KR20090038216A - Communication and method of performing a function therein - Google Patents

Abstract

A communications device and an executing method for achieving a performing function by using location information are provided to perform a function by differentiating a map according to a specific standard and a resolution. A wireless communications unit(110) receives location information of a communications device(100). The wireless communications unit receives the location information of the communications device registered by the location information providing service. A controller(180) controls a display unit. The display unit displays the specific communications device according to the specified basis among the communications device registered by the location information providing service in the target position on map. The controller diversifies the center of map. The controller diversifies the scale of map based on the resolution.

Description

{COMMUNICATION AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A FUNCTION THEREIN}

The present invention relates to a communication device capable of performing a function using location information.

In general, a communication device refers to a device having at least one voice / video call function, an information input / output function, a data storage function, and the like. Here, the communication device may be one of a mobile type and a fixed type according to mobility, or may be one of a portable type and a stationary type depending on whether the user is portable.

Recently, in addition to the above-described functions, the communication device may perform various functions such as shooting a still image or a video, playing a multimedia file such as a music file or a video file, playing a game, receiving / outputting a broadcast, and a road guidance service. As it becomes possible, it is being implemented in the form of a comprehensive multimedia player.

In these multimedia devices, various new attempts are being applied in terms of hardware or software to implement complex functions. For example, in order to allow a user to search for or select a function easily and conveniently, a user interface (UI) environment implemented in various forms is provided.

However, according to the related art, various services are not provided based on the location of the communication device.

In addition, there is no mention of providing a service similar to an instant messaging service between communication devices in connection with a location-based service.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device and a method of performing a function of the communication device for providing a service similar to an instant messaging service between communication devices in connection with a location-based service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication device capable of performing a function by displaying a map differently according to specific criteria and resolutions, and a method of performing a function of the communication device.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a communication device, comprising: a wireless communication unit for receiving location information of a communication device and receiving location information of a communication device registered in a location information providing service; And displaying a specific communication device among communication devices registered in the location information providing service on a corresponding location on a map using the received information, changing the center point of the map as the specific criterion is changed, and resolution. It provides a communication device including a control unit that can change the scale of the map based on.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes the steps of receiving location information of a communication device registered in the location information providing service; And displaying a specific communication device among communication devices registered in the location information providing service according to a specific criterion on the corresponding location on a map using the received information. And a method of performing a function of a communication device that can change the scale of the map based on resolution.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication device may perform various functions using the location information providing service.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication device may perform a function by displaying a map differently according to a specific criterion and resolution.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the communication device which concerns on this invention, and its position information provision method are demonstrated in detail with reference to drawings. In addition, the detailed description thereof will be omitted for the known technology which is considered to blur the gist of the present invention.

The communication device according to the present invention includes a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting mobile terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), and a navigation device. ), A mobile terminal such as a digital camera, a MPEG layer 3 player (MP3P), and a fixed terminal such as a server and a digital fixed device (for example, a digital TV or a desktop computer). Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a communication device to which the present invention is applied will be referred to as a "mobile terminal". Of course, it can also be applied to fixed terminals.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile terminal related to the present invention will be described in terms of components according to functions. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an A / V input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, and a memory. 160, an interface unit 170, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190 may be included. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal having various components. However, not all illustrated components are essential components. The mobile terminal may be implemented by more components than the illustrated components, or the mobile terminal may be implemented by fewer components.

Hereinafter, components of the mobile terminal 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in sequence.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more components for performing wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a network in which the mobile terminal 100 is located. have. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, a location information module 115, and the like. have.

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel.

Here, the broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may mean a server that generates and transmits a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information, or a server that receives a previously generated broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information and transmits the same to a mobile terminal. In addition, broadcast related information may mean information related to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or a broadcast service provider. In addition, the broadcast signal may include not only a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, and a data broadcast signal, but also a broadcast signal having a data broadcast signal combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

Meanwhile, broadcast related information may be provided through a mobile communication network, and in this case, may be received by the mobile communication module 112.

The broadcast related information may exist in various forms. For example, it may exist in the form of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) or Electronic Service Guide (ESG) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals using various broadcast systems, and in particular, digital multimedia broadcasting-terrestrial (DMB-T), digital multimedia broadcasting-satellite (DMB-S), and media forward link only (MediaFLO). ), Digital broadcast signals may be received using digital broadcasting systems such as DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) and ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial). Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 is configured to be suitable for all broadcast systems providing broadcast signals as well as the above-described digital broadcast system.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

In addition, the mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives a radio signal with at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data according to transmission and reception of a voice call signal, a video call call signal, or a text / multimedia message.

The wireless internet module 113 refers to a module for wireless internet access and may be embedded or external to the mobile terminal 100.

The short range communication module 114 refers to a module for short range communication. As a short range communication technology, Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like may be used.

In addition, the location information module 115 is a module for checking or obtaining the location of the mobile terminal 100. One example is the Global Position System (GPS) module. The GPS module receives location information from a plurality of satellites. Here, the location information may include coordinate information displayed in latitude and longitude. For example, the GPS module may calculate the current position according to the triangulation method of three different distances using time and distance accurately measured from three or more satellites. For example, a method of obtaining distance and time information from three satellites and correcting the error with one satellite may be used. In particular, the GPS module can obtain not only the location of latitude, longitude, and altitude but also the accurate time together with the three-dimensional speed information from the location information received from the satellite.

Meanwhile, the A / V input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video call mode or the imaging mode. The processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit 151.

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. Two or more cameras 121 may be provided according to the configuration aspect of the mobile terminal 100.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal by a microphone in a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, etc., and processes the external sound signal into electrical voice data. The processed voice data may be converted into a form transmittable to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 and output in the call mode. The microphone 122 may implement various noise removing algorithms for removing noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 receives an input operation from the user and generates input data for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (constant pressure / capacitance), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like. In particular, when the touch pad has a mutual layer structure with the display unit 151 described later, this may be referred to as a touch screen.

The sensing unit 140 includes a mobile terminal 100 such as an open / closed state, a position of the mobile terminal 100, a presence or absence of a user contact, an orientation of the mobile terminal 100, an acceleration / deceleration of the mobile terminal 100, and the like. The current state of the sensor 100 is sensed to generate a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it may sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. In addition, it may also be responsible for the sensing function associated with whether the power supply unit 190 is supplied with power, whether the interface unit 170 is coupled to the external device.

The interface unit 170 serves as an interface with all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. For example, wired / wireless headset ports, external charger ports, wired / wireless data ports, memory card ports, ports for connecting devices with identification modules, audio input / output (I / O) ports, Video I / O (Input / Output) port, earphone port, etc. may be included.

Here, the identification module is a chip that stores various types of information for authenticating the use authority of the mobile terminal 100, and includes a user identification module (UIM) and a subscriber identify module (SIM). '), A Universal Subscriber Identity Module ("USIM"), and the like. In addition, the device equipped with the identification module (hereinafter, 'identification device') may be manufactured in the form of a smart card. Therefore, the identification device may be connected to the mobile terminal 100 through a port. As such, the interface unit 170 receives data or power from an external device and transmits the data to each component inside the mobile terminal 100 or transmits the data inside the mobile terminal 100 to the external device. .

The output unit 150 is for outputting an audio signal, a video signal, or an alarm signal. The output unit 150 may include a display unit 151, a sound output module 152, an alarm unit 153, and the like.

The display unit 151 displays and outputs information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal is in a call mode, a user interface (UI) or a graphic user interface (GUI) related to a call is displayed. When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or a photographing mode, the mobile terminal 100 displays a photographed and / or received image, a UI, or a GUI.

Meanwhile, as described above, when the display unit 151 and the touch pad form a mutual layer structure to form a touch screen, the display unit 151 may be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display unit 151 may include a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, and a three-dimensional display. It may include at least one of (3D display). In addition, two or more display units 151 may exist according to an implementation form of the mobile terminal 100. For example, an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown) may be simultaneously provided in the mobile terminal 100.

The sound output module 152 outputs audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, and the like. In addition, the sound output module 152 outputs a sound signal related to a function (eg, a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal 100. The sound output module 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying occurrence of an event of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events occurring in the mobile terminal include call signal reception, message reception, and key signal input. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying occurrence of an event in a form other than an audio signal or a video signal. For example, the signal may be output in the form of vibration. When a call signal is received or a message is received, the alarm unit 153 may output a vibration to inform this. Alternatively, when a key signal is input, the alarm unit 153 may output a vibration in response to the key signal input. Through the vibration output as described above, the user can recognize the occurrence of the event. Of course, the signal for notification of event occurrence may be output through the display unit 151 or the sound output module 152.

The memory 160 may store a program for processing and controlling the controller 180, and may function to temporarily store input / output data (for example, a phone book, a message, a still image, a video, etc.). You can also do

The memory 160 may include a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory). Random Access Memory (RAM) Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Read-Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM) magnetic memory, Magnetic It may include a storage medium of at least one type of disk, optical disk. In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may operate a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 150 on the Internet.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, perform related control and processing for voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. In addition, the controller 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia reproduction. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the controller 180 or may be implemented separately from the controller 180.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 180 to supply power required for the operation of each component.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer readable recording medium using, for example, software, hardware or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein include application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). ), Processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and electrical units for performing functions. In some cases such embodiments may be implemented by the controller 180.

In a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that allow at least one function or operation to be performed. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. In addition, the software code may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the controller 180.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the mobile terminal related to the present invention will be further described in terms of components according to appearance. Hereinafter, for simplicity, a slider type mobile terminal is described as an example among various types of mobile terminals such as a folder type, a bar type, a swing type, a slider type, and the like. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the slider type mobile terminal, but can be applied to all types of mobile terminals including the aforementioned type.

2 is a front perspective view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

The mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a first body 200 and a second body 205 configured to be slidable in at least one direction on the first body 200.

Meanwhile, in the case of a folder type, the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a first body and a second body configured to be folded or unfolded at least one side of the first body.

A state in which the first body 200 is disposed to overlap the second body 205 may be referred to as a closed configuration, and as shown in the drawing, the first body 200 may be referred to as the second body 205. The exposed state of at least a portion of the N may be referred to as an open configuration.

Although the mobile terminal 100 operates mainly in the standby mode in the closed state, the standby mode may be released by a user's manipulation. In addition, although the mobile terminal 100 operates mainly in a call mode or the like in an open state, the mobile terminal 100 may be switched to a standby mode by a user's operation or a lapse of a predetermined time.

The case (casing, housing, cover, etc.) forming the exterior of the first body 200 is formed by the first front case 220 and the first rear case 225. Various electronic components are embedded in the space formed by the first front case 220 and the first rear case 225. At least one intermediate case may be further disposed between the first front case 220 and the first rear case 225.

The cases may be formed by injecting a synthetic resin or may be formed of a metal material, for example, a metal material such as stainless steel (STS) or titanium (Ti).

The display unit 151, the sound output module 152, the camera 121, or the first user input unit 210 may be disposed on the first body 200, specifically, the first front case 220.

The display unit 151 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and the like, which visually express information.

In addition, since the touch pad is superimposed on the display unit 151 in a layer structure, the display unit 151 may operate as a touch screen to enable input of information by a user's touch.

The sound output module 152 may be implemented in the form of a speaker.

The camera 121 may be implemented to be suitable for capturing an image or a video of a user or the like.

Like the first body 200, the case forming the exterior of the second body 205 is formed by the second front case 230 and the second rear case 235.

The second user input unit 215 may be disposed on the second body 205, specifically, on the front face of the second front case 230.

The third user input unit 245, the microphone 122, and the interface unit 170 may be disposed on at least one of the second front case 230 or the second rear case 235.

The first to third user input units 210, 215, and 245 may be collectively referred to as the user input unit 130, and may be employed in any manner as long as the user is tactile in a tactile manner. .

For example, the user input unit 130 may be implemented as a dome switch or a touch pad that may receive a command or information by a user's push or touch operation, or may be operated as a wheel or jog method or a joystick that rotates a key. It can also be implemented in such a way.

In functional terms, the first user input unit 210 is for inputting a command such as start, end, scroll, etc., and the second user input unit 215 is for inputting numbers, letters, symbols, and the like. will be. In addition, the third user input unit 245 may operate as a hot-key for activating a special function in the mobile terminal.

The microphone 122 may be implemented in a form suitable for receiving a user's voice, other sounds, and the like.

The interface unit 170 serves as a passage for allowing the mobile terminal according to the present invention to exchange data with an external device. For example, the interface unit 170 is wired or wirelessly, a connection terminal for connecting to the earphone, a port for short-range communication (for example, an infrared port (IrDA port), Bluetooth port (Bluetooth port), wireless LAN port ( wireless Lan port) or the like, or at least one of power supply terminals for supplying power to the mobile terminal.

The interface unit 170 may be a card socket that accommodates an external card such as a subscriber identification module (SIM) or a user identity module (UIM) and a memory card for storing information.

The power supply unit 190 for supplying power to the mobile terminal 100 is mounted on the second rear case 235 side.

The power supply unit 190 may be detachably coupled for charging, for example, as a rechargeable battery.

3 is a perspective view of the mobile terminal shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, a camera 121 may be additionally mounted on the rear surface of the second rear case 235 of the second body 205. The camera 121 mounted on the second body 205 has a shooting direction substantially opposite to that of the camera 121 of the first body 200, and is different from the camera 121 of the first body 200. It may have a pixel.

For example, the camera 121 of the first body 200 has a low pixel so that the user's face is photographed and transmitted to the counterpart in case of a video call, and the camera 121 of the second body 205 is provided. ), It is preferable to have a high pixel because a normal subject is often photographed and not immediately transmitted.

The flash 250 and the mirror 255 may be additionally disposed adjacent to the camera 121 of the second body 205. The flash 250 shines light toward the subject when the subject is photographed by the camera 121 of the second body 205. The mirror 255 allows the user to see his / her own face or the like when the user wants to photograph (self-photograph) the user using the camera 121 of the second body 205.

The sound output module 152 may be further disposed on the second rear case 235.

The sound output module 152 of the second body 205 may implement a stereo function together with the sound output module 152 of the first body 200, and may be used for a call in the speakerphone mode.

In addition, an antenna 260 for receiving broadcast signals may be disposed on one side of the second rear case 235. The antenna 260 may be installed to be pulled out of the second body 205.

A portion of the slide module 265 that slidably couples the first body 200 and the second body 205 to the first rear case 225 side of the first body 200 is disposed.

The other part of the slide module 265 may be disposed on the second front case 230 side of the second body 205 and may not be exposed to the outside as shown in the drawing.

In the above description, the camera 121 and the like have been described as being disposed on the second body 205, but are not necessarily limited thereto.

For example, at least one or more of the configurations described as being disposed in the second rear case 235, such as the camera 121 of the second body 205, may be the first body 200, mainly the first rear case ( 225 may also be mounted. If so, there is an advantage that the configuration (s) disposed in the first rear case 225 in the closed state are protected by the second body 205. In addition, even if the camera 121 of the second body 205 is not provided separately, the camera 121 of the first body 200 is rotatably formed so that the photographing direction of the camera 121 of the second body 205 is rotated. It may be configured to shoot until.

The mobile terminal 100 illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3 includes a wired / wireless communication system and a satellite-based communication system, and in a communication system capable of transmitting data through a frame or packet. It may be configured to be operable.

Hereinafter, a wireless communication system in which a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention can operate will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

The communication system may use different air interfaces and / or physical layers. For example, a radio interface usable by a communication system may include frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), and code division multiple access (Code Division). Multiple Access (CDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) (especially Long Term Evolution (LTE), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), etc.) In the following, for convenience of explanation, the description will be limited to CDMA, but the present invention is naturally applicable to all communication systems including the CDMA wireless communication system.

