KR100402535B1 - Apparatus and method for guiding local information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a local information guide device and a method thereof, and to construct a regional information database including regional geographic information and guide information on major malls and government offices in each region, and pays a predetermined price by contract. After adding guidance information about a business to the local information database of a region, and if a user requests local information for any region, the information is searched by searching the local information database for that region. It provides to the user, and if the user uses an external communication network characterized in that the automatic connection to the nearest place of the guide information using the communication network. That is, by providing information on living facilities located closest to where the person is located to people who are not familiar with the geography of any area, so that the first time visitors to the area can easily use the living facilities. The advantage is that.

Description

Local information guidance device and method {Apparatus and method for guiding local information}

The present invention relates to a local information guide device and method thereof, and more particularly, to construct a regional information database including regional geographic information and guide information on major malls and public offices in each region, and for a predetermined price by contract. Add information about the business that paid the service to the local information database in your area, and then refer to the local information database to inform users who are not familiar with geography with the amenities that are closest to their location. It relates to a local information guide device and a method thereof.

If you are visiting a region where you are not familiar with geography for travel or business purposes, you do not know the information about the amenities of the surrounding area. Obtain facility information.

However, when using the phone book to find a place of their choice among a plurality of information listed by each other, you have to make a number of phone calls or check the area, such as a lot of inconvenience. In the case of the '114' guidance service, the information provided according to the propensity of the telephone operator was not only different, but the information charge should be paid by the calling party.

In addition, in the case of a large number of visitors, an unmanned information terminal (KIOSK) may be installed to provide information on the surrounding convenience facilities, but in this case, only one-sided information about stores or products stored in the internal memory is provided. There was a limit to providing the information desired by visitors quickly and accurately.

That is, in the related art, there is no device or method for easily finding a geographic information on a place where a person who is not familiar with geography for an area and a living facility near that location is easily found.

Accordingly, in the present invention, in order to solve the conventional problems as described above, a regional information database including surrounding geographic information and guide information on major malls and government offices of the region is constructed for each region, and predetermined by contract. Add information about your business that you paid for to a local information database in your area, and then refer to that local information database to inform people who are not familiar with geography about the amenities that are closest to your location. It is an object of the present invention to provide a local information guide device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a local information guide device for allowing users to obtain information on living facilities closest to the area where the user is located by using a wired / wireless telephone network or the Internet.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a local information guide method that can provide information to the living facilities nearest to the area where the user is located to any user using a wired / wireless telephone network, the Internet or an unmanned information terminal To provide.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a region information guide device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an exemplary diagram of a field structure of a database for managing region information according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of a region information guide device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic block diagram of an unmanned information terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a schematic block diagram of a server according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a process flow diagram for a method for guiding local information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ♣

100: local information guide device 110: unmanned information terminal

120: server 200: base station

210: cell phone 300: landline

400: Internet 410: PC

The area information guide device of the present invention for achieving the above object is predetermined by a contract with the user interface unit, the area information database unit for storing / managing the surrounding geographic information and the guide information for the living facilities of the area, An input unit for adding guide information about a paid business place to the area information database unit, and searching for the area information database unit to extract the guide information when the user requests the guide information for any living facility; The search unit and the output information provided to the user in order from the guide information on the living amenities closest to the distance by sorting the guide information on the living amenities extracted by the search order in the order of the distance between the living facilities and the user Characterized in that configured to include.

The regional information guide device of the present invention for achieving the above another object is installed for each region to store and manage the surrounding geographic information within a certain distance and the guide information on the living facilities of the region, and the corresponding information at the request of the user Stores / manages a plurality of unmanned information terminals that provide the user to the user, and the integrated area information formed by integrating regional information managed by each of the unmanned information terminals, wherein the user is located to users connected through an external communication network. Characterized in that the server is configured to provide information around the region around the region.

In addition, the regional information guide method of the present invention for achieving the above another object is to build a regional information database including the regional geographic information for the region and the guide information for the living facilities of the region for each region, contract The first step of adding the guide information about the business place paid a predetermined price to the area information database of the area, and when the user requests the guide information for any living facilities, The second process of searching the local information database to extract the corresponding guide information, and the guide information about the living facilities extracted in the second process in the order of the distance between the living facilities and the user in order of life closest to the distance Including a third process provided to the user in order from the guide information for the amenities Characterized in that configured.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the apparatus and method for guiding local information according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a region information guide apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the region information guide apparatus according to the present invention includes a user interface unit 10 and a region information database DB. 20, a DB input unit 30, a DB search unit 40, an output unit 50, and a control unit 60.

