KR100756192B1 - Method and system of arrival notification service in mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

When a specific terminal set by the subscriber arrives in a specific zone (or zone) set by the subscriber, a method and system for arrival notification service in a mobile communication network informing the subscriber that the specific terminal has arrived in the specific zone. Is disclosed. The method may include: a) when the arrival notification service request is received from the confirming terminal, the arrival notification server stores the arrival notification service zone and the telephone number of the confirming terminal corresponding to the confirming terminal, corresponding to the confirming terminal. Providing the service zone with information; b) when receiving the zone information from the arrival notification server, the ascertainer terminal detects the information of the current location, and based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone, Determining whether or not a zone has been entered; c) when the determination result determines that the assured terminal enters the service zone, the assured terminal reports the entry to the service zone to the arrival notification server; And d) when receiving the report of entering the service zone from the ascertain terminal, the arrival notification server, notifying the ascertain terminal.

Description

Arrival reporting service method and system in mobile communication network

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an arrival notification service system in a mobile communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of implementing an arrival notification service method in a mobile communication network according to the present invention in the system shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a view for explaining an example of a service zone entry determination process of the assured terminal 106 shown in FIG.

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102: checker terminal 104: arrival notification server

106: subject terminal 110: SMSC

120: ARS 130: swap server

The present invention relates to an arrival notification service method. More specifically, when a specific terminal set by a subscriber arrives in a specific zone (or zone) set by the subscriber, the specific terminal is sent to the subscriber. The present invention relates to a method and system for arriving notification service in a mobile communication network indicating arrival.

Conventionally, the method of determining whether to arrive at a specific region by continuous monitoring of the terminal in the server has been a method of periodically requesting the radio network resources including the HLR / MSC from the location server in the base station-based location acquisition. When the terminal wakes up through the base station, it causes the terminal to upload network information related to the location. In addition, in GPS-based location acquisition, due to the method of periodically requesting the radio network resources including the MPC / PDE from the location server, there is a problem in that the investment cost of expensive PDE equipment increases and thus the service cost increases.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, to monitor the continuous location and to compare the location information checked by the terminal with the location of the specific zone, the zone of the subject is set by the identifier It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system capable of eliminating the work from the existing series of servers to the terminal by registering when arriving.

In order to achieve the above object, the arrival notification service method according to the first aspect of the present invention is a) when the arrival notification service request from the confirming terminal, the arrival notification server is the arrival notification service zone and the confirmee from the confirming terminal Storing a telephone number of a terminal corresponding to the ascertainer terminal and providing information of the service zone to the ascertainer terminal; b) when the checked terminal receives the zone information from the arrival notification server, detects the information of the current location, and enters the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone; Determining; c) if it is determined that the assured terminal enters the service zone, reporting the entry to the service zone to the arrival notification server; d) notifying the ascertainer terminal of the entry of the ascertainer terminal when the arrival notification server receives a report of entering the service zone from the ascertainer terminal; e) If it is determined that the service zone has not entered the determination result of step b), the assured terminal determines the distance between the current location and the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. Calculating a; And f) determining the period of step b) based on the calculated distance between the current location and the service zone.

Preferably, the location information of the service zone includes the latitude / longitude of the center point and its radius or the address and its radius. Further, according to an embodiment, the service zone information may be a list of base stations or a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations. Also preferably, step b) is carried out in a predetermined cycle.

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Also preferably, the notification in step d) uses at least one of an SMS message, an ARS, and a callback URL, wherein the SMS message includes address and latitude / longitude information. When notifying using the callback URL, the arrival notification server generates a swap page corresponding to the callback URL, and when the user of the identifier terminal attempts to access the callback URL, the swap page through a swap server. It provides to the identifier terminal.

