KR20140146251A - Method and apparatus for geo-social service based on location, geo-social service system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for a geo-social service based on a location, and an apparatus and a system for the geo-social service. The geo-social service apparatus according to the present invention periodically collects location information from a plurality of terminals, and confirms geographic information concerned with the collected location information. In addition, the geo-social service apparatus maps the collected location information with the geographic information to generate location graphs of each terminal user, produces a geo-social graph showing geographic relationships between the users by using the location graphs, and stores geo-social information analyzed through the geo-social graph for each user. Further, the geo-social service apparatus provides application services using the geo-social graph to each of the terminals, so the geo-social service which is focused on continuity and relationship based on context information of the users may be provided differently from a previous location-based service of a one-time event.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a location-based geographical relationship service method,

The present invention relates to a location-based service, and more particularly, to a location-based geographical relationship service method for providing an application service using geographical information based on location information, and an apparatus and system therefor.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the present embodiment and do not constitute the prior art.

Recently, various services based on location have been provided. Such location-based services are classified into POI (Point Of Inerest, Point Of Interest, Restaurant, etc.) of a restaurant, a gas station, (Web sites, reviews, photographs, etc.), street view based on real world views, neighborhood search, directions, and so on. . This location-based service provides an open application interface (Open API), which can simply insert the map service into another website.

In addition, the location-based service can provide a realistic service in a form of combining geographic information and 3D graphics using a dedicated client, not a web browser.

On the other hand, location-based services are also applied to social network services, and now it is common to post photos or texts on social networks in combination with location information. These social network services can open new applications via the open application program interface or download existing ones and display them on other websites or applications.

However, since the service based on the existing location is mainly composed of one-time service mainly for guiding the map and guiding the route, the location-based SNS service also allows the user to share the post about the specific POI visited by the user And provides services based on simple functions of the form.

In addition, the existing location-based service simply provides the service based on the limited geographical information of the user's residence area or the origin area, and displays the service user or places in the adjacent area based on the current location It provides only simple functions.

Korean Public Patent No. 2012-0039203, April 25, 2012 (name: user location based mobile recommendation service system and method)

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the inconvenience of the related art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a service device which periodically collects and stores position information from a plurality of terminal devices, confirms geographical information related to the collected position information, Mapping a geographical information to generate a location graph for users of a plurality of terminal devices, analyzing geographical relevance between users using the generated location graph, and analyzing geographical relationship information according to the analyzed geographical relevance by a plurality of terminal devices Based geographical relationship service method and apparatus and system for the same.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the inconvenience of the related art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a location-based geographical relationship service method for providing an application service using a geographical relationship graph generated in a service apparatus, System.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service device including: a communication unit operable to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices; A storage unit for storing information for a geographical relationship service for each of a plurality of terminal devices; And a communication unit and a storage unit, periodically collecting and storing location information from a plurality of terminal devices, checking geographical information related to the collected location information, mapping the collected location information and the confirmed geographical information A control unit for generating a location graph for a plurality of user equipments, analyzing geographical relevance between other users using the generated location graph, and storing geographical relationship information according to the analyzed geographical relevance for each of a plurality of terminal devices .

In the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit can provide the application service using the stored geographical relationship information for each of a plurality of terminal devices.

In the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the application service may include at least one of a social network service, a location recommendation service, a person recommendation service, and a geographic information analysis service.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service apparatus for generating a geographical relation graph indicating geographical relevance between different users, You can create an integrated geographical relationship graph that shows geographical relevance.

In the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit generates one or more similarity groups using the geographical relationship information analyzed through the individual geographical relationship graphs, reflects the generated similarity groups, Can be generated.

In the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit generates machining information by mapping the collected position information and the geographical information by time zone, generates a position graph using the machining information generated, The graph can be provided to the corresponding terminal device.

In the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit analyzes the meta information according to the location of the user in the time zone on the basis of the generated location graph, and generates an individual geographical relationship graph using the analyzed meta information can do.

In the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the meta information may include at least one of a residence, a workplace, a food ward, a job type, and hobby information.

In the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit checks affinity for another user, similarity between different users, and differentiation among other users by using the geographical relationship graph, and stores the identified information as geographical relationship information .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device including: a communication unit operable to perform communication with a service device connected through a communication network; An output unit for outputting a screen for a recommendation information providing service provided from the service apparatus; And a communication unit operatively connected to the communication unit and the output unit, wherein the service apparatus periodically collects the location information and the geographical information associated with the collected location information, receives the generated location graph, and outputs the generated location graph to the output unit, The geographical relationship information on the geographical relationship graph indicating the geographical relevance between the geographical relationship graphs can be controlled and output to the screen of the output section.