As shown in FIG. 4, the CDMA wireless communication system includes a plurality of mobile terminals 100, a plurality of base stations (“BS”) 270, and base station controllers (“BSCs”) ( 275, a mobile switching center (“MSC”) 280. The MSC 280 is configured to be connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 290 and is also configured to be connected to BSCs 275. The BSCs 275 may be coupled to the BS 270 through a backhaul line. The backhaul line may be provided according to at least one of E1 / T1, ATM, IP, PPP, Frame Relay, HDSL, ADSL, or xDSL. Thus, a plurality of BSCs 275 may be included in the system shown in FIG.

Each BS 270 may include at least one sector, and each sector may include an omnidirectional antenna or an antenna pointing radially out of BS 270. In addition, each sector may include two or more antennas of various types. Each BS 270 may be configured to support a plurality of frequency assignments, each of which has a specific spectrum (eg, 1.25 MHz, 5 MHz, etc.).

The intersection of sectors and frequency assignments may be called a CDMA channel. BS 270 may be called Base Station Tranceiver Subsystem ('BTSs'). In this case, the word "base station" may be called the sum of one BSC 275 and at least one BS 270. The base station may also indicate “cell site”. Alternatively, each of the plurality of sectors for a particular BS 270 may be called a plurality of cell sites.

As shown in FIG. 4, the broadcasting transmitter (BT) 295 transmits a broadcast signal to mobile terminals 100 operating in the system. The broadcast module 111 shown in FIG. 1 is provided in the mobile terminal 100 to receive a broadcast signal transmitted by the BT 295.

In addition, FIG. 4 illustrates multiple satellite positioning systems (GPS) satellites 300. The satellites 300 help to locate the at least one mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals 100. Although two satellites are shown in FIG. 4, useful location information may be obtained by two or less or more satellites. The GPS module 115 shown in FIG. 1 cooperates with the satellites 300 to obtain desired location information. Here, the location can be tracked using all the techniques that can track the location, not just the GPS tracking technology. In addition, at least one of the GPS satellites 300 may optionally or additionally be responsible for satellite DMB transmission.

During typical operation of a wireless communication system, BS 270 receives a reverse link signal from various mobile terminals 100. At this time, the mobile terminals 100 are connecting a call, transmitting and receiving a message, or performing another communication operation. Each of the reverse link signals received by a particular base station 270 is processed within by the particular base station 270. The data generated as a result of the processing is transmitted to the connected BSC 275. BSC 275 provides call resource allocation and mobility management functionality, including the organization of soft handoffs between base stations 270. In addition, the BSC 275 transmits the received data to the MSC 280, and the MSC 280 provides an additional transmission service for connection with the PSTN 290. Similarly, the PSTN 290 connects with the MSC 280, the MSC 280 connects with the BSCs 275, and the BSCs 275 transmit the forward link signal to the mobile terminals 100. ).

More specifically, FIG. 5 is a front view of a vehicle navigation device provided with a display unit 151 for displaying a screen providing a road guidance service. 5 is a front view in which the vehicle navigation is mounted on the vehicle in a built-in fashion.

Of course, the vehicle navigation shown in Figures 5 and 6, it is natural that the vehicle can be detachably provided. In addition, the mobile terminal 100 in the form of a mobile phone illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 may also be detachably provided in a vehicle and may sufficiently perform a function of a vehicle navigation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile terminal may provide various services related to location information to a user by using location information of itself or a specific terminal. Here, the location information may be obtained from the location of the base stations of the network to which the terminal belongs, or from the location related data received from the satellite.

Hereinafter, various services provided in relation to the location information are collectively referred to as "location information providing service". In addition, for convenience of description, the mobile terminal is divided into a first terminal and a second terminal. Of course, two or more mobile terminals may be provided, including the first and second terminals.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 7, the operation of the system for implementing the location information providing service according to the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 7, the first and second terminals 100A and 100B transmit and receive various types of information including location information through the server 700 (a) or transmit location information without passing through the server 700. It is also possible to directly transmit and receive a variety of information including (b).

Therefore, according to (a), the first and second terminals 100A and 100B may use the information of the counterpart terminal received from the server 700 in implementing the location information providing service. In addition, according to (b), the first and second terminals 100A and 100B may use the information immediately received from the counterpart terminal in implementing the location information providing service.

In addition, the second terminal 100B may not only generate location-based information on the first terminal using location information (for example, coordinate information) received from the first terminal 100A, The location-based information generated by the first terminal 100A may be received from the first terminal 100A or the server 700.

In particular, the first and second terminals 100A and 100B may register with the location information providing service in order to transmit and receive mutual location information using the location information providing service, and register the mutual location information through the location information providing service. As terminals to transmit and receive, they can be designated and registered with each other.

Hereinafter, various embodiments will be described with respect to a method for providing location information of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Prior to the description, the location-based information to be described later may include various information related to its own location generated using location information including coordinate information and the like.

In particular, the location-based information may include at least one of administrative address information, point of interest (POI) information, setting name information, and relative location information. Of course, the location-based information may be location information itself including coordinate information and the like.

The administrative address information is hierarchically classified into a major classification zone (e.g., a country) / a first subdivision zone (province, state or metropolitan city) / a second subdivision zone (a city, a district or a county) .... a first subdivision zone ( East, Eup, Myeon or Li) / Second subdivision (Tong, Street, or building name), etc. For example, administrative address information may be selectively generated from the major classification zone to the minor classification zone. In this case, location information for each administrative address information (particularly, coordinate information) may be pre-stored in the memory 160 or may be received from the outside through the wireless communication unit 110.

The POI information may mean name or specific information set for a specific place. For example, the POI information may include names such as "Oh Mart," "Oo Restaurant," "Oo Department Store," or other unusual information such as "Gyeonggi-do Restaurant," "Recommended Data Place," and "Weekend Outing Place." Can be. In this case, the position information for each POI information (particularly, coordinate information) may be pre-stored in the memory 160 or may be received from the outside through the wireless communication unit 110.

The setting name information may mean name or specific information set by a user with respect to a specific place. For example, the setting name information may include "where we met yesterday", "first date", "restaurant", "company", "house", "school" and the like. In this case, the position information for each set name information (particularly, coordinate information) may be pre-stored in the memory 160 or received from the outside through the wireless communication unit 110.

The relative position information may be information based on a movement pattern such as a movement distance, a movement time, a movement speed, a movement direction from one point to another point, or a distance based on a specific point (for example, the position of a specific mobile terminal). The information may mean information based on a relative position such as speed or direction of movement. In this case, the location information (particularly, coordinate information) of the specific mobile terminal may be pre-stored in the memory 160 or may be received from the outside through the wireless communication unit 110.

In addition, the resolution to be described later may mean a rating according to the degree of detail of the location-based information to be provided in providing its location-based information to the counterpart terminal. Alternatively, resolution may mean a rating according to the degree of detail of location based information to be displayed in displaying location based information of another terminal. In addition, the first terminal may set a resolution for each of the plurality of other terminals or in common with at least one other terminal corresponding to a specific condition (for example, within the same group, within a predetermined radius, etc.).

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Hereinafter, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a hierarchical generation method of location-based information and a method of providing location-based information according to the above-described resolution will be described with reference to the drawings. For convenience of description, it is assumed that the mobile terminal described below may optionally include the components shown in FIG. 1.

First, a hierarchical generation method of location-based information according to resolution will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 8 to 9F. Hereinafter, a mobile terminal that generates / provides location based information is referred to as a “first terminal” and another mobile terminal provided with location based information is referred to as a “second terminal”.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating and providing location based information in a first terminal.

As shown in FIG. 8, the first terminal receives location information using the wireless communication unit 110 (S810).

In a reception step S810, the first terminal may receive location information by at least one of a broadcasting system, a mobile communication system, a data communication system, a short range communication system, and a GPS system.

For example, the first terminal uses the broadcast receiving module 111 in the case of a broadcast system, the mobile communication module 112 in the case of a mobile communication system, and the wireless Internet module 113 in the case of a data communication system. In the case of the short range communication system, the short range communication module 114 and the location information module 115 by the GPS system may be used.

Here, the location information is information indicating a location of the first terminal, and may include coordinate information expressed by latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, time, and the like.

In addition, the receiving step S810 may be performed periodically, when the location information is updated, or when there is a request by the location information providing server or the first terminal.

In addition, the controller 180 may receive a location information reception notification signal from the wireless communication unit 110 when the location information is received. Alternatively, the controller 180 may monitor the reception of the position information by the wireless communication unit 110 periodically or at all times. Accordingly, the controller 180 may detect that location information has been received by the wireless communication unit 110.

In addition, the location information received in the reception step S810 may be stored in the memory 160.

The first terminal sets location-based information using the location information received in the reception step S810 (S820). In this case, the first terminal may pre-store the reference information necessary for generating location-based information in the memory 160 or may receive it from the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. In addition, the setting operation of the location-based information may be performed by the controller 180 or by the location information module 115 according to a control signal of the controller 180.

For example, the first terminal, after grasping the coordinate information received in the receiving step (S810), as reference information necessary for generating location-based information, administrative address information, POI information, setting name information, or coordinate information for each relative location information. Coordinate information that matches the identified coordinate information is retrieved. The first terminal may set, as location-based information, administrative address information, POI information, setting name information, or relative location information corresponding to coordinate information matched with the identified coordinate information.

In the setting step S820, the first terminal may set location-based information hierarchically to correspond to a resolution set for the second terminal. Of course, there may be a plurality of second terminals. Here, the set resolution and location based information may be stored in the memory 160. On the other hand, when the resolution level is set highest for the second terminal, the first terminal may set the coordinate information itself as location-based information.

Hereinafter, the resolution setting by the first terminal will be described in detail. The resolution setting may be selected by the user or arbitrarily selected by the first terminal. For convenience of description, it is assumed that the resolution is set from the first to the tenth class, and sets detailed location-based information from the first to the tenth class. On the contrary, detailed location-based information may be set from the tenth grade to the first grade. In addition, the resolution level may be changed by user operation or may be changed from time to time according to the position of the second terminal.

First, the first terminal may set a resolution with respect to the second terminal according to the positional association degree between the first terminal and the second terminal.

For example, the first terminal may set a higher grade resolution as the location association between the second terminal and the second terminal is higher (eg, the smaller the classification of a matching administrative area is). In other words, if the "countries and provinces" match than the "country" only match the location is higher. Of course, the lower the position association, the higher the resolution resolution may be set.

9A to 9F, a resolution setting according to a location association based on administrative address information may be described in more detail. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the higher the position correlation is, the higher the resolution is set.

According to FIG. 9A, when the second terminal is located in a country different from itself, the first terminal may set the first class having the lowest level of detail of the location-based information provided.

Or, according to Figure 9b, the first terminal, if the second terminal is located in the same country or different provinces (including metropolitan or metropolitan), the second terminal with the second lowest degree of detail of the location-based information provided; You can set the rating.

Alternatively, according to FIG. 9C, when the second terminal is located in the same country / state / city or different district as the second terminal, the first terminal may set a third grade having the third lowest level of detail of the location-based information provided. have.

Or, according to Figure 9d, the first terminal, if the second terminal is located in the same country / state / city / district or a different dong, the fourth level of the fourth lowest degree of detail of the location-based information provided Can be set.

Alternatively, according to FIG. 9E, when the second terminal has the same country / state / city / gu / dong or concrete address information (eg, a building name) that is the same as that of the second terminal, The fifth lowest level of detail can be set.

Alternatively, according to FIG. 9F, when the second terminal matches up with the country / province / city / gu / dong and specific address information of the second terminal, the first terminal has a tenth grade having the highest level of detail of the location-based information provided. Can be set.

In addition, although not shown in the drawing, the first terminal may set the resolution according to the position association degree based on the distance to the second terminal.

For example, as the second terminal is located closer to the second terminal, the location-based information provided for the second terminal may set a resolution of a detailed level. On the other hand, on the contrary, the farther away from the self, the location-based information provided may set the resolution of the detailed level.

Next, the first terminal may set the resolution for the second terminal according to the familiarity (to be described later) set in the second terminal. Here, the intimacy may be automatically set in consideration of the degree of call / message transmission and reception between the first terminal and the second terminal, or may be directly designated by the user.

For example, the first terminal, the higher the familiarity set for the second terminal, the location-based information provided for the second terminal can set the resolution of the detailed level. On the other hand, on the other hand, the lower the intimacy, the more location-based information provided may set the resolution of the detailed level.

Next, the first terminal may set a resolution directly input by the user as a resolution for the second terminal. Of course, when at least one second terminal is managed for each group, resolution may be set for each group.

Hereinafter, a process of generating location-based information hierarchically according to a resolution set for the second terminal by the first terminal will be described in detail.

Here, hierarchical generation of location-based information adjusts the degree of providing location-based information (when transmitting location-based information to a second terminal) or display (when receiving location-based information from a second terminal) to correspond to a resolution. It can mean to create.

In the following description, the location-based information is limited to the administrative address information. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the higher the resolution level, the more detailed administrative address information is generated. Thus, administrative address information may be generated hierarchically according to the resolution level.

For example, if the total administrative address information that can be generated using the location information of the first terminal is "Shinil Apartment 10-dong 1004, Yuljeon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea," the location-based location is generated to correspond to the resolution of the second terminal. The information may be as shown in Table 1.

Resolution Administrative Address Information Grade 1 Do not provide 2nd class Republic of Korea 3rd class Gyeonggi-do, South Korea 4th grade Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 5th grade Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 6th grade Yuljeon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 7th grade Sinil Apartment, Yuljeon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 8th grade 10 Sinil Apartments, Yuljeon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 9th grade # 1004, Sinil Apartment, 10, Yuljeon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 10th grade Coordinate information

Meanwhile, when the location-based information of the second terminal is received, the first terminal may hierarchically generate the location-based information of the second terminal to be displayed according to the resolution set for the second terminal according to Table 1. . For example, if the location-based information of the second terminal is "Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea" and the resolution 3 class is set for the second terminal, the first terminal may be displayed as "location-based information of the second terminal to display." Seoul Metropolitan Government ".

Alternatively, for example, a time point (based on a distance of the second terminal from the first terminal) and an update period for providing location-based information according to the resolution of the second terminal may be shown in Table 2. Resolution-specific distances and update periods may be set individually.

Resolution Street Renewal cycle Grade 1 Within 100m radius 5 hours 2nd class Within 500m radius 3 hours 3rd class Within 1km radius 2 hours 4th grade Within 5km radius 1 hours 5th grade Within 10 km radius 30 minutes 6th grade Within 20 km radius 20 minutes 7th grade Within 50km radius 10 minutes 8th grade Within 100km radius 5 minutes 9th grade Within 500 km radius 1 minute 10th grade Within all radius real time

As shown in Table 1 and Table 2, 10 second terminals corresponding to each of the first to the tenth class are selectively set or the first to the tenth class exist for one second terminal. You may assume.

In operation S830, the first terminal transmits location-based information hierarchically generated by the controller 180 or the location information module 115 to the second terminal through the wireless communication unit 110.

As described above in the reception step S810, the first terminal uses the broadcast reception module 111 in the case of a broadcast system, the mobile communication module 112 in the case of a mobile communication system, and the radio in the case of a data communication system. The Internet module 113 may transmit location-based information to the second terminal using the local area communication module 114 by the local area communication system and the location information module 115 by the GPS system.

In addition, the transmitting step (S830) may be performed when the registration request of the location information providing service to the second terminal. This will be described in detail below.

Alternatively, the transmitting step S830 may be performed when the second terminal is connected to the location information providing service. This will also be described in detail below.

Hereinafter, a method of providing location information when registering a location information providing service will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 14D. Here, registration may mean registration as a terminal for transmitting / receiving mutual location information through a location information providing service or a registration in a location information providing service.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a registration process of a location information providing service in a first terminal.

As shown in FIG. 10, the first terminal stores identification information about the first terminal (S1010).

