range should be determined in detail and may be set by a user, a business operator, or an administrator of an event management server.

The access point is a case where the access point is installed in a specific place. The range of the specific place at this time is the coverage of the access point. The access point coverage is set in advance in consultation with the administrator of the event management server, and the terminal should be provided with means for communicating with the access point. At this time, the subject transmitting the fact that the terminal enters a specific place may be a terminal or an access point. When transmitting a fact that a terminal enters a specific place, the terminal related information corresponding to which terminal and the specific place related information corresponding to the specific place should be transmitted. In the case of a GPS terminal, while the terminal transmits both terminal related information and specific place related information, in the case of an access point, the terminal and the access point may have only one information. That is, the terminal may have only terminal related information and the access point may have only specific place related information. Therefore, when the transmitting entity is a terminal, the terminal may receive specific place-related information from the access point and transmit the terminal-related information with its own terminal. If the transmission subject is an access point, the terminal may receive terminal-related information from the terminal and transmit the terminal-related information together with the specific place-related information.

If the subject to determine whether the entry is a mobile communication base station, the terminal should be a mobile communication terminal. In this case, the fact that the terminal enters the specific place may be grasped by the mobile communication base station including at least a part of the specific place in the coverage area. The coverage of the mobile communication base station may not clearly indicate a specific place compared to the case of using the GPS terminal and the AP. This is because the coverage of the mobile communication base station cannot be easily set by the administrator of the event management server. Thus, in some cases, a particular location may span multiple coverages. For example, if Seoul Grand Park spans the coverage of base station A and base station B, it should be determined that the terminal entered a specific place when the terminal enters the jurisdiction of the coverage of base station A or base station B. However, if only the base station A determines the entry or not, if the terminal enters the base station B, it may not be able to determine whether it entered the Seoul Grand Park. In addition, as described above, there is a problem when the user quickly passes the edge of the base station coverage. Therefore, when the subject identifying the entry is the mobile communication base station, the subject determining the entry is preferably extended to the mobile communication base station adjacent to the mobile communication base station having coverage including a part of a specific place.

The specific place is a place previously designated by the user or the operator in the event management server. For example, a company, a house, or a business place of a user, which is a main stage of life set by a user, corresponds to this. If necessary prior to designation of a specific place, an agreement with an administrator of an event management server, a service subscription, or the like may be preceded. As such, the specific place designated by the user or the operator may be unclear in scope. For example, if a user designates his home as a specific place, it may be unclear whether a specific place is included in the surrounding road including the house or only a building except for the yard. At this time, if the specific place is set as the coverage of the subject that determines whether the terminal enters the specific place, the range becomes clear. In summary, the specific place is a place designated by the user or the operator in the event management server, and is preferably determined by the unit of coverage of the subject that determines whether the terminal enters the specific place. However, in the case of a GPS terminal capable of accurate positioning, the range needs to be set correctly.

The event management server 300 includes a call back uniform resource locator (URL) in at least one of a welcome message and pre-stored event information corresponding to the specific place and the terminal when the terminal receives the fact that the terminal enters the specific place. Send to the terminal. The specific place is a place designated by the user or the operator in the event management server, and event information generated at the specific place is managed through the event management server. Therefore, it is necessary to inform the user that the event management server is available by notifying that the user has entered a specific place. To this end, a welcome message consisting of SMS, MMS, etc. can be used. The welcome message may be registered by the operator in the event management server for the purpose of providing an advertisement or information on a specific place, and may be a message that a user wants to receive when the user visits a specific place. In summary, the welcome message is a message stored in correspondence with the specific place and each terminal when the specific place is designated, and is distinguished from event information generated directly at the specific place. If the user or operator does not generate a welcome message, the default welcome message may be prepared and sent. In the foregoing, the welcome message and the event information in the present embodiment are referred to as event information without being distinguished.

As such, by sending a welcome message to the terminal entering the specific place, an advertisement or information on the specific place is provided and the user is notified that the user has entered the place where the event management server can be used.

Meanwhile, the pre-stored event information may be transmitted to the terminal entering the specific place. Pre-stored event information is event information generated in the past and transmitted to an event management server in the past. That is, the pre-stored event information is event information generated by a user at a specific place in the past and corresponds to past events, that is, memories at the present time. When the pre-stored event information is transmitted, the user knows that the user has entered a specific place and reminds of past events. Of course, the pre-stored event information may be transmitted along with the welcome message. At this time, the welcome message may be transmitted in advance of the pre-stored event information and vice versa.

The welcome message and pre-stored event information registered by a user other than a business operator may be for only one terminal in many terminals. If such a welcome message and pre-stored event information are transmitted to another terminal entering a specific place, a problem may occur. Therefore, the welcome message and pre-stored event information registered by the user other than the operator should be stored to correspond to the terminal as well as the specific place.