In the terminal apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit can receive the application service using the geographical relationship graph from the service apparatus and output the received application service on the screen of the output unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a geographical relation service system for collecting and storing location information periodically from a plurality of terminal devices, checking geographical information related to collected location information, A location graph for a user of a plurality of terminal devices is generated by mapping the collected location information and the confirmed geographical information, the geographical relevance between the other users is analyzed using the generated location graph, A service device for storing the relationship information for each terminal device; And a location graph generated by mapping periodically collected location information and geographical information related to the collected location information in the service device, and outputting the generated location graph to the output screen, and displaying the geographical relation graph And a plurality of terminal devices that receive the relationship information and output the relationship information to a screen of the output unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for geographically related services in a service device, the method comprising: collecting and storing location information periodically from a plurality of terminal devices; Confirming geographical information related to the collected location information; Generating location graphs for users of a plurality of terminal devices by mapping the collected location information and the identified geographical information; Analyzing geographical relevance among other users using the generated location graph; And storing the geographical relationship information according to the analyzed geographical relevance for each of a plurality of terminal apparatuses.

The geographical relation service method in the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may further include providing the application service using the geographical relationship information for each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses.

In the geographically related service method in the service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the step of analyzing the geographical relevance among the other users using the generated location graph may include the steps of: ≪ / RTI > Generating one or more similarity groups using geographical relationship information analyzed through the generated individual geographical relationship graph; And generating an integrated geographical relationship graph representing the geographical relevance between all users by reflecting the generated similarity group.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a geographically related service method.

The present invention generates a geographical relationship graph indicating geographical relevance between acquaintances based on the location of a terminal device in a service apparatus and extracts context information of the user from the existing one- context) based on the continuity and relationship can focus on providing geographical relationship services can be provided.

Also, according to the present invention, since the geographical relationship information analyzed through the geographical relationship graph is continuously updated based on the user's time zone location information, it is possible to use the accumulated geographical relationship information and the geographical relationship graph to further refine the SNS, It is possible to provide a variety of application services such as recommending people and analyzing geographical information.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a geographically related service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal device in a geographically related service system according to embodiments of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus in a geographically related service system according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a position graph generated according to position information of a user by time period according to embodiments of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a geographical relationship graph according to embodiments of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example for similarity grouping according to embodiments of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing geographically related services in a geographically related service system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing location-based geographically related services in a service apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating a method for receiving geographically related services in a terminal apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed description of well-known functions or constructions that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. It should be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as possible throughout the drawings.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed to be limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings and the inventor is not limited to the concept of terminology for describing his or her invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

First, a broadcast service system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a geographically related service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a geographically related service system may include a plurality of terminal devices 100 and a service device 200 connected through a communication network 10.

A plurality of terminal apparatuses 100 are terminals capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the communication network 10 according to a key operation of a user and may be a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC) A personal computer, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart TV, and a mobile communication terminal.

The terminal device 100 is a terminal that performs voice or data communication using the communication network 10 and includes a browser for communicating with the service device 200 via the communication network 10, And a microprocessor for executing and controlling various programs. That is, if the terminal apparatus 100 can perform server-client communication with the service apparatus 200 and can execute a broadcasting service, any terminal can be used, and a communication computing apparatus such as a notebook computer, a mobile communication terminal, It is a broad concept that includes. Meanwhile, the terminal device 100 is preferably manufactured with a touch screen, but is not limited thereto.

In particular, the terminal device 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention executes location-based geographically related services to periodically transmit location information to the service device 200, Geographical relationship graphs (Geo-Social Graph) showing geographical relevance can provide information on geographical relationship information and integrated geographical relationship graphs analyzed. Also, the terminal device 100 can receive application services, for example, recommendation information according to relevance between users using geographical relationship information and information on the integrated geographical relationship graph, from the service device 200. [ Then, the terminal device 100 can grasp geographical information such as geographical familiarity, geographical similarity, and geographical distinction between the geographical information such as geographical information, geographical information, and geographical information.

