KR20130082903A - Method and apparatus for providing poi - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a point of interest is disclosed. The method of providing a point of interest includes receiving a point of interest (POI) search request including a category from a user terminal, searching for a point of interest according to the category in a database, and then searching or using the found point of interest. A post-search interest point and a post-search interest point may be transmitted to the user terminal by searching for a post-search interest point.
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus that can recommend and provide an associated point of interest for a point of interest (POI) of a user displayed on a map.
BACKGROUND ART [0002] Portable electronic devices having a display module such as a recent mobile communication terminal, a digital camera, and a game phone are equipped with various functions such as games, moving pictures, and broadcasting playback. Such portable electronic devices are developing into smart devices in the hand, and navigation services including points of interest for a specific location are also provided.
However, in the case of a navigation service using a conventional portable electronic device, there is an inconvenience of having to search for each of a plurality of points of interest for a specific location.
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus capable of providing a user with other points of interest information associated with the retrieved points of interest when searching for any point of interest by the user.
Accordingly, the present invention also provides a method and apparatus for providing a point of interest, which can minimize the search for a point of interest of the user and can solve the inconvenience caused by the user's search.
According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of providing a user with other points of interest information associated with the retrieved points of interest when the user searches for any points of interest is provided.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes: (a) receiving a point of interest (POI) search request including a category from a user terminal; (b) searching the database for points of interest according to the category; (c) retrieving a trailing search interest point that is retrieved or used by trailing the retrieved points of interest; And (d) transmitting the searched point of interest and the trailing search point of interest to the user terminal.
Before the step (a), the method may further include mapping and storing the following search category information which is searched or used by the category.
The trailing search category information may include one or more of category information, trailing search category information, and cumulative number of searches.
Step (c) may include: (c1) retrieving post-search category information having a large cumulative number of searches according to the category; And (c2) searching the database for a post-search interest point according to the searched back-search category information.
The trailing search category information further includes a search time, and in the step (c), (c1) the cumulative search category information corresponding to the search time including a time at which the search for the point of interest is received is accumulated. Trailing search category information with a large number of searches can be searched.
The point of interest search request further includes current location information of the user terminal, wherein step (b) is a step of searching for a point of interest within a predetermined radius based on the current location information. Acquiring selection interest information from the user terminal among the searched interest points, and searching for a following search interest point within a predetermined radius based on location information of the selection interest information.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving a point of interest by a user terminal, the method comprising: selecting a category grouping the points of interest; Requesting a point-of-interest search for the selected category to a service providing server to receive a searched point of interest and a trailing search point of interest searched or used by trailing the searched point of interest; Displaying the retrieved point of interest on a screen; And displaying the trailing search point of interest on the screen.
The trailing search point of interest is a point of interest included in a trailing search category that is searched or used by trailing the selected category,
In the displaying of the post-search interest point on the screen, the post-search interest point may be displayed on the screen by alternating with the previously searched interest point.
In the displaying of the post-search interest point on the screen, the post-search interest point may be displayed on the same screen as the point of interest with a visual display different from the point of interest.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus is provided that, when searching for a point of interest by a user, together with other point of interest information associated with the retrieved point of interest is provided to the user.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a data communication unit for receiving a point of interest search request including a category from a user terminal; A searcher searching for a point of interest according to the category in a database and searching for a trailing point of interest searched or used by trailing the searched point of interest; And a server controller configured to control the searched point of interest and the trailing search point of interest to be transmitted to the user terminal through the data communicator.
The database may store and store trailing search category information that is searched or used after the category.
The search unit may search for backward search category information having a large cumulative search number according to the category, and search for a trailing search interest point based on the searched backward search category information in the database.
The trailing search category information further includes a search time, wherein the search unit is a trailing search category information having a large cumulative search number for trailing search category information corresponding to a search time including a time at which the search for a point of interest search request is received. You can search for.
The point of interest and the trailing search point of interest are plural.
The search for a point of interest search further includes current location information of the user terminal, wherein the search unit searches for the point of interest in the category within a predetermined radius based on the current location information, and the user among the found points of interest. The selected interest point selected by the terminal may be acquired, and the following search interest point within a predetermined radius may be searched based on the location information of the selected interest point.
By providing a method and apparatus for providing a point of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention, when searching for a point of interest by a user, other point of interest information associated with the searched point of interest may be provided to the user.
Accordingly, the present invention can also minimize the user's point of interest search, there is an advantage that can eliminate the inconvenience caused by the user's search.
1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a system for providing a point of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 illustrates a category in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a category table according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 illustrates a trailing category table in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a point of interest to a user terminal in a service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing (expressing) a point of interest in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "having" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a system for providing a point of interest according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a category according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a category table according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a trailing category table according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing a point of interest (hereinafter, referred to as a point of interest providing system herein) includes a
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A trailing search point of interest herein refers to a point of interest in a category (ie, a trailing search category) that is searched for or used following a particular point of interest.
