KR101584984B1 - A mobile communication terminal providing a location-based service, a method of providing the location-based service, - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal providing a location-based service, a method for providing a location-based service, and an application recommendation server.

A mobile communication terminal providing a location-based service according to the present invention includes a location information acquisition unit for acquiring location information, a location category table in which each location and location category is matched, an application in which a location category and one or more applications are matched A location category determination unit for determining location categories corresponding to location information through a location category table; an application search unit for searching, in an application table, whether there is one or more applications matched with the determined location category; And an output unit for outputting information of one or more applications retrieved from the application retrieval unit.

Location information, applications

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for providing location-based services, a method for providing location-based services, an application recommendation server,

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for providing a location-based service, a method for providing a location-based service, and an application recommendation server. More particularly, the present invention relates to a location category, A mobile communication terminal providing a location-based service capable of providing a matching one or more applications to a user, a method of providing a location-based service, and an application recommendation server.

The location based service means providing various services to a user based on location data obtained from a base station of a mobile communication network or one or more global positioning systems (hereinafter referred to as 'GPS'). do.

For example, location tracking services and public safety services are used by many users because they have the advantage of being rescued when they are in danger because they can locate and track people or vehicles.

In addition, various services such as a weather service providing weather of a place where a user is located, a traffic information service capable of avoiding a static road section, and a shortcut route can be developed and provided to users.

However, such a location-based service is limited to providing current location information or current location information together with neighboring location information, and it is necessary to develop a technology capable of providing a variety of services to users using location information.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for determining a location category corresponding to a current location using location information, and providing one or more applications matching the determined location category to a user, A mobile communication terminal providing a location based service capable of providing a location based service, a method of providing a location based service, and an application recommendation server.

Accordingly, a mobile communication terminal providing a location-based service according to the present invention includes: a location information acquisition unit for acquiring location information; A storage unit for storing a location category table in which each location and location category is matched, and an application table in which the location category and one or more applications are matched; A location category determination unit that determines a location category corresponding to the location information through the location category table; An application search unit for searching, in the application table, whether there is one or more applications matched with the determined location category; And an output unit outputting information of the one or more applications retrieved by the application retrieval unit.

The location information acquiring unit is characterized by acquiring location information from location data received from a base station or a GPS satellite or acquiring location information from data received from an RFID tag or a barcode including an RFID reader or a barcode reader .

The information processing apparatus may further include a table setting unit configured to set the location category table or the application table.

And a download control unit for transmitting the location information or the location category to the application recommendation server through the wireless communication unit when the location category or the application is not determined or retrieved And further comprising:

The download control unit downloads the location category table or the application table from the application recommendation server, and updates the location category table or the application table stored in the storage unit.

The location category table may be a location category table generated by user's personal information, land or building administration information, or a location category table preset by a user or another user.

The application table is an application table preset by a user or another user, or an application table generated by collecting information of applications frequently used in each location category.

And the output unit transmits the information of the at least one application to the voice processing unit so that the information can be output to the screen or outputted as a voice.

As another means for solving the problem, the application recommendation server according to the present invention stores a location category table in which each location and location category is matched, an application table in which the location category and one or more applications are matched, And information of one or more applications matching the location category.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a location-based service in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of: determining a location category corresponding to location information, and searching for one or more applications matched with the location category; ; And a second step of outputting information of one or more applications retrieved as a result of the search.

In the first step, if the location category is not determined, the method further comprises transmitting the location information to the application recommendation server.

The method may further include transmitting the location category to an application recommendation server if the application is not searched.

Transmitting a location category table download request signal matching each location and a location category to the application recommendation server or transmitting an application table download request signal matching the location category and one or more applications to the application recommendation server Further comprising the steps of:

The second step may include outputting the at least one application information to the screen or outputting the at least one application information by voice.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a more convenient user interface by providing the user with one or more applications set in the location category corresponding to the current location using the location information.

In order to determine the location category, one or more of the user's personal information, the location category information previously set by the user or the other person, and the building information or the administrative information of the land are used, so that the location category at the current location for the individual is determined , It is possible to directly select necessary applications in the location category.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal providing a location-based service according to the present invention.

1, a mobile communication terminal includes a wireless communication unit 110, a voice processing unit 120, a keypad unit 130, a location information acquisition unit 140, a storage unit 150, A location category determination unit 160, an application search unit 170, an output unit 180,

The wireless communication unit 110 transmits and receives a voice signal corresponding to an outgoing call or an incoming call for a call corresponding to a basic function of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the wireless communication unit 110 transmits / receives signals to / from the mobile communication network application recommendation server (321 in FIG. 3), which will be described later.

The voice processing unit 120 converts the digital voice signal into an analog voice signal, amplifies the analog voice signal, and outputs the amplified analog voice signal to a speaker (SPK) 123 or a microphone (MIC) Conversion.

The voice processing unit 120 processes the information of the application transmitted by the output unit 180 by voice and outputs the processed information to the speaker 123.