The service apparatus 200 can provide a geographically related service according to the geographical relevance among acquaintances to a plurality of terminal apparatuses 100 in cooperation with a plurality of terminal apparatuses 100. [ In particular, the service apparatus 200 periodically collects position information from a plurality of terminal devices 100, checks geographical information related to the collected position information, and displays a position graph based on the collected position information and the identified geographical information (Meta data) is analyzed through the generated location graph, and a user-specific geographical relationship graph (individual geographical relationship graph) can be generated using the analyzed metadata to set the relationship between acquaintances have. In addition, the service apparatus 200 grasps the geographical relationship of each user through the generated geographical relationship graph for each user, generates a similarity group by grouping the users by using the geographical relationship information, and reflects the generated similarity group You can create an integrated geographical relationship graph. The service device 200 provides the generated integrated geographical relationship graph to the terminal device 100 and provides various application services using the generated integrated geographical relationship graph to the terminal device 100.

The terminal device 100 and the service device 200 are interworked through the communication network 10. The communication network 10 can be connected to the Internet using the various wired / wireless communication technologies such as the Internet network, the intranet network, the mobile communication network, Which can send and receive data. The communication network 10 is also coupled to the service device 200 and stores computing resources such as hardware and software. The communication network 10 may be a closed network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), an open network such as the Internet, a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), a WCDMA The concept is called the next generation network and computing network that will be implemented next, such as Multiple Access, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

The configuration of the terminal device 100 in the geographically related service system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal device in a geographically related service system according to embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the terminal device 100 may receive location-based geographically related services in cooperation with the service device 200. The terminal device 100 may include a control unit 110, an input unit 120, a communication unit 130, a storage unit 140, an output unit 150, and a position determination unit 160.

The control unit 110 controls the overall operation of the terminal apparatus 100 and the operation for the location confirmation service and periodically transmits the location information to the service apparatus 200 and transmits the location information The geographical relationship graph can be used to provide the geographical relationship service. Also, the control unit 110 can receive various application services using the generated geographical relationship graph. For this, the control unit 110 may include a service execution module 111.

The service execution module 111 makes a service subscription request for receiving the location-based geographical relationship service to the service device 200 and receives the subscription process result information for the geographical related service from the service device 200, (200). Accordingly, the service execution module 111 periodically transmits the location information confirmed by the location confirmation unit 160 to the service device 200, and transmits the geographical information generated by the geographical relationship setting And outputs information on geographical relationship information and integrated geographical relationship graphs analyzed through the relationship graph and stores information on the provided geographical relationship information and integrated geographical relationship graph on a service execution screen can do. The service execution module 111 may also express the geographical relationship between acquaintances on a map by using the provided geographical relationship information and information on the integrated geographical relationship graph.

In addition, the service execution module 111 can receive various application services through the geographical relationship graph generated by the service device 200. For example, the service execution module 111 requests the recommendation information from the service apparatus 200, receives the recommendation information generated from the service apparatus 200 using the geographical relationship graph, and outputs the recommendation information to the service execution screen 150 can be controlled. Here, the recommendation information may include traffic volume analysis and prediction information for a person, a place, and a region, analysis of a popular business type and a commercial area, information on a new building and a public facility location analysis, and the like.

In addition, the service execution module 111 can receive the location graph generated from the service device 200 and output the received location graph to the service execution screen. Information (such as building or name, type of transportation means, and traffic information).

The input unit 120 may generate a user input signal corresponding to a request or information of a user according to a user's operation and may be implemented as various input means that are currently commercialized or can be commercialized in the future. , A joystick, a touch screen, a touch pad, or the like, as well as a gesture input means for sensing a user's motion and generating a specific input signal. The input unit 120 receives service subscription request information for a geographical relationship service from a user and can generate an input signal according to a user operation for executing the geographical relationship service.

The communication unit 130 communicates with the service device 200 through the communication network 10 to transmit and receive messages for geographically related services. The communication unit 130 can transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wire and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 130 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 130 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively. In particular, the communication unit 130 periodically transmits the location information of the user to the service device 200, receives the location graph data, the geographical relationship information, and the information about the integrated geographical relationship graph from the service device 200, And receives recommendation information, such as a person and a place, related to the application service provided using the geographical relationship graph, and transmits the received recommendation information to the control unit 110. [

The storage unit 140 stores information necessary for the operation of the terminal device 100 and stores location information confirmed by the location checking unit 160. The storage unit 140 stores the location information, And applications. The storage unit 140 may store location graph data and geographical relationship information provided from the service apparatus 200 and information on the integrated geographical relationship graph and may store related data according to the application service provided from the service apparatus 200 . The storage unit 140 may be an optical storage medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Video Disk) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory.

