Background technology
At present a lot of mobile phones have all possessed antenna for global satellite positioning system, chip and navigation software, and make mobile phone possess navigation feature.And cellie, buying after the mobile phone that possesses GPS (Global Position System), often can not directly start navigation feature, buy sequence number but need to serve manufacturer to GPS (Global Position System), for example GUID sequence number (Globally Unique Identifier), in order to start GPS (Global Position System) service in mobile phone.
After in mobile phone, GPS (Global Position System) service starts, can not, according to the required use navigation feature time length of user, optionally buy.For example, user arrives nonlocal travel at one's own expense one month, thereby serves manufacturer to GPS (Global Position System) and buy sequence number to enable GPS (Global Position System) service.And user may only have the service of a month needs GPS (Global Position System) in the middle of 1 year, but GPS (Global Position System) serve manufacturer can not be according to user's demand, user is provided navigation feature service in length; Contrary, GPS (Global Position System) is served manufacturer can only sell sequence number once to user, in order to permanent use GPS (Global Position System) service.
Accept above-mentionedly, even have more other cellies, buy after sequence number serving manufacturer to GPS (Global Position System), because changing new cell-phone, and cannot continue to use GPS (Global Position System) service, lose and cause on user's money.
Therefore, provide a kind of convenience and can be real in necessary according to the GPS (Global Position System) service request method of paying between the operating period.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, one object of the present invention is to provide one GPS (Global Position System) service request method easily, to improve numerous and diverse program of known GPS (Global Position System) service request method.
In view of this, another object of the present invention is exactly that a kind of GPS (Global Position System) service request method of paying between according to the operating period is being provided, cannot be according to the defect of paying between the operating period to improve known GPS (Global Position System) service request method.
According to above-mentioned object, the present invention proposes a kind of GPS (Global Position System) service request method, comprises the following step: a user sends the first information to server comprising between a navigation feature operating period with a handheld communications device; This server receives after this first information, the second information that passback comprises a sequence number; And this user receives after this second information, input this sequence number in this handheld communications device to open a GPS (Global Position System) service.
From the above, according to GPS (Global Position System) service request method of the present invention, it can have one or more following advantage:
(1) save GPS (Global Position System) and serve manufacturer's sequence number resource.Serve manufacturer when GPS (Global Position System) and needn't, for each handheld communications device, as mobile phone, prepare respectively sequence number, GPS (Global Position System) is served manufacturer only need provide sequence number to use the user of service to needs, can effectively save sequence number resource.
(2) reduce handheld communications device manufacturer and directly enable the cost of GPS (Global Position System) service.Some chamber of commerce of handheld communications device manufactory directly serves manufacturer to GPS (Global Position System) and buys sequence number, directly to enable GPS (Global Position System) service; But these extra costs, often directly impute to cellie.
(3) the handheld communications device user who does not use GPS (Global Position System) to serve, can save unnecessary waste.
(4) the handheld communications device user who uses GPS (Global Position System) to serve, visual demand own, and buy between the different GPS (Global Position System) service operating periods.
For above and other object of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and coordinate accompanying drawing, be described in detail below.
Embodiment
Hereinafter with reference to relevant drawings, the GPS (Global Position System) service request method according to preferred embodiment of the present invention is described, for ease of understanding, the similar elements in following embodiment illustrates with identical symbology.
Fig. 1 is the schematic flow sheet of GPS (Global Position System) service request method of the present invention.As shown in Figure 1, the service of user's wish application GPS (Global Position System), comprises the following step:
First, carry out step S10, user determined between the navigation feature operating period of the GPS (Global Position System) service of wanting to buy.First, user need look own demand, determines to buy between the GPS (Global Position System) service operating period, between the operating period, be for example one day, one week, January, 1 year, forever use or during a certain date to another date.
Then, carry out step S12, user is with handheld communications device, for example mobile phone, and the present invention, all taking mobile phone as example, sends the first information comprising between the navigation feature operating period to server.Wherein, the first information forms according to specific format editor.Wherein, mobile phone dialing particular number, makes the first information be sent to the server of telecommunications operation manufacturer.