The keypad unit 130 includes one or more menu keys and keys for inputting characters including numbers.

The location information acquisition unit 140 receives location data from a base station or one or more GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites to acquire location information.

In addition, the location information acquisition unit 140 may include an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) reader or a barcode reader. The RFID reader reads data from an RFID tag attached to a building or a shopping mall to obtain location information, Reads the barcode attached to the building or shop, and acquires the location information.

The storage unit 150 stores a location category table in which each location and location category is matched and an application table in which one or more applications are matched according to the location category. The location category table and the application table may be stored in advance when the mobile communication terminal is manufactured, and may be downloaded from the application recommendation server (321 in FIG. 3) in the mobile communication network when necessary.

The table setting unit 155 provides a location category setting screen in which a location category can be set when the location category setting command is inputted and matches the location and the location category inputted through the provided location category setting screen to the storage unit 150 ) ≪ / RTI >

When the application table setting command is input, the table setting unit 155 provides an application table setting screen capable of matching one or more applications according to the location category, One or more applications are matched and stored in the application table of the storage unit 150.

The location category determination unit 160 determines a location category to which the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit 140 corresponds. For example, assuming that the current location information is 1600 in Sangam-dong and 1600 in Sangam-dong is set as the location category of the office, the location category corresponding to 1600 sangam-dong will be the office.

The application searching unit 170 searches the location category determining unit 160 for one or more applications matched with the determined location category.

The output unit 180 displays the information of the one or more applications retrieved through the application searching unit 170 on the screen so that the user can select the information or the information of the application so that the information of the retrieved one or more applications can be output by voice. (120).

The control unit 190 controls the respective units and, when one of the application information displayed on the screen is selected through the output unit 180, the selected application is executed.

The control unit further includes a download control unit 191. If the location category corresponding to the location information is not determined through the location category determination unit 160, the download control unit 191 transmits the location information through the wireless communication unit 110 To the recommendation server (321 in Fig. 3). Accordingly, it is possible to receive the location category corresponding to the location information from the application recommendation server (321 in Fig. 3), or to receive information of one or more applications that match the location category together with the location category.

If an application matched with the location category is not found through the application search unit 170, the download control unit 191 transmits the location category to the application recommendation server (321 in FIG. 3) through the wireless communication unit 110 Information of one or more applications from the application recommendation server (321 of FIG. 3).

When an application table download request is inputted, the download control unit 191 transmits an application table download request signal matching the application according to the location category to the application recommendation server (321 in FIG. 3) through the wireless communication unit 110 You can update the application table.

Likewise, when the request for downloading the location category table is input, the download control unit 191 transmits a location category table download request signal requesting the location category table matching each location and the location category to the application recommendation server To 321 in FIG. 3) to update the location category table.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a location-based service of a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of FIG.

The mobile communication terminal 100 acquires position information through data (including position data) received from the outside (S201), and determines a position category corresponding to the acquired position information (S203).

As a result of the determination in step S203, if the location category is determined (S205), the mobile communication terminal 100 searches for one or more applications matched with the determined location category (S207).

If it is determined in step S203 that the location category is not determined, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the location information to the application recommendation server (321 in FIG. 3) through wireless communication (S209).

Thereafter, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives the location category corresponding to the location information from the application recommendation server (321 in FIG. 3) (S210). At this time, the location category and the location category may be received together with the information of the matching application.

If at least one application is searched (S211), the mobile communication terminal 100 outputs information of the searched one or more applications, outputs one or more pieces of application information to a screen, or displays information of one or more applications And outputs the voice through the speaker (S213).

If at least one application is not found as a result of the search in step S209, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the location category to the application recommendation server (321 of FIG. 3) through wireless communication (S215).

Thereafter, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives information of one or more applications matching the location category from the application recommendation server (321 in FIG. 3) (S217).

3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a location-based service providing system including an application recommendation server according to the present invention.

3, the location-based service providing system includes a mobile communication terminal 300 and an application recommendation server 321. The mobile communication terminal 300 and the application recommendation server 321 communicate with each other through a base station 310 And the application recommendation server 321 is included in the mobile communication network 320. It is assumed that the mobile communication terminal 300 does not include the storage unit 150, the location category determination unit 160, and the application recommendation unit 170 in the mobile communication terminal 100 of FIG. I will.

When the mobile communication terminal 300 acquires the location information, it transfers the acquired location information to the application recommendation server 321 and acquires the location category corresponding to the location information from the application recommendation server 321 and the location category of the application Receive one or more information. The location information is obtained from location data received from the base station 310 or GPS satellite, acquired from information received from the RFID tag, or obtained by reading a barcode.

The application recommendation server 321 stores a location category table in which each location and location category is matched, an application category table and an application table in which one or more applications are matched. The location category table may be created based on the user's personal information (for example, a home address or a work address), a location category table created by matching a location and a location category with a user or another user in advance, As shown in Fig. Also, the application table may be an application table in which a user or another user creates a location category and one or more applications in advance, or may collect and generate information of frequently used applications in the corresponding location category.