The output unit 150 is a means for providing a user with an operation result or status of the terminal device 100. The output unit 150 includes a display unit for visually outputting the result through a screen or a speaker for outputting an audible sound can do. Particularly, in the present invention, it is possible to output a service execution screen for a geographical related service executed in the terminal device 100, to display a position graph provided from the service device 200, to display geographical relationship information and an integrated geographical relationship Information about the graph can be displayed on the service execution screen. In addition, the output unit 150 may output the related data according to the application service provided from the service device 200 to the service execution screen.

The location confirmation unit 160 may include a GPS module for performing GPS communication and may confirm the current location of the terminal device 100 through the GPS module and transmit the confirmed location information to the control unit 110 have.

Next, the configuration of the service apparatus 200 in the geographically related service system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus in a geographically related service system according to embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the service apparatus 200 may include a controller 210, a communication unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

The control unit 210 controls the general operation of the service device 200 and the operation for the location confirmation service and operates the plurality of terminal devices 100 in cooperation with the plurality of terminal devices 100 to provide the geographical relationship service can do. For this, the control unit 210 may include an information collection module 211 and a service provision module 212.

The information collection module 211 periodically collects location information from a plurality of terminal devices 100 through the communication unit 220, checks geographical information related to the collected location information, and stores the collected location information and the identified geographical information And store the data in the corresponding area of the location information database of the storage unit 230 for each terminal device 100.

The service providing module 212 combines the location information collected by the information collecting module 211 and the confirmed geographical information to generate processing information and transmits the generated processing information to the terminal 100 230 in the corresponding area of the machining information database. Accordingly, the service providing module 212 generates a Geo-Personal Graph as shown in FIG. 4 using the generated processing information, and generates a Geo-Personal Graph based on the generated location information, The user can check one or more meta information for each user, such as job, job type, and hobby. Here, the position graph can be generated through position information statistically processed for each day, week (by day of the week), month and year, for example.

For example, the service providing module 212 identifies an area or a residence (apartment or the like) mainly staying at night in the location graph, sets the residence information as the residence information, and confirms the area or office facility (building, etc.) And set it as the workplace information, and can set the area or the restaurant which is mainly visited at lunch or dinner as the food information. In addition, the service providing module 212 deduces and sets up a sales office in the case of frequent movements during the daytime, and a clerical job in the absence of the movement in the weektime, and sets the inferred area and facilities (for example, , A soccer field, a golf course, a swimming pool, a movie theater, a library, a camping ground, etc.).

For example, the service providing module 212 analyzes the geographical relationship between the user and the acquaintances using the identified acquaintance information, and analyzes the analyzed geographical relationship information It is possible to store the geographical relationship information of the storage unit 230 for each user in the corresponding area of the database and generate the geographical relationship graph for each user using the analyzed geographical relationship information. Specifically, the service providing module 212 can check the location graph of the acquaintances through the acquaintance information, and compare the location graph of the acquaintances identified by the acquaintances with the location graph of the user. At this time, the service providing module 212 confirms the location of the area where the location overlaps on the location graph of the user and the location graph of the acquaintance, and confirms the intimacy with the acquaintance by grasping the staying time at the overlapping place, And the geographical similarity between acquaintances can be confirmed by grasping regions visited during leisure time.

In addition, the service providing module 212 can identify only the user different from the common attributes of the acquaintances such as the commute route and the like.

Accordingly, the service providing module 212 stores the geographical relationship information such as intimacy, geographical similarity, and geographical distinction with the identified acquaintances in the geographical relationship information database of the storage unit 230 for each user .

