TWI763199B - Electronic device and method for providing location-based service - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for providing location-based service are provided. The method includes: receiving a signaling corresponding to a terminal device, wherein the signaling includes a first user identity (ID) and a first location message; storing a plurality of user IDs and a plurality of location messages respectively corresponding to the plurality of user IDs; selecting at least one selected user ID including the first user ID from the plurality of user IDs in response to the first location message matching a setting condition; and generating output data according to the at least one selected user ID, and outputting the output data.

Description

Electronic device and method for providing in-place services

The present invention relates to an electronic device and method for providing a suitable service.

According to the principle of mobile communication, mobile users communicate with the base station uninterruptedly every day, and obtain user location information through the interception and analysis of the base station signal. This technology is widely used in many location-based services (LBS) in the 4G era. . The average daily signaling volume of more than 10 million 4G users is about 7 to 9 billion, and the 5G era is expected to face a larger amount of instant messaging (for example, the communications of the Internet of Things). In this way, the servers of telecommunications companies are bound to need more powerful analysis capabilities. If the performance of the server is expanded by hardware and software, it will increase a lot of costs.

In the current signaling processing method, each signaling must be processed such as location time analysis and message dispatching after receiving. This process-based processing method has too high system coupling and low service scalability.

The present invention provides an electronic device and method for providing suitable service, which can The mobile signaling data generated when the mobile device communicates with the base station is simplified, so as to provide the simplified mobile signaling data to the LBS-based application service system.

The present invention provides an electronic device for providing adaptive services, comprising a processor, a storage medium and a transceiver. The storage medium stores multiple modules. The processor is coupled to the storage medium and the transceiver, and accesses and executes a plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of modules include a signaling receiving module, a high-speed access pool module, a snapshot module and a service application module. The signaling receiving module receives the signaling corresponding to the terminal device through the transceiver, wherein the signaling includes the first user identification code and the first location information. The high-speed access pool module stores a plurality of user identification codes and a plurality of location information respectively corresponding to the plurality of user identification codes. The snapshot module selects at least one selected user identification code including the first user identification code from the plurality of user identification codes in response to the matching of the first location information and the set condition. The service application module generates output data according to at least one selected user identification code, and outputs the output data through the transceiver.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned signaling further includes a first time stamp, wherein the high-speed access pool module further stores the previous location information and the previous time stamp corresponding to the previous signaling of the terminal device, wherein the high-speed access The pool module overwrites the previous location information with the first location information in response to the first timestamp being later than the previous timestamp.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned signaling further includes a first time stamp, and the snapshot module selects a user identification code including the first user identification code from the plurality of user identification codes in response to the first time stamp matching the set condition. At least one selected user ID.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned service application module receives setting conditions through the transceiver, wherein the setting conditions include at least one of the following: location information information, time information and update frequency.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned snapshot module updates the first location information corresponding to the terminal device according to the update frequency.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned service application module generates output data according to the set conditions and at least one selected user identification code, wherein the output data includes at least one of the following: the user identification code of the terminal device, the user identification code of the terminal device The current location of the terminal device, the timestamp of the latest signaling of the terminal device, the list of terminal devices in the area, the number of terminal devices in the area, and the density of terminal devices in the area.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first user identification code includes at least one of the following: an international mobile identification code and an international mobile device identification code.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first location information includes at least one of the following: a base station number and a cell identification code.

A method for providing an adaptive service of the present invention includes: receiving signaling corresponding to a terminal device, wherein the signaling includes a first user identification code and first location information; storing a plurality of user identification codes and corresponding to a plurality of users respectively a plurality of location information of the identification code; selecting at least one selected user identification code including the first user identification code from the plurality of user identification codes in response to the first location information matching the set condition; and according to the at least one selected user identification code The code generates output data, and outputs the output data.

Based on the above, the present invention processes a large amount of mobile signaling with a data reduction technology, accelerates the processing of a large amount of signaling, and quickly obtains mobile users in a specific area by means of snapshot capture. Therefore, the present invention can perform various area-related application services for mobile users in the area. The present invention can be used for mobile information transmitted according to the principle of mobile communication. It can simplify data and reduce the degree of coupling between modules through snapshot modules, thereby increasing the scalability of LBS-based application services.

100: Electronics

110: Processor

120: Storage Media

121: Signaling receiving module

122: High-speed access pool module

123: Snapshot Module

124: Service Application Module

130: Transceiver

21, 22: Terminal device

30: Map

31, 32, 33, 34, 35: Location

S401, S402, S403, S404: steps

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an electronic device for providing a suitable service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram illustrating data in a high-speed access pool module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of tracking a specific terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a suitable service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the flow-type signaling processing flow corresponding to the principle of mobile communication, and to propose a data reduction technology in the face of a large amount of computing power required by the huge mobile communication traffic. The present invention can keep only the latest signaling of each mobile user when the mobile signaling is received. Signaling no longer needs to go through the complete process of receiving, judging, and sending. The present invention only needs to update the received signaling to an access pool that retains the last location information of mobile users in the entire network, and this technology can speed up a large number of signaling processing operations at the front end.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a method for capturing snapshots. The LBS application service can set the snapshot frequency, Areas, etc., quickly obtain the results required by the service in the access pool. In this way, each LBS application service can be independently developed and operated, thereby reducing the degree of coupling between modules and increasing the scalability of the LBS application service.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device 100 for providing an adaptive service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110 , a storage medium 120 and a transceiver 130 .