In the storing step S1010, the first terminal may store its identification information in the memory 160 or register and store it in the server.

Here, the identification information is information for identifying the first terminal or the first terminal user in using the location information providing service, and includes a terminal serial number and an international mobile equipement identity; IMEI '), a user ID and password subscribed to the location information providing service, a name registered to the location information providing service, a terminal phone number, a subscriber email address, and a subscriber homepage address. Therefore, the server may authenticate the authority to use the location information providing service of the first terminal by using the identification information about the first terminal. Alternatively, the other terminal may identify that the first terminal has requested the location information providing service to the first terminal using identification information about the first terminal received from the first terminal or the server.

The first terminal requests registration of the location information providing service to the second terminal through the wireless communication unit 110 (S1020). For example, in the case of the mobile communication module 112, the registration request may be performed using a messaging service such as a short message service (SMS) or a multimedia messaging system (MMS). Of course, the request step (S1020), as well as the above-described messaging service, can be performed using any system that can transmit and receive data between the terminals.

The first terminal may perform the request step S1020 through the server, or may perform the request step S1020 with respect to the second terminal immediately without going through the server. In some cases, even if registration is not requested by the first terminal, registration of the location information providing service may be requested to at least one terminal arbitrarily selected by the server. In this case, the registration request process by the first terminal may not be necessary.

In the request step (S1020), identification information or location based information on the first terminal may be transmitted to the second terminal. This is to inform the second terminal of the terminal requesting the location information providing service and its location.

Prior to performing the request step S1020, the first terminal may hierarchically generate location-based information to be transmitted in the request step S1020 according to a resolution set for the second terminal that is the target of the registration request.

Alternatively, prior to the execution of the request step S1020, the first terminal designates the type and the degree of providing the identification information or the location-based information to be transmitted in the request step S1020 among the entire identification information or the location-based information related to the first terminal. Can be.

Alternatively, the degree of providing location-based information may be different according to the familiarity set for the second terminal. For example, if the intimacy is high, the coordinate information (which is the basic information for generating all the above-described location information) can be transmitted as it is, but if the intimacy is low, the distance information (for example, the first terminal is Only within a radius of 5 km of the second terminal).

When the registration of the location information providing service is approved by the second terminal, the first terminal registers the second terminal as a target terminal of the location information providing service (S1030 and S1040).

The first terminal may be provided with whether the registration of the location information providing service has been approved by the second terminal from the server or the second terminal through the wireless communication unit 110. When the registration of the location information providing service is approved by the second terminal, the first terminal, the second terminal, or the server may register the first and second terminals as target terminals of the location information providing service. The target terminal information of the location information providing service may be stored in the memory 160 of the first and second terminals or may be stored and managed in a server.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a registration process of a location information providing service in a second terminal.

As illustrated in FIG. 11, the second terminal receives a request for registration of a location information providing service from the first terminal or the server through the wireless communication unit 110 (S1110).

In operation S1120, the second terminal receives identification information or location-based information about the first terminal from the first terminal or the server.

The request and reception steps S1110 and S1120 may be performed by using a messaging service such as SMS or MMS. Of course, the request and reception step (S1110, S1120), as well as the above-described messaging service, can be performed using any system that can transmit and receive data between the terminals.

When the registration of the location information providing service is approved by the second terminal, the second terminal is registered as a target terminal of the location information providing service of the first terminal (S1130 and S1140). In this case, the first terminal, the second terminal, or the server may register the first and second terminals as target terminals of the location information providing service.

12 is a state diagram of a first embodiment showing a registration process of a location information providing service.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, the first terminal may select at least one target terminal to request registration of a location information providing service according to a user's selection. Here, the user can directly input the telephone number of the target terminal, or select the target terminal by searching the telephone number stored in the telephone book or a name set therein. Alternatively, the user may select at least one terminal in which a resolution level of a certain level or more (or less) is set.

In FIG. 12, the first terminal requests registration of the location information providing service to terminals corresponding to "011-111-1111", "Pullback", and "Hee-hee".

13A to 13D are state diagrams illustrating a registration process of a location information providing service.

As shown in FIG. 13A, the first terminal displays a phrase asking whether to request registration of a location information providing service on a screen (a).

When the request ("Yes") is selected in the state (a), the first terminal displays a list of selection conditions of the terminal (hereinafter, 'registration request terminal') requesting registration of the location information providing service (b).

The selection condition list displayed in the state (b) may include a street, a place, a phone book, and a street / place / phone book.

When the distance is selected from the selection condition list, the first terminal may display the screen illustrated in FIG. 13B. As shown in FIG. 13B, the first terminal may select terminals located within a predetermined radius from the first terminal as a registration request terminal. Here, the predetermined distance may be input directly by the user using the numeric keys or the direction keys, or may be selected and input from a list consisting of settable radii.

In addition, when a place is selected from the selection condition list, the first terminal may display the screen illustrated in FIG. 13C. As illustrated in FIG. 13C, the first terminal may select terminals located at a specific place as a registration request terminal. Here, the user may directly input a specific place (eg, “Gangnam Station Exit 7”) through an input window, or may select and input from a place list.

In addition, when the phone book is selected from the selection condition list, the first terminal may display the screen shown in FIG. 13D. As shown in (a) of FIG. 13D, the first terminal may select, as a registration request terminal, a terminal corresponding to each of at least one selected name from a list of names registered in telephone numbers stored in the first terminal. . Alternatively, as illustrated in (b) of FIG. 13D, when the phone numbers stored in the first terminal are managed for each group, the first terminal may include at least one selected from a list of names set in phone numbers belonging to a specific group. A terminal corresponding to each name may be selected as a registration request terminal.

14A to 14C are state diagrams illustrating a registration process of a location information providing service.

As shown in FIG. 14A, when the second terminal receives a registration request for the location information providing service from the first terminal, the second terminal may display identification information of the first terminal, for example, a display of the telephone number "019-123-4567". Together with "019-123-4567" is displayed that the request to register the location information providing service.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 14B, when the second terminal receives a registration request for the location information providing service from the first terminal, if the second terminal stores "Yoon Ho" as a name for the first terminal, It displays that the current location based on the place (for example, near Gangnam Station exit 7) and "Yon Ho" has been requested to register the location information providing service.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 14C, when the second terminal receives the registration request for the location information providing service from the first terminal, if the second terminal stores "Jeong Yunho" as a name for the first terminal, It displays that the current location based on the distance (for example, within a radius of 1km from the second terminal) and the registration request of the location information providing service from "Jung Yoon Ho".

14A to 14C, the second terminal displays a window for selecting whether to approve the registration request of the location information providing service in one area of the screen. The second terminal informs the first terminal or server that the registration of the location information providing service has been approved when "approve" is selected through the displayed window, and informs that the registration has been rejected when "deny" is selected.

15A to 15D are state diagrams illustrating a registration process of a location information providing service.

As shown in FIG. 15A, when the second terminal receives a registration request of the location information providing service from the first terminal, the second terminal may display identification information of the first terminal, for example, a display of a telephone number "019-123-4567". Together with "019-123-4567" is displayed that the request to register the location information providing service. In this case, the second terminal displays a window for selecting whether to approve the registration request of the location information providing service in one area of the screen.

Hereinafter, the screen state when "approval" is selected through the displayed window will be described.

As shown in FIG. 15B, the second terminal has approached the location-based information based on the distance of “019-123-4567” (corresponding to the relative position information described above) within a radius of 1 km from the second terminal. Can be displayed.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 15C, the second terminal is located near the exit 7 of Gangnam Station as location information (corresponding to the administrative address information described above) based on the location of “019-123-4567”. Can be displayed.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 15D, the second terminal is location information based on a distance of “019-123-4567” (corresponding to a mixture of relative location information and administrative address information described above), and Gangnam Station 7 It may be displayed that the vehicle is approached within a radius of 1 km from exit 1.

The second terminals mentioned in the above-mentioned 14a to 14c and 15a to 15d may be respective terminals for displaying the screens shown in the respective drawings, and the screens shown in all the drawings may be displayed according to the situation. It may be one terminal that exists.

Next, a method of providing location information when accessing the location information providing service will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 to 27C. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the description will be limited to the first terminal and the second terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals connected to the location information providing service.

16 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing location information in a first terminal.

As illustrated in FIG. 16, the first terminal accesses a location information providing service through the wireless communication unit 110 (S1610). For example, when the location information providing service is a service implemented on the Internet, the first terminal may access the location information providing service through the wireless Internet module 113.

The access step S1610 may be performed as a function key provided for accessing the location information providing service is selected by the user. Or, when there is a preset connection point or connection location by the user, the first terminal, if it is recognized by the controller 180 to satisfy the preset connection point or located in the connection place, the connection step (S1610) You can also do

When the access step (S1610) is completed, the first terminal, via the display module 151, can simply display the identification information or location-based information of the terminals currently connected to the location information providing service, in particular the access The display may be displayed according to at least one group to which the terminals belong.

The first terminal stores the identification information of the first terminal in the memory 160 or the server (S1620).

Here, the identification information may be stored in advance at the time of registering for registration of the location information providing service or at any use time of the location information providing service. Therefore, the storing step S1620 may be omitted in some cases.

The first terminal transmits identification information or location-based information of the first terminal to the server or the second terminal through the wireless communication unit 110 (S1630). In this case, the server may transmit the identification information or the location-based information received from the first terminal to the second terminal.

For example, the location-based information transmitted in the transmission step S1630 may be in a hierarchically generated form corresponding to the resolution set for the second terminal.

The first terminal may select at least one mobile terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a location information receiving terminal) to receive the location-based information transmitted in the transmission step S1630. Of course, the location information receiving terminal may be any terminal registered to perform the location information providing service with the first terminal without undergoing a separate selection process.

18A to 18D, the selection process will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 18A, the first terminal displays a list consisting of selection conditions of the mobile terminal to receive location based information. Here, the selection condition list may include selection conditions such as distance, place name, group, and the like.

18B illustrates a case where a distance is selected in the selection condition list.

As illustrated in (a) of FIG. 18B, the first terminal may select mobile terminals located within a predetermined radius from the first terminal as the location information receiving terminal. Alternatively, as shown in (b) of FIG. 18B, the first terminal may select mobile terminals located within a predetermined radius from a specific place as the location information receiving terminal.

18C illustrates a case where a place is selected from the selection condition list.

As shown in (a) of FIG. 18C, the first terminal inputs an administrative address (for example, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea) corresponding to a specific place in the place input window. All mobile terminals located in the administrative address can be selected. Alternatively, as shown in (b) of FIG. 18C, the first terminal selects a specific administrative address (eg, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) using the address list, and thus selects the selected administrative address as the location information receiving terminal. All mobile terminals located at can be selected. Here, the address list is based on the administrative district, and includes a plurality of groups in which "do / gu / gwangsi" is the first group, "city / gun / gu" is the second group, "dong" is the third group, and the like. It may be displayed as star.

18D illustrates a case where a group is selected from the selection condition list.

As illustrated in (a) of FIG. 18D, when a specific group is selected from the plurality of groups, the first terminal may select mobile terminals belonging to the selected specific group as the location information receiving terminal. In this case, the specific group may be selected by selecting an index for a specific group among the indices for each of the plurality of groups. Here, the group may be set for each of a plurality of mobile terminals registered in the location information providing service, or may be set in association with a phone book group of the first terminal. Alternatively, as shown in (b) of FIG. 18D, the first terminal may be a mobile terminal in a connected state (“on”), a mobile terminal in a non-connected state (“off”), or connected / disabled as a location information receiving terminal. One of the mobile terminals in the connected (“on / off”) state may be selected. In this case, the first terminal may display an index indicating a connected state (“on”), a non-connected state (“off”), and a connected / disconnected (“on / off”) state, respectively.

In addition, although not shown in the drawing, the first terminal may select a desired terminal from among all terminals registered to mutually perform the location information providing service as the location information receiving terminal.

In addition, although not shown in the drawings, the first terminal is located in the "province / city / metropolitan city" like me, "city / county / district" like me, "dong" like me, and the like, centering on the administrative area where it is located. It is also possible to select a mobile terminal. At this time, the "state / city / Metropolitan City", such as "city / county / district", such as me, "dong", such as me, may be displayed on the screen to form a list in order to facilitate the selection by the user have.

The first terminal may differently set location-based information to be transmitted in the transmission step S1630 for each mobile terminal or a group to which at least one mobile terminal belongs.

19, the setting process will be described in detail.

As illustrated in FIG. 19, the first terminal may set location based information to be provided for each mobile terminal or each group, and displays a list for selecting location based information. Here, the list may include coordinate information, POI information, administrative address information, setting name information, relative location information, and the like.

For example, the first terminal may be configured to provide detailed location information about itself as the intimacy is higher and to provide only rough location information about itself as the intimacy is lower according to intimacy with the first terminal. In this regard, it has been described above that resolution can be set according to intimacy.

In addition, the first terminal may set location-based information directly selected by the user as location-based information to be provided.

First, when "coordinate information" is selected from the list, the first terminal may set to provide coordinate information including longitude, latitude, altitude, time, speed, etc. of its own location point. Therefore, the second terminal can generate all the location based information on the first terminal using the coordinate information. For example, the first terminal may be set to provide coordinate information to the mobile terminal having the highest intimacy.

Next, when "POI information" is selected from the list, the first terminal may be set to provide POI information of a point where the first terminal is located. In some cases, the POI information and the corresponding coordinate information or administrative address information may be provided.

Next, when "administrative address information" is selected from the list, the first terminal may be set to provide an administrative address based on the administrative area where the first terminal is located. For example, the first terminal, according to intimacy, has the highest address in the administrative area from the detailed address (for example, 10 dong 1004, Sinil Apartment 10, Yuljeon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea). For example, the Republic of Korea may be set to provide. In some cases, it may be set to provide the coordinate information or POI information corresponding to the administrative address information.

Next, when "setting name information" is selected from the list, the first terminal may be set to provide name information (eg, school, company, library, etc.) set for the point where the first terminal is located. In some cases, the setting name information and the corresponding coordinate information, POI information or administrative address information may be provided.

Finally, when " relative location information " is selected from the list, the first terminal provides relative location information of the first terminal, for example, distance, speed and direction, based on the mobile terminal to receive the location based information. Can be set to

17 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving and displaying location based information in a second terminal.

As illustrated in FIG. 17, the second terminal accesses the location information providing service through the wireless communication unit 110 (S1710).

Since the connection step S1710 is the same as the connection step S1610 of FIG. 16, a detailed description thereof will be omitted below.

The second terminal receives identification information or location-based information about the first terminal from the server or the first terminal through the wireless communication unit 110 (S1720).

The second terminal may select at least one mobile terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a location information transmitting terminal) to transmit the location-based information received in the reception step S1720. Of course, the location information transmitting terminal may be any terminal registered to perform the location information providing service with the second terminal without a separate selection process.

A selection process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 20A to 20F.

As shown in FIG. 20A, the second terminal displays a list including selection conditions of the mobile terminal to transmit location-based information on the display unit 151. Here, the selection condition list may include selection conditions such as individual selection, selection by distance, selection by place, and selection by group.

20B shows a case where individual selection is selected from a selection condition list.

As shown in FIG. 20B, the second terminal may select a desired mobile terminal among all terminals registered to mutually perform the location information providing service with the second terminal. In this case, the second terminal may display a list of all terminals registered to mutually perform the location information providing service with the second terminal in order to facilitate the selection by the user.

20C illustrates the case where selection by distance is selected from the selection condition list.

As shown in (a) of FIG. 20C, the second terminal may select mobile terminals located within a predetermined radius (eg, 5 km) from the location information transmitting terminal. Alternatively, the second terminal, as shown in (b) of FIG. 20C, is a location information transmitting terminal, and the mobile terminals located within a predetermined radius (for example, 1 km) from a specific place (for example, Gangnam station). You can also choose.