In addition, the service providing module 212 generates various similarity groups using the generated geographical relationship graph for each user, and generates an integrated geographical relationship indicating the geographical relevance of all users that can be grouped into geographical similarities by reflecting the generated similarity groups You can create a graph. Herein, the similarity group may include any one or more of a residence or a group similar to a workplace, a group with similar occupations, or a group with similar hobbies. Specifically, the service providing module 212 can generate a similarity group by collecting meta information for each user having geographical similarity by analyzing numerical data of the geographical relationship graph by digitizing the per-user geographical relationship graph. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the service providing module 212 may generate a similarity group 52 for the workplace of a specific user 51, Information can be used to identify a workplace and create geographic relationship information related to the identified workplace, such as geographic familiarity, geographic similarity, and differentiation between specific users and acquaintances. In this manner, the service provision module 212 can create various groups. Here, the similarity group is generated by using the geographical relationship graph, and the generated integrated geographical relationship graph is generated, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 6 (a) FIG. 6 (b) shows an example of a similarity group, and FIG. 6 (c) shows an example of the integrated geographical relationship graph. These individual geographical relationship graphs, similarity groups, and integrated geographical relationship graphs are shown for illustrative purposes only and may be expressed in other forms. Then, the service providing module 212 analyzes the similarity and the difference with respect to each user belonging to the corresponding group, and stores information analyzed for each user, that is, group information, as geographical relationship information, and stores the geographical relationship stored in the geographical relationship information database Information can be updated, and the geographical relationship information can be accumulated and updated continuously based on the location of the user.

Meanwhile, the service providing module 212 can provide the application service to the user by using the generated integrated geographical relationship graph. For example, the service providing module 212 can recommend a place based on the group information (similarity and differentiation information) of a plurality of similarity groups to which the user belongs, through the accumulated geographical relationship information and the integrated geographical relationship graph. In addition, the service providing module 212 can recommend users similar to the geographical network, that is, the geographical living base, using the accumulated geographical relationship information and the integrated geographical relationship graph. Here, the recommendation of the place can be made, for example, by checking a place frequently visited by a user or a place located on a commuting route, comparing the increase / decrease of the number of visitors at the confirmed place, It is possible to confirm the place accurately and recommend the place. In addition, person recommendation can identify geographical relational information such as geographical intimacy, geographical similarity, and geographical distinction between acquaintances, recommend a person using the confirmed geographical relationship information, and transmit the thus-confirmed geographical relationship information to the SNS service To provide more sophisticated forms of SNS service.

As another example, the service providing module 212 may use various cumulative geographical relationship information and integrated geographical relationship graphs to analyze various types of application services such as traffic volume analysis and prediction for each area, analysis of popular business types and commercial areas, and location analysis of new buildings and public facilities To provide information on application services and application services for each of a plurality of terminal devices 100.

The communication unit 220 transmits and receives messages for a broadcasting service to and from the terminal device 100 through the communication network 10. The communication unit 220 can transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wire and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 220 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 220 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively. In particular, the communication unit 220 periodically receives location information from a plurality of terminal devices 200 and transmits the received location information to the control unit 210. The location information includes location graph data, geographical relationship information, Information related to the application service using the geographical relationship graph, and recommendation information such as a person and a location, for example, per terminal device 100. [

The storage unit 230 stores relevant information for providing a broadcast service. Specifically, the storage unit 230 stores the location information and the confirmed geographical information collected by the user in the location information database, and stores the processed information generated by combining the geographical information and the geographical information into the processing information database . In addition, the storage unit 230 may store the meta information identified through the location graph and the machining information in the meta information database by user, and store the geographical relationship information identified through the geographical relationship graph in the geographical relationship information database by user Can be stored separately. The storage unit 230 may store group information (similarity with the group and information related to the differentiation) for the similarity group generated using the user-specific geographical relationship graph as geographical relationship information. Also, the storage unit 230 may store data on the generated location graph, data on geographical relationship graphs per user, and data on integrated geographical relationship graphs, and may store related information according to application services, for example, And the like can be stored. The storage unit 230 may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Video Disk) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory.

Hereinafter, a method for a location-based geographical relationship service in the geographically related service system constructed as above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

7 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing geographically related services in a geographically related service system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, in step 1101, the terminal device 100 makes a request to join the service for the location-based geographical relationship service to the service device 200. In step 1102, the service apparatus 200 performs service subscription processing according to a service subscription request of the terminal apparatus 100, and transmits service subscription processing result information to the terminal apparatus 100 in step 1103. [ At this time, the service device 200 transmits an application or a program for geographically related services to the terminal device 100.

Accordingly, in step 1104, the terminal device 100 executes the geographical relationship service through the application received from the service device 200. In step 1105, the terminal device 100 periodically checks the location of the user, And transmits the information to the service apparatus 200.