The processor 110 is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), or other programmable general-purpose or special-purpose micro control unit (micro control unit, MCU), microprocessor (microprocessor), digital signal processing digital signal processor (DSP), programmable controller, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), graphics processing unit (GPU), image signal processor (ISP) ), image processing unit (IPU), arithmetic logic unit (ALU), complex programmable logic device (CPLD), field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array) , FPGA) or other similar elements or a combination of the above elements. The processor 110 may be coupled to the storage medium 120 and the transceiver 130 , and access and execute a plurality of modules and various application programs stored in the storage medium 120 .

The storage medium 120 is, for example, any type of fixed or removable random access memory (random access memory, RAM), read-only memory (ROM), and flash memory (flash memory). , hard disk drive, HDD), solid state drive (SSD), or similar components or a combination of the above components for storing a plurality of modules or various application programs executable by the processor 110 . In this embodiment, the storage medium 120 can store a plurality of modules including a signaling receiving module 121, a high-speed access pool module 122, a snapshot module 123, and a service application module 124, the functions of which will be described later.

The transceiver 130 transmits and receives signals in a wireless or wired manner. Transceiver 130 may also perform operations such as low noise amplification, impedance matching, frequency mixing, up or down frequency conversion, filtering, amplification, and the like.

The signaling receiving module 121 can receive one or more signaling corresponding to one or more terminal devices through the transceiver 130 , and store the data in the signaling into the high-speed access pool module 122 . Signaling is generated when the terminal device communicates with the base station, for example. The signaling may include relevant information such as user identification codes, location information, and time stamps corresponding to one or more terminal devices. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating data in the high-speed access pool module 122 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The signaling receiving module 121 can receive multiple signalings (eg, signaling 1 and signaling N) respectively corresponding to multiple terminal devices (eg, the terminal device 21 or the terminal device 22 ) through the transceiver 130 , and can perform The multi-thread processing is used to store these signals in the high-speed access pool module 122 in a key/value manner.

In one embodiment, the service identifier may include an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI).

In one embodiment, the location information may include a base station number or a cell identity.

In one embodiment, the high-speed access pool module 122 may encrypt stored data (eg, user ID, location information, or timestamp).

For the signaling of the same terminal device (eg, the signaling corresponding to the same subscriber ID), the high-speed access pool module 122 only needs to store the data provided by the latest signaling corresponding to the terminal device. Specifically, it is assumed that the high-speed access pool module 122 has stored the previous location information and the previous time stamp provided by the previous signaling of an end device. After the signaling receiving module 121 receives the current signaling later than the previous signaling, the high-speed access pool module 122 can overwrite the previous location information with the current location information in the current signaling, and can use the current location information in the current signaling to overwrite the previous location information. The timestamp overrides the previous timestamp, where the current timestamp is later than the previous timestamp.

When an LBS application system wants to use the high-speed access pool module 122 for service, the LBS application system can transmit the setting conditions to the electronic device 100 . The electronic device 100 can receive the setting conditions through the transceiver 130 . The setting conditions may be related to information such as location information, time information or update frequency, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The snapshot module 123 may retrieve data stored in the high-speed access pool module 122 from the data stored in the high-speed access pool module 122 in response to at least one location information or at least one timestamp corresponding to at least one specific terminal device in the high-speed access pool module 122 matching a set condition. At least one user identification code of the at least one specific terminal device is selected as the at least one selected user identification code. For example, if the LBS application system wants to obtain the user identification code of the terminal device that has communicated with the base station at location A within 3 hours, the LBS application system can transmit the time information "3 hours" and the location information "Location A" The setting conditions are given to the electronic device 100 . Snapshot module 123 may be responsive to timestamps and terminations of terminal devices 21 in high-speed access pool module 122 Both the timestamp and the location information of the device 22 match the set conditions to select the terminal device 21 and the user ID of the terminal device 22 from the high-speed access pool module 122 as the selected user ID.

In one embodiment, the snapshot module 123 may determine the period for updating the data (eg, user ID, location information, or time stamp, etc.) in the high-speed access pool module 122 according to the update frequency in the set condition.

After generating the selected user identification code, the service application module 124 can generate output data according to the selected user identification code, and transmit the output data to the LBS application system that needs to use the output data through the transceiver 130 . The output data may include, but is not limited to, the user identification code of the terminal device, the current location of the terminal device, the timestamp of the latest signaling of the terminal device, the list of terminal devices in the region, the number of terminal devices in the region, or the density of terminal devices in the region and other information.