Arrival notification service method in a mobile communication network according to a second aspect of the present invention is a) when the arrival notification service request from the confirming terminal, the arrival notification server is the arrival notification service zone and the confirmation terminal from the confirming terminal Storing a telephone number corresponding to the ascertainer terminal and providing information of the service zone to the ascertainer terminal; b) when receiving the zone information from the arrival notification server, the ascertainer terminal detects the information of the current location, and based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone, Determining whether or not a zone has been entered; c) as a result of the determination in step b), if it is determined that the service zone has not been entered, the assured terminal determines the distance between the current location and the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. Calculating a; d) determining the period of step b) based on the calculated distance between the current location and the service zone; e) when it is determined that the ascertain terminal enters the service zone, the ascertain terminal reporting an entry to the service zone to the arrival notification server; And f) when receiving the report of entering the service zone from the terminal, the arrival notification server includes notifying the terminal of the entry, wherein the notification in step f) is SMS. When using at least one of a message, an ARS, and a callback URL, and notifying using the SMS message, the SMS message includes address and latitude / longitude information, and in case of notification using the callback URL, the arrival notification. The server generates a swap page corresponding to the callback URL, and when the user of the identifier terminal attempts to access the callback URL, provides the swap page to the identifier terminal through a swap server.

Preferably, the location information of the service zone includes the latitude / longitude of the center point and its radius or the address and its radius. Further, according to an embodiment, the service zone information may be a list of base stations or a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations.

When the arrival notification service system in the mobile communication network according to the third aspect of the present invention receives the arrival notification service request from the checker terminal, the arrival notification server is the arrival notification service zone from the checker terminal and the telephone number of the checker terminal. Stores corresponding to the ascertainer terminal, provides information on the service zone to the ascertainer terminal, and receives a report of entering the service zone from the ascertainer terminal. An arrival notification server for notifying the checker terminal; And obtain information corresponding to the current location of the user, and when receiving the zone information from the arrival notification server, detect the information of the current location, and based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. In response to the determination, the terminal determines whether the terminal enters the service zone. If the terminal determines that the terminal enters the service zone, the terminal identifies the entry into the service zone. And a subject terminal equipped with an application for reporting to the arrival notification server, wherein the application determines that the subject terminal has not entered the service zone as a result of determining whether the subject terminal has entered the service zone. In the case of determining, the information of the current location and the information of the service zone Seconds to determine the period of the service zones determined whether the entry based upon the distance between the current position and calculates a distance between the service zones, wherein the calculation of the current location and the service zones.

Preferably, the location information of the service zone includes the latitude / longitude of the center point and its radius or the address and its radius. Further, according to an embodiment, the service zone information may be a list of base stations or a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations. Also preferably, the application determines whether the identifier terminal enters the service zone at a predetermined period.

Also preferably, the arrival notification server may use at least one of an SMS message, an ARS, and a callback URL for the entry fact notification, and the SMS message may include address and latitude / longitude information. Further, when the arrival notification server notifies the entry fact notification using the callback URL, generates a swap page corresponding to the callback URL, and when a user of the identifier terminal attempts to access the callback URL, The swap page is provided to the identifier terminal through a swap server.

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When the arrival notification service system in the mobile communication network according to the fourth aspect of the present invention receives the arrival notification service request from the confirming terminal, the arrival notification service zone and the telephone number of the confirming terminal from the confirming terminal are determined. Store the corresponding information, provide the service zone information to the ascertainer terminal, and when the terminal receives the report of entering the service zone, the arrival notification server notifies the ascertainer terminal of the entry. An arrival notification server for making; And obtain information corresponding to the current location of the user, and when receiving the zone information from the arrival notification server, detect the information of the current location, and based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. In response to the determination, the terminal determines whether the terminal enters the service zone, and if it is determined that the terminal does not enter the service zone, the terminal identifies based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. Calculates a distance between the current location and the service zone, and determines the determination period based on the calculated distance between the current location and the service zone, and, as a result of the determination, the subject terminal determines the service zone. If it is determined that the user enters the terminal, the assured terminal knows the arrival to enter the service zone. And a subject terminal equipped with an application for reporting to a rim server, wherein the arrival notification server notifies the notification using at least one of an SMS message, an ARS, and a callback URL, and notifies the notification using the SMS message. In this case, the SMS message includes address and latitude / longitude information, and when notifying using the callback URL, the arrival notification server generates a swap page corresponding to the callback URL, and the user of the identifier terminal When attempting to access a callback URL, the swap page is provided to the identifier terminal through a swap server.

Preferably, the location information of the service zone includes the latitude / longitude of the center point and its radius or the address and its radius. Further, according to an embodiment, the service zone information may be a list of base stations or a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations. Also preferably, step b) is carried out in a predetermined cycle.

