WO2011030963A1

WO2011030963A1 - Mobile communication system for providing short distance wireless data communication service within designated zone, mobile communication terminal, and method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2011030963A1
Application number: PCT/KR2009/006617
Authority: WO
Inventors: 권성인
Original assignee: (주)유비즈밸리
Priority date: 2009-09-09
Filing date: 2009-11-11
Publication date: 2011-03-17
Also published as: KR20110026887A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system, and more particularly to a mobile communication system for providing a short distance wireless data communication service within a designated zone, a mobile communication terminal, and a method thereof, which can perform short distance wireless data communication through a short distance wireless data communication network as well as mobile communication through a mobile communication network within a zone designated by a user. The present invention satisfies requests of both a mobile communication provider and a mobile communication terminal provider by permitting the user to designate at least one zone and performing the short distance wireless data communication within the designated zone.

Description

Mobile communication system, mobile communication terminal and method for providing short-range wireless data communication service in designated area

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to short-range wireless data communication within a designated area capable of short-range wireless data communication through a short-range wireless data network as well as data communication through a mobile communication network within a user-designated area. The present invention relates to a mobile communication system for providing a service, a mobile communication terminal, and a method thereof.

At present, the mobile communication terminal called a mobile phone or a smart phone is rapidly increasing the penetration rate, portability and convenience. In Korea, the prevalence has increased to over 80% of teenagers.

As the penetration rate of mobile communication terminals increases and the recent short range wireless data communication network is widely applied, users who want to use short range wireless data communication in any area through laptops, PDAs, and netbooks are increasing. Accordingly, as the number of users who want to use short-range wireless data communication through mobile communication terminals increases, products in which short-range wireless data communication modules are applied to some mobile communication terminals have been released.

In addition, as mentioned above, due to the increase in the penetration rate of mobile communication terminals, voice call charges per head were much lower than in the early days, but they are still expensive compared to landlines.

Due to the widespread use of mobile communication terminals and low call rates, the number of subscribers is significantly lower than that of home telephones, ie landlines, which make voice calls through PSTN. It is getting low and its usage rate is getting low.

Therefore, a landline telephone that can replace a landline telephone, which is an existing home telephone, was needed. As a result, an internet telephony technology, which is cheaper than a landline telephone, has been developed and is currently used.

Since the Internet phone does not pay the usage fee for the use of other service providers, the call fee is very low as described above, and it is serviced through the existing short-range wired / wireless communication network, that is, the wired / wireless Internet network. have. In addition, by using the Internet network, there is an advantage that can provide a variety of additional services utilizing Internet-based content, such as life information and video calls, such as weather, traffic information and the like.

Due to various advantages of Internet telephony, the penetration rate is increasing rapidly. In accordance with this trend, in the United States, mobile communication terminals capable of performing voice calls and data communication through voice calls and short-range wireless data communication networks through mobile communication networks such as the iPhone are being released.

As such, demands and demands of mobile communication users for the Internet and Internet telephony services through a short range wireless data communication network are increasing. However, mobile carriers are concerned that short-range wireless data communication and the use of Internet telephony through the use of free or low-cost short-range wireless data communication network, rather than mobile communication network, will reduce profitability. Due to these problems, mobile operators do not supply a mobile communication terminal for both short-range wireless data communication and limit their functions even if the mobile communication terminal is capable of short-range wireless data communication.

Therefore, while maintaining the profitability of mobile communication operators, new services are required to ensure both convenience and saving of call charges for users of mobile communication terminals by activating short-range wireless data communication and Internet telephony.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is a mobile communication system, a mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area capable of short-range wireless data communication through a short range wireless data communication network as well as a voice call through a mobile communication network. To provide a way.

In addition, another object of the present invention is a mobile communication system for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area capable of performing short range wireless data communication through a short range wireless data communication network in at least one area designated by a user of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the present invention provides a mobile communication terminal and a method thereof.

In addition, another object of the present invention is a mobile communication system for providing a short-range wireless data communication service in a designated area that can use a short-range wireless data communication automatically or selectively in at least one area designated by the user of the mobile communication terminal, mobile communication A terminal and a method thereof are provided.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication system, a mobile communication terminal, and a method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area where a user of a mobile communication terminal can automatically or selectively use short range wireless data communication when roaming. To provide.