Accordingly, when the application recommendation server 321 receives the location information from the mobile communication terminal 300, the application recommendation server 321 determines the location category corresponding to the received location information through the location category table, Search in the application table for existence.

Then, when one or more applications are retrieved, the application recommendation server 321 transmits information of the one or more applications retrieved in relation to the location category and its location category to the mobile communication terminal 300.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal 300 of FIG. 3 may be applied to the mobile communication terminal 100 of FIG.

Accordingly, when the mobile communication terminal 100 of FIG. 1 is applied to the application recommendation system, when the mobile communication terminal 100 acquires the location information through the location information acquisition unit 140, the location category corresponding to the location information is obtained If there is no location category to be judged, the location recommendation server 321 transmits the location information to the application recommendation server 321 and receives the location category corresponding to the location information from the application recommendation server 321.

Thereafter, when the mobile communication terminal 100 searches for one or more applications matched with the location category, the mobile communication terminal 100 outputs information of the searched one or more applications on a screen or a voice. However, when the application matching the location category is not searched, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the location category to the application recommendation server 321 and transmits the location category from the application recommendation server 321 to one or more applications Information can be received.

When the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the location information to the application recommendation server 321, the application recommendation server 321 transmits information on the location category and one or more applications matching the location category to the mobile communication terminal 100, .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. And can be changed. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents to the appended claims, as well as the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal providing a location-based service according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a location-based service of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, and FIG.

3 is a configuration diagram showing a location-based service providing system including an application recommendation server according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

100, 300: mobile communication terminal 110:

120: Voice processing unit 140: Position information obtaining unit

150: storage unit 155: table setting unit

160: location category determination unit 170:

180: output unit 190: control unit

191: Download control section 321: Application recommendation server

Claims (19)

A positional information acquiring unit for acquiring positional information; A storage unit for storing a location category table in which each location and location category is matched, and an application table in which the location category and one or more applications are matched; A location category determination unit that determines a location category corresponding to the location information through the location category table; An application search unit for searching, in the application table, whether there is one or more applications matched with the determined location category; And And an output unit for outputting information of one or more applications retrieved by the application retrieval unit. The method according to claim 1, The location information acquisition unit Acquires positional information from position data received from a base station or a GPS satellite, or Wherein the location information is acquired from data received from an RFID tag or a barcode including an RFID reader or a barcode reader. The method according to claim 1, Further comprising a table setting unit configured to set the location category table or the application table. The method according to claim 1, A wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the application recommendation server, And a download control unit for transmitting the location information or the location category to the application recommendation server through the wireless communication unit when the location category or the application is not determined or retrieved Mobile communication terminal. 5. The method of claim 4, The download control unit Wherein the location category table or the application table is downloaded from the application recommendation server and the location category table or the application table stored in the storage unit is updated. The method according to claim 1, The location category table Wherein the location category table is a location category table generated by user's personal information, land or building administration information, or a location category table preset by a user or another user. The method according to claim 1, The application table Wherein the mobile communication terminal is an application table preset by a user or another user, or an application table generated by collecting information of applications frequently used in each location category. The method according to claim 1, The output Wherein the information of the at least one application is output to a screen or transmitted to a voice processing unit so as to be outputted as a voice. An application recommendation server for providing a location-based service, A location category table in which each location and location category is matched, an application table in which the location category and one or more applications are matched, and a location category according to each location and information of one or more applications matching the location category Application recommendation server. 10. The method of claim 9, The location category table Wherein the application recommendation server is a location category table generated by user's personal information, land or building administration information, or preset by a user or another user. 10. The method of claim 9, The application table An application table set by a user or another user, or an application table generated by collecting information of an application frequently used in each location category. A first step of determining a location category corresponding to the location information and searching for one or more applications matched with the location category; And And outputting information of one or more applications searched when the search is performed. 13. The method of claim 12, The location information Wherein the location information is location information obtained by receiving location data from a base station or a GPS satellite, or location information obtained by receiving data from an RFID reader or a barcode. 13. The method of claim 12, In the first step, And if the location category is not determined, transmitting the location information to an application recommendation server. 13. The method of claim 12, And if the application is not found, transmitting the location category to an application recommendation server. 13. The method of claim 12, Transmitting a download request signal of a location category table matching each location and the location category to an application recommendation server And transmitting a download request signal of an application table matching the location category and the one or more applications to the application recommendation server. 17. The method of claim 16, The location category table A location category table generated by user's personal information, land or building administration information, or a location category table preset by a user or another user. 17. The method of claim 16, The application table Wherein the location table is an application table preset by a user or another user, or an application table generated by collecting information of applications frequently used in each location category. 13. The method of claim 12, The second step comprises: Outputting the one or more pieces of application information to a screen or And outputting the at least one application information by voice.

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