20D and 20E show the case where selection by place is selected from the selection condition list.

As illustrated in FIG. 20D, the second terminal selects an upper administrative region (for example, Seoul) from the first address list and uses a list of addresses based on the administrative region, and then, differs from the second address list. A first sub-administrative area (eg, Gangnam-gu) belonging to the administrative area may be selected, and a second sub-administrative area (eg, Yeoksam-dong) belonging to the first sub-administrative area may be selected from the third address list (a , b). Accordingly, the second terminal, as the location information transmitting terminal, may select all mobile terminals located in a place corresponding to the upper administrative zone, the first lower administrative zone, and the second lower administrative zone (for example, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul). .

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 20E, the second terminal inputs an administrative address corresponding to a specific place (eg, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) as the location information transmitting terminal as shown in FIG. 20E. It is also possible to select all mobile terminals located at.

20F shows the case where selection by group is selected from the selection condition list.

As illustrated in FIG. 20F, when a specific group is selected from among a plurality of groups, the second terminal may select mobile terminals belonging to the selected specific group as the location information transmitting terminal. In this case, a specific group may be selected by selecting an index for a specific group among the indices for each of the plurality of groups, and a plurality of groups may be selected.

Although not shown in the figure, the second terminal is a location information transmitting terminal, which is a mobile terminal in a connected state ("on"), a mobile terminal in a non-connected state ("off"), and a connected / disconnected ("on" / off ") state can select any one of the mobile terminal. In this case, the second terminal may display an index indicating a connected state (“on”), a non-connected state (“off”), and a connected / disconnected (“on / off”) state, respectively.

In addition, although not shown in the drawings, the second terminal is a location information transmitting terminal, which is the same as the " province / city / region " It is also possible to select a mobile terminal located in the same "dong".

Returning to FIG. 17, the second terminal displays various information according to the location information providing service using the identification information or the location-based information received in the reception step S1720 (S1730).

The second terminal may set location information to be displayed in the display operation S1730 for each mobile terminal or a group to which at least one mobile terminal belongs.

A setting process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 21.

As shown in FIG. 21, the second terminal can set the display degree of the location information for each mobile terminal or each group, and displays a list for selecting the display degree of the location information. Here, the list may include administrative address information, POI information, setting name information, relative location information, and the like.

In general, the second terminal may be configured to display detailed location-based information as the intimacy is higher according to intimacy with the location information transmitting terminal, and may be configured to display rough location-based information as the intimacy is low. On the other hand, the user may directly select the degree of position information display.

First, when "administrative address information" is selected from the list, the second terminal can be set to display the administrative address based on the administrative address information of the location information transmitting terminal. For example, the second terminal may be set to display a rough administrative address (for example, Gyeonggi-do) from the entire administrative address (for example, 10 dong 1004, Sinil Apartment, Yuljeon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do) in order of intimacy. have.

Next, when "POI information" is selected from the list, the second terminal can be set to display the POI information of the location information transmitting terminal. For example, as the POI information, "delicious", "recommended shop", "date spot" and the like may be displayed.

Next, when " setting name information " is selected from the list, the second terminal can be set to display name information (for example, school, company, library, etc.) set for the point where the location information transmitting terminal is located. For example, when the setting name information for the coordinate information or the administration address information exists in the second terminal, the second terminal receives the coordinate information or the administration address information from the location information transmitting terminal, and corresponds to the setting name information. Can be displayed.

The display step S1730 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 22A to 27C. For convenience of description, it is assumed that the second terminal sets the name "Jane" for the first terminal, or that the first terminal uses the name "Jane" when using the location information providing service.

22A and 22B are state diagrams indicating that the first terminal has connected to the location information providing service.

First, as illustrated in FIG. 22A, when the phone number of the first terminal is “019-234-5678”, the second terminal may display a message indicating that “019-234-5678” has logged in. have. Of course, not only the telephone number but also the identification information for identifying the first terminal may be displayed.

Next, as illustrated in FIG. 22B, when the name “Jane” is set for the first terminal, the second terminal may display a phrase indicating that “Jane” has logged in.

23A to 23D are state diagrams displaying administrative address information in accordance with intimacy with the first terminal.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the entire administrative address information of the first terminal is "100 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul". It is also assumed that levels 1 to 4 can be set in the order of low intimacy. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the higher the familiarity, the more detailed administrative address information is displayed.

First, as illustrated in FIG. 23A, when the intimacy with the first terminal is level 1, the second terminal may display the phrase “Jane” has logged in in Seoul.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 23B, when the intimacy with the first terminal is level 2, the second terminal may display the phrase “Jane” has logged in in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 23C, when the intimacy with the first terminal is level 3, the second terminal may display the phrase “Jane” has logged in at Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 23D, when the intimacy with the first terminal is level 4, the second terminal may display the phrase “Jane” logged in at 100 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

24A and 24B are state diagrams displaying relative position information based on the distance of the first terminal.

As shown in FIG. 24A, when it is determined that the first terminal is located within 10 km of the second terminal, the second terminal may display the phrase “Jane” has logged in within 10 km.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 24B, when it is determined that the first terminal is located within 5 km from a specific point, for example, Gangnam station, the second terminal may display the phrase “Jane” has logged in within 5 km. have.

25 is a state diagram of displaying location-based information of a first terminal using a map image.

As shown in (a), when the first terminal logs in at a specific place, for example, Gangwon-do, the second terminal displays "Jane" in Gangwon-do, displaying a map image showing the location of the first terminal. Display a phrase indicating that it has been done. For example, according to a resolution set for the first terminal, more specific administrative address information (for example, Wonju, Gangwon-do) or more general administrative address information (for example, Korea) may be displayed.

As shown in (b), the second terminal zooms in on the map image to a reference scale and displays the position of the first terminal on the zoomed in map image to be enlarged. For example, according to the resolution set for the first terminal, when the resolution level is greater than or equal to a certain level, the user may zoom in to a larger scale than the reference scale, or when the resolution level is less than the predetermined level, the user may zoom in to a smaller scale than the reference scale.

And, as shown in (c), the second terminal zooms out the map image and continuously displays the position of the first terminal on the zoomed out map image.

26A to 26E are state diagrams showing location based information according to a regional correlation with a first terminal. For convenience of description, the current position of the second terminal will be described on the assumption that "Shinil APT 10-dong 1004, Yuljeon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do".

Here, the regional correlation means the degree of agreement of administrative address information. For example, the higher the regional correlation, the more detailed administrative address information may match, and the lower, the rougher administrative address information may match.

As shown in FIG. 26A, when the current administrative address of the first terminal is "New York USA", the second terminal recognizes that the first terminal is currently located in a different country "United States" than itself, and "Jane". You can display a phrase that says you are logged in from the United States.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 26B, when the current administrative address of the first terminal is "Geumcheon-gu, Seoul", the second terminal is located in the "Seoul" which is different from the current terminal. Can be displayed, and the phrase "Jane" logged in from Seoul can be displayed.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 26C, when the current administrative address of the first terminal is “Woowon-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do,” the second terminal recognizes that the first terminal is located in a different “winding sphere” than the current one. You can display a phrase that says "Jane" is logged in the winding.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 26D, when the current administrative address of the first terminal is "Chuncheon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do," the second terminal may determine that the first terminal is located in another "Cheoncheon-dong" that is different from the current one. , "Jane" may display a phrase indicating that you logged in in Cheoncheon-dong.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 26E, when the current administrative address of the first terminal is "Yuljeon Middle School, Yuljeon Middle School, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do," the second terminal is located in a building "Yuljeon Middle School" which is different from the current terminal. And the phrase indicating that "Jane" logged in Yuljeon Middle School can be displayed.

Of course, in FIGS. 26A-26E, the second terminal may display specific administrative addresses below, including an administrative address different from the first terminal, according to the familiarity or resolution set for the first terminal.

In addition, although not shown in the drawings, in FIGS. 26A to 26E, the second terminal may also display the corresponding administrative address.

27A to 27C are state diagrams of displaying location based information according to the location information providing type. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the current administrative address information of the first terminal is "459-9, Gasan-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul", and the place name set therein is "company".

As shown in Fig. 27A, the first terminal displays a window for selecting one of the positional information providing type of automatic substitution transmission and manual substitution transmission. Here, the automatic substitution transmission is for transmitting the location-based information of the first terminal to other mobile terminals, and transmitting the true location-based information and / or the place name set therein, the manual substitution transmission is a virtual location-based It may mean transmitting information and / or a place name set therein.

For example, if automatic substitution transmission is selected, the first terminal will transmit its own location based information and / or place name set therein. On the other hand, when manual substitution transmission is selected, the first terminal transmits the location-based information and / or the location name set in advance or inputted / selected by the user.

Alternatively, the first terminal may set automatic substitution transmission when the intimacy is high and manual substitution transmission when the intimacy is low according to intimacy with the second terminal. This is because the higher the intimacy, the higher the need for providing true location-based information.

When automatic substitution transmission is selected by the first terminal, the second terminal, as shown in Fig. 27B, receives the true administrative address information "459-9, Gesan-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul" and the place name "company" set therefrom from the first terminal. Upon receiving the message, the phrase indicating that the first terminal has logged in at the "company" may be displayed.

Or, if manual substitution transmission is selected by the first terminal, the second terminal, as shown in Fig. 27C, the virtual administrative address information "Gangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do" and the place name "library" set therefrom from the first terminal. Received, the first terminal may display a phrase indicating that the login in the "library". As described above, the administration address information transmitted in the manual substitution transmission and the place name set therein may refer to virtual location-based information selected / generated according to the user's intention, not the actual location information of the first terminal.

27B and 27C, when the place name corresponding to the administrative address information received from the first terminal is set in advance, the second terminal may display the set place name.

2nd Example -

Hereinafter, a method of providing location information according to a location information providing service connection according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Herein, it is assumed that the mobile terminal according to the present invention is contracted with at least one mobile terminal to transmit and receive mutual location-based information through the location information providing service.

28 is a flowchart illustrating a location information providing process according to a location information providing service connection.

As illustrated in FIG. 28, the mobile terminal selects at least one mobile terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a location information providing terminal) to receive location information according to an operation of the user input unit 130 by a user (S2810). ).

Here, the location information may be coordinate information itself indicating the location of the location information providing terminal or location-based information generated using the coordinate information. In this case, the location-based information may be set by a location information providing terminal or a server (to be described later). In addition, if the location information providing terminal is setting resolution for the mobile terminal, the location-based information may be hierarchically generated to correspond to the resolution set for the mobile terminal.

The location information providing terminal selected in the selection step S2810 is connected to the location information providing service among mobile terminals registered to the location information providing service or mobile terminals registered to provide location information among them. And / or mobile terminals that are off.

In particular, when a resolution for the location information providing terminal is set, the mobile terminal may select at least one location information providing terminal for each resolution class. For example, a location information providing terminal in which a resolution of a specific grade, a specific grade, or a specific grade is set may be selected.

The selection step S2810 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 29A to 29G.

As illustrated in FIG. 29A, the mobile terminal displays a list of conditions for selecting a location information providing terminal on the screen through the display unit 151.

For example, the condition list may include a street, a group, a place, and the like.

Hereinafter, the selection process of the location information providing terminal for each condition will be described in detail.

29B is a screen state diagram of a selection process based on a distance from a mobile terminal.

As illustrated in (a) of FIG. 29B, when a distance is selected from the condition list, the mobile terminal may display a list for each distance from the mobile terminal on the screen. For example, when "within 2 km from me" is selected from the list by distance, the first terminal may select all mobile terminals located within 2 km from the mobile terminal as the location information providing terminal.

Alternatively, as shown in (a) of FIG. 29B, when a distance is selected from the condition list, when a specific distance is input from the user through the distance input window, the mobile terminal is located from mobile terminals located within the input specific distance. A phrase may be displayed indicating that the information will be received. For example, when the inputted specific distance is 1 km, the mobile terminal may select all mobile terminals located within 1 km from the mobile terminal.

29C is a screen state diagram of a selection process based on a distance from a specific place.

As illustrated in (a) or (b) of FIG. 29C, when a distance is selected from a condition list, the mobile terminal may select a specific place that is a reference of the distance. More specifically, the mobile terminal can select a specific place corresponding to the address input from the user through the address input window as shown in (a) of FIG. 29C. Alternatively, the mobile terminal may select a specific place corresponding to the selected address using the address list as shown in FIG. 29C (b).

For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the specific place selected in (a) or (b) of FIG. 29C is "Gangnam Station".

As illustrated in (c) of FIG. 29C, the mobile terminal may display a distance-specific list from the Gangnam station on the screen. For example, when "within 2 km from Gangnam station" is selected from the list by distance, the mobile terminal may select all mobile terminals located within 2 km from Gangnam station as the location information providing terminal.

Alternatively, as illustrated in (d) of FIG. 29C, when a specific distance is input from the user through the distance input window, the mobile terminal will receive location information from mobile terminals located within the inputted specific distance from Gangnam Station. Informing phrases can be displayed. For example, when the specific distance input is 1 km, the mobile terminal may select all mobile terminals located within 1 km from Gangnam Station.

29D is a screen state diagram of a selection process based on a distance from a specific mobile terminal.

As shown in (a) of FIG. 29D, when the distance is selected from the condition list, the mobile terminal displays a list of at least one mobile terminal that has been agreed to provide mutual location information through the location information providing service. Can be displayed. In this case, the mobile terminal may display the list of mobile terminals by using at least one of a name registered in the location information providing service, a phone number, and a name set in a phone number stored in the mobile terminal.

For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that "withdrawal" is selected from the mobile terminal list displayed in (a) of FIG. 29D.

As illustrated in (b) of FIG. 29D, the mobile terminal may display a list for each distance from the withdrawal on the screen. For example, when "within 2 km from the withdrawal" is selected from the list by distance, the mobile terminal may select all mobile terminals located within 2 km from the withdrawal as the location information providing terminal.

Alternatively, as shown in (c) of FIG. 29D, when a specific distance is input from the user through the distance input window, the mobile terminal will receive location information from mobile terminals located within the inputted specific distance from the withdrawal. Informing phrases can be displayed. For example, when the inputted specific distance is 1 km, the mobile terminal may select all mobile terminals located within 1 km from the withdrawal.

29E is a screen state diagram of a selection process based on a group set by a mobile terminal.

As illustrated in FIG. 29E, the mobile terminal may display a group-specific list on the screen. The mobile terminal is a location information providing terminal and may select mobile terminals belonging to a group selected from a group-specific list.

Here, the group refers to a specific category to which each of the at least one mobile terminal contracted to provide mutual location information through the location information providing service belongs, and may be set by the user or preset in the mobile terminal. Alternatively, in the group setting, the mobile terminal may reflect the group set on the phone book when the group on the phone book is linked with the group on the location information providing service.

In addition, the mobile terminal may display information on the currently active group in the group-specific list. For example, when the group "friend" is activated, the mobile terminal, in the lower area of the screen, a phrase indicating that two of a total of 8 mobile terminals belonging to the group "friend" within a certain distance (for example, 5km) is located. ("within 5 km: 2, total: 8) can be displayed.

In addition, when the "option" area is activated by using a soft key, the mobile terminal performs an operation such as adding a group and / or deleting a group, and when the "edit" area is activated by using a soft key, a group edit is performed. You can perform the operation.

29F is a screen state diagram of a selection process based on a location where a mobile terminal is located.

As illustrated in FIG. 29F, when a place is selected from the condition list, the mobile terminal may display a place list based on a local correlation with the mobile terminal. Here, the list of places may include the same country as me, the same city as my city, the same city as my city, my city, my city, my same city, and my same building. For example, when "dong like me" is selected from the place list, the mobile terminal may select mobile terminals located in the same town as the location information providing terminal.

29G is a screen state diagram of a selection process based on a specific place input to a mobile terminal.