The mobile communication system of the present invention for achieving the above object; At least one short range wireless data communication using area is designated by a user of the mobile communication terminal, and the area is registered by a unique identifier of a base station including the area. When the mobile communication terminal is located in the area, the short distance wireless data communication is allowed. A mobile communication network having a service provider server for transmitting a signal, information on the mobile communication terminal, and transmitting a base station identifier to the communication service provider server each time a location of the mobile communication terminal is registered, the base station identifier including a region where the mobile communication terminal is located; And a mobile communication terminal that activates a short range wireless data communication module to perform short range wireless data communication when the short range wireless data communication permission signal is received.

The mobile communication network stores a plurality of base stations performing mobile communication with mobile communication terminals within a range of cell areas, location information on base station identifiers of the base stations, and information on the service subscriber. A home location register and a visited location register that periodically registers location information of the mobile communication terminals through a base station identifier of a base station wirelessly connected to communication terminals and provides the location information when registering location information for the service subscriber; And a mobile telephone exchange station for receiving the location information of the mobile communication terminal and transmitting the received location information to the communication service provider server and transmitting the short distance wireless data communication permission signal to the mobile communication terminal through a corresponding base station.

The mobile communication network stores a plurality of base stations performing mobile communication with mobile communication terminals within a range of cell areas, location information on base station identifiers of the base stations, and information on the service subscriber. A home location register periodically registering location information of the mobile communication terminals through a base station identifier of a base station wirelessly connected to communication terminals and providing the location information to the service provider server when registering location information for the service subscriber; And a mobile telephone exchange station for transmitting the short-range wireless data communication permission signal to the mobile communication terminal through the base station.

The mobile communication terminal may activate the short range wireless data communication module when the received electric field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station is less than a predetermined reference value when the short range wireless data communication permission signal is received.

The mobile communication terminal, upon receiving the short-range wireless data communication use permission signal, indicates whether to use short-range wireless data communication and determines whether to activate the short-range wireless data communication module by selecting whether to use short-range wireless data communication from the service subscriber. Characterized in that.

The mobile communication terminal, upon receiving the short-range wireless data communication permission signal, displays a list of short-range wireless data communication modes, receives a short-range wireless data communication mode from the service subscriber, and according to the short-range wireless data communication mode. And activating the short range wireless data communication module.

The short range wireless data communication mode is an automatic switching mode for automatically activating / deactivating the short range wireless data communication module according to a received electric field strength of a mobile communication signal received from the base station when the short range wireless data communication permission signal is received. It features.

The short range wireless data communication mode may be a short range wireless data communication only mode that deactivates the mobile communication module and activates the short range wireless data communication module when the short range wireless data communication permission signal is received.

When the roaming mode is set, the mobile terminal displays a list of short range wireless data communication modes, receives a short range wireless data communication mode from the service subscriber, and performs the short range wireless data communication module according to the short range wireless data communication mode. It characterized in that to activate.

The mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object; Stores subscriber information subscribed to a short range wireless data communication area designation service among users of the mobile communication terminal and at least one base station information including at least one short range wireless data communication use permission area designated by the subscriber, and stores the mobile communication of the subscriber. In a mobile communication terminal of a mobile communication system including a service provider server for transmitting a short-range wireless data communication permission signal when a location based on base station information determined at the time of registering a terminal is the designated area, communication is performed through a mobile communication network. A mobile communication module configured to perform short-range wireless data communication through an internet network, and a mobile communication module to activate the mobile communication module in an area other than the designated area, and upon receiving the short-range wireless data communication permission signal. Near field wireless To activate the data communication module is characterized in that a control unit to perform short-distance wireless data communication.

The control unit may activate the short range wireless data communication module when the received electric field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station is less than or equal to a predetermined reference value when the short range wireless data communication permission signal is received.

The control unit may display whether to use short-range wireless data communication on the display unit when receiving the short-range wireless data communication permission signal, and receives whether to use short-range wireless data communication from the service subscriber through an input unit. It is characterized by determining whether to activate.

The control unit may display a list of short range wireless data communication modes on a display unit upon receiving the short range wireless data communication permission signal, select a short range wireless data communication mode from the service subscriber, and select the selected short range wireless data communication mode. According to claim characterized in that to activate the short-range wireless data communication module.

