KR20130097835A

KR20130097835A - Map representation system of user customizing point of interest for mobile device and representating method thereof

Info

Publication number: KR20130097835A
Application number: KR1020120019435A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김종훈
Original assignee: (주)케이지아이
Priority date: 2012-02-27
Filing date: 2012-02-27
Publication date: 2013-09-04

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of displaying various points of interest (POI) on a map used to provide a map service in a mobile terminal. The method relates to a level of a user's preferred POI according to the scale of a map. When the map is displayed by the user, the preset information is displayed by using the set information. According to the method of the present invention, since the mobile terminal has user adhesion and personality, the user can easily select the desired POI by displaying the user-defined POI simultaneously with the map when displaying the map and efficiently use the limited memory. The effect may occur.

Description

Map representation system of user customizing point of interest for mobile device and representating method

The present invention relates to a method of presenting a map of interest places for a mobile terminal, and more particularly, a POI for displaying various points of interest (POI) preferred by a user in order to provide a map service in a mobile terminal. A mobile terminal that maximizes the merchandise by allowing the user to easily select the desired POI and efficiently use the limited memory by displaying the set information when the map is displayed by presetting the user by level according to the scale of the map. The present invention relates to a map display system and a method of displaying a place of interest.

In general, the provision of spatial information in a mobile terminal is recognized as an essential and basic service due to its close mobility, and the spatial information provided to such a mobile terminal includes a map, POI, and attribute information stored in a server through the Internet. There are many portal sites that provide information.

The above portal sites provide spatial information and map services on the web, and each provides a map service that suits their characteristics. Due to the rapid spread of mobile terminals, users wanted to use the map services provided on the web as they are. Initially, sites were provided to mobile terminals as they were provided on the web.

However, the spatial information and map service provided by the web are not suitable for the mobile terminal environment because they are appropriately configured for the PC environment, and only basic map display services are provided. Although it wants to do this, many modifications were necessary due to mechanical constraints of the mobile terminal.

From this point of view, many researches have been conducted on how to apply spatial information and map services started from the web to mobile terminals and how to provide them in a form suitable for mobile terminals.

At present, mobile terminal users have the highest interest in providing POIs, and they want to see a desired place such as a bank or a restaurant as a map, and they want my places of interest to be basically provided without manipulation of the mobile terminal.

Accordingly, a method of providing POI information to a mobile terminal is provided.

Providing the POI information with the map to the mobile terminal is largely composed of receiving the map, POI, and attribute information from the server and expressing the received information to the mobile terminal.

Receiving map-related information from the server takes a lot of time to connect to the server, so it uses a method of managing POI information using a database. Forcibly include POI in the map to compose a single image or secondly, display the map and let the user select the desired POI in another window and then overlay the POI on the map.

However, the method of providing the map and the POI as one image only shows the location of the POI and does not show the property information.The method of overlaying the POI selected by the user after presenting an independent POI selection window allows the user to It makes people feel uncomfortable.

In addition, the present POI expression forms only a single theme such as finance, food, lodging, and medical care, but does not represent more than two theme information together. It has a problem that consumes the limited memory of the terminal environment.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to display various POIs preferred by a user on a map in order to provide a map service in a mobile terminal. When the map is displayed by presetting the user by level, the user can easily select the desired POI and efficiently use the limited memory to display the map of the point of interest for the mobile terminal. A system and method are provided.

This object is achieved by the present invention, and in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, comprising a user site using a mobile terminal and a place of interest map providing server connected to the network with the user site to provide a user's place of interest on a map. In the point-of-interest map display system for a mobile terminal, the point-of-interest map providing server may be located in a place of interest such as a bank, a restaurant, a gas station, or a store registered with the point of interest map providing server, which is the main server, and which the user may be interested in. A map providing server providing related services, a POI DB server managing a product of interest to users at businesses such as banks, restaurants, gas stations, and stores registered in the map providing server of interest; And it characterized in that it comprises a location update DB server to manage.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a user site using a mobile terminal and a place of interest map presentation method for providing a map of interest of a user connected to a network with the user site, the POI preferred by the mobile terminal user in advance Setting up a plurality, retrieving map information from a map information providing server by a user, retrieving POI information from a POI DB server of the user, and displaying a map and POI on a screen of the mobile terminal Characterized in that it comprises a.

In this case, it is preferable that the POI is stored in the mobile terminal without using a database for managing the POI and used when displaying the POI, but the POI is set to an image according to expansion and contraction.

According to the above configuration and method, the present invention uses a method of pre-setting the preferred POI by the mobile terminal user and displaying the theme information set when the map is displayed. In order to prevent map information from becoming impossible, by designating a theme that can appear for each scale, unnecessary information is removed in advance to provide a more intuitive UI to the user.

Also, in order to efficiently use memory, POI image is stored instead of using database to manage POI in mobile terminal and used when expressing POI because it does not affect the response speed even when directly receiving data from server.