The area information database (DB) 20 stores / manages geographic information on the surrounding area where the area information guide device is installed, and guide information on living facilities such as major malls and government offices located in the area.

The DB input unit 30 performs a function of adding, to the regional information database (DB) 20, guide information on a business place that has paid a predetermined price in order to register the corresponding guide information in the regional information guide device. .

The DB search unit 40 is a user who needs the guide information for any living convenience facilities through the local information guide device through the user interface unit 10 requesting the guide information for any mall and government offices In the case of searching the area information database (DB) 20 to extract the corresponding guide information.

The output unit 50 sorts the guide information for any mall and government office extracted through the DB search unit 40 in the order of the distance between the mall and the public office and the user, and then sequentially from the nearest mall and public office. To the user. In this case, the method of providing each guide information through the output unit 50 may be provided in various forms such as voice / image according to the characteristics of the region where the area information guide apparatus is installed.

On the other hand, the control unit 60 outputs a control signal to the DB input unit 30, the DB search unit 40 and the output unit 50 by a user's command input through the user interface unit 10.

2 is an exemplary diagram of a field structure of a database for managing region information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows an example of a database form stored in the region information database (DB) 20. Referring to FIG. 2, the area information database 20 includes a location information field 21 for any shop or government office, an industry code field 22 indicating the industry or business status of the shop or government office, A business name field 23, an address field 24, a telephone number field 25, and other information fields 26 for storing other information.

The other information field 26 records the address if there is a guide site for the store or government office on the web.

3 is a block diagram of a regional information guide apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the regional information guide apparatus 100 may include an unmanned information terminal 110 and a server 120. The server 120 includes a plurality of clients 410 through the Internet 400, wireless telephone users 210 using the base station 200, and wired telephone users by a general telephone network ( 300 is also configured to guide the local information using each communication network.

At this time, the unmanned information terminal 110 is installed for any small area, geographic information about the surrounding area within a certain distance from the unmanned information terminal 110 and guide information for the main malls and public offices of the area It stores / manages and provides the information to the user at the request of the user.

On the other hand, the server 120 receives the regional information for each region from a plurality of unmanned information terminals 110 installed in each region, and stores / manages the integrated region information formed by integrating the information, through an external communication network Providing access to the surrounding area information of the area where the user is located.

That is, as shown in the example of FIG. 3, the neighboring area guide information of the area where the respective users are located is provided to users connected through the Internet 400, the wireless communication network using the base station 200, or the wired communication network using a general telephone network. .

At this time, the user of the mobile phone 210 using the wireless communication network detects the location of the user through GPS information and provides the guide information of the area, but in the case of the user using the Internet or wired telephone network, By inputting location information, the location of each user is detected.

That is, a user who uses the Internet inputs his or her location information on the web, and a user who uses a landline telephone network outputs a message prompting the user to input local information using an automatic answering system (ARS). In addition, a voice recognition system capable of recognizing the user's voice is added so that the user can directly speak his or her location.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of the unmanned information terminal 110 shown in FIG. 3. Referring to FIG. 4, the unmanned information terminal 110 includes a user interface 111, a local information DB 112, It comprises a DB input unit 113, a DB search unit 114, an output unit 115, a data transmission unit 116 and a control unit 117.

The area information DB unit 112 stores / manages geographic information on the surrounding area where the area information guide device is installed and guide information on living facilities such as major malls and public offices located in the area.

The DB input unit 113 adds, to the area information DB unit 112, guide information about a business place that has paid a predetermined price in order to register the guide information in the area information guide device.

The DB search unit 114, the user who needs the guide information for any living convenience facilities through the local information guide device requests the guide information for any shopping mall and public office through the user interface 111 In the case where the local information DB 112 is searched for to extract the corresponding guide information.

The output unit 115 sorts the guide information for any mall and government office extracted through the DB search unit 114 in the order of the distance between the mall and the public office and the user, and sequentially from the nearest mall and public office. To the user. In this case, the method of providing each guide information through the output unit 115 may be provided in various forms such as voice / image according to the characteristics of the region in which the region information guide apparatus is installed.

