KR20080010561A - Server and method for relaying map location information to a communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a location providing relay server and method, and more particularly, to store at least one region of interest information corresponding to at least one or more terminal information in a database, the home location register (HLR) or visitor location through a location calculator Sends a query to the VLR to receive the current region information where the first terminal is located as a response signal to the query, and whether the current region information is included in the region of interest stored in the database in the region of interest determination unit; And selectively transmit location calculation period information to the first terminal according to a determination result of the region of interest determination unit through a position calculation request unit, and when the first terminal enters the region of interest, presently to the second terminal. Regarding location-provided relay servers and methods for informing location information Will.

Description

SERVER AND METHOD FOR RELAYING SERVICE OF MAP LOCATION INFORMATION TO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a diagram illustrating a network for providing a location providing relay service according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a location providing relay server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a location providing relay service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which the location providing relay server transmits a region departure message when the first terminal leaves the region of interest.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

200: location providing relay server

210: database

220: position calculation unit

230: Region of Interest Determination

240: position calculation request unit

The present invention relates to a location providing relay server and a method for controlling a communication terminal entering a region of interest to provide map information to another communication terminal. Particularly, the present invention relates to a case in which the current terminal information of the first terminal is frequently checked and enters the region of interest. The present invention relates to a location providing relay server and method for controlling the first terminal to transmit map information reflecting current location information of the first terminal to a second terminal.

Today's remarkable development of information and communication technology has rapidly promoted the popularization of communication terminals (mobile devices), so that most ordinary people always have communication terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs. Therefore, the user can easily communicate with the counterpart using the communication terminal, so that communication is more frequent than before, and users of the communication terminal are gradually increasing. Such communication terminals are provided with more various functions to meet the needs of users as the communication technology and the use of users increase, thereby providing user convenience.

Recently, a typical additional function of a communication terminal is a function of calculating current location information using a location-based service. Using this additional function, another communication terminal can monitor the location of the communication terminal. That is, when the communication terminal currently enters or leaves a specific area, the user of the other communication terminal may monitor the location of the communication terminal through a predetermined alarm. However, such a simple monitoring method cannot more specifically identify the movement path of the communication terminal. Therefore, there is a need for a more advanced technical idea that can periodically check the moving path of the communication terminal in more detail in the other communication terminal.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and provides a location providing relay server and method for controlling a communication terminal entering the region of interest to provide map information to other communication terminals at predetermined intervals. It aims to do it.

Another object of the present invention is a communication terminal and method for calculating current location information according to a predetermined period from a time point at which a text message is received from a location providing relay server and transmitting map information reflecting the calculated current location information to another communication terminal. To provide.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a location providing relay server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a database for storing at least one area of interest information corresponding to at least one terminal information; A location calculator which transmits a query to a location registration register (HLR / VLR) and receives current location information where a first terminal is located as a response signal to the query, wherein the current location information is included in the ROI information stored in the database; And a location calculation request unit for transmitting location calculation period information to the first terminal according to a result of the determination of the area of interest determination unit. Accordingly, the current position of the first terminal is calculated at predetermined intervals and corresponds to the current position. The map information is transmitted to the second terminal in the form of a text message.

The communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a query receiving unit for receiving location calculation period information from a predetermined server, a location information calculation unit for calculating current location information at a predetermined period according to the location calculation period information using a location-based service; A map generator for generating map information corresponding to the calculated current location information, and a transmitter for transmitting the generated map information to the other communication terminal, wherein the communication terminal is located in a region of interest registered with the predetermined server. If present, the position calculation period information is generated from the predetermined server.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing location information of a terminal by using at least one or more regions of interest information corresponding to at least one or more terminal information stored in a database includes: transmitting a query to a location registration register; Receiving current region information where the first terminal is located as a response signal to the query; determining whether the current region information is included in the region of interest information stored in the database; optionally, the first region according to the determination result Transmitting location calculation period information to a terminal, and calculating a current location at a predetermined period in the first terminal according to the location calculation period information, and transmitting map information corresponding to the current location to a second terminal. Characterized in that it comprises a step.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the contents described in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited or limited to the embodiments.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network for providing a location providing relay service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, when the first terminal 110 is located in a preset region of interest, the second terminal 120 receives current location information of the first terminal 110 from the first terminal 110. The reflected map information is received at predetermined intervals.

To this end, the user of the second terminal 120 is a database of the location providing relay server 140 according to the present invention to the region of interest information for the first terminal 110 to monitor in advance through a web server or a swap server Type in In this case, the user of the second terminal 120 should be authenticated according to a predetermined procedure from the user of the first terminal 110. For example, when a user of the second terminal 120 requests authentication to the location providing relay server 140, the location providing relay server 140 sends a predetermined authentication request message to the first terminal 110. The user of the second terminal 120 may be authenticated by transmitting and receiving a response message to the authentication request message from the first terminal 110.