As illustrated in FIG. 29G, the mobile terminal, as the location information providing terminal, may select mobile terminals located at a specific administrative address selected using an address list.

Returning to FIG. 28, the mobile terminal selects a mode for displaying location based information on the location information providing terminal selected in the selection step S2810 (hereinafter, referred to as a display mode) (S2820). Here, the selection step S2820 may be performed according to the operation of the user input unit 130 by the user or may be arbitrarily performed by the mobile terminal.

As illustrated in FIG. 30, the mobile terminal may display a display mode list composed of display modes selectable through the display unit 151 to assist the user in selecting a display mode. Therefore, the user can select a desired display mode from the display mode list shown in FIG.

For example, the display mode may include a basic mode, an information providing mode, a map mode, a mixed mode, and the like. Each display mode will be described in more detail below.

The mobile terminal receives the location information from the location information providing terminal selected in the selection step S2820 using the wireless communication unit 110 (S2830).

For example, the mobile terminal uses the mobile communication module 112 to receive the location information through the broadcast network and the mobile communication module 112 to receive the location information through the mobile communication network. The wireless Internet module 113 may be used to receive location information through the local area network, and the local area communication module 114 may be used to receive location information through the local area network.

The mobile terminal may also receive location information of the location information providing terminal from the server. Here, the server refers to a server that manages location information of at least one mobile terminal registered in the location information providing service. Accordingly, the server may receive, store, and / or manage the location information from the location information providing terminal, and transmit the location information to a specific mobile terminal.

Meanwhile, in some cases, the reception step S2830 may be performed before the display mode selection step S2820.

The mobile terminal sets location based information on the location information providing terminal by using the location information received in the reception step S2830 (S2840). Meanwhile, when location-based information is received in the reception step S2830, the setting step S2840 may be omitted or new location-based information may be set using the received location-based information.

In particular, when the resolution is set for the location information providing terminal, the mobile terminal may hierarchically set location-based information to correspond to the set resolution. For example, assuming that the higher the resolution level is set to provide detailed location-based information, the mobile terminal may set more detailed location-based information as the higher resolution level is set as described in Table 1.

Here, the location-based information may include at least one of absolute information based on an absolute position of a location information providing terminal, relative information based on a relative position between a mobile terminal and a location information providing terminal, cumulative information according to the accumulation of the absolute information, and the relative information. It may include one. For example, the absolute information may include administrative address information, POI information, setting name information, or region information of a location where the location information providing terminal is located. The counterpart information may include distance from the location information providing terminal, traffic condition information, and the like from the self. The cumulative information may include a moving direction, a moving speed, and the like of the location information providing terminal based on its location.

In addition, when it is determined that the location of the location information providing terminal is changed, the mobile terminal may set location based information on the changed location. For example, if the coordinate information previously received and stored is different from the currently received coordinate information, the mobile terminal may determine that the position of the location information providing terminal is changed. The mobile terminal may set new location-based information using the currently received coordinate information.

The mobile terminal displays, based on the display unit 151, location-based information received in the reception step S2830 according to the display mode selected in the selection step S2820 (S2850).

The display step S2850 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 31A to 35. For convenience of description, it is assumed that mobile terminals belonging to a specific group are selected as the location information providing terminal.

31A and 31B are screen state diagrams of a process of displaying location information according to a basic mode. Here, the basic mode refers to a mode for displaying basic location-based information on the location information providing terminals. E.g. The basic location-based information may include distance information, direction information, speed information, and the like. In addition, it is assumed that "friend" is selected from the plurality of groups for convenience of description.

First, as shown in FIGS. 31A and 31B, the mobile terminal moves to the basic location-based information of the location information providing terminal corresponding to each name while displaying names set for each of the mobile terminals belonging to the group "Friends". The distance from the terminal, and the moving direction and the moving speed with respect to the mobile terminal can be displayed.

For example, "◀◀" indicates that the user is rapidly moving away from the mobile terminal, "←" indicates that the user is moving away from the mobile terminal, "-" indicates that there is almost no movement, and "→" indicates that the mobile terminal is not moving. Indicates that it is getting close to, and " ▶▶ " indicates that it is getting closer to the mobile terminal.

Further, the "car icon going to the left" indicates that the user is moving away from the mobile terminal at 30 km / h or more, and the "bus icon going to the left" is moving away from the mobile terminal at 20 km / h or more and less than 30 km / h. The "left person icon" may indicate that the user is moving away from the mobile terminal at less than 5 km / h to 20 km / h. "Stander icon" indicates movement speed or stop below 5km / h, "Walker icon to the right" indicates closer to mobile terminal from 5km / h to less than 20km / h, and "going right" The bus icon "indicates that the mobile terminal is approaching the mobile terminal at 20 km / h or more and less than 30 km / h, and the" car icon going to the right "may be approaching the mobile terminal at 30 km / h or more.

In addition, the number displayed in the ellipse represents the distance from the mobile terminal to the location information providing terminal corresponding to each name. On the other hand, "L" in the ellipse indicates that the location information providing terminal is located outside a certain distance, and no indication in the ellipse indicates that the location of the location information providing terminal is not understood. Meanwhile, the distance of the location information providing terminal may be represented using the color of the ellipse.

31A and 31B, the icons may be pre-stored in the mobile terminal. The distance, icon, speed, color, font, etc. for each icon may be set by the user or by default by the mobile terminal.

32A and 32B are screen state diagrams of the position information display process according to the information providing mode. Here, the information providing mode refers to a mode in which various information related to the country and / or city to which the location information providing terminal corresponding to each name belongs is added, in addition to the location-based information provided in the basic mode described above. In addition, it is assumed that "friend" is selected from the plurality of groups for convenience of description.

First, as shown in FIGS. 32A and 32B, the mobile terminal displays a name set for each of the mobile terminals belonging to the group "Friends" while the country and / or city in which the location information providing terminal corresponding to each name is located. Icons indicating that it can provide information related to can be displayed together.

In FIG. 32A, when the location information providing terminal is located in a foreign country, the mobile terminal displays icons indicating that country information, time information, stock information, news information, etc., where the location information providing terminal is located, can be provided. When a specific icon is selected by the user, the mobile terminal can display information corresponding to the selected icon. For example, if "flag icon" is selected, it displays information related to a country; if "time icon" is selected, it displays information related to time and weather of that country; if "stock icon" is selected, the stock of that country. The information can be displayed and, if the "news icon" is selected, the main news of the country can be displayed.

Here, the information displayed in relation to the country and / or city where the location information providing terminal is located may be provided by accessing the wireless Internet or received together with the location information from the location information providing terminal as the icon is selected.

In addition, in FIG. 32B, when the location information providing terminal is located in another city in the same country, the mobile terminal may include icons indicating that city information, weather information, area information, etc. of the city where the location information providing terminal is located may be provided. Display each. When a specific icon is selected by the user, the mobile terminal can display information corresponding to the icon. For example, if "Area code icon" is selected, it displays information related to that city; if "Weather icon" is selected, it displays weather information for that city; if "Area icon" is selected, local news for that city Can be displayed.

33A to 33D are screen state diagrams of a process of displaying location information according to a map mode. Here, the map mode refers to a mode in which location-based information of the location information providing terminal is provided using a map image. In addition, it is assumed that "friend" is selected from the plurality of groups for convenience of description.

In addition, the mobile terminal may include a specific region (for example, a country unit, a province unit, a city unit, a district unit, a east unit, etc.), an area where the location information providing terminal is most located, a certain distance / region based on me, and a specific region. The map mode may be performed by setting at least one of a predetermined distance / area based on the place / location information providing terminal.

As shown in Fig. 33A, the mobile terminal displays the location of each of the location information providing terminals belonging to the group " friend " on the map image. In this case, each location may be displayed by using an icon corresponding to each location information providing terminal. In addition, a name set in the location information providing terminal may be displayed together with the icon.

In addition, the mobile terminal may activate at least one of a group name, a map image, and an individual icon. For example, you can move to a different group while the group name is active, zoom in and / or reduce the scale while the map image is active, move the center on the map image, and correspond to the individual icon while the individual icon is active. The call or message may be transmitted to the location information providing terminal. Here, the activation may be performed by using a direction key, a soft key, or by a touch in the case of a touch screen.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 33B, the mobile terminal divides the screen into two regions, and thus, the mobile terminal of the location information providing terminals belonging to the first group (eg, "friend") using the map image in the first region. The location-based information may be provided, and location-based information of the location information providing terminals belonging to the second group (eg, “work”) using the map image in the second area may be provided.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 33C, the mobile terminal may divide a screen into four areas and provide location-based information of location information providing terminals belonging to each group in each divided area by using a map image. Of course, the number of divisions is not limited.

As illustrated in FIGS. 33B and 33C, the mobile terminal may divide a screen into a plurality of areas and provide a map image in which the location of the location information providing terminal belonging to a specific group is displayed in each divided area.

Although not shown in the drawing, in providing a map image for each group, when a tag corresponding to a specific group is selected from a group list provided in a tag format, the mobile terminal is located in a group corresponding to the selected tag. A map image displaying the locations of the information providing terminals may be displayed on the screen.

Although not shown in the drawings, the mobile terminal may display the location information of the location information providing terminal selected in accordance with different setting conditions (for example, region, distance, etc.) in the same group in a plurality of regions. Can be. For example, it may be used when a plurality of conditions, such as "Suwon", "5km from me", "area in which the terminals belonging to the group are located" are set in the group "friend".

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 33D, the mobile terminal may provide location-based information using a map image to correspond to a resolution set for the location information providing terminal. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the higher the resolution grade, the larger the scale. Therefore, the higher the resolution grade, the more the location of the location information providing terminal can be displayed on the map image.

For example, as shown in (a) of FIG. 33D, when the resolution class is "fifth class", the mobile terminal is configured to provide a location information providing terminal on a scale map image of one hundred thousandths (1/100000). You can mark the location.

Alternatively, when the resolution class is "fourth grade" as shown in (b) of FIG. 33D, the mobile terminal determines the position of the location information providing terminal on a scale map image of 1 / 500,000 (1/50000). I can display it.

As shown in (c) of FIG. 33D, when the resolution class is “third class”, the mobile terminal may display the location of the location information providing terminal on a scale map image of 10,000 (1/10000). Can be.

34A and 34C are screen state diagrams of the position information display process according to the blending mode. Here, the mixed mode refers to a mode in which the above-described basic mode, information providing mode, map mode, etc. are mixed to provide location based information.

As shown in FIG. 34A, the mobile terminal may provide location-based information for a group "friend" in a mixture of a map mode and a basic mode.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 34B, the mobile terminal may provide location-based information in a form of a mixture of a map mode and a basic mode for each of the group “friends” and “accounts”.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 34C, when the mobile terminal includes a display mode list in a tag format, when a tag corresponding to a specific display mode is selected, the mobile terminal provides location-based information according to the display mode corresponding to the selected tag. can do.

35 is a screen state diagram of providing location-based information hierarchically set according to a resolution set in a location information providing terminal.

As shown in FIG. 35, the mobile terminal displays only the distance from me (Andrian), the distance from me, and the direction / speed of movement (Elliot) according to the resolution set in the location information providing terminal, or Display distance and direction of travel from (Josiah), distance from me, direction / speed of travel and map image showing location when "map detail" is active (Jack, Gloria), or show only connected ( Jermaine).

Third Example -

Hereinafter, a method of using an additional service using a map in which another terminal location is displayed when accessing a location information providing service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may display information on a counterpart terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a "terminal terminal") mutually registered through a location information providing service. The mobile terminal 100 and the counterpart terminal may provide each other with information including location information through a location information providing service.

36 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a function of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 may receive location information of the counterpart terminal through the wireless communication unit 110 in operation S3610. The reception of the location information of the counterpart terminal may be performed in real time or may be performed at predetermined time intervals. The predetermined time may be determined based on resolution. For example, when the resolution level is 1, the location information of the counterpart terminal may be received at 1 minute intervals, and when the resolution level is 5, the location information of the counterpart terminal may be received at 10 minute intervals.

The controller 180 may display information on the counterpart terminal, including location information of the counterpart terminal, on the display unit 151. The method of displaying information of the counterpart terminal may be in various forms. For example, the location of the counterpart terminal may be displayed on the map in the form of an icon (S3620). That is, the controller 180 can display a map on which the location of the counterpart terminal is displayed on the display unit 151. The center point of the map displayed on the basis of the controller 180 may be changed. As the center point changes, the counterpart terminal displayed may vary.

37 is a diagram illustrating a location of a counterpart terminal displayed on a map according to a specific criterion in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The specific criteria may be determined in various forms. For example, as shown in FIG. 37A, the current location of the mobile terminal 100 may be a specific criterion. That is, the other terminal located within a predetermined distance with respect to the current location of the mobile terminal 100 may be displayed on the map. In this case, the user may know which counterpart is located around him.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 37B, the position of one terminal terminal among terminals registered to the location information providing service may be a specific criterion. For example, a counterpart terminal located within a predetermined distance with respect to the current location of the terminal using the ID "Jermaine" may be displayed on the map. In this case, the user may know which counterpart is located around the counterpart using the ID "Jermaine".

In addition, as shown in FIG. 37C, a specific region may be a specific criterion. For example, a counterpart terminal located within a predetermined distance from the "Gangnam Station" may be displayed on a map. In this case, the user may know which counterpart is located near the "Gangnam Station".

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 180 can group a plurality of counterpart terminals according to a specific criterion. The location of the terminal may be displayed by a separate map for each group formed through the grouping. That is, the location of the counterpart terminal belonging to the first group may be indicated on the first map, and the location of the counterpart terminal belonging to the second group may be indicated on the second map. Such an example is shown in FIG. 38.

As shown, four groups are formed through the grouping. The formed group is displayed in the form of a tab at the top of the screen. When a specific tab is selected from the displayed tabs, the controller 180 can display a map in which the location of the counterpart terminal belonging to the group related to the selected tab is displayed.

FIG. 38A illustrates a map in which a location of a counterpart terminal belonging to a group related to a tab of "friend" is displayed when a tab of "friend" is selected. That is, only the terminals belonging to the "friends" group among the counterpart terminals located within a predetermined distance centered on a specific area are selected, and only the selected terminals are displayed on the corresponding location on the map. The "friend" group refers to one of the groups managed through the location information providing service.

38B illustrates a map in which a location of a counterpart terminal belonging to a group associated with a tab named "Gangnam Station" is displayed when a tab named "Gangnam Station" is selected. That is, the other terminal located within a predetermined distance centering on the "Gangnam Station" is displayed on the corresponding position on the map.

FIG. 38C illustrates a map in which a location of a counterpart terminal belonging to a group associated with a tab named "withdrawal" is displayed when the tab "withdrawal" is selected. That is, the counterpart terminal located within a predetermined distance centering on the location of the terminal corresponding to the ID of “Brother” is displayed on the corresponding location on the map.

38A to 38C, the controller 180 can display the selected tab to be distinguished from other tabs.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a specific condition is satisfied, the controller 180 can automatically generate a group of the counterpart terminals and display it on the map. For example, when five or more counterpart terminals are located within a radius of 5 km from the Gangnam station, the controller 180 automatically generates a map on which the five terminals are displayed, and displays the generated map on the display unit 151. Can be displayed.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the scale of the map shown according to the resolution may be determined. The resolution may be set differently according to the region. For example, resolution may be differentially set based on the activity of the user. For example, the resolution level may be set to 1 for a region having a large amount of active time, and the resolution level may be set to 3 for a region having a small amount of active time.

In addition, the resolution may be determined based on the degree of information disclosure set for each terminal. The degree of information disclosure may be determined based on intimacy with the counterpart terminal. Intimacy may be set for each counterpart terminal, or when the counterpart terminals are managed in groups, intimacy may be set for each group. That is, resolution may be determined according to intimacy. For example, when the intimacy is 10, the resolution level may be set to 1, and when the intimacy is 5, the resolution level may be set to 3.