According to the present invention, instead of checking whether a specific terminal user arrives in a specific zone through constant monitoring of the moving path of the terminal of the subject in the notification server, the application in the terminal monitors its own location and sends the data to the specific zone. When arriving, the present invention relates to a method of transmitting the fact to a server or making it available to an application in a terminal so that an arrival notification service can be made without incurring a cost for location tracking.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an arrival notification service system in a mobile communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of implementing an arrival notification service method in a mobile communication network according to the present invention in the system shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a view for explaining an example of a service zone entry determination process of the assured terminal 106 shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, an arrival notification service system in a mobile communication network according to the present invention includes an identified terminal 106 and an arrival notification server 104 installed with an application according to the present invention.

When the arrival notification server 104 receives the arrival notification service request from the terminal (hereinafter referred to as the confirmer terminal) of the user who wants the service, the service from the confirmer terminal 102 requests the arrival notification. The telephone number of the target terminal of the zone and arrival notification service (hereinafter referred to as the terminal to be confirmed) is stored corresponding to the terminal 102. Then, the arrival notification server 104 requests the assured terminal 106 to operate the arrival notification function together with the information of the service zone. In response to the request for operation of the arrival notification function, the arrival notification server 106 reports that the service zone has been entered, the arrival notification server 104 notifies the confirmation terminal 102 of the entry. .

The ascertain terminal 106 may obtain information corresponding to its current location. For example, when the GPS receiver is mounted on the UE 106, the UE 106 may easily acquire information corresponding to its location. Since the detection of the position information of the GPS receiver is well known to those skilled in the art, the detailed description thereof is omitted in the present embodiment, and it should be noted that the present invention is not limited thereto. Another example of location information is a method using base station information. Since the method of using the base station information is also well known to those skilled in the art, the detailed description thereof is omitted in the present embodiment, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited thereto.

Preferably, the location information of the service zone may be the latitude / longitude of the center point and its radius, or may include an address and its radius. According to an embodiment, the service zone information may be a list of base stations, and more preferably, a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations.

The subject terminal 106 is mounted or installed the application according to the present invention described above. The subject terminal 106 performs not only operations related to the present invention, but also operations and functions of a normal mobile terminal, but in the present embodiment, the operation of the application and the subject terminal 108 according to the present invention. It will be described that the unique function as the mobile terminal of the operation in the subject terminal 108 without distinction. However, the implementation (mounting or installation) of the application according to the present invention in the mobile terminal will be fully realized by those skilled in the art through the present specification.

The subject terminal 106, when receiving the zone information from the arrival notification server 104, detects its current location, and based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone, the service zone. It is determined whether or not to enter. If it is determined that the service zone has not been entered, the ascertained terminal 106 calculates a distance between the current location and the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. Next, a next determination period (or time) is determined based on the distance between the current location and the service zone. The above-described process for the service zone entry determination cycle of the ascertain terminal 106 may be performed every time or several times, or every predetermined time, when the service zone entry determination is performed.

On the other hand, when the assured terminal 106 determines that the service zone has entered the service zone, the assured terminal 106 reports the arrival notification server 104 to the arrival zone. .

The arrival notification server 104 may use at least one of an SMS message, an ARS, and a callback URL according to an embodiment when notifying the checker terminal 102 of the service zone entry of the checker terminal 106. have. In the notification, when the SMS message is used, the arrival notification server 104 generates a notification message and requests the SMSC 110 of the mobile communication network to transmit the notification message to the confirmer terminal 102. A message is sent to the identifier terminal 102. Preferably, the SMS message includes address and latitude / longitude information, so that the identifier terminal 102 can apply it.

When the notification uses the callback URL, the arrival notification server 104 generates information (eg, a swap page) corresponding to the callback URL, and the user of the identifier terminal attempts to access the callback URL. The swap page is provided to the identifier terminal 102 through a swap server 130.

When the notification uses the ARS, the arrival notification server 104 may notify the user of the identifier terminal 102 by voice using the ARS 120.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail the operation of the system shown in FIG.

First, referring to FIG. 2, a user who wants the service sets a service zone for arrival notification using his terminal (identifier terminal 102), and sets the set zone and the terminal number of the identified terminal to the arrival notification server ( And transmits the request to the arrival notification server 104 (S21).