When the region of interest information is input, the location providing relay server 140 receives a current location of the first terminal 110 from a home location register (HLR) or a visitor location register (VLR). Collects information and confirms an inclusion relationship between the collected current region information and the region of interest information stored in the database; If the current region information is included in the region of interest information, that is, when the first terminal 110 enters the region of interest, the location providing relay server 140 may send a short message service (SMS) server 131. Position calculation period information is transmitted to the first terminal 110 through). The first terminal 110 calculates current location information through the location-based service system 160 according to a predetermined period from the time point at which the location calculation period information is received, and reflects the calculated current location information. Generates information. In addition, the first terminal 110 transmits the generated map information to the second terminal 120 through the multimedia message service (MMS) server 132. The first terminal 110, the second terminal 120, and the location providing relay server 140 may transmit and receive data through the messaging server 130.

If the current region information is not included in the region of interest information, that is, if the first terminal 110 does not enter the region of interest, the location providing relay server 140 may request the home location register or the visitor. The location register 150 monitors in which region the first terminal 110 is currently located in a polling manner.

The first terminal 110 or the second terminal 120 according to the present invention is a computer terminal, a mobile communication terminal, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) terminal, VoIP, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Megaco, PDA (Personal) Digital Assistant, Cell Phone, Personal Communication Service (PCS) Phone, Hand-Held PC, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) Phone, Wideband CDMA Phone, Dual Band / Dual Band / Dual Mode (GSM) phone, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) phone, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone, or satellite / terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) phone and the like.

2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the location providing relay server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the location providing relay server 200 includes a database 210, a location calculator 220, a region of interest determiner 230, and a location calculation requester 240.

First, the database 210 stores at least one area of interest information corresponding to at least one terminal information. The terminal information is information for uniquely identifying the first terminal 110 for requesting the calculation of the current location, and may be phone number information, an ESN, a device serial number, and the like. In addition, the region of interest information is region information for watching the movement of the first terminal 110, for example, may be a relatively wide range, such as Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu.

The location providing relay server 200 may receive new ROI information corresponding to new terminal information from a user of the second terminal 120 through a web server or a swap server, and record the new ROI information in the database 210. To this end, the location providing relay server 200 provides interfacing with a web server or a swap server, and records the terminal information and the region of interest information transmitted from the web server or the swap server in the database 210. A data collection unit (not shown) may be further included.

The location calculator 220 transmits a query to a home location register (HLR) or a visitor location register (VLR), and receives current location information on which the first terminal 110 is located as a response signal to the query. At this time, the location calculator 220 may transmit a query to the home location register (HLR) or the visitor location register (VLR) from time to time according to the polling method.

The region of interest determination unit 230 determines whether the current region information is included in the region of interest information stored in the database 210. For example, when the user of the second terminal 120 registers the region of interest to monitor the first terminal 110 as 'Gangnam-gu', the region of interest determination unit 230 may be configured to monitor the first terminal 110. ) 'S current local information is included in' Gangnam-gu '. That is, the region of interest determination unit 230 may determine whether the first terminal 110 has entered the 'Gangnam-gu'.

The location calculation requester 240 selectively transmits location calculation period information to the first terminal 110 according to the determination result of the region of interest determination unit 230. For example, the location calculation requester 240 determines the location to the first terminal 110 when the first terminal 110 enters the region of interest as a result of the determination by the region of interest determination unit 230. By transmitting the calculation period information, it is controlled to transmit the map information based on the current position information calculated by the first terminal 110 to the second terminal 120. When the first terminal 110 receives the location calculation period information from the location calculation requester 240, the first terminal 110 calculates current location information using a location-based service according to a predetermined period, and the map reflects the current location information. The information is generated and transmitted to the second terminal 120. In this case, the first terminal 110 may transmit the map information to the multimedia messaging service (MMS) through the messaging server 130.

In addition, the location calculation request unit 240 according to an embodiment of the present invention, if the first terminal 110 enters into the region of interest as a result of the determination by the region of interest determination unit 230, the second terminal The predetermined notification message may be further transmitted to 120. For example, the location calculation requester 240 may notify the user of the second terminal 120 as the notification message that the first terminal 110 enters the region of interest.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the location calculation period information may be updated from the user of the second terminal 120 that registered the ROI information. More specifically, the data collector (not shown) receives period information corresponding to the terminal information from a web server or the swap server, and updates the period information in association with the terminal information in the database 210. . Thus, the position calculation requester 240 may transmit the updated period information as the position calculation period information.