The data transmitter 116 transmits the surrounding geographic information and the guide information stored in the area information DB to the server 112, and collectively manages information managed by the server 112 in each unmanned information terminal 111. Do it.

On the other hand, the control unit 117 to the DB input unit 113, DB search unit 114, output unit 115 and the data transmission unit 116 by the user's command input through the user interface unit 111. Output a control signal.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the server 120. Referring to FIG. 5, the server 120 includes an interface unit 121, an integrated area information DB 122, a location detector 123, and a DB search unit. 124, an output unit 125, an automatic connection control unit 126, a control unit 127, and a DB input unit 128.

The interface unit 121 performs an interface with users using the unmanned information terminal 110 or an external communication network.

The integrated area information DB 122 receives respective area information from each of the unmanned information terminals 110 and integrates and manages the area information.

The location detecting unit 123 detects the current location information of the user when a user accessing the server through the external communication network requests geographic information and area guide information about the area where the user is located. At this time, when the user accesses the server using a wireless telephone communication network, the current location information of the user is detected by referring to the GPS information used by the base station, and the communication network of either the Internet or a wired telephone communication network is detected. When accessing the server by using the user inputs the location information to detect the current location information of the user.

The DB search unit 124 searches the integrated area information DB 122 with the location information of the user detected by the location detector 123 and extracts geographic information and area guide information on the area where the user is located. do.

The output unit 125 arranges the guide information extracted from the DB search unit 124 in the order of the distance between the mall and the government and the user in order from the nearest mall and the government to the user in order. to provide.

The automatic connection control unit 126 controls to automatically connect the closest place with the user among any shops or government offices included in the local guide information provided to the user by external control. In this case, when the user uses the Internet, the connection between the Internet site and the user included in the local guide information is controlled, and when the user accesses the server using any one of a wired or wireless telephone communication network. The telephone number included in the local guide information is used to control the telephone connection between the user and the employee of the store or government office.

The DB input unit 128 adds the area information DB of the unmanned information terminal 110 to the integrated area information DB 122 through the interface unit 121.

The control unit 127 controls the DB input unit 128, the DB search unit 124, the output unit 125, and the automatic connection control unit 126 by a control command input through the interface unit 121. Output the signal.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for guiding area information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the method for guiding area information of the present invention may be performed by first referring to an area in which the area information guiding device is installed. A regional information DB including surrounding geographic information and guide information on major malls and government offices in each region is constructed for each region (s610). At this time, the area information DB includes the guide information for the shop that paid a predetermined price by the contract.

For example, a local information guide device to be installed in Gangnam station includes geographic information near the Gangnam station, and guide information about nearby government offices and shopping centers; and a local information guide device to be installed in the city hall, Includes geographic information and guide information about the surrounding government offices and nearby shopping centers.

In addition, when a user requests guidance information for any shopping mall or government office, that is, a living facility, to the local information guide device (s620), the local information DB is searched by the location information to extract the corresponding guide information. (S650), the guide information about the living facilities extracted in the process (s650) is displayed to the user, the guide information is arranged in the order of the distance between the living facilities and the user, the nearest shopping street And from the government office to the user in turn (s660).

That is, when any user who visits the city hall requests the guide information about the nearby restaurants by using the local information guide device to eat, after extracting the guide information about the nearby restaurants by searching the local information DB, The information is provided to the user in order from the restaurant located nearby.

At this time, it is determined whether the user who requested the guide information on the living convenience facility has used an external communication network, and when the external communication network is used, the process of detecting the location information of the user is further performed (s630 and s640).

That is, when the user requests the guide information of the surrounding convenience facilities by using the wireless telephone communication network, the current location information of the user is determined by referring to the GPS information managed by the base station, and when the user uses another communication network, By inputting the location information of the user to determine the current location information of the user.

In addition, when the automatic connection function is selected by the user, the user automatically connects the living facility located closest to the user among the nearby living facilities provided with the guide information by the local information guide device (s670, s680).

In this case, when the user uses the Internet, the user connects the user to an Internet site included in the local guide information, and when using any one of a wired or wireless telephone communication network, the telephone number included in the local guide information. Connect the employee of the store or government office with the user by phone.

