JP2003032717A - Mobile body communication system, and its service information providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To offer a mobile body communication system which can provide a mobile body terminal with service information peculiar to it. SOLUTION: The side of a network makes the information about movement of mobile body terminals 180 and 181 and the use situation of mobile body communication service into a data base, and searches for the data base by the terminal Nos. of mobile body terminals 180 and 181. Mainly, a service information provider provides the mobile body terminals 180 and 181 with necessary service information. The mobile body terminals 180 and 181 are not conscious of search processing time by searching for the data base 30 in the background, based on the mobile body terminal No. and its positional information during the telephonic communication of the mobile body terminals 180 and 181.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication system and an information service providing method in the mobile terminal system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a mobile communication system, a service is provided in which various service information is provided according to a user's request. In this case, the user uses the mobile terminal to select the information that he / she wants to use from the service information contents provided by the mobile communication carrier and obtain it. In such a service, the content of the service information, which has a large number of user needs, is substantial, and the number of contents having a relatively small need is small.
It is difficult for the user to obtain the desired service information in any case, because it takes time to search the service information having a small amount of content and the service information having a large amount of content.

[0003]

In the conventional mobile communication system for carrying out the information service, the user is in charge of the search, selection and download of the service information. The user searches the mobile terminal for the content of the service information, selects the necessary content, and downloads it. In this case, spending a large amount of time from the search to the download greatly hinders the use of the service information, which is an obstacle to the service information provider and the user.

The present invention provides a mobile communication system in which a user of a mobile terminal can easily obtain service information without spending time, and a method of providing service information in the mobile terminal system. To aim.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the mobile communication system of the present invention provides a personal information database for storing personal information unique to the user of each mobile terminal and each region. A regional information database that stores a plurality of service information for each content, a terminal position detection device that detects the current position of each mobile terminal, and a personal information server that retrieves personal information of one mobile terminal from the personal information database, Based on the personal information searched by the personal information server and the current position of the first mobile terminal detected by the terminal position detection device, the area information database is searched for service information to be provided. The service information server for each area to be extracted and the service information extracted by the service information server for each area are provided at a predetermined timing, and the mobile terminal of the first And a sending control means for transmitting to.

In the mobile communication system of the present invention, the service information provider collects the personal information of the user of the mobile terminal and saves it in the database, without burdening the user of the mobile terminal with searching or the like. , Service information suitable for the user of the mobile terminal and suitable for the current position of the mobile terminal is transmitted.

The mobile communication system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further comprises a terminal location database for storing the current location of each mobile terminal for a predetermined period. In this case, the current position can be detected immediately after the mobile terminal number is specified, so that the service information can be searched quickly.

[0008] It is also a preferable aspect of the present invention that the personal information includes service information and / or mail-order related information previously received by the user of the mobile terminal. Other personal information includes the occupation, age, taste, etc. of the user.

Further, depending on the type of service information to be provided, at least one of the charge for providing the service information and the communication cost during the provision of the service information is either the user of the mobile terminal 1 or the service information provider. It is also a preferable aspect of the mobile communication system of the present invention to have a charging means for charging. In this case, the mobile communication system can be provided with a direct mail function.

The personal information server searches the personal information database during communication of the one mobile terminal, and the communication control means transmits service information to be provided at the end of communication of the one mobile terminal. You can do it. Alternatively, the communication control means may transmit the service information to be provided when the ring back tone is received when the mobile terminal 1 makes a call. In either case, the user of the mobile terminal does not need to perform any special operation to receive the service information. Moreover, it is not necessary for the user of the mobile terminal to recognize the search processing time when providing information.

A method of providing service information in a mobile communication system according to the present invention extracts a search key of information suitable for a user of the mobile terminal from the position information of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal number, and extracts the search key. Search the database provided from the information server of the service information provider based on the search key, toward the mobile terminal from the information server,
It is characterized by providing service information suitable for the user of the mobile terminal and the current location of the mobile terminal.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram of a mobile communication system of the present invention.

The mobile communication system 100 is a network service control station 11 for controlling the entire system.
0, a home location register (HLR) 120 for managing location information of a mobile unit, a database system for registering and storing area-specific service information unique to each base station and personal information unique to each mobile terminal , Also referred to as a database) 130, and mobile communication exchanges 150, 1
51, a network service control station 110, a signal relay station 140 that relays between the registration information database 130 and the mobile communication exchanges 150 and 151, and a number of base stations 170 to 17
4 and a plurality of base stations 170 to 174 for controlling the base stations 170 to 174 and connecting the base stations 170 to 174 to the corresponding mobile communication exchanges 150 and 151, and a large number of mobile terminals 180 and 181.