Up to now, when the current region information is included in the region of interest information as a result of the determination by the region of interest determination unit 230, the location calculation requester 240 calculates the position in the first terminal 110. An example of transmitting periodic information is described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the location calculation requester 240 may determine the first terminal 110 only when the current region information is not included in the region of interest information as a result of the determination by the region of interest determination unit 230. ) May transmit the position calculation period information. That is, when the user of the second terminal 120 registers the region of interest information, the location providing relay server 200 leaves the region of interest when the first terminal 110 leaves the region of interest. The location calculation period information may be transmitted. For example, the modified embodiment may be applied in a situation where the guardian wishes to monitor the location of the guardian when the guardian is out of a predetermined area.

3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a communication terminal 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the communication terminal 300 includes a query receiver 310, a location information calculator 320, a map generator 330, and a transmitter 340. In addition, the communication terminal 300 is a control unit 360 for controlling the overall components of the terminal, a wireless communication unit 350 for communicating with a communication system such as a base station to perform the basic functions of mobile communication, and a storage medium The memory 370 may further include.

The query receiving unit 310 receives the position calculation period information from the position providing relay server 200 as a query. That is, when the communication terminal 300 enters into the region of interest, the location providing relay server 200 confirms the entry through the home location register or the visitor location register, and sends the query to the query receiver 310. The position calculation period information is transmitted as a query.

The location information calculation unit 320 calculates current location information at a predetermined interval according to the location calculation period information using a location base service (LBS). A location based service system providing a location based service provides a service of location calculation using a global position system (GPS) or location calculation using cell information of a base station. The communication terminal 300 calculates the current location information by receiving the query from the location providing relay server 200 from the time when entering the region of interest.

The map generator 330 generates map information corresponding to the calculated current location information. The communication terminal 300 may include a predetermined application to generate the map information through the map generator 330. The application may be downloaded in advance from a predetermined communication company server or a predetermined content server. For example, the map generator 330 maps the current location information generated at the request of the location providing relay server 200 in the 'Gangnam-gu' to map data of the 'Gangnam-gu', thereby providing map information. Can be generated. More specifically, the map generator 330 may generate the map information by displaying the current location information on map data of 'Gangnam-gu' stored in the memory 370, that is, map information of the Gangnam-gu region. have.

The transmitter 340 transmits the generated map information to the other communication terminal in the form of a text message. For example, the transmitter 340 may transmit the generated map information to the second terminal 120 in the form of a multimedia message.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a location providing relay service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, in step 401, the location providing relay server 200 obtains the ROI information corresponding to the terminal information of the first terminal 110 transmitted from the user of the second terminal 120 in advance. Save it and keep it. The region of interest information may be stored in association with a plurality of pieces of terminal information. That is, the user of the second terminal 120 may register a plurality of areas of interest to monitor the first terminal 110.

Next, in step 402, the location providing relay server 200 requests the current location information of the first terminal 110 from the home location register or the visitor location register, and receives a response to the request. In which region the first terminal 110 is located can be checked. In step 403, the location providing relay server 200 determines that the current area information is included in the ROI. That is, the location providing relay server 200 determines whether the first terminal 110 has entered the region of interest.

As a result of determination, if the first terminal 110 has not entered the region of interest, the location providing relay server 200 branches to step 402 of checking current region information. As a result of determination, if the first terminal 110 enters the region of interest, the location providing relay server 200 transmits the location calculation period information to the first terminal 110 via a text message in step 404. do.

In step 405, the first terminal 110 receiving the location calculation period information calculates current location information using a location based service according to a period included in the location calculation period information. In this case, the first terminal 110 may calculate the current location information using GPS or cell information of the base station.

In operation 406, the first terminal 110 generates map information reflecting the generated current location information, and transmits the generated map information to the second terminal 120. In this case, the first terminal 110 may use a short text messaging service (SMS) to transmit the map information. Accordingly, in operation 407, the second terminal 120 receives the map information and displays the map information through an output device. The output device may include an LCD for video output or a speaker for audio output.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which the location providing relay server 200 transmits an area departure message when the first terminal 110 leaves the area of interest.

Referring to FIG. 5, the location providing relay server 200 stores region of interest information in a database (step 501) and checks current region information of the first terminal 110 through a home location register or a visitor location register. (Step 502). In step 503, the location providing relay server 200 determines whether current area information of the first terminal 110 deviates from the area of interest information. That is, the location providing relay server 200 determines whether the current area information exists in the ROI information by referring to the database, and if the current area information does not exist in the ROI information, the first location information relay server 200 determines whether the current area information exists in the ROI information. It is determined that the terminal 110 has left the region of interest.

