KR20130110279A - Using facebook and smartphone share real-time travel information service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A real time travel information sharing service using Facebook and a smartphone is provided to improve usability by sharing travel information in real time through a mobile device. CONSTITUTION: A system comprises a personal smart device, a system server and Facebook. When a user travels to a certain area, the user is capable of easily writing a travel note including locations, notes, photos, costs, phone numbers, etc. by using a smartphone. The user stores contents which are selected to share among the travel note and transmits the contents to a Facebook application. The contents of the travel note are open to friends through the Facebook application and the user is capable of checking the feedback on the contents from the friends by using a smartphone, therefore the user is capable of communicating in real time.

Description

Using Facebook and smartphone share real-time travel information service}

The present invention can record travel information and communicate via mobile. ① Smart phone application and travel information can be shared by social network services. ② Facebook application and search can search for travel information created by users. By constructing the system, 'real-time travel information sharing service using Facebook and smartphone' is implemented.

[1.] System and method for transmission and delivery of travel instructions to informational appliances

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1. Smartphone application (iOS, Android)

  A mobile application that saves key travel records (memos, photos, expenses, etc.) along with location information on your smartphone when you are sightseeing, and communicates with other users by sending and receiving messages.

1-1. Photo recording function: Provides additional information input function such as location information and memo when taking a photo

1-2. Video recording function: Automatically record location information and provide additional information input function when shooting video

1-3. Memo: Automatically record location information when writing a note, automatically create a link when entering a URL, and automatically create a dialing link when entering a phone number

1-4. Expenditure Record: Automatically records the location information along with location information, provides expense settlement function, and exchange rate calculation function

1-5. Search: Searching for travel records related to the current location and providing download function considering network disconnection environment

1-6. Social network service interworking function: Interworking with Facebook service to share travel records with other users

1-7. Data backup function: Provides the function to back up the travel record by transferring it to the web server

1-8. Advertisement Provision: output of travel product advertisement related to current location

2. Facebook application

  The travel history you share is sent and saved to your Facebook account, which you create to automatically show your current travel history to your friends, communicate with your friends within Facebook, or search for travel information registered by other users. Build a web-based application service for Facebook

2-1. Provides search history for all trips related to the location you are currently viewing

2-2. Provides the ability to bookmark important travel records

2-3. Provides the ability to follow a specific user

2-4. Provides the ability to set access rights when sharing each trip record (ex. Shared only by friends, all shared, private, etc.)

2-5. Provides the ability to search entire trip history based on the location of the map

2-6. Provides the ability to communicate by creating comments, notes, etc. on other users' travel records

2-7. Print out travel product ads related to the location you're currently viewing

3. Search system

  Real-time travel information retrieval system that searches your travel history by location or by category (e.g. restaurant, traffic, lodging, information, shopping, ruins, etc.) and provides it to users who need it

3-1. Cloud-based server system

3-2. Secure data scalability through data structuring

3-3. Metadata generation, processing, and analysis system for efficient search

3-4. Data processing system for real time retrieval

1. Mobile application implementation technology

-Technology to develop mobile applications for each operating system that can take notes, take photos, and send contents to the server along with location information on iPhone and Android phones

-Implemented in a native app way to optimize application running speed

-Push notification system that can notify user immediately when message is sent and received

-Data encryption processing to protect personal information when sending information to web server

-Content structured input according to the W3C standard specification that enables the content created in the application to be utilized in future in other systems and platforms.

 2.Cloud server system construction technology

-Server system built on cloud to flexibly manage server usage, traffic usage and data expansion as users increase

-Traffic distribution processing system that can automatically distribute user access when data traffic increases

-Distributed storage technology that can improve data processing speed when data capacity increases

-Data history management technology that temporarily updates data considering network non-connection environment and automatically updates when connected

-Database and file server backup and restore system construction technology for preserving user's data and account information

 3.Facebook web application development technology

-Mashup service development technology using Facebook API to create member account with Facebook account and link with Facebook

-Web application construction technology using open API in Facebook service

-Social network environment implementation technology using Facebook friend information

-Cross-Browsing technology that works smoothly in various web browsers in compliance with web standards

4. Wired and wireless data interworking technology

-Data transmission function and real-time data transmission and reception technology between server system and mobile device

-Technology that keeps data change history by device and synchronizes each device data with the latest data when connected to a network

'Real-time travel information sharing service using Facebook and smartphone' can provide an innovative service that can improve the convenience of travel for all tourists traveling to Korea with one mobile device, in accordance with the travel environment of travelers.