A method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area of the present invention for achieving the above object; A process of designating a short-range wireless data communication using area where a user of a mobile communication terminal accesses a communication provider server through an internet network or a mobile communication network and registers at least one desired short-range wireless data communication using area, and when registering the location of the mobile communication terminal; The operator server receives the location information of the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication network, and if the location included in the location information is within the designated short range wireless data communication using area, using the short range wireless data communication with the mobile communication terminal through the mobile communication network. A short-range wireless data communication permission process for allowing a short-range wireless data communication, and the mobile communication terminal receives a short-range wireless data communication permission from the carrier server to activate a short-range wireless data communication module to enable short-range wireless data communication. And setting a short range wireless data communication mode for setting the data communication mode.

The short range wireless data communication using region designation step may include: a region registration step in which the mobile communication terminal accesses the service provider server and registers at least two areas to use the short range wireless data communication, and the service provider server home location of the mobile communication network; And a location information request step of requesting to transmit the location information of the mobile communication terminal to a register and a visitor location register.

The short-range wireless data communication mode setting process may include determining whether to allow short-range wireless data communication whether the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received from the mobile communication terminal server, and the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is determined by the mobile communication terminal. And receiving a short range wireless data communication mode by activating the short range wireless data communication module to set a short range wireless data communication mode.

The setting of the short range wireless data communication mode may include: activating a short range wireless data communication module for activating the short range wireless data communication module, displaying a short range wireless data communication mode selection list including a plurality of short range wireless data communication modes, and Setting a short range wireless data communication mode by selecting a wireless data communication mode and performing short range wireless data communication through the short range wireless data communication module according to the short range wireless data communication mode when a call is placed; It characterized in that it comprises a call performing step.

If the short range wireless data communication mode is a dedicated short range wireless data communication mode, the mobile communication terminal further comprises a step of deactivating a mobile communication module to deactivate the mobile communication module when selecting the dedicated short range wireless data communication mode.

If the short range wireless data communication mode is a short range wireless data communication / mobile communication mode, the mobile communication terminal automatically switches between the short range wireless data communication function and the mobile communication function according to the received field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station from the mobile communication module. It characterized in that it further comprises an automatic switching step.

According to the present invention, since a short range wireless data communication can be performed through a short range wireless data communication network in a designated area such as a home and / or a company using a mobile communication terminal, the user can use a terminal to which a separate short range wireless data communication module is applied. Since it is not necessary to purchase a short range wireless data communication terminal such as an internet phone, there is an advantage that can save the cost of purchasing a short range wireless data communication terminal.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system and a wired and wireless Internet system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal providing a short range wireless data communication service within a designated area according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area in a mobile communication terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

100: mobile communication terminal for short range wireless data communication

200: mobile communication network

201: base station

202: Mobile Switching Center (MSC or home base station)

203: Home Location Register (HLR)

204: Visitor Location Register (VLR)

210: wired and wireless Internet

211: access point (AP)

* 220: Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN)

221: landline phone

Hereinafter, a mobile communication system, a mobile communication terminal, and a method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a mobile communication system and a wired / wireless Internet system supporting a short-range wireless data communication combined mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. First, the configuration and operation of the system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

A mobile communication system for supporting a near field wireless data communication combined mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 100, a plurality of base stations 201, and a mobile telephone switching center (MSC) 202. And a mobile communication network 200 including a home location register (HLR) 203 and a visitor location register (VLR) 204, a wired telephone network 220, and a short-range wireless data network. It includes a wired and wireless Internet network 210 including an access point (AP) 211 to form.

The base station 201 performs data communication according to the mobile communication protocol with the mobile communication terminals 100 located in the area (for example, region A). The base station 201 has a unique base station identifier and provides its base station identifier to the HLR 203 and / or the VLR 204 together with the mobile terminal identifier when registering the location of the mobile terminal 100. The area covered by the base station 201 (generally referred to as "cell area") is appropriately designed according to the number of subscribers and channels in the corresponding area according to communication methods such as CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, HSDPA, and EVDO. Since this is a well known technology in mobile communication technology, the description thereof is omitted. The mobile communication terminal identifier may be a mobile communication telephone number and / or an electronic serial number (ESN).

The HLR 203 and the VLR 204 determine the position of the mobile communication terminal 100 by using the mobile communication terminal identifier and the base station identifiers from at least one or more base stations 201 to which the mobile communication terminal 100 is connected. Store and manage them. This is commonly referred to as location registration of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the HLR 203 and the VLR 204 have information of the mobile communication terminals 100 of the subscribers who have subscribed to the short range wireless data communication use area designation service according to the present invention, and the locations of the mobile communication terminals 100. Notify the service provider server 300 when registering information.