That is, if any visitor who visited the city hall makes a call to the location information guide device using a general external communication network, for example, a mobile phone, and then requests the guide information for the restaurants nearby, the user's location information using the GPS system. Figure out. Then, by searching the local information DB generated by region based on the location information, and extracting the restaurant information of the surrounding area where the user is located, provided through the mobile phone owned by the user, the most of the restaurants with the user Call a restaurant near you and automatically connect with the user.

The above description is only for explaining one embodiment, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and can be variously changed within the scope of the appended claims. For example, the shape and structure of each component specifically shown in the embodiment of the present invention can be modified.

As described above, the apparatus and method for guiding local information according to the present invention provides a person who is not familiar with the geography of an arbitrary area by providing guide information on living facilities located closest to the place where the person is located. It is an advantage that the first visitor can easily use the various living facilities.

In addition, there is an advantage that the business owner who operates the convenience facilities can more effectively advertise.

Claims (11)

delete The local information data includes a user interface unit, a local information database unit for storing / managing surrounding geographic information and guide information on living facilities in the area, and guide information for a workplace paid a predetermined price by a contract. An input unit added to the base unit, a search unit searching for the local information database unit and extracting the guide information when the user requests guide information for any living facility, and a living facility extracted from the search unit; Output information to the user in order from the guide information on the living facilities closest to the distance, in order of the convenience information and the distance between the user and the geographical information stored in the area information database unit. And data for transmitting the guide information on the convenience facilities to the server. A plurality of unmanned information provided with a transmitting unit, which is installed for each region, stores / manages neighboring geographic information within a predetermined distance and guide information on living facilities in the region, and provides the information to the user at the request of the user. With a terminal, An interface unit for interfacing with an external device, an integrated area information database unit receiving respective area information from the unmanned information terminals and managing the area information together, and a user connected to the server through an external communication network. In case of requesting geographic information and area guide information about the area where the user is located, the integrated area information database unit is searched with a location detecting unit for detecting the current location information of the user and the location information of the user detected by the location detecting unit. The search unit extracts geographic information and local guide information about the area where the user is located, and the guide information about the living facilities extracted by the search unit in the order of the distance between the living facilities and the user. Information for living facilities near you in order And an output unit provided to the user, and an automatic connection control unit for controlling the connection to the closest of any living convenience facilities included in the local guide information provided to the user by external control. An area comprising a server that stores and manages the integrated area information formed by integrating the area information managed separately, and provides the information on the surrounding area of the area where the user is located to users connected through an external communication network. Information guide device. delete delete The method of claim 2, wherein the external communication network A local information guide device, characterized in that the communication network of any one of the Internet, wired and wireless telephone communication network. The method of claim 5, wherein the position detection unit When the user accesses the server using a wireless telephone communication network, the current location information of the user is detected by referring to the GPS information, And the user inputs the corresponding location information when the user accesses the server using any one of the Internet and a wired telephone communication network. The method of claim 5, wherein the automatic connection control unit When the user accesses the server using the Internet, controls the automatic connection to the Internet site included in the local guide information, An area characterized in that when the user accesses the server using any one of wired or wireless telephone communication networks, the telephone connection with the living facilities is controlled using the telephone number included in the local guide information. Information guide device. Establish a regional information database that includes regional geographic information about the area and guide information on the amenities of the area, and provide information on businesses that have paid a predetermined price by contract. The first step of adding to the local information database, A second process of extracting the guide information by searching the local information database of the region where the user is located when the user requests the guide information for any living convenience facility; A third process of arranging the guide information on the living facilities extracted in the second process in order of distance between the living facilities and the user and sequentially providing the guide information to the user for the living facilities closest to the distance; And a fourth process of automatically connecting the user to the nearest place of any living convenience facilities included in the local guide information provided to the user. The method of claim 8, wherein the second process And when the user requests the guide information of the living convenience facility near the user's location by using the wireless telephone communication network, further comprising step 2-1 of identifying the current location information of the user by referring to the GPS information. How to guide local information. The method of claim 8, wherein the fourth process When the user uses the Internet, local information characterized in that the process of automatically connecting the user to the Internet site included in the guide information of the nearest place among any convenience facilities included in the guide information provided to the user Guide way. The method of claim 8, wherein the fourth process is When the user uses any one of the wired or wireless telephone communication network, the living by using the telephone number included in the guide information of the nearest place among any living facilities included in the guide information provided to the user Local information guide method characterized in that the process of automatically connecting the facility with the user.