When the arrival notification service request is received from the checker terminal 102, the arrival notification server 104 stores the arrival notification service zone from the checker terminal 102 and the telephone number of the checker terminal corresponding to the checker terminal. Then, the information on the service zone is provided to the checked terminal 106, and the operation of the arrival notification function is requested (S22 and S23).

When receiving the zone information from the arrival notification server 104, the assured terminal 106 proceeds to the zone entry determination operation, as shown in Figure 3 in accordance with the present invention (S24).

Referring to FIG. 3, the zone entry determination operation of the checked terminal is described in detail. When receiving the zone information from the arrival notification server 104, the zone information is stored and then the checked terminal ( 106 detects the information of the current location, and determines whether the assured terminal has entered the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone (S31 and S32).

As a result of the determination in step S32, when it is determined that the service zone has not been entered, the ascertained terminal 106 determines the distance between the current location and the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. Calculate And, based on the calculated distance, the subject terminal 106 determines the period of the service entry determination of the step S32 (S33, S34).

On the contrary, when it is determined that the service zone has been entered, the assured terminal 106 informs the arrival zone of the service zone of the arrival notification server (S35 and S25).

When receiving the report of entering the service zone from the checker terminal 106, the arrival notification server 104 informs the checker terminal 102 to the SMSC (110), the swap server 130 or Notify using the ARS 120 (S26 and S27).

In order to know whether or not to arrive at a specific zone for a specific subject, the existing service periodically checks the location of the server, and when the server arrives, the server informs the terminal of the identifier. This method uses a method of providing a service by forcibly widening the location acquisition interval due to the excessive demand for system investment compared to the service, but the service quality is not only lowered but also the cost of the service is burdensome for the user. It has been. The present invention solves these shortcomings for the location arrival notification service, and manages the location in the terminal to enable a low-cost commercial service and, if necessary, by transmitting the location value to the server or to be used in the terminal application, investment cost In addition to reducing the number of services, it is possible to significantly lower the cost of using the service, thereby increasing the provision of services related to the arrival of a specific location.

Although the present invention has been described as a specific preferred embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Anyone with a variety of variations will be possible.