In addition, by sharing the travel information based on Facebook (www.facebook.com), which has the largest number of users in the world and the most communication takes place, it improves the use and accessibility of foreign tourists, and the unfamiliar area. By providing an IT service environment that allows tourists to visit the most recent real-time information and travel more conveniently and safely, it is possible to enhance travel satisfaction and promote major tourist attractions in every corner of Korea.

1. Korea travel promotion effect

In 2010, Coca-Cola discontinued TV advertising for the first time in the US NFL Finals and instead advertised on Facebook, social media is becoming a new promotional and marketing media. This is because, when promoting an advertisement on Facebook, it is naturally re-spread to the acquaintances of the user who consumed the advertisement.

Therefore, if foreign tourists who have traveled in Korea easily register travel-related information on Facebook, it is expected that they will be able to promote Korea naturally to their Facebook friends and have a viral marketing effect on Korean tourism.

2. Contribute to attracting foreign travelers

By providing a mobile-based service to make your trip to Korea more convenient, you can make your travel more convenient when you visit Korea and increase your travel satisfaction. It is expected to be able.

3. Contribute to vitalizing the local economy such as local specialties

In addition to travel information, if a specific region is selected, product information on local specialties or souvenirs and a payment system for purchasing them can be provided, thus creating a new distribution channel that allows the purchase of various regional specialties overseas, thereby activating the local economy. It is expected to contribute to.

1 is a flow chart showing the process of the system according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Major technology development

1. Smartphone application

-Contents: A mobile application that allows users to record travel information and communicate in real time with other users

-Purpose: When a user creates a trip record for a specific area, the trip information can be written along with the location information, sent to the server, and shared.If another user writes a comment or sends a note, push notification (PUSH Notification) ) Get instant access to

1-1. Characteristic

Keep a variety of records along your travel route by creating a travel record with location information

Share content with others by sending travel records to share to server systems

-Secure smartphone users by providing iPhone and Android phone applications

1-2. Construction technology

-Information storage technology using GPS, Google map linkage technology

-Apply information caching technology to make contents available even when not connected

-Data storage technology that processes input data by formatting according to format

-Data protection technology that encrypts data in network transmission

-SNS interworking technology that can transmit information to social network service

Smartphone application PUSH technology

2. Facebook application

2-1. Contents: A web service that allows you to register your travel records or search for travel information created by other users within the Facebook service.

2-2. Purpose: To make it easy to register Facebook posts by transferring the travel records created by smartphone to your Facebook account, and to retrieve the latest travel information related to a specific area by searching the travel records written by other users. To allow

2-3. Characteristic

-Eliminate barriers to entry by signing up with your Facebook ID by linking your Facebook account

-Realizes SNS service without any social network formation process by utilizing acquaintances (social network information) formed on Facebook

-Provides an environment to conveniently purchase travel-related goods by using the Facebook payment system

2-4. Construction technology

Facebook API linkage technology

-Metadata management technology through tags

-Information access control system technology according to the authority of each acquaintance

-Access log analysis technology by data

3. Search system construction

3-1. Contents: A system that can search and provide travel records written by users by location or content.

3-2. Purpose: To search for travel information according to a specific location, and improve the efficiency of information provision by classifying by type of information and by region by language.

3-3. Characteristic

-Improved efficiency of providing optimized search results for each user by using saved location meta information, language information, and country information when creating content

-Intuitive service interface by providing map-based GUI

3-4. Construction technology

-Database design and search system building technology

Metadata generation and analysis technology

-Data filtering technology for efficient search

① When you travel to a specific area through your smartphone (iPhone, Android phone), you can easily write a travel journal with location information, taking notes, taking pictures, recording expenses, phone numbers, etc.
② Select and share the contents you want to share in your travel journal
③ Save the travel contents and information shared by the user to the server and send it to the Facebook application
④ Share your travel history with your friends by searching your Facebook diary for your travel diary, and search for travel information written by others.
⑤ Real-time communication by checking and responding to other people's feedback (comments, notes, etc.) on the trip record that I have made through the smartphone

Claims (1)

① Smartphone application
You can save your travel history along with GPS location information on your iPhone and Android phone, share your travel history with the 'Facebook' service, and share your inquiries, comments, and messages about your travel history. Receive in real time, answer directly via mobile and provide the ability to communicate

② Facebook application
This is a service that allows users to store their shared travel records (notes, photos, location information, etc.) on a server system and then view these information within the Facebook service, allowing them to comment or send messages to their Facebook account. Social network community based web application

③ Search system construction
When a user selects a specific location or selects a specific category (e.g., restaurant, lodging, shopping, history, traffic, performances, festivals, etc.), only relevant content will provide travel information content in the order of closest to the current user's location, System that matches related product information

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