Accordingly, in step 1106, the service device 200 periodically collects location information from the terminal device 100, confirms the geographical information related to the location information, and stores the collected location information and the confirmed geographical information. Then, in step 1107, the service device 200 generates machining information by combining the collected position information and the confirmed geographical information, and generates a position graph for the terminal device 100 using the generated machining information. Here, the position graph may be generated for each of the plurality of terminal devices 100 and managed for each user.

Thereafter, in step 1108, the service device 200 confirms the acquaintance information in the social network service (SNS), generates a geographical relationship graph for each user according to the geographical relevance between the user and acquaintances using the identified acquaintance information, The geographical similarity and the discrimination with the acquaintance are analyzed through the geographical relationship graph, and the analyzed result information is stored as the geographical relationship information. Then, in step 1109, the service device 200 generates various similarity groups using the generated geographical relationship graph for each user, and integrates the geographical relevance of all users that can be grouped into geographical similarities by reflecting the generated similarity groups Create a graph of geographical relationships. Accordingly, in step 1110, the service device 100 updates the geographical relationship information by reflecting group information (similarity and differentiation information) for each user analyzed through the integrated geographical relationship graph, and continuously updates the geographical relationship information based on the user's location. Update the relationship information.

In step 1111, the service device 100 generates recommendation information, for example, a person or a place, to provide the application service using the generated integrated geographical relationship graph and the stored geographical relationship information. In step 1112, The device 100 transmits recommendation information to the terminal device 100. [ Accordingly, in step 1113, the terminal device 100 outputs the recommendation information received from the service device 200 to the service execution screen and provides the user with the recommendation information.

Meanwhile, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the position graph and the geographical relationship graph generated by the service apparatus 200 are provided for each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses 100, so that the respective terminal apparatuses 100 can confirm the geographical relationship between the acquaintances And a geographical relationship service method for providing application services according to geographical relevance between acquaintances will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, a description will be made of a method for providing a geographical relationship service for each of a plurality of terminal devices 100 in the service apparatus 100.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing location-based geographically related services in a service apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in step 2101, the service device 200 collects location information periodically received from a plurality of terminal devices 100, and maps the collected location information to geographical information related to the location information. At this time, the collected location information is stored for each user, and can be stored by time zone and location.

Then, in step 2102, the service device 200 generates machining information by mapping the collected position information and geographical information, and stores the generated machining information by a plurality of terminal devices 100, that is, by user. Here, the processing information is actual information of the area where the user has stayed or moved, for example, information indicating the building, the name, the facility information, the type of the moving means, and the like.

Thereafter, in step 2103, the service apparatus 200 generates a position graph representing the position of the user moved by time zone using the generated processing information, and transmits data on the position graph generated in step 2104 to the user To the terminal device (100). Accordingly, the terminal device 100 can output the location graph indicating the location of the user's own time zone on the service execution screen using the data on the received location graph. For example, the terminal apparatus 100 may output a position graph as shown in FIG. 4 attached hereto. In the location graph, a red dotted line indicates a path that the user traveled during a weekday day. The location of the upper area 41 indicates a residence, and the location of the lower area 42 indicates a workplace. Accordingly, the terminal device 100 can recognize the location of the user, the place of residence, the workplace, the traveling means, the hobby, and the like by grasping the location information and the moving time displayed on the map. For example, if the user clicks a point on a map displayed on the map, the terminal device 100 displays the meta information of the user according to the current location, A workplace, a food ward, a job type, a hobby, a moving means, and the like) and the moved time information can be displayed through a pop-up window or the like. Then, in step 2105, the service device 200 confirms the acquaintance information in the social network service (SNS), generates a geographical relationship graph for each user according to the relevance of the geographical relevance between the user and the acquaintances using the identified acquaintance information, The generated geographical relationship graph analyzes familiarity, geographical similarity, and discrimination with the acquaintance, and stores the analyzed result information as geographical relationship information. Thereafter, in step 2106, the service device 200 generates various similarity groups using the generated geographical relationship graph for each user. In step 2107, the service device 200 reflects the generated similarity group, Create an integrated geographical relationship graph that represents the geographical relationships of all users. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the service device 200 confirms the workplace through the meta information of the specific user 51, and stores the geographical relationship information related to the confirmed workplace, that is, Affinity, geographical similarity, differentiation, and the like, thereby creating a group 52 having a similar workplace. In this manner, the service apparatus 200 can generate various similarity groups. Accordingly, in step 2108, the service device 200 updates geographical relationship information by storing the geographical relationship information analyzed for each user and the group information about the similarity group in the geographical relationship information database through the integrated geographical relationship graph.

