KR20180057853A - Method, system and computer program for converting addresses - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention collects address data conforming to various conventional standards, assigns a numeric and/or character-based code to unify the address, and generates an address database matching the address data with the code. A method for converting a character-based address and a numeric and/or character-based address in a server comprises: a step A of storing character-based address information, matching the address information with a numeric and/or character-based code address following a preset format, and establishing the address database; a step B of searching the code address matched with the character-based address, when receiving a query with respect to the character-based address information; and a step C of searching the character-based address matched with the numeric and/or character-based address, when receiving the query with respect to the numeric and/or character-based address information.

Description

METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONVERTING ADDRESSES,

The present invention relates to a method for matching a character-based administrative address with a numeric and / or character-based code address scheme and converting both. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for converting a character address into a code address according to an embodiment of the present invention upon receiving the character address in the address translation platform, and converting the code address into a character address when receiving the code address.

In general, to unify the address system, the district is appropriately segmented for convenience and used as the legal address used in official documents. However, due to the development of the local autonomous system and the increase of population liquidity, The administrative districts are divided into subdivisions in order to enhance the convenience of administration.

In other words, if the division of the management system is required according to the increase in the population of a specific legal movement, the above law shall be divided into a plurality of administrative dynasties. In contrast, if the population size is relatively small, Is managed by integrating the legal bureaucracy into a single administrative bureau.

In addition, the name of a certain famous building, the name of the building, the name of the building, the name of the building, etc., , Which constitutes a part of the address system of the commercial bureau which is commonly used by replacing the upper address.

In this way, in accordance with the legal regulations, changes in the social environment, and diversification of address names according to local characteristics, the enterprises managing the customers or the government offices dealing with administrative affairs, Due to the difference in address used, it is not possible to collect customer or resident information normally, or there is a problem of confusing work due to different addresses.

In order to solve this problem, a system for unifying recently diversified addresses is proposed and solved. However, a work process for matching the remaining addresses based on an address name of the legal, administrative, or commercial use is complex, It is very difficult to arrange it, and there is a problem that some addresses are missed or left untouched, thereby further increasing work confusion.

In addition, due to the difference in the use of the statutory, administrative, or commercial dues according to the region, the utility value is relatively low because the system established according to any one of the address name standards exhibits high efficiency only in a specific area, In the case of replacement, the additional work flow and data set based on this should be replaced with a process corresponding to the new standard, which causes an increase in the cost burden.

In addition, since there is no additional work for verifying the results derived from the system, reliability of the derived data is low, and data is simply stored and managed for a specific job. Thus, There is a limit to the application in conjunction with the processor.

Furthermore, since the standard of the address system has been changed many times in the past, it has been difficult for foreigners who can not understand the address of Korea to utilize the administrative address.

The present invention relates to an address shortening idea, in which the basic concept is to convert a long string address based on a general string (not only a building but also an address having a management address) into a shorter address according to a predefined address, It is about. This can be done using a substitute consisting solely of numbers or letters or using a combination of numbers and letters.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to collect address data conforming to various conventional standards, and to provide a numeric and / or character-based code to unify the address and to generate an address database matching the same.

Further, the present invention aims to improve reliability by deriving desired data and consistent results regardless of an address system using the address database.

In order to solve the above problems, a method for converting a string-based address and a numeric and / or character-based address in a server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes storing string-based address information, Constructing an address database by matching with a numerical and / or character-based code address given by a set criterion; Receiving a query for the string-based address information, searching for a code address matched with the string-based address; And searching for a string-based address matched with the numeric and / or character-based address when receiving the query for the numeric and / or character-based address information.

Further, the step A may include collecting old address information based on a lot number; Collecting new address information based on a road name; Matching and storing the old address information and the new address information; Matching the old address information and / or the new address information with a numeric and / or character-based code address given by the preset criteria and storing the same.

Furthermore, the preset reference is for assigning the city / province code - the old code - the old code - the address code - the building code - the other code - verification code to the old address information, - old code - road name code - building code - other code - verification code.

According to the present invention, any old address or new address can be converted to a numerical and / or character-based code address, thereby enabling an address management system to be flexibly operated.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the time required to input an address, to make a mistake that may occur in an address input process, and to reduce the capacity for storing an address.

An address input method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used for the following services.

1) Online shopping and online services

Customers can enter code-based short addresses to save time and avoid inconveniences while registering or using online shopping and other online services.

2) Delivery and postal services

Employees at the delivery and postal service offices enter hundreds of addresses each day when a customer sends a parcel or letter and the customer can provide a code-based short address to the delivery service operator without telling the entire string-based address.

In addition, delivery and postal services offices can enter code-based addresses and return full string-based addresses. This means that on a daily basis at an average shipping or postal service office this can be accomplished with at least twice the performance and fewer employees.

On the other hand, parcels can be automatically and easily classified by destination. Parcel sorting Conveyors with scanners that can recognize code-based addresses can minimize manual sorting, improve performance, and reduce staffing.