The user who receives the welcome message or the pre-stored event information may recognize that the user has entered a specific place and newly generate event information that the event management server wants to manage. The callback URL is needed to transmit the generated event information to the event management server. Accordingly, the event management server may include the callback URL in the welcome message or the pre-stored event information to transmit the callback URL so that the user may access the event management server using the callback URL. Of course, on the UI of the terminal, the message 'Do you want to send generated event information to the event management server?' Displays 'Yes' and 'No' choices. It will be configured to extract and establish a connection. The event information generated as described above and transmitted to the event management server is stored to correspond to a specific place and a terminal that generates the event information, and becomes prestored event information.

Hereinafter, the event management server will be described in more detail.

7 is a block diagram illustrating another example of a location information based event management server according to the present invention.

The event management server based on location information illustrated in FIG. 7 includes a place designation unit 390 for designating a specific place, a location information receiver 310 for receiving the fact that the terminal has entered the specific place, and an entry of the terminal. An event management unit 330 for extracting at least one of a welcome message and pre-stored event information corresponding to the specific place, the terminal, and an event transmitter 350 for transmitting the contents extracted from the event management unit to the terminal when received; Doing.

The place designation unit 390 designates a specific place set in consultation with a business operator or a user. When there is a welcome message or pre-stored event information corresponding to the specific place and the terminal, the welcome message or pre-stored event information is stored in the database corresponding to the specific place and the terminal. The specific place designated by the place designation unit may be plural.

The location information receiver 310 communicates with a subject that transmits the fact that the terminal has entered a specific place (usually the same as a subject that determines whether the terminal has entered a specific place).

The event manager 330 analyzes the information transmitted from the location information receiver, extracts terminal information and specific place information, and matches the specific place and the terminal designated by the place designator. If there is a matching specific place and terminal, the corresponding welcome message is extracted. If there is an event information (prestored event information) previously transmitted from the corresponding terminal for the matched specific place, prestored event information is also extracted.

The event transmitter 350 transmits at least one of a welcome message and pre-stored event information, which are contents extracted from the event manager, to the terminal.

According to the above, when the user enters a specific place, the user receives at least one of a welcome message and pre-stored event information assigned to the user. Through this, it can be recognized that the event management server is available in the region and can recall the past events.

Pre-stored event information may include call information. In this case, the call information included for the purpose of the user will generally correspond to call information of a third party who wants to share pre-stored event information. For example, the call information may be call information of a companion who was accompanied to a specific place in the past. In this regard, the event manager analyzes the call information included in the pre-stored event information, and the event transmitter can transmit the pre-stored event information to a companion terminal corresponding to the call information.

Meanwhile, the user may generate new event information at a specific place being visited, and may be motivated to manage the generated event information in the event management server. To this end, the event management server may further include an event receiver 370 that receives event information from the terminal. An action for transmitting the newly generated event information to the event receiver is required. To this end, the event manager may include a callback URL in content to be transmitted to a terminal entering a specific place. Accordingly, since the welcome message or the pre-stored event transmitted from the terminal includes the callback URL, the event information can be transmitted to the event receiver. The event information transmitted through the callback URL is stored in the database corresponding to the specific place and the terminal currently being visited by the event manager. The event information thus stored becomes pre-stored event information.

On the other hand, the user may want to post the pre-stored event information or event information before the pre-stored event information state on the homepage or blog managed by the user. To this end, the event management server includes a target storage unit 320 for registering at least one of one or more homepages and one or more blogs corresponding to the terminal as a target, and an interlocking transmitter 340 for transmitting the event information transmitted from the terminal to the target. It may further include.

In the target storage unit 320, one or more homepages and one or more blogs designated by a user are registered in advance. The designated homepage and blog increase in proportion to the number of users, but since the registered state corresponds to the terminal, event information corresponding to the terminal is not transmitted to another target, that is, the homepage or blog of another user.

Meanwhile, when a user manages a plurality of homepages or blogs, the user may want to upload event information only to some homepages or blogs. To this end, the event manager may generate a list of targets and then include the generated list in the extracted content and transmit the generated list to the event transmitter. The event transmitter transmits a list of targets to the terminal, and the terminal user selects a desired target after checking the list of targets. In this way, the target selected by the user is received by the event receiver as list selection information, and the companion transmission unit 340 transmits the event information to the target indicated by the list selection information.

According to this, the user can upload the event information generated by the user on his or her homepage or blog without any effort.

8 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a location information-based event management method according to the present invention, and may be described as an operation of the event management server of FIG. 7.

First, a specific place is designated (S 610). In order to determine whether the terminal has entered a specific place, a specific place must first be designated. The specific place is designated by the place designation unit 390. At this time, the location, range, etc. of a specific place may be determined by a discussion between a user and an operator who wants to designate a specific place and an administrator of an event management server.

Since the specific place is designated, it is possible to determine whether the terminal enters the predetermined specific place (S620). Whether the terminal has entered a specific place is determined by various means such as a GPS positioning unit, an AP, a mobile communication station, and the determination result is received by the location information receiving unit 310.