In step 2109, the service device 200 receives the geographical relationship information from the terminal device 100. In step 2210, the service device 200 transmits information on the geographical relationship information and the integrated geographical relationship graph to the terminal device 100, Lt; / RTI > Accordingly, the terminal device 100 can output the geographical relationship information in the form of a list or displayed on the map on the service execution screen by using the information on the received geographical relationship information and the integrated geographical relationship graph, Can be used to show the geographical relevance among all users that can be grouped into geographical similarities through the service execution screen. In step 2111, the service device 200 receives a request for application service, that is, recommendation information, from the terminal device 100. In step 2112, the service device 200 transmits geographical relationship information stored in the geographical relationship information database, For example, recommendation information about a person or a place can be generated based on the application service using the geographical relationship graph. The recommendation information may be generated according to the request information of the user, or may be generated by arbitrarily generating and providing the user's interest field in the service device 200.

Thereafter, in step 2112, the service device 200 transmits recommendation information generated in the terminal device 100.

Next, a method for receiving geographically related services from a plurality of terminal devices 100 will be described.

9 is a diagram illustrating a method for receiving geographically related services in a terminal apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, in step 2201, the terminal device 200 periodically grasps the location information of the user and transmits the detected location information to the service device 200.

Then, in step 2202, the terminal device 200 receives and stores data on the position graph generated using the processing information combined with the position information and the geographical information transmitted from the service device 200, and in step 2203, 200 outputs a position graph on the service execution screen using data on the position graph. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the positional information may be displayed on the map according to the position of the user moved by time zone.

In step 2204, the terminal device 200 requests the geographical relationship information indicating the geographical relevance between the user and the acquaintances. In step 2205, the terminal device 200 displays the geographical relationship information and the integrated geographical relationship graph From the service device 200 and stores the received information. Accordingly, in step 2206, the terminal device 100 outputs information on the geographical relationship information and the integrated geographical relationship graph using the data of the received geographical relationship graph. At this time, the terminal device 100 can output the geographical relationship information on the service execution screen using the information on the geographical relationship information and the integrated geographical relationship graph. For example, when the user selects the work location on the screen displaying the location graph, the terminal device 100 displays the locations located near the work location on the map, selects a specific location, Geographical relationship information (familiarity, familiarity and differentiation with acquaintances, etc.) can be displayed. The terminal device 100 displays information on the integrated geographical relationship graph, for example, if a selected work location is selected from a location or menu item on a map, the selected work location shows a similar group, If you choose a hobby from a location (ballpark, soccer field, golf course, swimming pool, movie theater, library and camping ground) or menu item, the hobby can show a similar group. Also, the terminal device 100 may display the geographical relationship information of each acquaintance in a list form, and may output a similarity group according to the geographical relevance between the user and the acquaintances through the information on the integrated geographical relationship graph, on the service execution screen.

In step 2207, the terminal device 100 requests the service device 200 for the application service, for example, recommendation information. In step 2208, the terminal device 100 receives recommendation information according to the request from the service device 200 and stores the received recommendation information. Then, in step 2209, the terminal device 100 outputs the received recommendation information to the service execution screen. Here, the recommendation information may be recommendation information for a person or a place, and recommendation information may be outputted reflecting the geographical information (map) included in the location graph data. Accordingly, for example, the recommendation information may indicate a recommended place on the map on which the user's location information is displayed, or may display the current location of the recommended person, and specific information about the recommended place or person may be displayed by the user And may be displayed through a pop-up window or the like by selecting the recommendation information displayed on the screen.

According to the embodiments of the present invention as described above, the present invention can be applied to a geographical location based service, which is based on context information of a user, out of existing one-time- And can provide a relationship service.

Program instructions to be recorded may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. For example, the recording medium may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), a digital video disk (DVD) Includes a hardware device that is specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, do. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. Such a hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of specific examples for the purpose of understanding and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

The present invention relates to a location-based geographical relationship service method and apparatus and system for the same, and more particularly, to a geographical relationship graph representing geographical relevance between acquaintances based on a location of a terminal device in a service apparatus, By using the relationship graph, it is possible to provide a geographical relationship service that focuses on continuity and relationship based on the context of the user beyond the existing one-time-oriented location-based service.