39 is a diagram illustrating a scale displayed differently according to resolution in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, FIG. 39A shows a map having a relatively high resolution level and a large scale, and FIG. 39B shows a map having a relatively low resolution level and a small scale. The scale is shown in the upper right of the displayed screen. 39A shows a scale of 1: 20,000 and FIG. 39B shows a scale of 1: 40,000. The scale may be changed by key manipulation of the user input unit 130. For example, you can use the scroll keys to change the scale of the map. However, unless the resolution is changed, it may not be changed by the key operation of the user input unit 130.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may select a specific terminal among the counterpart terminals to perform a specific function related to the selected terminal (S3630 and S3640). That is, when a specific terminal is selected among the counterpart terminals, the controller 180 may perform a specific function related to the selected terminal.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 may include a touch screen. In this case, the selection of a specific terminal may be made through a touch input. As described above, an example of a method of selecting a specific terminal through a touch input is illustrated in FIG. 52.

40A illustrates a screen on which a counterpart terminal is displayed in an icon form on a map. Identification information is displayed on the displayed icon to identify which counterpart. The icon on the map tells you where your opponent is. The mobile terminal 100 may select and display only the counterpart terminal that is connected to the location information providing service.

In addition, the user of the mobile terminal 100 may manage the other terminal by grouping. In this case, only the icon corresponding to the counterpart terminal belonging to a specific group may be displayed on the map. Only the counterpart terminal belonging to the "Friend" group is displayed on the screen. In this case, the user may check the counterpart terminal belonging to another group by touching the direction ��¤ 4001 of the window in which the group name is displayed.

In addition, the controller 180 may move the center of the displayed map when the direction key 4003 displayed on the map is touched by the user. The counterpart terminal located in another area may be identified by moving the map.

In addition, the user may touch the "+,-" displayed at the bottom of the screen to enlarge or reduce the displayed map. Of course, you may not be able to zoom in or out on the map displayed by keystrokes unless there is a change in the resolution of the map.

Meanwhile, a specific terminal may be selected among the counterpart terminals displayed on the map by a user's touch input.

40B illustrates an example in which a specific terminal is selected by a touch input. After the user touches the screen on which the map is displayed, the user draws a closed curve 4005 to select a specific terminal within the closed curve. That is, when the closed curve is drawn on the map by a user's touch input, a specific terminal existing in the closed curve is selected. In this case, one specific terminal may be selected or a plurality of specific terminals may be selected.

The controller 180 may perform a specific function related to the selected specific terminal. For example, the specific terminal may perform a specific function related to the selected specific terminal through the entry of "option" in the selected state. The particular function may vary.

Examples of the specific function include a voice call or a video call or a message or data transmission using a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), an e-mail, an instant message (IM), or a Bluetooth. There is this. In addition, there is an information display on the region where the selected specific terminal is located, and a road guide to the selected terminal.

The controller 180 may recognize a specific character or a specific symbol written on the screen and perform a specific function corresponding to the written specific character or the specific symbol. 41 shows such an example.

As shown in the drawing, a specific character may be input through writing on a screen on which the closed curve 4005 is drawn to perform a specific function for selecting a specific terminal. For example, when "S" is input by hand, the mobile terminal 100 may transmit a message to the selected specific terminal by using a short message service (SMS). In addition, when "C" is input by hand, the mobile terminal 100 may transmit a call signal to the selected specific terminal (not shown). In this case, the controller 180 may recognize handwriting of the user as a signal for performing a specific function.

Meanwhile, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal 100 may set a specific character to match a specific function. For example, "E" may be set to match E-mail usage, and "I" may be set to match Instant Message (IM) usage.

When a specific character and a specific function are matched in the above-described manner, the user may input (not shown) handwriting "E" in the closed curve 4005 to perform data transmission via email. That is, when "E" is input by the user's handwriting in the closed curve 4005, the controller 180 may perform data transmission through an e-mail.

The specific function related to the selected terminal may be performed in the following form. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may transmit a call signal to the selected specific terminal to perform a voice call or a video call.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may transmit a message or data using a selected specific terminal as a receiving terminal using a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), an e-mail, or the like.

In addition, the user of the mobile terminal 100 may use the IM (Instant Message) to chat with the selected terminal user. In particular, when a plurality of specific terminals are selected, multi-party chats can also be performed.

In addition, when the selected specific terminal is located in close proximity to the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 may perform near field communication using Bluetooth.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may inform the information about the region where the selected specific terminal is located. For example, if the selected terminal is located in another country, the sub-menu may inform the country of the country's weather, exchange rate, comprehensive stock price of the corresponding country, local traffic information, local news, and the like.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform the specific function in consideration of characteristics of the selected specific terminal.

For example, the mobile terminal 100 transmits a message to a selected terminal by using a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), an e-mail, or an instant message (IM). Can be translated into the language of the country where the selected terminal is located and transmitted. Such an example is shown in FIG. 42.

As shown, the message content written in Korean may be translated into the language of the country where the selected terminal is located. The mobile terminal 100 may perform the translation work using an automatic translation program. If the country where the selected terminal is located is an American, the mobile terminal 100 may automatically translate the message content written in Korean and transmit it to the selected terminal.

Meanwhile, since the functions supported by the mobile terminal 100 and the selected terminal may be different from each other, the mobile terminal 100 may perform a specific function in consideration of compatibility with the selected terminal. For example, when transmitting a message, if the mobile terminal 200 transmits a special character, font, etc. that can be supported, the transmission is successful, but the receiving side (selected terminal) does not support the same function. If not, the message is shown in a broken form, so the other party (the selected terminal user) cannot check the message contents normally. If it is assumed that the selected terminal has a viewer that can open and view an image file, converting the message into an image and transmitting the message to the receiving terminal allows the selected terminal to grasp the contents of the message normally.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the extracted message is to be converted into an image, it may be determined whether the extracted message has a specific symbol or not to convert into an image. The specific symbols may include foreign characters (for example, hiragana or katakana), symbols, graphic images, fonts, special characters, and symbols drawn by handwriting of the user when the mobile terminal includes a touch pad. Can be. The symbol drawn by the user's handwriting may include letters, numbers, symbols, pictures, and the like.

The check of whether a specific symbol is included in the extracted message may be directly checked by the user or may be checked by the mobile terminal 100 to inform the user.

When the specific symbol is checked in the mobile terminal 100, the specific symbol may be used as the default in the mobile terminal 100, or may be set by the user. For example, the special symbol may default to a specific symbol in the mobile terminal 100. In this case, if the special symbol is included in the extracted message, the controller 180 may display a pop-up window indicating that the specific symbol is included. In addition, the user can set a foreign character (eg, hiragana or katakana) as a specific character. In this case, if the set foreign character is included in the extracted message, the controller 180 may display a pop-up window indicating that a specific symbol is included.

The method of notifying that a specific symbol is included through the pop-up window is just an embodiment, which does not limit the present invention. For example, the voice output or vibration output may indicate that a particular symbol is included in the extracted message.

If the extracted message includes a specific symbol, the extracted message may be converted into an image. In this case, the extracted message may include only the content of the message. For example, the display module may not include an indicator displayed on the display module and may extract only the content portion of the message and convert the image into an image. In this case, the message portion that is converted into an image includes not only the current display on the screen but also the message portion that can be viewed by using a scroll key or a navigation key.

And transmit the image. In this case, the controller 180 may transmit the original message and the image together. The image transmission may be transmitted using MMS or may be transmitted using E-mail.

43 is a diagram illustrating a method for converting a message into an image and transmitting the same in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 43A shows an example in which a message is created including specific foreign characters and symbols (umbrella symbols). In this case, the foreign characters and symbols may be recognized as specific symbols. The controller 180 may analyze whether a specific symbol is included in the message by receiving the “confirmation” key shown on the screen. That is, when "OK" is selected in the illustrated screen, a screen as shown in FIG. 43B is displayed.

As shown, a pop-up window 4301 is displayed indicating that the message contains a particular symbol. When "OK" is selected on the screen shown, the created message is converted into a file and transmitted (FIG. 43C). In this case, the original message may be transmitted together with the image. Image file transfer can be performed using MMS.

Meanwhile, when the selected terminal does not recognize a message including a symbol (including letters, numbers, pictures, etc.) written through the user's handwriting, the mobile terminal 100 may convert the message into an image and transmit the message. .

FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating a method for converting a message created by handwriting of a user into an image and transmitting the same in an image in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 44A shows an example of a message written by handwriting. In this case, a symbol written by handwriting may be recognized as a specific symbol. The controller 180 may analyze whether a specific symbol is included in the message by receiving the “confirmation” key shown on the screen. That is, if "OK" is selected in the illustrated screen, a screen as shown in FIG. 44B is displayed.

As shown, a pop-up window 4401 is displayed indicating that the message contains a particular symbol. If " OK " is selected in the illustrated screen, the created message is converted into a file and transmitted (Fig. 44C). In this case, the original message may be transmitted together with the image. Image file transfer can be performed using MMS.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the specific function may be performed in consideration of the location of the selected counterpart terminal.

For example, the mobile terminal 100 may display a distance from the selected terminal. Such an example is shown in FIG. 45. 45A illustrates a case where a terminal having an ID of "Jermaine" is selected. In this case, the distance to the selected terminal may be checked through option entry or the above-described specific character input. As shown in FIG. 45B, the distance to the selected terminal may be displayed in the form of a pop-up window to inform the user of the distance to the selected terminal. In addition, the user may be notified of the distance to the selected counterpart through the voice output.

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Next, the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described a method of performing a road guide using a location of a specific counterpart terminal as a destination. The specific terminal refers to one terminal of mutually registered terminals through a location information providing service.

46 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a road guide using a location of a specific terminal as a destination in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 may receive the location information of the specific terminal registered in the location information providing service to the wireless communication unit 110 (S4610). The location information of the specific terminal may be received at predetermined time intervals. The predetermined time may be determined based on the resolution. For example, when the resolution level is 1, the location information of the specific terminal may be received every minute, and when the resolution level is 3, the location information of the specific terminal may be received every 10 minutes.

The resolution may be determined based on the degree of information disclosure set for each terminal. The degree of information disclosure may be determined based on intimacy with the counterpart terminal. Intimacy may be set for each counterpart terminal, or when the counterpart terminals are managed in groups, intimacy may be set for each group. That is, resolution may be determined according to intimacy. For example, when the intimacy is 10, the resolution level may be set to 1, and when the intimacy is 5, the resolution level may be set to 3.

The controller 180 may perform the road guidance using the location of the specific terminal as a destination (S4620). The controller 180 may perform the received location information of the specific terminal. In addition, the controller 180 may perform the road guidance at the predetermined time interval, which is a period for receiving location information of a specific terminal.

FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating a screen for performing a road guide to a specific terminal as a destination in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 47A illustrates a screen for performing directions using a terminal named "Jermaine" which is one of terminals registered in the location information providing service as a destination. You can enlarge or reduce the displayed map by using the "+" or "-" menu displayed at the bottom of the screen. That is, the controller 180 may enlarge or reduce the displayed map when a signal related to "+" or "-" is input.

47B to 47D show a more detailed road guidance screen through the enlargement of the map. That is, the controller 180 can enlarge the displayed map through the "+" key input. Detailed road guidance information for each specific section may be checked through the screens illustrated in FIGS. 47B to 47D.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the location of a specific terminal set as a destination is changed, the mobile terminal 100 may inform the moving path of the specific terminal (S4630 and S4640). The destination may be changed to a location of the moved specific terminal to perform the road guidance (S4650).

48 is a diagram illustrating a method of performing a road guide to a specific terminal moving in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated, when the location of a specific terminal set as a destination (terminal named Jermaine ID) is changed, the controller 180 may display a pop-up window informing of a movement path and a destination change of the specific terminal (FIG. 70A). .

When "OK" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 48A, the controller 180 changes the location of the changed specific terminal to the destination and performs the road guidance (FIG. 48B). The controller 180 displays a road guidance screen to the changed destination.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal 180 may perform a road guide to change the destination only when the movement of a specific terminal exceeds a threshold range. The reason for determining the threshold range as described above is that if the location of a specific terminal is changed slightly, the change of destination is not significant. When the destination is changed every time even when the location of the specific terminal is changed slightly, the amount of calculation of the controller 180 increases. In addition, for the same reason, the controller 180 can notify the movement path of the specific terminal only when the movement of the specific terminal exceeds the threshold range. The threshold range may be determined based on resolution.

The controller 180 may calculate the moving speed of the mobile terminal 100 using the location information of the mobile terminal 100 received through the location information module 115. In addition, the controller 180 may calculate a moving speed of the specific terminal using the received location information of the specific terminal.

The controller 180 may inform the expected meeting place based on the calculated moving speed of the mobile terminal 100 and moving speed of a specific terminal. In addition, route guidance information to the expected meeting place may be transmitted to the specific terminal. Such an example is shown in FIG.

As illustrated, the controller 180 may display a pop-up window including an expected meeting place determined based on the moving speed of the mobile terminal 100 and the moving speed of a specific terminal (FIG. 49A). The pop-up window displays an expected meeting place and an expected meeting time. In addition, according to FIG. 49B, the controller 180 may display a road guidance screen to the expected meeting place.

The controller 180 may transmit the road guide information to the specific terminal to the expected encounter point. The road guide information may include a travel route to a predicted meeting place and a budget time. In addition, the road guidance information may include road guidance information from the current location of the specific terminal to the expected meeting place.

On the other hand, according to one embodiment of the present invention, when the movement path or the movement speed of a specific terminal is changed to the threshold range or more, or when the movement path or the movement speed of the mobile terminal 100 is changed to the threshold range or more, the expected meeting place Can be changed. The threshold range may be determined based on resolution. In this case, the controller 180 may inform the user of the changed predicted meeting place and the changed guidance meeting place to the user or transmit the information to the specific terminal. Such an example is shown in FIG. 50.

Referring to FIG. 50A, the controller 180 may display a pop-up window in which the time required for the changed expected meeting place and the changed expected meeting place is displayed. In addition, according to FIG. 50B, the controller 180 may display a road guidance screen to the changed expected meeting place.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may display information on the counterpart terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "terminal terminal") mutually registered through the location information providing service. The mobile terminal 100 and the counterpart terminal may provide each other with information including location information through a location information providing service.

The mobile terminal 100 may support a meeting function service with a selected terminal user. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may perform a road guidance function to the selected terminal. If the selected terminal is moving, it can be notified to the user. In particular, when the location of the selected terminal changes significantly by moving, the user can be notified.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating a method of performing a meeting service with a selected counterpart (selected terminal user) in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

51A is a screen illustrating that a selected terminal is moving when the selected terminal is moving. As illustrated, when the selected terminal is moving, a light 5101 may be displayed on an acon indicating the selected terminal. The user may recognize that the selected terminal is moving due to the display of the light 5101.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may also support a meeting time service with the selected counterpart (the user of the selected counterpart terminal). An example thereof is shown in FIG. 51B. As shown, when the counterpart terminal is moving, the mobile terminal 100 can inform the user of the movement direction and the scheduled time of meeting in the form of a popup. Estimated meeting time can be found at the current speed of travel. In addition, the movement speed may be directly obtained by the user.

In addition, when the selected counterpart terminal deviates from the route so that it cannot know the expected time of meeting, the screen shown in FIG. 51C may be displayed.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may also inform information about a specific location displayed on the map. 52 shows such an example.

FIG. 52A illustrates a screen in which the mobile terminal 100 displays a distance to a selected specific location and an expected arrival time when a location of a COEX displayed on a map is selected through a touch. As shown, when the user selects the location of the COEX displayed on the map by touching, the mobile terminal 100 may display the distance to the COEX and the expected arrival time in the form of a pop-up window.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may recommend a meeting place with the selected counterpart terminal user. 52B shows such an example. As shown in the drawing, the mobile terminal 100 may display the expected meeting time with the other party (the selected terminal user) in the form of a pop-up window when meeting the recommended specific location and the recommended location. In this case, the user may transmit a message displayed in the pop-up window to the counterpart terminal through "message transmission".