Personal information for each mobile terminal 180, 181 is collected by a personal information server built in the database 130 and registered in the database 130. Further, based on the control of the network service control station 110,
The personal information server calls the information. The regional service information for each base station is similarly collected by the regional service information server built in the database 130,
It is registered in the database 130. Further, under the control of the network service control station 110, the regional service information server calls up the information.

The service information for each area is provided by the base station radio unit 1.
For each 70 to 174, service information is stored for each information type (content) as service information for each area covered by the wireless area. Further, the personal information is registered for each category as personal information for each mobile terminal. Personal information is
In addition to personal registration, the service provider accumulates, H
It is stored as information unique to each mobile terminal (user) including a position history from the LR, a mail-order sales history, service information usage history, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 2, the network service control station 11
0 is a signal relay interface 401 that relays signals with the signal relay station 140, and a signal relay interface 4
A request signal identification / separation unit 402 for identifying whether to perform call control for general communication between mobile terminals or to use an information service based on a signal from 01, and to control call setup and disconnection. The call setting control unit 403, the incoming call information search control unit 404 that searches the HLR 120 for the location information of the destination mobile terminal, and the data and data retrieved from the database 130 for the signal requesting information provision. The additional service control unit 407 that controls the information provision from the destination information, the data retrieval control unit 408 that controls the retrieval of the unique information of the mobile terminal based on the mobile terminal number from the database 130, and the information obtained Data storage memory unit 412 for temporarily storing the stored data, and data transmission control unit 406 for controlling the transmission timing of the data information.
A data transmission destination identification / granting unit 411 for controlling a data transmission destination, a data identification / billing management unit 410 for identifying data and charging for data and communication, and a billing data storage memory 413 for storing billing information. And HL
HLR interface 405 that sends and receives signals to and from R
And a database interface 409 for sending and receiving data to and from the database 130.

Next, the operation of the mobile communication system according to the above embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 shows an example of a call connection procedure in mobile communication, and shows a case (case 0) of communication (call connection) from mobile terminal A to mobile terminal B. Mobile terminal A
However, when the terminal number of the mobile terminal B is transmitted, the transmission information becomes calling information and is notified to the base station wireless device A.
This calling information is used for the base station control device A and the mobile communication exchange A.
And the network service control station is notified via the signal relay station.

The network service control station searches the HLR for the location information of the mobile terminal B, which is the terminal on the receiving side, and based on the search result, the base station wireless device B for the signal relay station.
And performs a call connection instruction with the mobile terminal B located under The mobile communication exchange B controls calling of the mobile terminal B via the base station control device B and the base station radio device B, and at the same time performs a call connection process with the mobile communication exchange A. When the mobile terminal B receives an incoming call, the mobile terminals A and B enter the call setting completion state and the communication (call) state via the mobile communication exchange A and the mobile communication exchange B.

FIG. 4 shows how service information is provided in the mobile communication system according to the above embodiment. Case 1 and case 2 shown in the figure will be described. Case 1 shows a procedure in which the mobile terminal A requests and obtains information registered in the database. The service of accessing a database from a mobile terminal to obtain information in this way is also realized in conventional mobile communication. However, the example of FIG. 4 is different from the conventional one in that personal information is registered in the database. In the present embodiment, the mobile terminal not only selects information from the information contents provided to all subscribers as in the past, but also selects the information provided to an individual from the network. Search control from the service control station to the database
It can be obtained via the network.

Case 2 is a mobile terminal A and a mobile terminal B.
When and are communicating (calling), personal information is searched from the terminal number of the mobile terminal, and at the same time as the call between mobile terminals ends, personal information is downloaded from the network side to the mobile terminal side. Indicates a service. In the part (A) in the figure, a process for setting up a call for the mobile terminal A and the mobile terminal B shown in the process of case 0,
As a procedure, a process of searching for personal information in the database from the mobile terminal number and a process of storing the search data in the data storage memory unit in the network service control station are shown.

(A) in the figure shows the processing after the communication (call) between the mobile terminals is completed. When the mobile terminal A or B notifies the mobile communication exchange of a call disconnection signal at the end of the call, this call disconnection signal is notified to the signal relay station. The signal relay station transmits a call disconnection signal (information transmission request signal) to the network service control station. The network service control station uses the mobile terminal A through the signal relay station.
A call hold instruction notification is issued to the (call originator) mobile communication switch, and a call release instruction notification is sent to the mobile communication switch of mobile terminal B (callee). Furthermore, the mobile telecommunication switch A
, The personal information of the mobile terminal A stored in the data storage memory unit is transmitted via the signal relay station.

