TWI425820B - Method for prompting nearby contact - Google Patents

Description

Prompt approach to contacts

The present invention relates to a related application of mobile communication, and more particularly to a method of prompting a user of a mobile communication device when a contact person approaches.

With the rapid development of mobile communication technology, the penetration rate of mobile communication devices such as mobile phones has also increased significantly. Contacting people through mobile communication devices not only ensures the immediacy of message delivery, but also allows users to enjoy the convenience of communicating with others anytime, anywhere.

Currently, there are many kinds of mobile communication devices on the market. In addition to the basic functions of making calls and transmitting newsletters, many manufacturers of mobile communication devices have even developed personal digital assistants with calendar reminding functions and document processing capabilities (Personal). Digital Assistant, PDA) mobile phones, smart phones that support open operating systems, and more. Because of this, users can use more and more functions in addition to using mobile communication devices to talk to others.

In order to meet the increasingly diversified needs of users, integrating various functions into a mobile communication device as much as possible has become a trend in the development of new products. In addition, from the perspective of providing mobile communication service providers, providing more types of services can not only increase competitiveness among peers, but also increase market share. Therefore, how to develop new and more user-friendly functions and services, so that users can enjoy more fun when operating mobile communication devices, has become a manufacturer of mobile communication devices. Operators of mobile communication services are currently paying considerable attention to the topic.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a method for prompting a neighboring contact person to prompt a user to belong to the same contact list through a message to appear in a nearby area.

To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a method for prompting a neighboring contact to prompt the proximity of the first mobile communication device through a cell-station. This method first provides a list of contacts for the first mobile communication device. Among them, the contact list includes several contacts. When the first mobile communication device enters the signal delivery range of the base station, all the mobile communication devices that enter the same signal delivery range are obtained by the base station. Then, the above mobile communication device is compared with the contact list to obtain each mobile communication device that complies with the contact person. Finally, the proximity alert message of the first mobile communication device is transmitted to each mobile communication device that complies with the contact.

In an embodiment of the present invention, before the step of providing the contact list of the first mobile communication device, the method further includes issuing a prompt service request message by the first mobile communication device. After the mobile communication service server receives the prompt service request message, the first mobile communication device is requested to provide a contact list. Next, the mobile communication service server receives and stores the contact list and transmits the service application completion message to the first mobile communication device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the step of requesting the first mobile communication device to provide the contact list, the method further includes: transmitting, by the mobile communication service server, the joining list request message to each contact in the contact list . Then, the reply message of the joining list returned by each contact person is obtained. And according to the reply to the list, decide whether to keep the corresponding contact in the contact list.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the step of determining whether to keep the corresponding contact person in the contact list according to the reply list reply message, the mobile communication service server further transmits the reject join list message to the first Mobile communication device. Among them, the refusal to join the list message corresponds to all contacts who are not retained in the contact list.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the step of requesting the first mobile communication device to provide the contact list, the method further includes determining whether the user-defined message input by the user of the first mobile communication device can be obtained. When the user-defined message can be obtained, the user-defined message is used as the proximity message of the first mobile communication device. When the user-defined message cannot be obtained, the preset message is used as the proximity message of the first mobile communication device. Finally, save the proximity message.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the first mobile communication device enters the signal delivery range, the step of the base station acquiring all the mobile communication devices entering the same signal delivery range further includes determining whether the first mobile communication device has received Go to the service application completion message. If the first mobile communication device has received the service application completion message, then all mobile communication devices entering the same signal delivery range are obtained.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the first mobile communication device enters the signal delivery range, the step of the base station obtaining all the mobile communication devices entering the same signal delivery range further comprises determining whether the first mobile communication device is allowed. Prompt mode. If the first mobile communication device is allowed to prompt mode In order to obtain all mobile communication devices that enter the same signal delivery range.

In an embodiment of the invention, the permission prompt mode of the first mobile communication device can be set by the user.

When the mobile communication device that establishes the contact list in advance and applies for the prompt service enters the signal transmission range of the base station, the base station performs the other mobile communication devices and the contact list which are also in the range of the signal transmission. Compare and send the proximity message to all contacts who are in the same number of contacts in the contact list, so that users can easily know whether friends and relatives have arrived nearby, thus improving the fun of using mobile communication devices. .

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.

In order to make the content of the present invention clearer, the following specific embodiments are examples of the invention that can be implemented.