In addition, the present invention continuously updates the geographical information analyzed through the geographical relationship graph based on the location information of each user and the time zone and the location, and then, by using the accumulated geographical relationship information and the geographical relationship graph, It is possible to provide a variety of application services such as restaurant recommendation, person recommendation, geographic information analysis, and the like, which is not only commercially viable or operable, but also can be practically and practically used.

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Claims (16)

A communication unit for performing communication in cooperation with a plurality of terminal devices;
A storage unit for storing information for geographically related services for each of the plurality of terminal devices; And
And a communication unit that is functionally connected to the communication unit and the storage unit, periodically collects and stores position information from the plurality of terminal apparatuses, checks geographical information related to the collected position information, Maps geographical relationships among the users, generates geographical graphs for the users of the plurality of terminal devices, analyzes the geographical relevance among the users using the generated geographical graph, Respectively;
The service device comprising: The apparatus of claim 1,
And the application service using the stored geographical relationship information is provided for each of the plurality of terminal devices. 3. The method of claim 2,
A social network service, a place recommendation service, a person recommendation service, and a geographical information analysis service. The apparatus of claim 1,
Generating an individual geographical relationship graph indicating geographical relevance between the other users and generating an integrated geographical relationship graph indicating geographical relevance among all users using the generated individual geographical relationship graph. 5. The apparatus of claim 4,
Generating one or more similarity groups using the geographical relationship information analyzed through the individual geographical relationship graphs, and generating the integrated geographical relationship graph by reflecting the generated similarity groups. The apparatus of claim 1,
Generating geographical information by mapping the collected geographical information and the geographical information by time zone, generating the geographical graph using the generated geographical information, and providing the generated geographical graph to the corresponding terminal device Device. 5. The apparatus of claim 4,
Wherein the meta information analyzing unit analyzes the meta information according to a location of the user based on the generated location graph, and generates the individual geographical relationship graph using the analyzed meta information. 8. The method of claim 7,
A residence, a workplace, a place to eat, a job, and hobby information. The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein the geographical relationship graph is used to identify one or more of intimacy of another user, similarity between the other users, and differentiation among the other users, and stores the identified information as the geographical relationship information. A communication unit operable to communicate with a service device connected through a communication network;
An output unit for outputting a screen for a recommendation information providing service provided from the service apparatus; And
And a control unit connected to the communication unit and the output unit and configured to receive the location graph generated by mapping the geographical information related to the collected location information and the periodically collected location information in the service apparatus to output the generated location graph to the screen of the output unit And receives the geographical relationship information on the geographical relationship graph indicating the geographical relevance between the other users, and outputs the geographical relationship information to the screen of the output unit. 11. The apparatus according to claim 10,
Wherein the control unit receives the application service using the geographical relationship graph from the service apparatus and outputs the application service on the screen of the output unit. A method for collecting and storing location information periodically from a plurality of terminal devices, confirming geographical information related to the collected location information, mapping the collected location information and the identified geographical information, A service device for generating a graph, analyzing geographical relevance between other users using the generated location graph, and storing geographical relationship information according to the analyzed geographical relevance for each of the plurality of terminal devices; And
The service apparatus periodically receives the position graph generated by mapping the collected position information and the identified geographical information, and outputs the position graph to an output unit screen. The geographical relation graph indicating geographical relevance between the other users The plurality of terminal devices receiving the relationship information and outputting the relationship information to a screen of the output unit;
Wherein the geographical service system comprises: Collecting and storing location information periodically from a plurality of terminal devices;
Checking geographic information related to the collected location information;
Generating a location graph for a user of the plurality of terminal devices by mapping the collected location information and the identified geographical information;
Analyzing geographical relevance among other users using the generated location graph; And
Storing geographical relationship information according to the analyzed geographical relevance for each of the plurality of terminal devices;
Wherein the geographical relationship service method comprises the steps of: 14. The method of claim 13,
Providing application services using the geographical relationship information for each of the plurality of terminal devices;
The geographical relationship service method in a service device according to claim 1, further comprising: 14. The method of claim 13, wherein analyzing the geographical relevance of other users using the generated location graph comprises:
Generating an individual geographical relationship graph showing geographical relevance between the other users;
Generating one or more similarity groups using the geographical relationship information analyzed through the generated individual geographical relationship graph; And
Generating an integrated geographical relationship graph representing geographical relevance among all users by reflecting the generated similarity group;
Wherein the geographical relationship service method comprises the steps of: A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the geographically related service method according to claim 13 or claim 15.

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