3) Fast delivery service

When customers use the fast delivery service, they can give a phone call where and where they should collect parcels. Addressing by phone can be confusing at times and can be misleading because of the nature of the phone conversation. Conversely speaking the code-based address over the phone can solve the problem.

In addition, since the fast delivery service is used by saying the address at the beginning of the call of the code base address (11-07-15-1435-7), the address input can be omitted and shortened.

The sender can verify the string-based address because the system fully translates and displays the code-based address.

4) Foreigners who are not familiar with the local language (tourists and other short-term visitors)

Foreign travelers are faced with difficulties due to language barriers when using a taxi, when sending or receiving something, and when they need to know the exact address. According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is easy to solve the problem using code- have.

5) Navigation system

It is much easier and more convenient to enter, search and process the navigation input, code-based short address. By incorporating code-based short addresses into unmanned vehicles, search performance can be optimized during processing.

1 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of an address translation system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating an address database and converting addresses in a server according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the description of the embodiments described below, and that various modifications may be made without departing from the technical scope of the present invention. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

In the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. And in the accompanying drawings, some of the elements may be exaggerated, omitted or schematically illustrated. It is intended to clearly illustrate the gist of the present invention by omitting unnecessary explanations not related to the gist of the present invention. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an address translation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an address standardization system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The parsing unit 102 parses address data input from the outside in a sequential manner. The parsing unit 102 performs standardization corresponding to legal, administrative, A DB unit 105 that includes at least one reference table in which address information is recorded; a DB unit 105 that controls the address parsing flow of the parsing unit 102 and, based on the parsed address data provided by the parsing unit 102, And a sequential normalization unit 104 that scans the reference and generates standardized address information corresponding to the address data.

In this case, the character string refinement unit 101 may further comprise a character string refinement unit 101 for refining the address data and delivering the refined address data to the parser 102. The character string refinement unit 101 may change the 2-byte character to 1-byte character or change the lower case to upper case so that the address of the parsing unit 102 can be easily analyzed. The character string of the address data may include a blank character or a special character non-ascii character) to minimize errors in address resolution. In addition, the process load can be prevented by validating the validity of the address data (more than 4 bytes, and verifying whether the start character of the original address is Korean characters) before inputting the error data.

Meanwhile, the parser 102 stores the address data as a unit address such as' address' or 'building name' as an upper address including unit addresses such as' metropolitan city, '' city / county district, And the sequential normalization unit 104 can provide accurate address data by applying an appropriate classification scheme to the upper and lower addresses, respectively.

In addition, the parser 102 parses the address data into unit addresses according to a predetermined regular expression, and the regular expression can easily refine the order of the unit addresses through character analysis of address data based on Unix And is patterned to be. Embodiments of the use of such regular expressions are described in detail below.

When the parsing unit 102 parses the unit address and transmits the unit address, the sequential normalization unit 104 calls the reference table in which the legal or administrative code corresponding to the unit address is recorded from the DB unit 105 The reference table may be scanned on the basis of the unit address to obtain a corresponding legal or executive code and stored in the buffer unit 103 as a reference format.

An example of the above reference format is shown in Table 1 below.

In particular, it should be noted that the code-based address according to the embodiment of the present invention consists of numbers and / or characters, the characters include upper and lower case letters, and may include all types of characters as well as alphabets.

String-based address Code-Based Address Example 1 Code-Based Address Example 2 Manual input Seoul, 1801, 18th Floor, Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
11-07-15-1435-7 11-07-15-A2B-7
Room 18, Floor 1801
683-1 Jeongja-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do
41-01-15-08-3254-2 41-01-15-08-36 D -2
 28-14, Gyeongdong-ro, 687, Yongin-myeon, Yeongin-si, Gyeonggi-do

41-05-03-10-05-5965-3 41-05-03-10-05-C95-3
Sejong Special Self-Governing Province
50-13-17-787-7 50-13-17-7B2-7

According to the reference format shown in Table 1, the address information based on administrative districts is a) City + District + b) City + District + c) City + City + District + d) City + e) time + old phrase, and so on.

For example, the old address information may be converted to a numerical and / or string based code address in the following order: state code - old code - east code - address code - building code - other code - verification code. Further, information on the 18th floor 1801 and the like can be obtained through separate user input.

Further, according to the reference format shown in Table 1, the new address information can be converted into numerical and / or string-based code addresses in the following order: state code - old code - road name code - building code - other code - verification code have. Further, information on the 18th floor 1801 and the like can be obtained through separate user input.

In FIG. 1, the parser 102 may parse the original address data into a unit address, and then store the remaining address data in the buffer unit 103 except for the unit address. In addition, the sequential normalization unit 104 obtains a code through the unit address, parses the remaining address data, and increments the address search count by 1 in order to encode a unit address lower than the unit address, And can call up the reference table corresponding to the lower unit address from the DB unit 105. [ Of course, when the standardization operation fails due to an error occurring in the process of acquiring the code of the lower unit address, it is clear that the address search count can be reset and reset.