1 is a flow chart of a method for prompting a neighboring contact person according to an embodiment of the present invention to explain how to prompt the proximity of a first mobile communication device through a cell-station. In the following embodiments, the mobile communication device mentioned may be a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) mobile phone, or a smart phone, etc., and the scope is not limited herein.

Referring to FIG. 1, first in step 110, a list of contacts of the first mobile communication device is provided. Among them, the contact list includes more than one contact. This contact list is for example used by the first mobile communication device. The self-established, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart of establishing a contact list according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, as shown in step 210 of FIG. 2, when the user wishes to be able to use the prompt service, a prompt service request message can be sent through the first mobile communication device.

Then, as shown in step 220, after receiving the prompt service request message, the mobile communication service server requests the first mobile communication device to provide a contact list. The mobile communication service server is, for example, a server set up by a provider providing a mobile communication service, and in addition to providing related services for the call, the mobile communication service can also receive the prompt service application sent by the first mobile communication device via the mobile communication network. message. In this embodiment, the mobile communication network may be a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) network, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, or a personal hand-held telephone system. (Personal Handy-phone System, PHS) network, etc., does not limit its scope here.

After receiving the request of the mobile communication service server, the user of the first mobile communication device can set the specific contact person to be the same group and serve as a contact list for transmission to the mobile communication service server. The mobile communication service server then transmits the join list request message to each of the contacts in the contact list, as indicated by step 230, to ask if the contact in the list is willing to be joined.

After obtaining the reply list reply message returned by the contact person, in step 240, the mobile communication service server determines whether to keep the corresponding contact person in the contact person according to the received reply list reply message. In the list. That is to say, after receiving the request to join the list, the contact person in the contact list can decide whether or not to be added to the list, and return the corresponding reply list reply message to the mobile communication service server. The mobile communication service server will remove the contact list from the contact who does not want to be added.

In an embodiment, after the mobile communication service server updates the content of the contact list according to the list reply message, a refusal to join the list message is transmitted to the first mobile communication device to notify the first content by rejecting the list information. The contacts of the user of the mobile communication device are not retained by the contact list.

In another embodiment, in addition to requiring the user to provide a list of contacts, the mobile communication service server also requires the user to input the proximity prompt message for prompting others. In detail, after the mobile communication service server makes an input request, it will judge whether the user-defined message input by the user can be successfully obtained. When the user-defined message is available, the user-defined message is used as the proximity message of the first mobile communication device, and when the user-defined message cannot be obtained, the preset message is used as the proximity of the first mobile communication device. A message is displayed and the contact list and the proximity message are stored together.

After completing the storage action of the contact list, finally, as shown in step 250, the mobile communication service server transmits a service application completion message to the first mobile communication device to complete the process of establishing the contact list, and causes the prompt service to start. Effective.

Then back to Figure 1, there are many used in the mobile communication network to pass The base station that delivers information. In general, base stations are radio transceivers, and each base station has its own specific signal delivery range. When the user of the first mobile communication device moves and enters the signal delivery range to which the base station belongs, as shown in step 120, the base station can detect the proximity of the first mobile communication device.

Next, in step 130, the base station determines whether the first mobile communication device has applied for the prompt service. In the present embodiment, for example, the determination is made based on whether the first mobile communication device has received the service application completion message. If the first mobile communication device never receives the service application completion message, indicating that the user has not applied for the service, the process of prompting the proximity contact method is ended. However, if the first mobile communication device has received the service application completion message, then as shown in step 140, it is then determined whether the first mobile communication device is in the permission prompt mode.

In this embodiment, the permission prompt mode of the first mobile communication device can be set by the user according to his own needs. If the first mobile communication device is not in the prompt prompt mode, indicating that the user does not want the contact person in the contact list to receive the prompt message about the proximity of the user, in order to maintain the user's privacy right, the processing of the method will be directly ended. Process. In other words, as long as the user does not set the first mobile communication device to allow the prompt mode, the proximity message will not be transmitted to the neighboring contact.

However, when the first mobile communication device is in the allowable prompt mode, then in step 150, all mobile communication devices that are currently also entering the same signal delivery range are acquired by the base station. The mobile communication devices are in the same base station signal transmission range, indicating that the distance between them is quite close, so the next step is Step 160 shows that the base station obtains the contact list of the first mobile communication device, compares the mobile communication device with the contact list, and obtains each mobile communication device located in the range of the signal delivery and conforms to the contact person.