The MSC 202 has a mobile station identification number, manages a plurality of base stations 201, switches signals transmitted and received, and transmits the mobile station identification number to the mobile communication terminal 100 and the service provider server 300 when the signals are transmitted and received. To provide. When the mobile station identification number is GSM, an international mobile station identification number including a mobile country code (MCC), a mobile network code (MNC), and a mobile subscriber identifier (MSIN). (International Mobile Station Identity: IMSI), and in the case of WCDMA, may be a Mobile Station International ISDN Number (MSISDN). In the case of WCDMA IMT-2000, IMSI is given to the USIM card and MSISDN to the terminal.

The service provider server 300 is a server that provides various services related to mobile communication, and in particular, provides a short-range wireless data communication using area designation service according to the present invention. The short range wireless data communication area designation service means that the mobile communication terminal 100 accesses the wired / wireless internet network 210 through the AP 211 forming a short range wireless data communication network only in at least one or more specific regions registered in advance. Service that enables communication. However, it would be desirable to limit the designated area to two or less areas. To this end, the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 accesses the communication service provider server 300 through the mobile communication terminal 100 or a computer, and then uses a local wireless data communication such as home and / or company in a region designation service item. Must be registered.

Then, when the service provider server 300 registers a location in the base station 201 including the area where the mobile communication terminal 100 is registered, the mobile communication from the HLR 203 / VLR 204 is performed. Receiving location information on the terminal 100 and determines whether the location of the location information is the registered area. As a result, when the location of the mobile communication terminal 100 is registered, the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100.

On the other hand, the telecommunication service provider server 300 transmits a short-range wireless data communication stop signal to the mobile communication terminal 100 when the mobile communication terminal 100 moves to another area not registered in the registered area.

For example, when region A of FIG. 1 is a registered region and another region where region B is not registered, when the mobile communication terminal 100 moves from region B to region A, the service provider server 300 uses short-range wireless data communication. The signal is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100, and when the mobile communication terminal 100 moves out of the A region to the B region, the short-range wireless data communication stop signal is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100.

The mobile communication terminal 100 is a mobile communication terminal having both a mobile communication telephone function and a short range wireless data communication function according to the present invention. The mobile communication terminal 100 receives a short distance wireless data communication permission signal to activate a short range wireless data communication module. In this case, the user may surf the Internet by driving a web browser of the mobile communication terminal 100 or may make an Internet phone call by driving an Internet phone application.

The configuration of the mobile communication terminal will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a view showing the configuration of a mobile Internet terminal for combined use according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 20, an input unit 30, a display unit 40, a mobile communication module 50, and short-range wireless data communication. Module 60. In addition, a microphone, a speaker, and a codec for inputting and outputting voice are included, but are omitted in FIG. 2.

The controller 10 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal 100. In particular, the controller 10 activates or deactivates the mobile communication function and the short range wireless data communication function according to the switching of the mobile communication module 50 and the short range wireless data communication module 60.

The storage unit 20 includes a program area for storing a control program for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal 100, a temporary area for temporarily storing data generated during execution of the control program, and data generated by a user. It consists of a data area for storing it.

The input unit 30 may be a key input device and / or a touch pad including a key for controlling the operation and function of the mobile communication terminal 100 and a plurality of keys for dialing. The touch pad includes a stand-alone touch pad and a screen-integrated touch pad that is formed in a size corresponding to the screen size of the display unit 40 and placed on the screen of the display unit 40.

Under the control of the control unit 10, the display unit 40 displays status information such as operation and function (mode) of the mobile communication terminal 100, dialing information, graphics, video, and the like.

The mobile communication module 50 may be activated / deactivated under the control of the controller 10, and may be wirelessly connected to the mobile communication network 200 to perform communication according to a mobile communication protocol. As the mobile communication protocol, CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, HSDPA and EVDO may be applied.

The short range wireless data communication module 60 is wirelessly connected to the AP 211 forming a short range wireless data communication network to perform short range wireless data communication through the wired / wireless internet network 210.

1 and 2 illustrate a hardware configuration and operation of a mobile communication system and a mobile communication terminal for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area according to the present invention. Hereinafter, a method of providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area through a mobile communication system and a mobile communication terminal will be described.