When it is determined that the terminal enters a specific place, at least one of a corresponding welcome message or pre-stored event information is extracted using information on the specific place and the terminal where the entry is confirmed (S630). This process is performed by the event management unit 330, and in some cases may include a callback URL in the extracted content.

The event transmitter 350 transmits the content extracted by the event manager to the terminal (S660). If the extracted content is pre-stored event information, the event manager may analyze whether call information is included in the pre-stored event information. If the call information is analyzed (S 640), the event management unit is connected to a companion terminal corresponding to the call information. The storage event information may be further transmitted (S650).

When the callback URL is included in the welcome message or pre-stored event information extracted by the event management unit, the terminal also receives the callback URL through the event transmitter. Accordingly, the terminal can transmit the newly generated event information to the event management server using the callback URL. The event information transmitted in this way is received by the event receiving unit 370 (S670), and stored by the event management unit to correspond to a specific place and terminal.

Meanwhile, after the event information is received through the event receiver, the received event information may be transmitted to at least one of one or more homepages and one or more blogs corresponding to the terminal (S 700). This process may be performed simultaneously with or after the event management unit corresponding to the specific place and the terminal to store the event information.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

It can be applied to a system that manages various events.

In addition, the present invention can be applied to a system that links various events with a homepage or a blog.

In addition, the present invention can be applied to a system that allows a user to efficiently check a managed event.

In addition, the present invention can be applied to an advertisement system for maximizing the efficiency of advertisements by providing advertisements and information helpful to users.

100, 300 ... Event Management Server 200, 400 ... Terminal
110, 310 ... Location information receiver 130, 330 ... Event manager
150, 350 ... event transmitter 170, 370 ... event receiver
320.Target storage unit 340 ... Linkage transmitter
390 ... place designation part

Claims (14)

A terminal having a positioning function; And
When the terminal receives the fact that the terminal enters a specific place, a callback URL (Call Back Uniform Resource Locator) is included in at least one of the specific place, a welcome message and pre-stored event information corresponding to the terminal, and transmitted to the terminal. An event management server storing event information transmitted from the terminal through the callback URL in correspondence with the specific place and the terminal;
Location information based event management system comprising a.
A place designation unit for designating a specific place;
A location information receiver configured to receive the fact that the terminal has entered the specific place;
An event manager configured to extract at least one of a welcome message and pre-stored event information corresponding to the specific place and the terminal when the terminal receives the fact of entry; And
An event transmitter for transmitting the extracted content from the event manager to the terminal;
Location information based event management server that includes.
The method of claim 2,
Further comprising an event receiving unit for receiving event information from the terminal,
The event manager includes a callback URL in the extracted content and delivers the callback URL to the event transmitter, and stores the event information transmitted by the terminal through the callback URL in correspondence with the specific place and the terminal. Location-based event management server.
The method of claim 3, wherein
A target storage unit registering at least one of at least one homepage and at least one blog corresponding to the terminal as a target; And
Location-based event management server further comprises; interlocking transmission unit for transmitting the event information transmitted from the terminal to the target.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The event manager generates the list of targets and includes the generated list in the extracted contents and delivers the list to the event transmitter.
The event receiving unit receives list selection information selected from the list from the terminal,
The coordinated transmitter transmits the event information transmitted from the terminal to a target indicated by the list selection information.
The method of claim 2,
The event manager analyzes the call information included in the pre-stored event information,
The event transmitter transmits the pre-stored event information to a companion terminal corresponding to the call information.
The method of claim 2,
The fact that the terminal enters the specific place is grasped by an access point (AP) installed in the specific place.
And the access point receives terminal related information from the terminal and transmits the terminal related information to the location information receiver along with the related information of the specific place.
The method of claim 2,
The fact that the terminal enters the specific place is grasped by an access point (AP) installed in the specific place.
And the terminal receives the specific place related information from the access point and transmits the specific place related information to the location information receiver along with the related information of the terminal.
The method of claim 2,
The terminal is a mobile communication terminal,
Location information-based event management server, characterized in that the fact that the terminal enters the specific place by the mobile communication base station that includes at least a part of the specific place in the coverage area (communication area coverage area).
The method of claim 9,
Location-based event management server, characterized in that the fact that the terminal enters the specific location is also determined by the neighboring mobile communication base station of the mobile communication base station.
Designating a specific place;
Determining whether the terminal has entered the specific place;
Extracting at least one of a welcome message and pre-stored event information corresponding to the specific place and the terminal when the terminal enters the specific place; And
Transmitting the extracted contents to the terminal;
Location information based event management method comprising a.
The method of claim 11,
The extracting step further includes a callback URL in the extracted content,
After the transmitting step,
Receiving event information from the terminal using the callback URL; And
And storing the received event information in correspondence with the specific place and the terminal.
The method of claim 12,
After receiving the event information,
And transmitting the received event information to at least one of one or more homepages and one or more blogs corresponding to the terminal.
The method of claim 11,
The extracting step may further analyze call information included in the pre-stored event information.
The transmitting may further include transmitting the extracted event information to a companion terminal corresponding to the call information.

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