KR20070021515A - Location-based Scheduling Method Using Mobile Communication Network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network. To this end, the present invention is a method for managing a schedule of a plurality of users by using a mobile communication network, which any user sets schedule information and location information on which a schedule is to be transmitted to a schedule management server through a mobile communication network or a wired communication network. Receiving and registering it every time; notifying the schedule information to the user based on the schedule information; receiving the location information of the user's mobile communication terminal; receiving the received location information and the location information set by the user. Comprising the step of comparing, and extracting the content information related to the schedule information according to the comparison result and transmitting to the user's mobile communication terminal.

As described above, the present invention may not only provide schedule information to a user at a corresponding time after registering schedule and location information, but also provide convenience information to a user who performs a schedule by providing content information necessary for the schedule.

Location, mobile terminal, LBS

Description

Location-based schedule management using mobile communication network {METHOD FOR MANAGING A DAY'S PROGRAM BASED LOCATION USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication system and components connected thereto for explaining a location-based scheduling service method according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a schedule management service by a user using a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

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100: mobile communication terminal 110: base station

112: mobile communication exchange 114: home location register

120: PSTN 122: wired terminal

124: phone 140: scheduling server

142: content DB 144: user DB

150: content providing server group

The present invention relates to schedule management, and more particularly, to a location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication terminal.

With the rapid spread of mobile communication terminals, users' perception of mobile communication terminals is also changing from selective use to essential use. Therefore, even if a wallet or a watch is left, the mobile terminal has become a part of real life so as to carry the mobile terminal.

In addition, the performance improvement of the mobile communication terminal is also rapidly progressing, and the colorful output screen and various personal information management functions have been basic functions for a long time, and even multimedia data related functions and location tracking functions have been widely spread.

Among these various functions, the schedule management function is most often used as an internal function of a mobile communication terminal except for a call or a data service. As the life of modern people is complicated, time is used as the most convenient means of managing the information, and various types of schedule management means for managing such time have been developed in mobile communication terminals that are always carried.

Even in the most common schedule management, it is possible to set a schedule, set a schedule type, and set a duration and a repetition. In addition, a wake-up call can be separately designated, and alarms can be set by schedule management or anniversaries.

The mobile terminal has the advantage of using the standard time common to all users because it periodically gets information about the time from the base station, and various types of alarms are specified based on various control methods and menus. It is provided by.

However, this general schedule is set only by considering the time, which causes a restriction on the user. For example, a schedule set for home use may ring or be set by the user inadvertently. Wake-up calls can also ring at destinations. Therefore, there is an inconvenience in that it is necessary to manually reset the schedule for each situation due to the change of the user position.

In addition, in view of the fact that the user should determine the action not only by time but also by space, the existing simple time-based alarm function has many limitations.

For example, if you are away from work, you need to buy something at a nearby store, go to a nearby bank at lunch, check your banking, or go back to a certain place at any time to see what happens. It does not provide a function.

In particular, a recently used service that tracks the location of a mobile terminal or a friend's location (LBS) is not only a GPS using expensive satellites, but also neighboring base stations. Since it can be implemented at low cost because it is possible through the power difference between the mobile communication terminals, the newly released mobile communication terminals are equipped with functions using information related to the location.

However, services that link location information with schedule management are not provided.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, by registering the schedule and location information and providing the schedule information to the user at the corresponding time, as well as providing the content information necessary for the schedule to the user performing the schedule In addition, the present invention provides a location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network that can enhance user convenience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for managing a schedule of a plurality of users using a mobile communication network, wherein any user sets schedule information and location information on which the schedule is performed, thereby setting the mobile communication network or wired. Receiving and registering each time transmission to the schedule management server through a communication network, notifying the schedule information to the user based on the schedule information, receiving location information of the mobile communication terminal of the user, And comparing the received location information with the location information set by the user, and extracting content information related to the schedule information according to the comparison result and transmitting the extracted content information to the mobile communication terminal of the user.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication system and components connected thereto for explaining a location-based schedule management service method according to the present invention. The mobile communication terminal 100, the base station 110, and the mobile communication exchange 112 are shown in FIG. ), Home location register 114, PSTN 120, wired terminal 132, telephone 134, schedule management server 140, content DB 142, user DB 144 and multiple content providing servers ( And a content providing server group 150 consisting of 150/1 to 150 / n.