As a result of the determination, when the first terminal 110 exists in the region of interest, the location providing relay server 200 branches to step 502 to check the current region information of the first terminal 110 again. As a result of determination, if the first terminal 110 has left the region of interest, the location providing relay server 200 generates a region departure message and transmits the region departure message to the first terminal 110 in step 504. In this case, the area departure message may be transmitted through a short text messaging service (SMS).

In step 505, the first terminal 110 receives the area departure message from the location providing relay server 200, and stops calculating current location information according to the area departure message, thereby terminating transmission of map information. do.

In addition to the area departure message, the location providing relay server 200 may notify the second terminal 120 of the area of interest of the first terminal 110 as a predetermined message.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

As described above, the present invention has been described by specific embodiments such as specific components and the like, but the embodiments and the drawings are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from such description.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and all the things that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims as well as the following claims will belong to the scope of the present invention. .

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a location providing relay server and method for controlling a communication terminal entering a region of interest to provide map information to another communication terminal according to a predetermined period.

According to the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal and a method for calculating current location information according to a predetermined period from a time point of receiving a text message from a location providing relay server and transmitting map information reflecting the calculated current location information to another communication terminal. Can provide.

According to the present invention, the location of a communication terminal entering the region of interest may be monitored through map information.

Claims (15)

In the location providing relay server for relaying location information between terminals, A database storing at least one region of interest information corresponding to at least one terminal information; A location calculator for transmitting a query to a location registration register and receiving current location information on which a first terminal is located in response to the query; A region of interest determination unit to determine whether the current region information is included in the region of interest information stored in the database; And Location calculation request unit for transmitting the location calculation period information to the first terminal according to the determination result of the region of interest determination unit Including, The first terminal calculates a current location of the first terminal at predetermined intervals according to the location calculation period information, and transmits map information corresponding to the current location to the second terminal. server. 2. The location providing relay server of claim 1, wherein the location registration register comprises a home location register (HLR) or a visitor location register (VLR). The method of claim 1, A data collection unit configured to receive terminal information and region of interest information from a user through a predetermined interface and to record the received terminal information and the region of interest information to the database; Location providing relay server further comprises. The method of claim 3, And the data collection unit receives period information corresponding to the terminal information from the user, and the location calculation request unit transmits the period information as the location calculation period information. The method of claim 1, As a result of the determination of the region of interest determination unit, the location calculation request unit may be configured only when the current region information is included in the region of interest information or when the current region information is not included in the region of interest information. The location providing relay server, characterized in that for selectively transmitting the location calculation period information to the terminal. The method of claim 1, If the current region information is not included in the region of interest information as a result of the determination of the region of interest determination unit, the location calculation request unit transmits a region departure message to the first terminal, And the first terminal stops calculating the current location according to the area departure message. The method of claim 6, And the location calculation request unit transmits a message indicating that the first terminal has left the area corresponding to the ROI information to the second terminal according to the area departure message. A communication terminal for providing map information corresponding to a current location to another communication terminal, A query receiving unit receiving position calculation period information from a predetermined server; A location information calculation unit configured to calculate current location information at a predetermined period according to the location calculation period information using a location based service; A map generator generating map information corresponding to the calculated current location information; And Transmission unit for transmitting the generated map information to the other communication terminal Including, And the location calculation period information is generated from the predetermined server when the communication terminal is within a region of interest registered with the predetermined server. The method of claim 8, When the communication terminal leaves the region of interest registered in the predetermined server, And the query receiving unit receives an area departure message from the predetermined server, and the location information calculator stops calculating the current location information according to the received area departure message. The method of claim 8, And the location calculation period information is in the form of a short message. The method of claim 8, And the transmitting unit transmits the map information to the other communication terminal through a multimedia messaging service. The method of claim 8, The first terminal or the second terminal is a computer terminal, mobile communication terminal, public switched telephone network (PSTN) terminal, VoIP, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Megaco, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), cellular phone, PCS (Personal) Communication Service Phones, Hand-Held PCs, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) Phones, Wideband CDMA Phones, Dual Band / Dual Mode Phones, GSM (Global Standard) a mobile terminal, any one of a mobile broadband system (MBS) phone, and a satellite / terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) phone. A method for providing location information of a terminal using at least one or more regions of interest corresponding to at least one terminal information stored in a database, the method comprising: Transmitting a query to a location registration register and receiving current location information where a first terminal is located in response to the query; Determining whether the current region information is included in the region of interest information stored in the database; Transmitting position calculation period information to the first terminal according to the determination result; And Calculating a current location at a predetermined period from the first terminal according to the location calculation period information and transmitting map information corresponding to the current location to a second terminal; Position providing method comprising a. The method of claim 13, When the determination result does not include the current region information in the region of interest information, Transmitting an area exit message to the first terminal; And Stopping the calculation of the current location at the first terminal according to the area departure message Position providing method comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 13.

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