The trailing search category indicates a category searched or used after the category requested by the
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The apparatus for providing a
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3 is a diagram illustrating a category table configuration. Referring to FIG. 3, the category table may include a sub category code, a category code, a sub category name, a trailing search sub category code, and a trailing search sub category name.
Here, the category code represents identification information for identifying a category, the sub category code represents identification information for identifying a sub category included under a category, the sub category name represents a name for the corresponding sub category, and the following search. The sub category code indicates the identification information of the sub category to be searched or used after the sub category, and the post search sub category name indicates the name of the following sub category code.
4 is a table storing trailing search category information, hereinafter, referred to as a trailing category table in the present specification.
The trailing category table includes a sub category code, a sub category name, a trailing search sub category code, a trailing search sub category name, cumulative number of searches, and search time information.
The cumulative search number indicates the cumulative number of searches in which a subsequent search category for each sub category is searched or used. Of course, depending on the implementation method, other statistics, such as cumulative search rate, in addition to the cumulative search number, may be calculated and used to search the trailing search category.
The search time information is a time at which the following search subcategory is searched and may be set / updated to a time interval.
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5 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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6 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 6, the
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Of course, the point of interest search request may further include current location information of the user terminal (110). As such, when the interest point search request further includes current location information of the
As described above, the retrieved points of interest and the retrieved trailing points of interest may be plural. There may also be multiple trailing search categories.
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7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a point of interest to a user terminal in a service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing (expressing) a point of interest in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In the present specification, the point of interest and the following search point of interest are simultaneously assumed to be acquired through the
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In this case, as described above, when the trailing search command is input after the point of interest is expressed, the
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On the other hand, the method of providing a point of interest to the user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various electronic means for processing information may be recorded in the storage medium. The storage medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination.
Program instructions to be recorded on the storage medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of software. Examples of storage media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks. hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. In addition, the above-described medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as devices for processing information electronically using an interpreter or the like, for example, a high-level language code that can be executed by a computer.
The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the invention may be varied and varied without departing from the scope of the invention.
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(b) searching the database for points of interest according to the category;
(c) retrieving a trailing search interest point that is retrieved or used by trailing the retrieved points of interest; And
(d) transmitting the searched point of interest and the trailing search point of interest to the user terminal.
Before the step (a)
And mapping and storing the trailing search category information that is searched or used after the category.
The trailing search category information includes one or more of category information, trailing search category information, and cumulative search number.
The step (c)
(c1) retrieving post-search category information having the large cumulative number of searches according to the category; And
(c2) searching for a trailing search point of interest according to the found trailing search category information in the database.
The trailing search category information further includes a search time,
The step (c)
(c1) is a method for providing a point of interest, characterized in that for searching for trailing search category information having a large cumulative number of searches, for trailing search category information corresponding to a search time including a time at which the search for a point of interest search request is received.
The interest point search request further includes current location information of the user terminal.
Step (b) is a step of searching for a point of interest within a predetermined radius based on the current location information,
The step (c) is a step of obtaining selection interest information from the user terminal among the searched interest points, and searching for a following search interest point within a predetermined radius based on the location information of the selection interest information. How Branches Are Offered.
A searcher searching for a point of interest according to the category in a database and searching for a trailing point of interest searched or used by trailing the searched point of interest; And
And a server controller for controlling the searched point of interest and the trailing search point of interest to be transmitted to the user terminal through the data communication unit.
And the database maps and stores trailing search category information that is searched or used after the category.
The post-search category information includes at least one of category information, post-search category information, and cumulative search number.
The search unit may search,
Searching for trailing search category information having the large cumulative search number according to the category, and searching for a trailing search interest point according to the found trailing search category information in the database.
The trailing search category information further includes a search time,
The search unit, the service providing server, characterized in that for searching the trailing search category information, the cumulative search number of the large number of search results for the trailing search category information corresponding to the search time including the time of receiving the point of interest search.
And the plurality of points of interest and the trailing search points of interest are plural.
The interest point search request further includes current location information of the user terminal.
The search unit may search,
Search for the point of interest in the category within a predetermined radius based on the current location information, obtain a selected point of interest selected by the user terminal among the searched points of interest, and schedule the point of view based on the location information of the selected point of interest Trailing search within the radius service providing server, characterized in that for searching.
Selecting a category grouping points of interest;
Requesting a point-of-interest search for the selected category to a service providing server to receive a searched point of interest and a trailing search point of interest searched or used by trailing the searched point of interest;
Displaying the retrieved point of interest on a screen; And
Displaying the trailing search point of interest on the screen.
The trailing search point of interest is a point of interest included in the trailing search category searched or used by trailing the selected category.
The step of displaying the post-search interest point on the screen may include:
And providing the trailing search interest point on the screen by alternating with the searched interest point.
The step of displaying the post-search interest point on the screen may include:
And displaying the post-search interest point on the same screen as the point of interest with a visual display different from the point of interest.
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