In addition, when searching for restaurant information together with accommodation information, the other system displays the result after searching the accommodation information, and then retrieves the food information again to display the restaurant so that the user can independently identify each location. Has the effect of providing multiple convenience themes to the user at the same time.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a point of interest map display system for a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2A to 2D are diagrams illustrating a screen for setting a POI theme for each level operating according to FIG. 1 and a map display according to a setting result on a mobile terminal screen;
3 is a flow chart of POI presentation according to the operational level of the map presentation system according to FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order that the present invention may be easily understood by those skilled in the art.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for displaying a place of interest map for a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the system for displaying a map of interest map for mobile terminals according to the present invention, indicated by reference numeral 10, is connected to the user site 12 using the mobile terminal and the user site 12 and the network 14. A point of interest (POI) map providing server 16, which is a main server for providing a user's place of interest to a map, is formed.

The mobile terminal includes a mobile phone, a netbook, a tablet-type computer such as an iPad, and the like, which has a wireless Internet capability such as a Wi-Fi function, and the mobile terminal is equipped with a location-based map program to execute a command. Is performed according to.

The point of interest map providing server 16 is a map providing server 18 registered with this point of interest map providing server and providing a service related to a business location such as a bank, a restaurant, a gas station, and a store that may be of interest to the user. And updating and managing the location of the POI DB server 20 which manages goods of interest to users in businesses such as banks, restaurants, gas stations, and stores registered in the map of providing the place of interest server 16. It includes a location update DB server 22.

In this case, the servers are required due to hardware limitations of the mobile terminal or limitation of storage space, and serve to provide various data and services that are constructed at the time of interest and map search request of the mobile terminal.

In other words, the present invention is a system for receiving data from the map data providing server 18 and the POI DB server 20 to be displayed with the map for the map service in the mobile terminal as shown in FIG. The structural diagram of (10) is shown.

Therefore, since the basic establishment location update server 22 is an additional basic matter, it can be supported externally.

When generating and transmitting map data and POI as one image, only one server is used. However, when the map data and POI data are separately received and processed by the mobile terminal, two or more data servers are operated as shown in FIG. 1. Preferably, the mobile terminal accesses the data server using wireless Internet such as Wi-Fi or 3G connection.

2A to 2D, the terminal user sets a theme to be viewed for each level, and displays only the POI selected by the user according to the level together with the map. The theme for each POI is a group of similar POIs that are displayed on the map using the same POI symbol, and the user can see the theme of the POI that they want to see because the map area is different depending on the level. Can be set.

That is, the core content of the present invention is to set a theme by dividing a myriad of POIs by a certain group, and set the levels shown by each theme and the invisible levels by POI themes that the user is interested in and display them together with map data. This saves communication data costs and wastes resources on the mobile terminal.

According to the point of interest map display system 10 for a mobile terminal, a user site 12 using a mobile terminal and a point of interest map display method of providing a map of interests of a user by connecting to the user site 12 through a network Look at it as follows.

First, a plurality of POIs preferred by the mobile terminal user are set in advance (S12), and the user retrieves map information from a map information providing server (S16) and simultaneously retrieves POI information from the POI DB server of the user. (S18).

Therefore, the map and the POI are easily displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal.

At this time, since the user may want to display the map according to the enlargement and reduction of the map, the user sets and stores the POI setting that is enlarged or reduced in advance.

Accordingly, the user presets the POI according to the enlargement and reduction (S14, S20), and the user retrieves the map information from the map information providing server (S22) and simultaneously retrieves the POI information from the POI DB server of the user (S24). ).

In other words, in Figure 3, the user sets the information from the terminal to configure the initial screen, and operates according to the zooming or moving of the map. In the case of the zooming of the map, a new level of data is requested. Only the POI data required by the user is obtained by bringing up the POI setting information together with the map data, and in the case of the movement of the map, the POI setting information already existing is continuously used.

The present invention is not limited to the method for displaying a place of interest map for a mobile terminal according to the described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Self-explanatory It is therefore intended that such variations and modifications fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

A point of interest map display system for a mobile terminal, comprising a user site using a mobile terminal and a point of interest (POI) map providing server connected to a network of the user site and providing a user's point of interest on a map,
The point of interest map providing server,
A map providing server registered in the place of interest map providing server, which is the main server, and providing a service related to a location of a business such as a bank, a restaurant, a gas station, and a store which may be of interest to a user;
A POI DB server that manages products of interest to users in businesses such as banks, restaurants, gas stations, and stores registered in the map of providing a place of interest; And
Point of interest map display system for a mobile terminal, characterized in that it comprises a location update DB server for updating and managing the location of the establishment.

In the user site using a mobile terminal, and the interest site map display method of connecting the user site and the network to provide a user's place of interest on a map,
Setting a plurality of POIs preferred by the mobile terminal user in advance;
Retrieving map information from a map information providing server by the user;
Retrieving POI information from the POI DB server of the user; And
And displaying a map and a POI on a screen of the mobile terminal.

The method of claim 2, wherein the POI is stored in the mobile terminal and used only when the POI is displayed without storing a database for managing the POI.

The method of claim 2, wherein the setting of the POI is set as an image according to enlargement and reduction in the mobile terminal.