In the present invention, a method of providing a short range wireless data communication service, which enables a short range wireless data communication only within a designated region designated by a user, and performs short range wireless data communication when roaming A second embodiment will be presented.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area according to the present invention. Hereinafter, a first embodiment for enabling short range wireless data communication within a designated region designated by a user will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

First, the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 needs to register at least one region in which a short range wireless data communication is possible by accessing the service provider server 300 to perform short range wireless data communication in a specific region. Specifically, the mobile communication terminal 100 connects to the communication service provider server 300 when a command for accessing the service provider server 300 is input from the user (S211). In this case, the service provider server 300 provides a service page for the mobile communication terminal 100 to which a plurality of service contents can be subscribed or set. When the mobile communication terminal 100 selects a short range wireless data communication using area designation service according to the present invention from the user, the service provider server 300 displays a page for designating the short range wireless data communication using area. Will provide. The page may be a phone page or a web page.

At this time, if the user designates the short-range wireless data communication using area and selects registration, the user transmits a short-range wireless data communication using area registration request signal including the designated area information to the telecommunication service provider server 300 (S213).

In FIG. 2, the case of subscribing to a service through the mobile communication terminal 100 has been described. However, the service provider 300 may be connected to a service provider server 300 through a computer to set up service subscription and local designation.

Then, the service provider server 300 stores and registers the short-range wireless data communication usage area, and provides the mobile communication terminal 100 information to the HLR 203 / VLR 204 to provide the HLR 203 / VLR 204. Register at step S214. This is for the HLR 203 / VLR 204 to notify the service provider server 300 of the location registration of the mobile communication terminal.

After registering the short-range wireless data communication using region, the HLR 203 / VLR 204 transmits the registered location information to the communication service provider server 300 every time the location registration of the mobile communication terminal 100 is performed (S215). ).

Then, the communication service provider server 300 receives the short-range wireless data communication use signal previously by the mobile communication terminal 100 identification information included in the location information, and uses the short-range wireless data communication or the short-range wireless data communication mode is set. It is determined whether the mobile communication terminal is set (S219). That is, the service provider server 300 determines whether the terminal has previously allowed to use short-range wireless data communication.

As a result of the determination, if the user is using the short range wireless data communication by using the short range wireless data communication permission or the terminal is set to the short range wireless data communication mode, it is determined whether the location included in the location information is a location within a pre-registered area (S221). In operation S220, if the local area wireless data communication is in use or the local area wireless data communication mode is set, the terminal is located in an unregistered area.

As a result of the determination, if the mobile communication terminal 100 receives the permission to use the short range wireless data communication and is not a terminal that is using the short range wireless data communication, the service provider server 300 moves the short range wireless data communication permission signal. It transmits to the communication terminal 100 (S223). Then, the mobile communication terminal 100 activates the short range wireless data communication module 60 and accesses the wired / wireless internet network 210 through the AP 211 within the designated area. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 100 can perform short-range wireless data communication through an application selected or automatically driven by the user. The application may be a web browser capable of surfing the web and an internet phone application capable of making and receiving Internet calls.

On the other hand, the mobile communication terminal 100 is a mobile communication terminal using short-range wireless data communication by receiving a short-range wireless data communication use permission signal previously and using short-range wireless data communication, and moved out of a registration area to an unregistered area. In this case, the communication service provider server 300 transmits the short-range wireless data communication stop signal to the mobile communication terminal 100 (S225). The mobile communication terminal 100 receiving the stop using the short range wireless data communication deactivates the short range wireless data communication module 60 so that the user cannot perform short range wireless data communication.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area in a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention. A description with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4 is as follows.

First, the controller 10 checks whether a short distance wireless data communication permission signal is received through the mobile communication module 50 (S411), and receives a stop signal for short distance wireless data communication reception (S413).

At this time, when the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received (S411), the controller 10 activates the short-range wireless data communication module 60 to set the short-range wireless data communication mode (S417). In the short range wireless data communication mode, a user may drive a web browser to perform wireless Internet data communication or a voice telephone call by operating an internet phone application.

On the other hand, when the short-range wireless data communication stop signal is received, the controller 10 checks whether the current communication mode is the short-range wireless data communication mode (S431), and if the short-range wireless data communication mode disables the short-range wireless data communication module 60. And set the mobile communication mode.

In the short range wireless data communication mode, the mobile communication module 50 may remain activated or inactivated. Therefore, after setting the short range wireless data communication mode, the control unit 10 displays a short range wireless data communication use mode selection list for selecting whether to use the short range wireless data communication or the short range wireless data communication / mobile communication. 40) (S419), and according to the user's selection, it is determined whether to set to the near-field wireless data communication only mode or the near-field wireless data communication only / mobile communication mode.