The mobile telecommunication exchange A transmits personal information of the mobile terminal A to the mobile terminal A via the hold call and, at the same time, transmits an information delivery completion notice to the network service control station. The network service control station sends a call release instruction signal to the mobile communication exchange A to perform a call release process for the base station control device A and the base station wireless device A. In this way, in case 2, by changing the call connection route after the call between mobile terminals is completed, the data searched in advance can be transferred from the network side to the mobile terminal side in a short time. Can be provided.

Next, the data stored and accumulated in the database 130 will be described. Database system 1
30 includes a personal information server, a regional information server, a comprehensive information server, and databases stored and stored by these servers. FIG. 5 shows an example of personal information registered by the personal information server, FIG. 6 shows an example of regional service information registered by the regional information server, and FIG. 7 shows an example of comprehensive information registered by the comprehensive information server.

Among the information shown in FIG. 5, the personal registration information is data that can be freely registered by a user and can be updated as needed. The personal data 1 to 3 are data that the network side creates as a database from the mobile terminal mobile information (obtained from the HLR), mail order usage record information, mobile communication service usage record information, and the like, and updates the data as appropriate.

FIG. 6 is a database in which the information from the service information provider is grouped by category or content type for each region of the base station radio equipment, and each data is coded. FIG. 7 shows a database of all service information provided by a service information provider for each content, and each data is coded as in the case of FIG.

Next, with respect to case 2 in FIG. 4, the operation of the mobile communication system according to the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. When the mobile terminal A makes a call to the mobile terminal B, the network service control station uses the call signal from the signal relay station at the request signal identifying / separating unit to access the signal for accessing the HLR or the database. It is a signal. In this case, since the mobile terminal A is making a call to the mobile terminal B, the request signal identification / separation unit transmits the call to the incoming call information search control unit via the call setting control unit.
The location information search instruction is issued.

The result obtained by retrieving the position information of the mobile terminal from the HLR via the HLR interface is transmitted to the signal relay station via the incoming call information retrieval identifying unit and the call setting control unit. The mobile communication exchange B accommodating the mobile terminal B sets up a call with the mobile communication exchange A, and at the same time, instructs the base station radio device B to call the mobile terminal B via the base station control device B. Do. When the mobile terminal B responds to this call, the call setup between the mobile terminals A and B is completed and the call state is established.

At the same time as the call setup between the mobile terminal A and the mobile terminal B is performed, the supplementary service control unit is notified of the terminal information of the mobile terminal A in order to retrieve the personal information from the database. Then, the personal information is retrieved from the database via the data retrieval control unit. The search result is temporarily stored in the data storage memory unit.

Now, a procedure for retrieving personal information from the database will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the personal information registered by the subscriber and the personal information collected by the network are registered as search keys, and from all of these search keys, a comprehensive search key unique to the mobile terminal is provided. Is registered.

As shown in FIG. 6, the information provided by the information provider is classified for each base station radio apparatus and for each category, and individual data is coded for information retrieval. As shown in FIG. 7, service information is classified for each content separately from the position of the base station wireless device, and individual data is information-coded for information retrieval. For example, the terminal number of a mobile terminal currently under the control of a base station in Minato-ku AA1 is AAA-BBBBBB-001.
, The general search key of personal information is ZXXX1, and the information code in Minato-ku AA1 accommodated in the database of FIG. 6 is searched for the data hit by the general search key ZXXX1, and the database of FIG. 7 is searched. From the accommodated service information, the hit data is searched with the general search key ZXXX1. The personal service information searched here is
It is stored in the data storage memory unit of the network service control station.

Next, the operation until the mobile terminal A is notified of the personalized service information stored in the data storage memory unit in the network service control station will be described. Mobile terminal A
When the communication (call) between the mobile terminal B and the mobile terminal B ends, a call disconnection signal is sent from the mobile terminals A and B to the mobile communication exchanges A and B via the base station radio device and the base station controller. Be notified. Further, the mobile communication exchange notifies the network service control station of the call disconnection signal via the signal relay station. The network service control station issues a call hold instruction to the mobile communication exchange A and a call release instruction to the mobile communication exchange B, and at the same time, a mobile unit stored in a data storage memory unit in the network service control station. The control of transmitting the personal service information of the terminal A is performed by the following procedure.

First, the call disconnection signal transmitted to the network service control station is detected by the call setting control section, and the personal service of the mobile terminal A among the data stored in the data storage memory section of the data transmission control section. A signal for reading information is transmitted to the data storage memory unit and the data transmission destination identification / addition unit to read the stored data. The read data is sent to the mobile communication exchange A via the data type / billing management unit, and based on the data transmission destination information (mobile terminal A),
Download service information to mobile terminal A. When the information download is completed, the mobile communication exchange A sends an information transmission completion notice to the network service control station, and the network service control station releases the call with the mobile terminal A to the mobile communication exchange A via the signal relay station. Give instructions. As a result, the mobile terminal A can automatically obtain the personal service information registered in the network and the personal service information in the vicinity where the mobile terminal is located each time communication is performed.