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 52C, after the user selects a specific location on the map, the user may check the distance between the selected specific location and the counterpart terminal. That is, the mobile terminal 100 may display a distance between the specific location and the counterpart terminal and an expected time at which the counterpart terminal arrives at the specific location in the form of a pop-up window.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may check a list of recent calls with the selected counterpart terminal user (referred to as the selected counterpart). 53 is a view illustrating a call list with a selected counterpart. As shown, the call list is displayed in order of the latest call. The displayed list shows the talk time, the time of call, whether the call was made through a call or a call signal reception.

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Hereinafter, a method of generating a mobile history of the mobile terminal 100 in the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The movement history may exist in various forms. For example, a time and place may be present in a table form, or may be present in a movement trajectory on a map.

54 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a mobile history in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the mobile terminal 100 may receive location information through the wireless communication unit 110 (S5410). The location information may be received in real time or at predetermined time intervals.

The controller 180 may store the current location and the current time in the memory 160 at predetermined time intervals based on the received location information (S5420). The controller 180 may generate a movement trajectory in which time information is displayed using the information including the current position and the current time at the predetermined time interval, and display the movement trajectory on the display unit 151 (S5430).

55 is a diagram illustrating an example of generating a movement trajectory in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the movement trajectory of the mobile terminal is displayed on the map. On the screen displaying the movement trajectory, time information stayed at a specific place is displayed. The movement trajectory is distinguished according to the movement speed. That is, the controller 180 can display the movement trajectory differently according to the movement speed. As shown, when the moving speed is fast based on a specific speed, it may be displayed as a solid line, and when the moving speed is slow, it may be displayed as a dotted line. On the other hand, the controller 180 may give a grade to the moving speed, and display the grade differently through the display color of the moving trajectory for each corresponding grade (not shown).

In addition, the controller 180 may further include a specific record in addition to the time information to generate the movement trajectory. The specific record may be a record associated with a specific time. For example, when a specific music file is played for a specific time in the mobile terminal 100, a record 5501 of playing a music file may be displayed on the movement trajectory. In addition, a specific text or a specific image may be displayed at a specific position where time information is displayed on the movement trajectory. Through the specific text or the specific image, the user may record and remember the time and the work done at the corresponding place. In the illustrated screen, a specific image 5503 is displayed.

In addition, when the specific record displayed is selected through a key input, the controller 180 may reproduce a data file related to the specific record. 56 shows such an example.

FIG. 56 illustrates that when the specific record 5501 is selected in FIG. 55, the controller 180 displays a list of music files that have been played during movement. If a specific music file is selected from the played music list, the controller 180 can play the selected music file. In addition, the controller 180 can display detailed information on the selected file. For example, it may display information such as how many minutes the selected music has been played, when the time was played, and where the exact place was played.

In addition, when the displayed specific record is selected through a key input, the controller 180 may link to a specific screen related to the specific record. Such an example is shown in FIG. 57.

FIG. 57 illustrates that when a specific image 5503 is selected in FIG. 55, a link to a specific screen associated with the selected image 5503 is performed. The specific image 5503 may be an image of a specific restaurant, and a linked screen (shown in FIG. 57) may be a homepage screen of the specific restaurant.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal 100 may generate the movement trajectory for a predetermined time and store the movement trajectory as a data file in the memory 160 (S5440). An example of storing the movement trajectory as a data file is shown in FIG. 58.

58A illustrates a movement trajectory of the mobile terminal 100 from 08:00 to 22:30. When the illustrated movement trajectory is stored through the "storage" key input, a screen as shown in FIG. 58B may be displayed. That is, when a key is input to "store", the controller 180 stores the movement trajectory during the time as a data file. When the saving is completed, the screen as shown in FIG. 58B may be displayed. The screen allows the user to check the stored data file. The controller 180 can default the name of the data file to a date corresponding to the movement trajectory. For example, in the case of the movement trajectory corresponding to October 1, 2007, the file name may be stored as "2007/10/01". The user can utilize the data file as a diary representing the movement trajectory (for convenience, referred to as a 'mobile diary').

In addition, the controller 180 may upload the stored mobile diary to a specific website (S5450). The upload not only helps to efficiently use the storage space of the mobile terminal but also helps to share the sharing of the mobile diary with others.

59 is a diagram illustrating an example of uploading a mobile diary in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. If the "Upload" menu is selected with any of the stored mobile diaries selected (Figure 59A), the selected mobile diary is uploaded to a particular website. 59B shows a screen in which the selected mobile diary is uploaded to a specific website.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include the movement trajectory of the specific terminal registered in the location information providing service in the movement trajectory of the mobile terminal 100. Such an example is shown in FIG. 60.

As shown, the movement trajectory drawn by the solid line represents the movement trajectory of the mobile terminal 100, and the movement trajectory drawn by the dotted line represents the movement trajectory of the specific terminal. Of course, when the mobile terminal 100 and the specific terminal is moved in the same time zone, both the point trajectory and the solid line are displayed as the movement trajectories. The user may know how to interact with a specific counterpart in the movement trajectory illustrated in FIG. 60.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a history of a terminal location when accessing a location information providing service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention displays a mobile history of a specific terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a "terminal terminal") that is mutually registered through a location information providing service or to a specific terminal. It can transmit its own mobile history.

The mobile history may be obtained using history information of the base station information and the location information module 115. In particular, the history information of the location information module 115 may include a history of the GPS location information. The movement history may be expressed in association with a map.

61 to 62 are diagrams illustrating a mobile history of a specific terminal in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 61, the mobile terminal 100 may show a mobile history of a selected terminal in association with a map. In the illustrated screen, a mobile history of a terminal having an ID of "Adrian" is displayed. In this case, the user may set a specific time to display the movement history based on the set time. For example, a user may select a terminal with an ID of "Adrian" to see how the selected terminal moves during a particular time zone (for example, August 15, 2007, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM). You can check. In this case, the map can be enlarged or reduced by inputting the "+" or "-" key signal.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 62, the mobile terminal 100 may display the mobile history of the plurality of terminals on one screen. In this case, the map can be enlarged or reduced by inputting the "+" or "-" key signal. The mobile terminal 100 may display the mobile history of the plurality of terminals based on a specific region. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may designate the vicinity of "Yeouido" to display the movement history of the counterpart terminal moving in the designated area.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may select only the counterpart terminal located within a predetermined distance from the mobile terminal 100 to display the mobile history of the counterpart terminal. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may show the mobile history of the counterpart terminal located within a range of 1 km with the mobile terminal 100.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may designate a specific time and a specific place to show the mobile history of the counterpart terminal via or located at the designated place at the specified time. For example, the transfer history of the counterpart terminal located through or near Yeouido may be shown from 3 pm to 9 pm on August 15, 2007.

In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may select only the counterpart terminal belonging to a specific group, and may display the mobile history of the selected terminal. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may select only the counterpart terminal belonging to the "friend" group to show the mobile history of the selected terminal.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 may search for a specific region and display the frequency of the terminal via the region. For example, the mobile terminal 100 can obtain the frequency of the terminal that has moved to the Gangnam Station area using "Gangnam Station" as a search area.

FIG. 63 shows a screen displaying a frequency of a terminal searching for a specific area in the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention and moving the searched area.

63A illustrates a method of selecting a specific area by drawing a closed curve. When the mobile terminal 100 has a touch screen, the user can draw the closed curve through a touch input. In this case, the user may calculate the frequency by considering the search period. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may pass through the vicinity of Gangnam Station for one month in August 2007, or may calculate and show the frequency of the terminal that has ever been in the Gangnam Station area.

FIG. 63B is a screen showing a counterpart terminal that has been located or has been located within a searched area during a search period based on a specific criterion. In the illustrated screen, " ID (or phonebook name, location information providing service use ID) / total number of locations / total stay time " of the other party's terminal is displayed. The sorting rank is based on the total number of positions. However, the sort order may be changed according to a specific item of the mobile terminal 100. For example, the order of the counterpart terminal may be changed based on the total stay time.

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Hereinafter, the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described a method of publishing the mobile information to the terminal registered in the location information providing service. The movement information may include a movement history. In this case, the mobile terminal 100 may disclose the mobile information of the actual mobile terminal 100, but the virtual mobile information may be disclosed to the terminal registered in the location information providing service for privacy protection or the like.

64 is a flowchart illustrating a method of releasing virtual mobile information to a terminal registered to a location information providing service in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the controller 180 displays virtual movement information stored in the memory 160 (S6410). The virtual movement information may be transmitted from a specific website, but may be generated by setting by user setting. For example, the controller 180 may generate virtual mobile information that uses the current location of the mobile terminal 100 as a starting point and a specific location as a destination. The specific position may be set in the user by manipulating the input unit 130. The controller 180 may transmit the virtual movement information to a terminal registered to the location information providing service at predetermined time intervals. The predetermined time may be determined based on the resolution. In addition, the amount or quality of the virtual mobile information transmitted according to resolution may also vary.

On the other hand, the controller 180 may perform a road guidance simulation using the current location of the mobile terminal 100 as a starting point and the specific location. The directions simulation helps the user to generate the virtual movement information. The virtual movement information may include a virtual movement speed and a virtual movement path.

On the other hand, if the virtual speed is input, the controller 180 may perform a road guidance simulation. In addition, the controller 180 may generate a virtual current location based on the virtual moving speed and transmit the generated current location to the terminal registered in the location information providing service.

65 is a diagram illustrating an example of generating virtual mobile information through road guidance simulation in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 65A, when a specific position is selected by key input of the user input unit 130, the selected specific position becomes a destination at a specific time. When the user input unit 130 includes a touch screen, the specific region may be selected through touch input. For example, when a specific point displayed on the map is touched, the controller 180 may determine the touched point as the specific area.

FIG. 65B illustrates a screen on which the time stayed at the specific point may be input when the “moving simulation” menu is selected on the screen illustrated in FIG. 65A. In this case, the user may input a time stayed at the selected specific point. That is, the controller 180 may perform the road guidance simulation based on the time input by the user input.

65C illustrates a screen on which a moving means may be input for each section. The virtual moving speed may be determined by the moving means. For example, the virtual bus speed is set to 60 km per hour, the walking is set to 5 km per hour, the virtual speed is set to 75 km per hour, and the road guidance simulation may be performed.

FIG. 65D illustrates a screen on which the movement simulation is performed based on the time stayed at the specific point set by the input and the virtual moving means. In the illustrated screen, a virtual movement trajectory displaying time information is displayed. The movement trajectory is displayed on the movement trajectory.

The controller 180 may generate a virtual movement trajectory based on the road guidance simulation performed by the method illustrated in FIG. 65, and store the generated virtual trajectory in the form of a data file in the memory 160.

66 illustrates a screen displaying a virtual movement trajectory stored in a file form in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the illustrated screen, a virtual movement trajectory generated based on a specific position set by a user is displayed.

When the specific virtual movement trajectory is selected, the controller 180 may modify or delete the selected virtual movement trajectory.

67 is a diagram illustrating an example of releasing movement information of a mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The movement information may include a movement history. In addition, the movement history may include a movement trajectory.

As shown, the mobile terminal 100 may determine whether to disclose the mobile history to the counterpart terminal (FIG. 67A). When determining to publish the mobile history, the user can select a mobile history publishing mode to be published (FIG. 67B). For example, the user may provide the other party with the actually moved movement history (1. actual movement mode in FIG. 67B), or may provide a virtually generated movement history to the other terminal (2 in FIG. 67B, virtual mode). ). In the screen illustrated in FIG. 67B, when “2. virtual mode” is selected, the controller 180 may display a virtual movement history (eg, a virtual movement trajectory) stored in the memory 160 (FIG. 67C). ). The virtual mobile history can be added, modified, or deleted.

FIG. 68 is a view illustrating a method for newly adding a virtual mobile history template in the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the user can enter a place that was located at that time (FIG. 68A). When the input is completed, the user can select a "complete" item. When the "Complete" item is selected, it is possible to determine whether to save the newly created virtual movement history template (FIG. 68B). In this case, the user may also input the name of the virtual mobile history template.

Meanwhile, the user of the mobile terminal 100 may store his mobile history in the form of a diary.

69 is a diagram showing a method of storing a mobile history of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the user can set the mobile history storage function (FIG. 69A). When the function is set, the mobile history of the mobile terminal 100 is automatically stored from the set time. In this case, the time at which the function is performed may be the default or may be set by user input (FIG. 69B). For example, the time at which the function is released may be defaulted to be midnight of the day when the function is set, and the mobile history storage function may be set to midnight of the day set by the user for storing the daily routine in the form of a diary. It can also be set to release time. In addition, the mobile history storage function may be repeatedly performed for each specific period. Therefore, one movement history template may be stored for each specific period.

Meanwhile, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal 100 may also check information on whether the location information providing service is connected through the mobile history of the counterpart terminal. That is, the user of the mobile terminal 100 may check at which point and at what time the counterpart terminal accesses the location information providing service, and at which point and at what time the counterpart terminal is disconnected from the location information providing service. .

Hereinafter, a method of displaying location information for a specific person when accessing a location information providing service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Through the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user may check real-time information of mutually registered terminals (hereinafter, referred to as 'the other terminal') through a location information providing service. In this case, the mobile terminal 100 may select a specific terminal among the counterpart terminals and check the real time information of the selected terminal. In addition, the mobile terminal 100 may select its own counterpart terminal and transmit its real time information to the selected terminal. In the present specification, the real time information refers to current state information of the terminal. For example, the real-time information of the counterpart terminal may include a current distance between the mobile terminal 100 and the counterpart terminal, a moving speed of the counterpart terminal, weather information of a place where the counterpart terminal is currently located, and the like.

70 to 50 are diagrams illustrating a state in which real-time information of a counterpart terminal is displayed in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

70A illustrates that real-time information of the selected counterpart terminal is displayed in the indicator area in the idle screen state. The real time information may be displayed in the form of an icon 7001. By displaying the icon 7001 in the indicator area, the user can check the real time information of the selected counterpart terminal at any time. Through the displayed icon 7001, the user can check the distance and the moving speed with the selected counterpart. The distance from the selected counterpart terminal is within 5 km (indicated by the number), and the moving speed is less than 5 km / h per hour, indicating that the moving distance is small or almost stopped.

70B illustrates that the real time information of the counterpart terminal is displayed on a screen on which a specific application is executed. That is, the mobile terminal 100 may display real time information of the selected counterpart not only on the standby screen but also on a screen on which a specific application is executed. When the real time information of the selected terminal changes, the mobile terminal 100 may allow the user to recognize that the real time information is changing. The mobile terminal 100 displays the real time information by an icon 7003 in which a light is displayed so that the user recognizes that the real time information of the selected terminal is changing. Through the displayed icon 7003, the user can check the distance and the moving speed with the selected counterpart. The mobile terminal 100 indicates that the distance to the selected counterpart terminal is within 5 km (indicated by a number), and is approaching a user about 5 km / h to 20 km / h per hour.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 may know weather information of an area where the selected terminal is located by using GPS information of the selected terminal. 71 shows such an example. The illustrated icon 7101 indicates that the selected terminal is located in the heavy rain alarm area.

Meanwhile, when the selected counterpart terminal moves to an area previously stored as a GPS coordinate value, the mobile terminal 100 may display an icon set when the coordinate value is stored. 72 shows such an example. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may display a school icon 7201 preset in the indicator area when the selected terminal moves to a preset "Suwon-si Yuljeon-dong Yuljeon Middle School".