Specifically, after displaying the short-range wireless data communication use mode selection list, the controller 10 determines whether the dedicated short-range wireless data communication use mode is selected (S421) or whether the short-range wireless data communication / telephone communication mode is selected (S423). Check it.

When the dedicated short range wireless data communication mode is selected, the controller 10 deactivates the mobile communication module 50 (S425).

On the other hand, when the short range wireless data communication / mobile communication mode is selected, the controller 10 activates both the mobile communication module 50 and the short range wireless communication network module 60.

In addition, when selecting a near field wireless data communication / mobile communication mode, the controller 10 measures the received electric field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station 201 through the mobile communication module 50, and measures the measurement. If the received signal field strength is lower than the reference reception field strength, the short-range wireless data communication module 60 enables short-range wireless data communication. If the measured reception field strength is higher than the reference reception field strength, the mobile communication telephone It is also possible to make a call (S427).

In FIG. 4, the short-range wireless data communication module and the mobile communication module 50 are both activated to switch between the short-range wireless data communication and the mobile communication function. However, in the short range wireless data communication / mobile communication mode, the short range wireless data communication module 60 and the mobile communication module 50 may be selectively activated / deactivated according to the measured reception field strength.

In addition, although not described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 4, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 goes abroad, the service provider server 300 of the mobile communication terminal 100 through the HLR 203 / VLR 204. When roaming is detected, the short-range wireless data communication permission signal may be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100. In this case, the communication service provider server 300 may determine the roaming of the mobile communication terminal 100 based on the unique identifier of the MSC 202 managing the base station 201 to which the mobile communication terminal 100 is connected or move. When roaming setting occurs in the communication terminal 100, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits a roaming setting signal to the communication service provider server 300, and may determine the roaming setting signal according to the reception of the roaming setting signal.

1 to 4 have described the case of using the location registration process of the HLR / VLR by the base station identifier to determine the area where the mobile communication terminal is located.

However, it may be configured to determine the area where the mobile communication terminal 100 is located by using a location tracking server that is currently applied in the mobile communication system. As the location tracking method of the location tracking server, when there is no GPS reception function, the received field strength measured by the base station where the mobile communication terminal 100 is located and adjacent base stations that can receive a signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal is used. The triangulation method may be used, and in the case of a mobile communication terminal having a GPS reception function, a GPS location tracking method of receiving location information measured by a GPS receiver from the mobile communication terminal through a base station may be applied.

1 to 4 illustrate a case in which the mobile communication terminal 100 performs short-range wireless data communication by activating the short-range wireless data communication module when the short-range wireless data communication is allowed through the service provider server 300.

However, when roaming abroad, the mobile communication terminal 100 may be able to perform short-range wireless data communication by itself. A description with reference to FIG. 5 is as follows.

5 is a diagram illustrating a method of using short-range wireless data communication according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

First, the controller 10 checks whether a mobile communication signal is received from the base station 201 (S511).

When the mobile communication signal is received, the mobile communication module 50 detects the mobile station identification number included in the mobile communication signal (S513), and checks whether the detected mobile station identification number is different from a known reference mobile station identification number. (S515).

If the detection mobile station identification number and the reference mobile station identification number are different, the controller 10 sets the roaming mode, activates the short range wireless data communication module 60, and sets the short range wireless data communication mode (S519). When the mobile station identification number is GSM, an international mobile station identification number including a mobile country code (MCC), a mobile network code (MNC), and a mobile subscriber identifier (MSIN). (International Mobile Station Identity: IMSI), and in the case of WCDMA, may be a Mobile Station International ISDN Number (MSISDN). In the case of WCDMA IMT-2000, IMSI is given to the USIM card and MSISDN to the terminal. For example, in Korea, the 010X is the MSISDN, and this MSISDN actually contains a country code (our country = 82).

After setting the short range wireless data communication mode, the controller 10 performs S521 to S529 of FIG. 5, which is the same process as S419 to S427 of FIG. 4.

On the other hand, if the detection mobile station identification number and the reference mobile station identification number are the same, the controller 10 checks whether the roaming mode is currently set (S516).

If the roaming mode is set, the controller 10 releases the roaming mode setting, deactivates the short range wireless data communication module 60, and sets the mobile communication mode (S535).