In one embodiment, the service application module 124 may transmit the output data to a geographic information system (GIS) through the transceiver 130 . The geographic information system can display the current location of one or more terminal devices on the display according to the output data, or can track a specific terminal device according to the output data. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of tracking a specific terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The geographic information system continuously receives output data corresponding to a specific terminal device from the electronic device 100 and displays the location of the specific terminal device on the map 30 according to the output data. The user can judge according to the map 30 that the movement track of the specific terminal device is composed of the position 31 , the position 32 , the position 33 , the position 34 and the position 35 . Accordingly, the geographic information system can provide information such as location tracking of disaster victims according to the output data provided by the electronic device 100 . tracking and other services.

In one embodiment, the service application module 124 can transmit the output data to the regional message distribution system through the transceiver 130 . The regional message distribution system can send the warning message to one or more terminal devices in a specific region according to the output data. Accordingly, the regional information distribution system can provide services such as regional disaster information notification according to the output data provided by the electronic device 100 .

In one embodiment, the service application module 124 may transmit the output data to the population estimation system via the transceiver 130 . The population estimation system may calculate the population density in a particular area based on the output data, thereby calculating the population density of the particular area. Accordingly, the population estimation system can provide services such as estimation of the number of people in disaster areas or real-time update of population density in tourist areas according to the output data provided by the electronic device 100 .

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an adaptive service according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the method may be implemented by the electronic device 100 as shown in FIG. 1 . In step S401, a signaling corresponding to the terminal device is received, wherein the signaling includes a first user identification code and a first location information. In step S402, a plurality of user identification codes and a plurality of location information corresponding to the plurality of user identification codes are stored. In step S403, at least one selected user identification code including the first user identification code is selected from the plurality of user identification codes in response to the matching of the first location information with the set condition. In step S404, output data is generated according to at least one selected user identification code, and the output data is output.

To sum up, the features and effects of the present invention can include: (1) The present invention only needs to use the signaling generated by the communication between the user equipment and the base station, and does not need to be installed on the user equipment Additional software or hardware can obtain cell location information where the user device is located. Cell location information can be used to provide users with related application services based on LBS. (2) The present invention can utilize the data reduction technology to reduce the huge amount of mobile traffic into necessary information storage, thereby greatly saving the storage space and processing time of the data. (3) The present invention can utilize the snapshot capture technology to obtain real-time regional information according to the set frequency, time, and region, and can obtain the required regional information without performing historical data exploration. (4) The present invention is different from the traditional process data processing method. In the proposed data processing method, each application service element can be independently developed and operated, which reduces the degree of coupling between modules and increases the scalability of application services.

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Claims (6)

An electronic device for providing adaptive services, comprising: a transceiver; a storage medium, storing a plurality of modules; and a processor, coupled to the storage medium and the transceiver, and accessing and executing the plurality of modules , wherein the multiple modules include: a signaling receiving module, which receives signaling corresponding to the terminal device through the transceiver, wherein the signaling includes a first user identification code and a first location information; high-speed access a pool module, storing a plurality of user identification codes and a plurality of position information corresponding to the plurality of user identification codes; a snapshot module, in response to the first position information matching a set condition, obtains information from the plurality of users Selecting at least one selected user identification code including the first user identification code from the identification codes; and a service application module, generating output data according to the at least one selected user identification code, and outputting the said transceiver through the transceiver output data, wherein the output data includes the user identification code of the terminal device, the current location of the terminal device, the timestamp of the latest signaling of the terminal device, the list of terminal devices in the region, the number of terminal devices in the region, and the terminal device density in the region, The service application module receives the setting condition through the transceiver, and the setting condition includes location information, time information and update frequency, wherein the snapshot module updates the terminal corresponding to the terminal according to the update frequency the first location information of the device. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the signaling further includes a first timestamp, and wherein the high-speed access pool module further stores previous location information and previous time corresponding to previous signaling of the terminal device a stamp, wherein the high-speed access pool module overwrites the previous location information with the first location information in response to the first timestamp being later than the previous timestamp. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the signaling further includes a first time stamp, wherein the snapshot module is responsive to the first time stamp matching the set condition to identify from the plurality of users The at least one selected user identification code including the first user identification code is selected from the code. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first user identification code includes at least one of the following: an international mobile identification code and an international mobile device identification code. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first location information includes at least one of the following: a base station number and a cell identification code. A method for providing adaptive services, comprising: receiving signaling corresponding to a terminal device, wherein the signaling includes a first user identification code and first location information; storing a plurality of user identification codes and corresponding to the plurality of user identification codes respectively a plurality of location information of a user identification code; in response to the first location information matching a set condition, at least one selected user identification code including the first user identification code is selected from the plurality of user identification codes, wherein The setting conditions include location information, time information and update frequency; Update the first location information corresponding to the terminal device according to the update frequency; and generate output data according to the at least one selected user identification code, and output the output data, wherein the output data includes a terminal device , the current location of the end device, the timestamp of the latest signaling of the end device, the list of end devices in the area, the number of end devices in the area, and the density of end devices in the area.

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