Hereinafter, a method of providing location information according to privacy setting and intimacy according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide virtual location information or limitly display the received location information as the privacy protection function is set. Here, the privacy protection function means a function of providing virtual location information so as not to expose its own location when providing location information or a function for preventing privacy disturbance due to a location information reception notification operation when receiving location information. . Here, the location information may mean coordinate information itself or may mean location-based information generated from the coordinate information.

73 to 78B, the virtual location information providing process according to the setting of the privacy protection function will be described in detail. For convenience of description, it is assumed that the location information providing terminal is the first terminal and the location information receiving terminal is the second terminal. Of course, there may be at least two location information receiving terminals.

73 is a flowchart of the virtual location information providing method according to the setting of the privacy protection function.

As shown in FIG. 73, the first terminal sets a privacy protection function according to a user's selection in operation S7310.

The setting step S7310 may be performed when the privacy protection function configured as one of menu items related to the location information providing service is selected by the user.

Here, the privacy protection function may be set for a specific mobile terminal or a specific group. Alternatively, the privacy protection function may be set for mobile terminals located at a specific distance or a specific place. The specific mobile terminal, specific group, specific distance or specific place may be selected by the user.

When the privacy protection function is set in the setting step S7310, the first terminal receives a condition for generating location information from the user through the user input unit 130 (S7320).

The first terminal generates virtual position information by the controller 180 so as to correspond to the position information generation condition input in the input step S7320 (S7330).

In operation S7340, the first terminal transmits the virtual location information generated in the generation step S7330 to the server or the second terminal.

Here, when the virtual location information is transmitted to the server, the server may receive the virtual location information from the first terminal and transmit it to the second terminal. In this case, the first terminal may transmit identification information about the second terminal to the server along with the virtual location information.

74 is a screen configuration diagram showing a privacy protection setting procedure.

As illustrated in FIG. 74, when the setting of the privacy protection function is selected by the user (a), the first terminal displays a generation condition list including location information generation conditions on the screen (b). Here, the generation condition list may include a distance, a position, a moving speed / direction, a virtual moving history, and the like.

75A to 75D are screen configuration diagrams when the distance is selected in the condition list.

As shown in FIG. 75A, the first terminal displays a virtual distance list. Here, the virtual distance list may include a virtual distance based on a specific place or a specific terminal, including a virtual distance based on the second terminal (FIG. 75A).

When "5 km from the other party" is selected in the virtual distance list of FIG. 75A, the second terminal informs that the first terminal has approached within 5 km of itself (FIG. 75B).

Alternatively, when "50 km away from the other party" is selected from the virtual distance list of FIG. 75A, the first terminal selects a point 50 km away from the second terminal (FIG. 75C). First, as illustrated in (a) of FIG. 75C, the first terminal displays a list configured by country, by city, by city, and by specific place. When "by country" is selected in FIG. 75C (a), the first terminal displays a country list (FIG. 75C (b)).

When "United States" is selected from the country list of FIG. 75C (b), the second terminal informs that the first terminal is located in the United States (FIG. 75D).

76A to 76I are screen configuration diagrams when a position is selected in the condition list.

As illustrated in FIG. 76A, the first terminal displays a list of location information types (hereinafter, referred to as a location information type list) to be virtually provided. Here, the location information type may include coordinate information, administrative address information, POI information, setting name information, and the like.

When coordinate information is selected from the location information type list of FIG. 76A, the first terminal receives a latitude and longitude (for example, latitude 36 ° N and longitude 127 ° E) from the user through the coordinate information input window (FIG. 76b). Accordingly, the second terminal informs that the first terminal is located at a position corresponding to the latitude and longitude inputted in FIG. 76B (for example, a ○○ university) (FIG. 76C).

When administrative address information is selected from the location information type list of FIG. 76A, the first terminal receives an address (eg, Gangnam station, Yeoksam-dong, Seoul-style, Gangnam-gu) from the user through an address input window (FIG. 76D). Therefore, the second terminal informs that the first terminal is located at the address input in FIG. 76D (FIG. 76E).

When POI information is selected from the location information type list of FIG. 76A, the first terminal displays a POI list and receives one of the POIs (for example, where they met yesterday) from the POI list (FIG. 76F). Accordingly, the second terminal informs that the first terminal is located at the POI selected in FIG. 76F (for example, where he met yesterday) or the administrative address corresponding to the POI (eg, Seoul Grand Park) (FIG. 76G).

When setting name information is selected from the location information type list of FIG. 76A, the first terminal displays a setting name list and receives one setting name (eg, a company) from the setting name list (FIG. 76H). . Accordingly, the second terminal informs that the first terminal is located at the setting name (for example, company) selected in FIG. 76H or the administrative address corresponding to the setting name (for example, company A, Yuljeong-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si) (FIG. 76i).

77A and 77B are screen configuration diagrams when the movement speed / movement direction is selected in the condition list.

As shown in FIG. 77A, the first terminal transmits a virtual movement speed (eg, 5 km / h) and a virtual movement direction (eg, east) from the user through the movement speed input window and the movement direction input window. Receive each input.

Therefore, the second terminal informs that the first terminal is moving in accordance with the moving speed and the moving direction input in FIG. 77A (FIG. 77B).

78A and 78B are screen configuration diagrams when the virtual movement history is selected from the condition list.

As shown in FIG. 78A, the first terminal displays a virtual mobile history mode list and is selected from one of the virtual mobile history mode lists (eg, a company mode). Here, the virtual mobile history mode list may include a company mode, a school mode, a weekend mode, and no provision.

Therefore, the second terminal displays the mobile history corresponding to the virtual mobile history mode selected in FIG. 78A as the mobile history of the first terminal (FIG. 78).

79 to 80E, the location information notification process according to the setting of the privacy protection function will be described in detail.

79 is a flowchart of the location information notification method according to the setting of the privacy protection function.

As illustrated in FIG. 79, the mobile terminal sets a privacy protection function according to a user's selection in operation S7910. In operation S7920, the mobile terminal sets a location information notification mode according to a user's selection.

The mobile terminal receives location information from a server or another terminal (S7930), and displays the received location information according to the set location information notification mode (S7980).

80 is a screen configuration diagram according to a setting of a privacy protection function and a notification mode setting.

As illustrated in FIG. 80, when the setting of the privacy protection function is selected by the user (a), the mobile terminal displays a notification mode list including the settable location information notification modes on the screen (b). Here, the notification mode list may include a distance, a place, a notification method, a reception rejection setting, and the like.

When the distance is selected in the notification mode list, the mobile terminal may set to inform the location information of the other terminal from when the other terminal enters within a predetermined distance (for example, within 1 km) from me (FIG. 81A). .

Alternatively, when a place is selected from the notification mode list, the mobile terminal may set to notify the location information of the other terminal when the other terminal is located at a specific place (for example, Gangnam station) (FIG. 81B).

Alternatively, when a notification method is selected from the notification mode list, the mobile terminal may display a list composed of methods of notifying location information, and set to notify reception of location information of another terminal in a manner selected from the list (FIG. 81c).

Alternatively, when the reception rejection setting is selected in the notification mode list, the mobile terminal may display a list of mobile terminals that exchange location information with themselves, and set the location information reception rejection for the mobile terminal selected from the list (FIG. 81d). In this case, the mobile terminal may use an entire list or a group-specific list format as a list display method. In addition, the mobile terminal may not receive the location information itself or display the received location information with respect to the mobile terminal for which the reception is set to be rejected.

In addition, the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide location information in a limited manner according to intimacy for each terminal and / or group.

82 to 83B, a process of providing location information according to intimacy will be described in detail.

82 is a flowchart of a method for providing location information according to intimacy.

As illustrated in FIG. 82, the mobile terminal sets intimacy for each terminal or for each group (S8210). Here, the intimacy may refer to a criterion for setting the degree of disclosure of own location information for a specific terminal or a specific group.

For example, the intimacy can be selectively set from intimacy 1 to intimacy 10. Of course, the range and number of intimacy may be stored in the terminal by default or may be set by the user.

In the setting step S8210, the mobile terminal may set the intimacy according to the user's selection, or set the intimacy to correspond to the use frequency for each terminal or group (for example, the higher the use frequency, the higher the familiarity). .

In FIG. 83A, the intimacy setting for each terminal is shown, and in FIG. 83B, the intimacy setting for each group is shown.

The mobile terminal designates location information to be disclosed to other terminals for each intimacy set in the setting step S8210 (S8220). Here, the location information to be published by intimacy may be designated by the user or by default by the mobile terminal.

In addition, in the designation step S8220, the mobile terminal may designate an update period of the location information for each intimacy. For example, the higher the intimacy, the shorter the update period of the location information.

For example, as described in Table 1 below, location information to be published by intimacy may be designated.

Intimacy Disclosure Geolocation to be public Update cycle Intimacy 1 Private Identification Information Never Intimacy 2 Minimal Information Disclosure Identification and location 24 hours Intimacy 3 Basic Information Disclosure Identification, location, distance 10 hours ... ... Intimacy 10 Open all All information real time

Of course, the specifying step S8220 may be performed before the setting step S8210. In this case, location information to be published for any intimacy is first specified, and intimacy can be set for a specific terminal or group.

The mobile terminal transmits location information corresponding to the intimacy set for each terminal or for each group (S8230).

In the transmitting step S8230, the mobile terminal may transmit directly to the other terminal (or the second terminal) or transmit to the other terminal (or the second terminal) via the server.

In addition, when the mobile terminal has an intimacy 10 with the first and second other terminals, respectively, the first and second other terminals may be provided with location information of the intimacy 10.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method for providing location information may be embodied as computer readable codes on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer-readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, which are also implemented in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet). It also includes. In addition, the computer may include the controller 180 of the mobile terminal.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the accompanying drawings. In addition, the above-described embodiments may be configured by selectively combining all or part of the embodiments so that various modifications may be made.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a front perspective view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a rear configuration diagram of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system in which a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may operate.

5 is a front view of a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a front view when the mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention is mounted in a vehicle.

7 is a structural diagram of a system implementing a location information providing service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating location based information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9A to 9F are screen state diagrams for setting resolution according to a positional association according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a first flowchart illustrating a registration process of a location information providing service of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

11 is a second flowchart illustrating a registration process of a location information providing service of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

12A to 12D are screen diagrams illustrating a first embodiment of a registration process of a location information providing service of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

13A to 13D are screen diagrams of a second exemplary embodiment showing a process of registering a location information providing service of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

14A to 14C are screen diagrams illustrating a third exemplary embodiment of a process of registering a location information providing service of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

15A to 15D are screen diagrams illustrating embodiments of registering a location information providing service of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

16 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting location information when accessing a location information providing service of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

17 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving and displaying location information when accessing a location information providing service of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

18A to 18D are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of selecting a location information receiving terminal of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

19 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of setting a location information providing degree of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

20A to 20F are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of selecting a location information transmitting terminal of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of setting a degree of displaying location information of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

22A and 22B are screen state diagrams indicating that a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention accesses a location information providing service.

23A to 23D are screen state diagrams displaying area value information according to intimacy in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

24A and 24B are screen state diagrams of displaying location information based on a distance in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

25 is a screen state diagram of displaying location information using a map image in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

26A to 26E are screen state diagrams showing location information according to a regional correlation diagram in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

27A to 27C are screen state diagrams of displaying location information according to a location information providing type in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating a location information providing process according to a location information providing service connection of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

29A to 29G are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of selecting a location information providing terminal of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

28 is a screen state diagram of displaying a display mode list in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

30A and 31B are screen state diagrams of the position information display process according to the basic mode.

32A and 32C are screen state diagrams of a process of displaying position information according to an information providing mode.

33A to 33D are screen state diagrams of a process of displaying location information according to a map mode.

34A and 34B are screen state diagrams of a process of displaying position information according to a blending mode.

35 is a screen state diagram of a process of displaying location-based information generated hierarchically according to a resolution.

36 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a function of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

37 to 45 are state diagrams for explaining a method of performing a function of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

46 is a flowchart illustrating a method for guiding a road in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

47 to 52 are state diagrams for explaining the way guidance method of the mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

53 is a state diagram illustrating a call history with a specific counterpart in the mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

54 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a mobile history of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

55 to 63 are state diagrams for explaining a method of generating a mobile history of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

64 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting information of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

65 to 69 are state diagrams for describing a method for transmitting information of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

70 to 72 are state diagrams showing information on a specific terminal displayed on an indicator area in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

73 is a flowchart of a method for providing virtual location information according to a setting of a privacy protection function in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

74 is a screen configuration diagram illustrating a privacy protection function setting process in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

75A to 75D are screen configuration diagrams when a distance is selected from a condition list in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

76A to 76I are screen configuration diagrams when a position is selected from a list of conditions in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

77A and 77B are screen configuration diagrams when a moving speed / direction is selected from a condition list in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

78A and 78B are screen configuration diagrams when a virtual mobile history is selected from a condition list in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

79 is a flowchart of a method for notifying location information according to a setting of a privacy protection function in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

80 is a screen configuration diagram according to a setting of a privacy protection function and a notification mode setting in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

81A to 81D are screen diagrams illustrating a process for setting a restriction condition for each notification mode in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

82 is a flowchart of a method for providing location information according to intimacy in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

83A and 83B are screen configuration diagrams illustrating a process of setting intimacy for each terminal and each group in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (16)

In a communication device, A wireless communication unit receiving location information of the communication device and receiving location information of a communication device registered in a location information providing service; And A specific communication device among communication devices registered in the location information providing service is displayed on a corresponding location on a map using the received information, and the center point of the map is changed as the specific criterion is changed, and the resolution is displayed. And a controller capable of varying the scale of the map based on. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device And a display unit configured to display a specific communication device among communication devices registered in the location information providing service on a corresponding location on a map using the received information. The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit And grouping a plurality of specific communication devices selected by the specific criteria, and displaying them on a separate map for each group generated by the grouping. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the specific criteria is And at least one of a location of the communication device, a location of any one communication device among communication devices registered in the location information providing service, and a specific region. The method of claim 4, wherein The display unit includes a touch screen, And the controller is configured to perform a specific function related to the selected communication device when at least one communication device is selected by a touch input among the specific communication devices displayed on the touch screen. The method of claim 5, wherein the touch input And drawing a closed curve on the touch screen. The method of claim 6, wherein the control unit And when a specific symbol written in writing on the touch screen is recognized, perform a specific function related to the selected communication device. The method of claim 6, wherein the specific function Any one of a voice call, a video call, and a chat with the selected communication device, transmission of data performed using any one of SMS, MMS, e-mail, IM, and Bluetooth to the selected communication device, and the selected communication device is located. And at least one of displaying current information of where it is. The method of claim 6, wherein the control unit And perform the specific function with the selected communication device in consideration of the location of the selected communication device. The method of claim 9, wherein the specific function performed in consideration of the location of the selected communication device is When transmitting data using any one of SMS, MMS, e-mail, IM, Bluetooth to the selected communication device, including the function of translating the data to be transmitted in the language of the country where the selected communication device is located; A communication device characterized by the above-mentioned. The method of claim 6, wherein the resolution is A communication device, characterized in that determined by the user based on the degree of information disclosure set for each communication device. Receiving location information of a communication device registered in the location information providing service; And And displaying a specific communication device among communication devices registered in the location information providing service on a corresponding location on a map using the received information, And changing a center point of the map as the specific criterion is changed, and changing the scale of the map based on resolution. The method of claim 12, wherein the communication device performs a function. Grouping a plurality of specific communication devices selected by the specific criteria; And And displaying on a separate map for each group generated by the grouping. The method of claim 12, wherein the communication device performs a function. And performing at least one specific function related to the selected communication device when at least one communication device is selected by a touch input among the displayed specific communication devices. The method of claim 14, wherein the touch input is And drawing a closed curve on the touch screen. The method of claim 15, wherein performing a specific function related to the selected communication device is performed. And recognizing a specific symbol written in handwriting.

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