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described typical preferred embodiment, but can be carried out in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention, various modifications, alterations, substitutions or additions in the art Anyone who has this can easily understand it. If the implementation by such improvement, change, replacement or addition falls within the scope of the appended claims, the technical idea should also be regarded as belonging to the present invention.

Claims

At least one short range wireless data communication using area is designated by a user of the mobile communication terminal, and the area is registered by a unique identifier of a base station including the area. When the mobile communication terminal is located in the area, the short distance wireless data communication is allowed. A service provider server for transmitting a whether signal;

A mobile communication network having information on the mobile communication terminal and transmitting a base station identifier to the telecommunication service provider server each time the location of the mobile communication terminal is registered, the base station identifier including an area where the mobile communication terminal is located;

A short-range wireless data communication function within a designated area, wherein the short-range wireless data communication module activates or deactivates the short-range wireless data communication module according to a permission signal of the short-range wireless data communication. Providing mobile communication system.
The method of claim 1,

The mobile communication network,

A plurality of base stations performing mobile communication with mobile communication terminals within a range of cell area,

Storing location information of the base station identifiers of the base stations and information on the service subscriber, periodically registering location information of the mobile communication terminals through base station identifiers of base stations wirelessly connected to the mobile communication terminals, and A home location register and a visited location register that provide the location information when registering location information for a subscriber;

And a mobile telephone exchange station that receives the location information of the mobile communication terminal and transmits it to the communication service provider server and transmits the short distance wireless data communication permission signal to the mobile communication terminal through a corresponding base station. A mobile communication system that provides a short range wireless data communication service within.
The method of claim 1,

The mobile communication network,

A plurality of base stations performing mobile communication with mobile communication terminals within a range of cell area,

Storing location information of the base station identifiers of the base stations and information on the service subscriber, periodically registering location information of the mobile communication terminals through base station identifiers of base stations wirelessly connected to the mobile communication terminals, and A home location register and a visited location register for providing the location information to the service provider server when registering location information for a subscriber;

And a mobile telephone switching station for transmitting the short-range wireless data communication permission signal to the mobile communication terminal through a corresponding base station.
The method of claim 1,

The mobile communication terminal,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, if the received electric field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station is less than a predetermined reference value to provide a short-range wireless data communication service within a specified area, characterized in that for activating the short-range wireless data communication module. Mobile communication system.
The method of claim 1,

The mobile communication terminal,

And specifying whether to use short-range wireless data communication when receiving the short-range wireless data communication permission signal, and determining whether to activate the short-range wireless data communication module by selecting whether to use the short-range wireless data communication from the service subscriber. Mobile communication system that provides short-range wireless data communication services in the region.
The method of claim 1,

The mobile communication terminal,

When the short range wireless data communication permission signal is received, a list of short range wireless data communication modes is displayed, a short range wireless data communication mode is selected from the service subscriber, and the short range wireless data communication module is selected according to the short range wireless data communication mode. A mobile communication system providing a short range wireless data communication service within a specified area, characterized in that for activating.
The method of claim 6,

The short range wireless data communication mode,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, the short-range within the designated area, characterized in that the automatic switching mode to automatically activate / deactivate the short-range wireless data communication module according to the received electric field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station A mobile communication system providing a wireless data communication service.
The method of claim 6,

The short range wireless data communication mode,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, the wireless communication module in the short-range wireless data communication dedicated mode to deactivate the mobile communication module, and activate the short-range wireless data communication module to provide a short-range wireless data communication service Mobile communication system.
The method of claim 1,

The mobile communication terminal,

When the roaming mode is set, a list of short range wireless data communication modes is displayed, a short range wireless data communication mode is selected from the service subscriber, and the short range wireless data communication module is activated according to the short range wireless data communication mode. A mobile communication system providing a short range wireless data communication service within a designated area.
The method of claim 9,

The short range wireless data communication mode,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, the short-range within the designated area, characterized in that the automatic switching mode to automatically activate / deactivate the short-range wireless data communication module according to the received electric field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station A mobile communication system providing a wireless data communication service.
The method of claim 9,

The short range wireless data communication mode,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, the wireless communication module in the short-range wireless data communication dedicated mode to deactivate the mobile communication module, and activate the short-range wireless data communication module to provide a short-range wireless data communication service Mobile communication system.
Stores subscriber information of a user of a mobile communication terminal user who has subscribed to a short-range wireless data communication area designation service and at least one base station information including at least one short-range wireless data communication use permission area designated by the subscriber, and stores the mobile communication of the subscriber. In the mobile communication terminal of the mobile communication system comprising a communication service provider server for transmitting a short-range wireless data communication permission signal when the location by the base station information identified when the location of the terminal is the designated area,