In addition, the sequential normalization unit 104 scans based on the reference format stored in the buffer unit 103 every time a lower unit address is sequentially compared to acquire a corresponding data range, and then corresponds to a lower unit address in the range The reference format can be generated by searching for a character to be retrieved, thereby improving the retrieval speed and ensuring the retrieval efficiency.

In addition, the sequential normalization unit 104 generates a reference format based on the reference code set in the setting unit 106, in connection with the setting unit 106 having the classification and verification criteria set at the time of obtaining the reference format of the lower unit address By providing the reference code in addition to the reference code, it is possible to provide accurate and verified data.

At this time, the setting unit 106 includes a building name refinement unit 107, which is classified according to the type and name of the building, and a corresponding code is set, An EC code generator 108 for generating an EC code serving as a criterion for selecting a reference format closest to the data, a result code generator 108 for providing a result code for the presence or absence of a part of the unit address, (109), which improves the reliability by compensating for errors occurring when the reference format is generated.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an address translation system according to the present invention.

In step 210, the address translation system may create an address database.

More specifically, the address translation system can create and match the old address database and the new address database.

Further, the old address and / or new address may be matched with a code-based number and / or character address to which a reference format according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Further, at step 220, a query may be received that asks the client for an address translation. The query may be received directly from the client device, but may be received at an address translation server according to an embodiment of the present invention via another server at the request of the client device.

For the query, the service server can 1) check whether it matches the string-based address and code-based address pair in the database and 2) check whether the code-based address input is erroneous. That is, you can verify that the code-based address format is valid by verifying the number at the end of the code. 3) You can check whether it is an address that does not exist. For example, you can verify this if the code-based address format is valid but not in the database.

The query may include an old address, a new address, and / or a code address according to an embodiment of the present invention, and may query an address of another type that matches the address of the form. For example, the query may ask to convert the old address to the new address, to convert the new address to the code address, or to convert the old address to the code address.

Upon receiving the query, the system according to an embodiment of the present invention may operate as follows.

One. Online database access (online database search for the query)

A user, machine, or device can send a code-based short address using an API to a computing machine that stores the database over a communications network. And computing machines that store the database can return string-based addresses.

A user, machine, or device sends a string-based address using an API over a communications network to a computing machine that stores the database. And a computing machine that stores the database can return code-based short addresses.

2. Accessing an offline database (retrieving an offline database for the query):

A user, machine, or device can download or provide up-to-date and full databases that store short form and full format addresses. This database can be integrated as part of other systems or software for offline queries.

In operation 230, the address translation server may parse the address included in the query, divide the address by unit, and correct the query including the incorrect character, number, and / or character.

For example, the query "516 Shinyim 1-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul" is a query that follows the correct old address system, while the received query can be "516 Shinyim-dong,

In this case, the address translation server according to the embodiment of the present invention parses the query and divides the query into components by the element 516 of Seoul / Gwanak-gu / Shilin-dong / Seoul, and corrects the Seoul city as Seoul metropolitan area, Shinlim-dong can be corrected to Shinlim 1-dong.

Another example is the query "670 to Bundang-gu Dae-Wang Pangyo in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do" is a query that follows the correct new addressing scheme.

In this case, the address translation server according to the embodiment of the present invention parses the query, divides the components into (no information space) / (temporal information blank) / to the Bundang / the king / Pangyo / 670, Considering the context, it is possible to correct the information of Gyeonggi Province and city information of Sungnam city, "Dae-wang / Pangyo-ro" to Dae-wang Pangyo.

In step 240, the address translation server according to the embodiment of the present invention can convert the address by checking the reference format.

For example, a query for "Teheranro 131-18 Floor 1801, Gangnam-gu, Seoul" can be converted to a code address of the form "0277254656 - 18th floor 1801". Furthermore, the query for "Teheranro 131, Gangnam-gu, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea" on the first floor of the post office can be converted into "0277254356 - 1st floor post office".

Thereafter, the address translation server may transmit the converted address information to the client according to the request of the query, or may transmit the converted address information to another server that has requested the query. (Step 250)

The embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are intended to be illustrative only and 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.

Claims (3)

A method for converting a string-based address in a computing device,
A step of storing address information based on a string and constructing an address database by matching the address information with a numeric and / or character based code address conforming to a predetermined format;
Receiving a query for the string-based address information, searching for a code address matched with the string-based address;
And searching for a string-based address matched with the numeric and / or character-based address when receiving the query for the numeric and / or character-based address information. 2. The method according to claim 1,
Collecting old address information based on lot numbers;
Collecting new address information based on a road name;
Matching and storing the old address information and the new address information;
Matching the old address information and / or the new address information with a numeric and / or character based code address given by the predetermined format, and storing the address information. 3. The method of claim 2,
Based address information into a detailed configuration unit, and assigns a preset code to the configuration unit.

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