Carry out step S14, server receives after the first information, and the second information that passback comprises sequence number is to mobile phone.
Carry out step S16, user receives after the second information that server transmits, input sequence number in mobile phone to open the service of (activate) GPS (Global Position System).Wherein, user is by after in the sequence number input handset comprising in the second information, mobile phone can be opened GPS (Global Position System) service, and sequence number system is for example GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) sequence number, UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) sequence number.In addition, the second information, except comprising sequence number, more can form according to specific format editor.Wherein, mobile phone is opened after GPS (Global Position System) service, just between the navigation feature operating period in S12 step, starts to carry out timing according to user, and user, within the navigation feature operating period, can carry out the navigation feature in mobile phone.
Moreover when preventing that mobile phone from revising in mobile phone because of functional lesion or user that the time causes accurately carrying out timing, timekeeping system of the present invention adopts the system of server to carrying out timing between the navigation feature operating period.For example, between the navigation feature operating period, be during the first shown date on date to the second of server.In addition, after GPS (Global Position System) service release, between the navigation feature operating period that telecommunications operator can select to open according to user, withhold expense to user, then serve manufacturer with GPS (Global Position System) and carry out distribution of interests to distribute the expense of collecting.
Between the aforesaid navigation feature operating period, to after date, GPS (Global Position System) service closes.User to after date, can not re-use GPS (Global Position System) service in mobile phone between the navigation feature operating period, can not carry out the navigation feature in mobile phone.If user thinks to use once again GPS (Global Position System) service, need to apply for open-minded according to step S10~S16.
Fig. 2 is that navigation feature of the present invention starts and flowchart.As shown in Figure 2, start and carry out the flow process of navigation feature in mobile phone, comprising the following step:
Step S30: user enters navigation feature startup interface by the menu on mobile phone or button.
Step S32: whether this mobile phone of confirmation program validation that navigation feature starts in interface opened GPS (Global Position System) service.Enter after navigation feature startup interface by the menu on mobile phone or button user, mobile phone can preferentially be carried out confirmation program, confirms whether this mobile phone opened GPS (Global Position System) service.If mobile phone was opened GPS (Global Position System) service, carry out step S34, if not, carry out step S36.
Step S34: the confirmation program that navigation feature starts in interface further confirms in mobile phone, whether GPS (Global Position System) service expires.Wherein, confirmation program further confirmed at that time that (instant date) was whether within the navigation feature operating period, if so, carry out step S40 and enter navigation feature execution interface by navigation feature startup interface in mobile phone, to carry out (execute) navigation feature.If not, carry out step S36 and enter GPS (Global Position System) service request interface by navigation feature startup interface in mobile phone, to apply for GPS (Global Position System) service.
Step S36: enter GPS (Global Position System) service request interface, to carry out the application of GPS (Global Position System) service.Enter GPS (Global Position System) service request interface, user to GPS (Global Position System) service apply for.Step S36 is positioned at outer between the navigation feature operating period or never opened after GPS (Global Position System) service for confirming the instant date of program validation, carries out the application of GPS (Global Position System) service, carries out subsequently step S38.
Step S38: open GPS (Global Position System) service.If mobile phone is opened after GPS (Global Position System) service, carry out step S40 and enter navigation feature execution interface, to carry out (execute) navigation feature.If mobile phone cannot be opened GPS (Global Position System) service, carry out step S42 and exit GPS (Global Position System) service request interface.
From the above, the GPS (Global Position System) service request method disclosing according to the present invention, it can have one or more following advantage:
The present invention, by the server that directly sends information to telecommunications operation manufacturer by mobile phone, to apply for GPS (Global Position System) service, can simplify the known flow process that need serve to GPS (Global Position System) manufacturer's application.In addition, user, by mobile phone input sequence number, can start the GPS (Global Position System) service between the different operating periods, and more can save the cost that uses GPS (Global Position System) service.
Comprehensively above-mentioned; although the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; so it is not in order to limit the present invention; anyly be familiar with the art person; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when doing a little change and retouching, therefore protection scope of the present invention is when being defined and be as the criterion by claims.