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a) when receiving the arrival notification service request from the confirming terminal, the arrival notification server stores the arrival notification service zone and the telephone number of the confirming terminal from the confirming terminal corresponding to the confirming terminal, Providing information of a service zone; b) when the checked terminal receives the zone information from the arrival notification server, detects the information of the current location, and enters the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone; Determining; c) if it is determined that the assured terminal enters the service zone, reporting the entry to the service zone to the arrival notification server; d) notifying the ascertainer terminal of the entry of the ascertainer terminal when the arrival notification server receives a report of entering the service zone from the ascertainer terminal; e) If it is determined that the service zone has not entered the determination result of step b), the assured terminal determines the distance between the current location and the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. Calculating a; And f) determining a period of the step b) based on the calculated distance between the current location and the service zone. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information of the service zone includes a latitude / longitude of a center point and a radius thereof. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information of the service zone includes an address and a radius thereof. The method of claim 1, wherein the service zone information includes a list of base stations. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the service zone information is a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations. The method of claim 1, wherein the step b) is performed at predetermined intervals. delete 7. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the notification in step d) uses at least one of an SMS message, an ARS, and a callback URL. The method of claim 8, wherein the SMS message includes address and latitude / longitude information. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein in the case of notification using the callback URL, the arrival notification server generates a swap page corresponding to the callback URL, and when a user of the identifier terminal attempts to access the callback URL, the swap server. Arrival notification service method in a mobile communication network, characterized in that for providing the swap page to the identifier terminal through. a) when receiving the arrival notification service request from the confirming terminal, the arrival notification server stores the arrival notification service zone and the telephone number of the confirming terminal from the confirming terminal corresponding to the confirming terminal, Providing information of a service zone; b) when the checked terminal receives the zone information from the arrival notification server, detects the information of the current location, and enters the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone; Determining; c) as a result of the determination in step b), if it is determined that the service zone has not been entered, the assured terminal determines the distance between the current location and the service zone based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. Calculating a; d) determining the period of step b) based on the calculated distance between the current location and the service zone; e) reporting the entry to the service zone to the arrival notification server when it is determined that the terminal of the ascertainer has entered the service zone; And f) when the arrival notification server receives a report of entering the service zone from the ascertainer terminal, notifying the ascertainer terminal of the entry of the ascertainer terminal; Herein, the notification in step f) uses at least one of an SMS message, an ARS, and a callback URL, and when notifying using the SMS message, the SMS message includes address and latitude / longitude information. In the case of notification using a callback URL, the arrival notification server generates a swap page corresponding to the callback URL, and when the user of the identifier terminal attempts to access the callback URL, the arrival page is read by the swap server. The method for providing arrival notification in a mobile communication network, characterized in that provided to an identifier terminal. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the location information of the service zone includes a latitude / longitude of a center point and a radius thereof. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the location information of the service zone includes an address and a radius thereof. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the service zone information includes a list of base stations. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the service zone information is a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations. When the arrival notification service request is received from the checker terminal, the arrival notification server stores the arrival notification service zone and the telephone number of the checker terminal from the checker terminal corresponding to the checker terminal, and the service zone at the checker terminal. The arrival notification server, the arrival notification server for notifying the confirmation terminal of the entry; And Information corresponding to the current location of the user may be obtained, and when the zone information is received from the arrival notification server, the information of the current location is detected and based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. And a checker terminal equipped with an application for determining whether the service zone has been entered, and if the determination result indicates that the service zone has been entered, reporting an entry to the service zone to the arrival notification server. , If the application determines that the checked terminal has not entered the service zone, and determines that the checked terminal does not enter the service zone, the application is based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. And calculating a distance between the current location and the service zone and determining a period of determining whether to enter the service zone based on the calculated distance between the current location and the service zone. Arrival Notification Service System. 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the location information of the service zone includes a latitude / longitude of a central point and a radius thereof. 17. The arrival notification service system of claim 16, wherein the location information of the service zone includes an address and a radius thereof. 17. The arrival notification service system of claim 16, wherein the service zone information includes a list of base stations. 20. The arrival notification service system of claim 19, wherein the service zone information is a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations. The system of claim 16, wherein the application determines whether the identifier terminal has entered the service zone at a predetermined period. delete 22. The system of any of claims 16 to 21, wherein the arrival notification server uses at least one of an SMS message, an ARS, and a callback URL for the entry notification. . 24. The arrival notification service system of claim 23, wherein the SMS message includes address and latitude / longitude information. The method of claim 23, wherein the arrival notification server generates a swap page corresponding to the callback URL when notifying the entry notification by using the callback URL, and the user of the identifier terminal accesses the callback URL. If not, the arrival notification service system in a mobile communication network, characterized in that providing a swap page to the identifier terminal through a swap server. When the arrival notification service request is received from the checker terminal, the arrival notification service zone and the telephone number of the checker terminal from the checker terminal are stored corresponding to the checker terminal, and the information on the service zone is provided to the checker terminal. The arrival notification server may include: an arrival notification server for notifying the confirmation terminal of the entry; And Information corresponding to the current location of the user may be obtained, and when the zone information is received from the arrival notification server, the information of the current location is detected and based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. If it is determined whether the ascertain terminal enters the service zone, and if it is determined that the ascertain terminal has not entered the service zone, the ascertain terminal is determined based on the information of the current location and the information of the service zone. The distance between the current location and the service zone is calculated, and the determination period is determined based on the calculated distance between the current location and the service zone. If it is determined that the entry has been made, the assured terminal notifies the arrival of the entry into the service zone. Includes the terminal of the subject is equipped with an application for reporting to the server, Here, the arrival notification server notifies the notification using at least one of an SMS message, an ARS, and a callback URL, and when notifying using the SMS message, the SMS message includes address and latitude / longitude information. When notifying using the callback URL, the arrival notification server generates a swap page corresponding to the callback URL, and when the user of the identifier terminal attempts to access the callback URL, the swap through the swap server And providing a page to the checker terminal. 27. The system of claim 26, wherein the location information of the service zone includes a latitude / longitude of a center point and a radius thereof. 27. The arrival notification service system of claim 26, wherein the location information of the service zone includes an address and a radius thereof. 27. The system of claim 26, wherein the service zone information includes a list of base stations. 30. The system of claim 29, wherein the service zone information is a set of center coordinates of each base station included in the list of base stations.

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