The mobile communication device obtained by the base station in step 160 is not only a contact in the contact list, but also its location is very close to the first mobile communication device. Therefore, finally in step 170, the proximity alert message of the first mobile communication device is transmitted to the mobile communication device to inform the contacts that the users of the first mobile communication device are currently in close proximity to their location.

Through the steps of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, whenever the user of the mobile communication device needs to apply for the prompt service, the contact list can be established and stored and recorded by the mobile communication service server. Later, when the base station in the mobile communication network detects that the mobile communication device that has applied for the prompt service enters its signal delivery range, it will automatically obtain the corresponding contact list and judge the contact person in the contact list. Whether it also enters the signal delivery range, and then transmits the proximity message to the neighboring contact.

In summary, the method for prompting neighboring contacts according to the present invention automatically sends a proximity prompt message to notify the user of the mobile communication device when the base station detects that the contacts on the same contact list appear nearby each other. . The invention not only makes the function of the mobile communication device more diversified, but also expands the entertainment of the mobile communication device without additional hardware cost. The user can also set the contact list according to the needs, and can turn on or off the function of transmitting the proximity prompt message at any time, and increase the flexibility of the prompt service.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

110-170‧‧‧ steps of a method for prompting proximity to a contact as described in an embodiment of the present invention

210~250‧‧‧ steps of establishing a contact list as described in an embodiment of the present invention

1 is a flow chart of a method for prompting a neighboring contact in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of establishing a contact list according to an embodiment of the invention.

110-170‧‧‧ steps of a method for prompting proximity to a contact as described in an embodiment of the present invention

Claims (8)

A method for prompting a neighboring contact person to prompt a proximity of a first mobile communication device through a cell-station, the method comprising: providing a list of contacts of the first mobile communication device, wherein the contact person The list includes a plurality of contacts; when the first mobile communication device enters a range of signal transmission of the base station, the base station acquires all mobile communication devices that enter the same range of signal transmission; comparing the mobile communication devices And the contact list to obtain each of the mobile communication devices that meet one of the contacts; and transmit a proximity prompt message of the first mobile communication device to each of the contacts that meet one of the contacts Mobile communication device. The method for prompting a neighboring contact, as described in claim 1, wherein before the step of providing the contact list of the first mobile communication device, the first mobile communication device sends a prompt service request message; After receiving the prompt service request message, the mobile communication service server requests the first mobile communication device to provide the contact list; the mobile communication service server receives and stores the contact list; and transmits a service application completion message to The first mobile communication device. A method for prompting a neighboring contact as described in claim 2, wherein the first mobile communication device is required to provide the contact list After the step, the mobile communication service server respectively transmits a join list request message to each of the contact persons in the contact list; and obtains a join list reply message returned by each of the contact persons; According to the reply list reply message, it is decided whether to keep the corresponding contact person in the contact list. The method for prompting a neighboring contact as described in claim 3, wherein the step of determining whether to keep the contact person in the contact list according to the reply message of the joining list further includes: the mobile communication The service server transmits a reject list message to the first mobile communication device, wherein the reject join list message corresponds to all of the contacts that are not retained in the contact list. The method for prompting a neighboring contact, as described in claim 2, wherein after the step of requesting the first mobile communication device to provide the contact list, the method further comprises: determining whether the user of the first mobile communication device is available Entering a user-defined message; when the user-defined message is available, the user-defined message is used as the proximity message of the first mobile communication device; when the user-defined message cannot be obtained a preset message as the proximity prompt message of the first mobile communication device; and storing the proximity prompt message. As suggested in the second paragraph of the patent application, the party adjacent to the contact person The method, wherein when the first mobile communication device enters the signal delivery range, the step of the base station obtaining all the mobile communication devices entering the same signal delivery range further comprises: determining whether the first mobile communication device has received Go to the service application completion message; and if the first mobile communication device has received the service application completion message, obtain all mobile communication devices that enter the same range of the signal transmission. A method for prompting a neighboring contact as described in claim 1, wherein when the first mobile communication device enters the signal delivery range, the base station acquires all mobile communication devices that enter the same signal delivery range. The step further includes: determining whether the first mobile communication device is in an allowable prompt mode; and if the first mobile communication device is in the allowable prompt mode, acquiring all mobile communication devices entering the same signal delivery range. The method for prompting a neighboring contact according to claim 7 of the patent application, wherein the permission prompt mode of the first mobile communication device can be set by a user.