The mobile communication terminal 100 provides a schedule management menu for inputting schedule information for schedule management and location information on which the schedule is to be performed, and moves the schedule information and location information set by the schedule management menu to the base station 110 and the mobile station. It transmits to the schedule management server 140 through the communication switch 112, where the location and schedule information is transmitted using a voice call and a data communication. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 100 requests location registration from the base station 110 at predetermined intervals.

As such, although the user may register the schedule information and the location information to the schedule management server 140 using the mobile communication terminal 100, the schedule management server (using a wired terminal 122 such as a computer) may be used in another method. 140, the schedule information and location information may be registered, or the schedule information and location information of the schedule may be transmitted to the schedule management server 140 by a voice call using the phone 124. Here, when the telephone 124 or the wired terminal 122 is used, the schedule management server 140 is connected to the schedule management server 140 through the PSTN 120 and the mobile communication switch 112.

The base station 110 manages communication areas allocated on a sector basis and performs call processing, handoff, and location registration procedures through wireless communication with the mobile communication terminal 100 entering the communication area. In particular, the base station 110 is a base station registered by the network manager for the active additional service, and the area identification number (LAID: Location Area ID) of the base station is stored and managed in the home location register 114. When the mobile communication terminal 100 requests the location registration to the base station 110, the base station 110 transmits its area identification number to the mobile communication switch 112 to the home location register 114 corresponding to the mobile communication terminal. The location of 100 will be registered.

The mobile communication switch 112 transmits and receives data in cooperation with the schedule management server 140 and the base station 110, and transmits the location information of the mobile communication terminal 100 received from the base station 110 to the home location register 114. The location information of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the home location register 114 and provided to the schedule management server 140 according to a request of the location information of any mobile communication terminal from the schedule management server 140.

The schedule management server 140 receives the location information and schedule information set from any one of the mobile communication terminal 100, the telephone 124, and the wired terminal 122 through the mobile communication switch 112. In this case, the location information is converted into the area identification number of the base station 110 corresponding to the location information set by the user and stored in the user DB 144.

The schedule management server 140 checks the schedule information stored in the user DB 144 from time to time and transmits the schedule information to the user's mobile communication terminal 100 in the form of a short message on the corresponding date, and then transmits the schedule information to the mobile communication. If the location information of the terminal 100 is received from the mobile communication switch 112, and the location information stored in the user DB 144 is compared and matched, the content information related to the schedule information is fetched from the content DB 142 and moved. Provided to the communication terminal 100.

In addition, the schedule management server 140 receives the content from the content providing servers of the content providing server group 150 and stores the content in the content DB 142.

The user DB 144 stores the schedule information set by a plurality of users and the area identification number of the base station 110 corresponding to the place where the schedule proceeds, that is, the location information, and transmits the schedule information and the content information. The phone number of the terminal 100 is stored.

In the content DB 142, content information transmitted from the content server group 150 is stored for each region identification number.

A process in which a user registers his / her schedule information and location information in a schedule management server using the mobile communication system and a surname configured as described above and receives a schedule management service based on this will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a schedule management service by a user using a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user enters a schedule management menu into his mobile terminal 100, sets schedule information and location information on which schedule information is to be performed, and then schedules the schedule information through the base station 110 and the mobile communication exchange 112. Access to the management server 140 and the schedule information by accessing the schedule management server 140 via the PSTN 120 and the mobile communication exchange 112 using its wired terminal 122 or telephone 124. And location information to be scheduled (S200).

The schedule management server 140 stores the schedule information in the user DB 144 and also stores the region identification number of the base station corresponding to the received location information in the user DB 144 (S202).

The schedule management server 140 repeatedly performs such steps S200 and S202 to receive schedule information and location information set by a plurality of users, store them in the user DB 144, and from time to time, contents from the content server group 150. The information is classified and stored in the content DB 142 according to the area identification number.