According to the mobile communication system of the present invention according to the above-described embodiment, the network side makes a database of the mobile information of the mobile terminal, the usage status of the mobile communication service and the personal information, and the database by the terminal number of the mobile terminal. By searching for, not only the service information from the limited information content but also the individual information suited to the individual's taste can be provided from the network (information provider) to the mobile terminal.

In addition to the conventional information gathering method in which the mobile terminal requests the database to provide information and obtains service information, at the same time when communication between mobile terminals is completed, , The network side automatically switches the call setting to the mobile terminal pair database, and the service information can be downloaded from the network side (information provider) to the mobile terminal to provide the information.

The above configuration has an advantage that the mobile terminal does not need to be aware of the data retrieval time. Further, the information provider side can provide the mobile terminal with advertisement information or the like that suits individual tastes, and a direct mail service function using mobile communication can be realized.

Further, by making it possible to set the communication fee charging during the service information provision on the mobile terminal side (subscriber) or the information provider side, the communication fee may be charged depending on the service information from the information provider side. It is possible to charge not to the terminal (subscriber) but to the information provider side, and the subscriber can obtain service information without incurring communication costs.

In the above mobile communication system, the information provider side stores the unique (user) information on the mobile terminal side as a database and stores it, and the network service control station uses the mobile terminal number as a search key to store the mobile terminal ( It is possible to provide information that suits the taste of the user. As the providing means, the mobile terminal makes a request for providing information to an individual to the database, as in the case where the mobile terminal obtains information from a specific content as in the conventional information providing service. Alternatively, after the mobile terminal finishes communication (call), the personal information is free from the database by the call setting control unit of the network service control station and the data transmission control unit that controls the data transmission timing by controlling the end of communication. Can be downloaded and provided on the terminal.

Although the present invention has been described above based on its preferred embodiments, the mobile communication system and the service information providing method of the present invention are not limited to the configurations of the above embodiments. Various modifications and changes made to the configuration of the above-described embodiment are included in the scope of the present invention.

[0039]

As described above, according to the mobile communication system and the service information providing method of the present invention,
Service information can be provided without imposing a heavy burden on the user, and the convenience of the user of the mobile communication system and the service provider can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration of a network service control station.

FIG. 3 shows a call setup procedure between mobile terminals.

FIG. 4 is a service information providing sequence of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an example of personal information.

FIG. 6 shows an example of service information by region.

FIG. 7 shows an example of comprehensive information.

[Explanation of symbols] 100: Mobile communication network 110: Network service control station 120: Home Location Register (HLR) 130: Database 140: Signal relay station 150, 151: Mobile telecommunication switch 160, 161: Base station control device 170 to 174: base station wireless devices 180, 181: mobile terminal 401: Signal relay station interface 402: Request signal identification / separation unit 403: Call setting control unit 404: Incoming call information search control unit 405: HLR interface 406: Data transmission control unit 407: Additional service control unit 408: Data search control unit 409: Database interface 410: Data type / charge management unit 411: Data transmission destination identification / addition unit 412: Data storage memory unit 413: Charge data storage memory

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A personal information database that stores personal information unique to each mobile terminal user, a regional information database that stores a plurality of service information provided for each region by content, and a current information of each mobile terminal. A terminal position detecting device for detecting a position; a personal information server for searching the personal information database for personal information of one mobile terminal; personal information searched for by the personal information server; and a personal information detected by the terminal position detecting device. A service information server for each area that searches the area information database and extracts service information to be provided based on the current position of the one mobile terminal; and service information extracted by the service information server for each area. And a transmission control means for transmitting to the one mobile terminal at a predetermined timing. 2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, further comprising a terminal location database that stores the current location of each mobile terminal for a predetermined period. 3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the personal information includes service information previously received by a user of the mobile terminal and / or information regarding mail order. 4. Depending on the type of service information provided,
The charging means for charging at least one of a charge for providing service information and a communication fee during service information provision to either the user of the one mobile terminal or the service information provider. The mobile communication system according to any one of 3 above. 5. The personal information server searches a personal information database during communication of the one mobile terminal, and the communication control means provides service information to be provided when communication of the one mobile terminal ends. The mobile communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which transmits a message. 6. The mobile unit according to claim 1, wherein the communication control unit transmits service information to be provided when a ringback tone is received when the first mobile terminal makes a call. Communications system. 7. A search key for information suitable for the user of the mobile terminal is extracted from the position information of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal number, and based on the extracted search key, from the information server of the service information provider. The database provided is searched, and service information suitable for the user of the mobile terminal and the current position of the mobile terminal is provided from the information server to the mobile terminal. , A method of providing service information in a mobile communication system.