A mobile communication module for performing communication through a mobile communication network;

A near field wireless data communication module for performing near field wireless data communication through an internet network;

A designated area including a control unit activating the mobile communication module in an area other than the designated area and activating the short range wireless data communication module to perform short range wireless data communication upon receiving the short range wireless data communication permission signal; A mobile communication terminal that provides a short range wireless data communication service within.
The method of claim 12,

The control unit,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, if the received electric field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station is less than a predetermined reference value to provide a short-range wireless data communication service within a specified area, characterized in that for activating the short-range wireless data communication module. Mobile communication terminal.
The method of claim 12,

The control unit,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, whether to use short-range wireless data communication is displayed on a display unit, and whether to use short-range wireless data communication from the service subscriber is determined through an input unit to determine whether to activate the short-range wireless data communication module. A mobile communication terminal providing a short range wireless data communication service within a specified area, characterized in that.
The method of claim 12,

The control unit,

Upon receiving the short range wireless data communication permission signal, a list of short range wireless data communication modes is displayed on a display unit, a short range wireless data communication mode is selected from the service subscriber, and the short range wireless data communication mode is selected according to the selected short range wireless data communication mode. A mobile communication terminal providing a short range wireless data communication service in a designated area, characterized by activating a wireless data communication module.
The method of claim 15,

The short range wireless data communication mode,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, the short-range within the designated area, characterized in that the automatic switching mode to automatically activate / deactivate the short-range wireless data communication module according to the received electric field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station A mobile communication terminal providing a wireless data communication service.
The method of claim 15,

The short range wireless data communication mode,

When the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received, the mobile communication module to deactivate the short-range wireless data communication mode for providing a short-range wireless data communication service in a specific area, characterized in that for activating the short-range wireless data communication module Mobile terminal.
A process of designating a short-range wireless data communication area for registering a at least one short-range wireless data communication area using a mobile terminal user connected to a service provider server through an internet network or a mobile communication network;

When registering the location of the mobile communication terminal, the service provider server receives the location information of the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication network, and if the location included in the location information is within the specified short-range wireless data communication using the area through the mobile communication network A short distance wireless data communication permission process for allowing a short distance wireless data communication to a communication terminal;

A short-range wireless data communication mode setting process of setting a short-range wireless data communication mode to enable short-range wireless data communication by activating a short-range wireless data communication module by receiving the use of short-range wireless data communication from the communication service provider server; A method of providing short-range wireless data communication service in a designated area, characterized by the above-mentioned.
The method of claim 18,

The short range wireless data communication region designation process,

Registering a region in which the mobile communication terminal accesses the telecommunication service provider server and registers at least two regions to use short-range wireless data communication;

And a location information request step of requesting, by the service provider server, to transmit the location information of the mobile communication terminal to the home location register and the visitor location register of the mobile communication network. How to Provide Communication Services.
The method of claim 18,

The short range wireless data communication mode setting process,

Determining whether the mobile communication terminal permits short-range wireless data communication whether the short-range wireless data communication permission signal is received from the service provider server;

A short range wireless data communication mode setting step of activating a short range wireless data communication module to set a short range wireless data communication mode when the short distance wireless data communication permission signal is received; How we deliver the service.
The method of claim 20,

The short range wireless data communication mode setting step,

Activating a short range wireless data communication module to activate the short range wireless data communication module;

Displaying a short range wireless data communication mode selection list including a plurality of short range wireless data communication modes, selecting a short range wireless data communication mode, and setting a short range wireless data communication mode to set a short range wireless data communication mode;

And performing a short-range wireless data communication through the short-range wireless data communication module according to the short-range wireless data communication mode when the call originates.
The method of claim 21,

If the short range wireless data communication mode is a dedicated short range wireless data communication mode, the mobile communication terminal further comprises a mobile communication module deactivation step of deactivating the mobile communication module when selecting the dedicated short range wireless data communication mode. A method for providing a short range wireless data communication service in a home.
The method of claim 21,

If the short range wireless data communication mode is a short range wireless data communication / mobile communication mode, the mobile communication terminal automatically switches between the short range wireless data communication function and the mobile communication function according to the received field strength of the mobile communication signal received from the base station from the mobile communication module. The method for providing a short-range wireless data communication service in a designated area, further comprising an automatic switching step.