Then, the schedule management server 140 searches the user DB 144 to determine whether there is schedule information to be transmitted to any user (S204).

As a result of the determination in step S204, when there is schedule information to be transmitted, the schedule management server 140 retrieves the schedule information from the user DB 144 and transmits the schedule information to the mobile communication terminal 100 of the user in the form of a short message. (S206).

Thereafter, the schedule management server 140 determines whether a confirmation message is received from the mobile communication terminal 100 receiving the short message corresponding to the schedule information (S208).

As a result of the determination in step S208, if the confirmation message is not received, the schedule management server 140 determines whether the predetermined time has ended based on the schedule information (S210), and if the predetermined time has ended as a result of the determination of step S210, to step S204. Proceeds to perform the subsequent steps, otherwise it is determined whether the reception waiting time of the confirmation message has elapsed by a predetermined time (S212).

As a result of the determination in step S212, when the predetermined time has elapsed, the schedule management server 140 proceeds to step S206 and again sends a short message to the mobile communication terminal 100, otherwise proceeds to step S208 and continues to move. It is determined whether a confirmation message is received from the communication terminal 100.

As a result of the determination of step S208, when the confirmation message is received from the mobile communication terminal 100, the schedule management server 140 transmits the area identification number of the base station 110 where the mobile communication terminal 100 is located to the mobile communication exchange 112. The request is provided (S214).

Then, the schedule management server 140 transmits the region identification number of the mobile communication terminal 100 that has transmitted the confirmation message and the location information where the schedule is stored in the user DB 144, that is, the base station corresponding to the place where the schedule is performed. Compare the area identification number of (S216).

As a result of the determination in step S216, if there is a mismatch, the schedule management server 140 proceeds to step S214 and performs the subsequent steps. Otherwise, the schedule management server 140 carries the region identification number of the base station and provides the content information corresponding to the schedule with the content DB 142. Withdraw from and transmits to mobile communication terminal 100 (S218).

For example, when the schedule is a lunch appointment with a customer, the schedule management server 140 extracts the content information about the restaurant from among the content information having the region identification number of the base station and transmits it to the user's mobile communication terminal 100. .

Such content information may be transmitted to the user's mobile communication terminal 100 in the form of a short message or a multimedia message.

According to the present invention, after registering schedule and location information, not only the schedule information is provided to the user at a corresponding time, but also the content information necessary for the user performing the schedule can be provided.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications can be made by any person having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

As described above, the present invention may not only provide schedule information to the user at a corresponding time after registering the schedule and location information, but also provide convenience information for the user to the user who performs the schedule, thereby enhancing user convenience. .

Claims (10)

As a method of managing a schedule of a plurality of users using a mobile communication network, Receiving and registering whenever any user sets schedule information and location information on which the schedule is performed and transmits it to a schedule management server through the mobile communication network or a wired communication network, Notifying the schedule information to the user based on the schedule information; Receiving location information of the mobile communication terminal of the user; Comparing the received location information with location information set by the user; Extracting content information related to the schedule information according to the comparison result and transmitting the extracted content information to the mobile communication terminal of the user; Location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, The location and schedule information may be transmitted to the schedule management server through a voice call using the user's mobile communication terminal or to the schedule management server through a wireless Internet. Way. The method of claim 1, The location and schedule information is set using a wired terminal or a telephone of the user and is transmitted to the schedule management server, location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network. The method of claim 1, The schedule information is configured in the form of a short message, the location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network, characterized in that notified to the user's mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein And the schedule information is repeatedly notified until a confirmation message corresponding to the short message is received. The method of claim 1, The setting of the location and schedule information may include setting a valid time at which the schedule information is notified. The method of claim 6, The effective time is a time domain having a fixed time or a predetermined range, location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network. The method of claim 1, The transmitting of the content information to the mobile communication terminal of the user may include sending a message indicating that the user arrived at a corresponding location according to a schedule to the mobile communication terminal of the user. Location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network further comprising. The method of claim 8, The message is a short message or a voice message location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The content information is location-based schedule management method using a mobile communication network, characterized in that the content information in the location associated with the contents included in the schedule information.

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