KR100555372B1 - How to notify neighbors using a mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a neighbor acquaintance notification method using a mobile phone, the conventional acquaintance finder method, whenever a user wants to disclose the location information, access to the service provider service system to apply for the public, and announce their own circles There was a problem that is not easy to use such as to choose. In view of the above problems, the present invention includes a location information sharing approval step of approving location information sharing between a user having a unique group and an acquaintance of the user using a mobile phone; A group designation step of adding acquaintance information to the group of the user and adding the user's information to the group of acquaintances and storing the information in the group database; A neighboring acquiring step of searching for each group stored in the group database in a mobile communication control station system whether the group member is located within a predetermined distance from the group user; If there is an adjacent acquaintance, the mobile communication control station system transmits a message informing the acquaintance that the user is in an adjacent location, and transmits a message informing the group user that the specific acquaintance is in an adjacent location. It is composed. With this configuration, the present invention can register the location information sharing with the other party by simple operation of the mobile phone, without the cumbersome registration procedure, and can temporarily stop the location information sharing, thereby facilitating the operation. Has the effect of improving.

Description

Notification of neighbors using a mobile phone {NOTICE METHOD FOR NEARBY ACQUAINTANCE USING MOBILEPHONE}

1 is a block diagram of a friend-finding method using a location disclosure function according to the conventional patent application technology.

2 is a block diagram of a friend-finding system according to the conventional patent application technology.

3 is a system configuration for implementing the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart of a neighbor acquaintance notification method using a mobile phone of the present invention.

Figure 5 is an embodiment of a group database applied in the present invention.

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310: mobile communication control station system 320: group database

330: location tracking system 340, 350: base station

The present invention relates to a neighbor acquaintance notification method using a mobile phone, in particular, when the user of the mutual confirmation of the location is within the set distance, by notifying each user of the fact, between users who did not have a separate meeting appointment It relates to a neighbor acquaintance notification method using a mobile phone that can facilitate the meeting.

Recently, the location tracking service of acquaintances using a mobile phone has been made. However, this is only done if the user is asked to track the location of a specific acquaintance, and the scope of the tracking is not limited.

Such a location tracking service has a problem that may invade the privacy of the individual.

In addition, a technology for mutually recognizing the location of each user among the registered users has been applied for a patent, for example, "Patent Finding Method using wired and wireless communication" Patent Publication No. 2002-0015754.

Hereinafter, the friend finding method described in the "Patent Finding Method Using Patent Publication No. 2002-0015754 wired / wireless communication" (hereinafter referred to as a conventional patent application technology) will be described in more detail.

1 is a configuration diagram of a friend search method using a position disclosure function according to the conventional patent application technology, Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of a friend search system according to the conventional patent application technology.

Conventional patent application technology database construction step (S10), website publishing step (S20), user authentication step (S30), positioning step (S40), waiting step (S50), location disclosure step (S60), location information transmission It comprises a step S70, a position information receiving step S80, and an ending step S90.

The database construction step S10 includes a user information construction process S11, a club information construction process S12, and a location information construction process S13.

The user information construction process (S11) includes personal information including a mobile phone number of a user using a friend search service, an identification symbol for the user and a user defined by the service system 30 that provides the service, and the user. Organizes by storing interests such as hobbies.

The club information building process (S12) is configured by storing the names of clubs already established in the friend search service, activity contents, information of members, and information of newly established clubs.

The location information construction process (S13) of the client system that can access the friend finder service to store the location of the user who published his location, and also can check the location information of the publisher set in the location disclosure step (S50) Organize and store information such as types, club names, and names of specific members.

The website publishing step (S20) is composed of an authentication program posting process (S21), a club information posting process (S22), a club creation program posting process (S23), and a location information program publishing process (S24).

The authentication program posting process (S21) receives a user identifier and the like transmitted through the client system 10 of the user while exchanging data with the user information database 40, the user in the user information database 40 To determine whether to subscribe to, and to create a program that gives the user subscribed to the service to use the service and to post on the website of the service system that provides the service.

The club information posting process (S22) posts detailed club information such as name, activity contents, features, number of members, member names, etc. already established and operated in the service system on the website.

In addition, the club creation program posting process (S23) posts a program for creating a new club, which is necessary when a new club is not established in the service system, on the website.

In the club creation program, it is preferable to input information such as the name of the club, the direction of activity, and the name of the participating member.

And the location information program posting process (S24) is a program that can receive the location identified by the communication company using a mobile phone from the communication company to store in the service system, and an input program that can directly enter their location on the website Post it.

The user authentication step (S30) comprises a registration process (S31), identification information receiving process (S32), identification information search process (S33), and identification information authentication process (S34).

The registration process (S31) allows the user who first accesses the website to use the friend search service provided by the service system to input user information such as personal information and interests such as a user's personal information and a hobby number, and a mobile phone number. Also, by selecting a club to join, the user information entered in this way is stored in the user information database (40).

The identification information receiving process (S32) transmits the user's identification symbol predefined between the user subscribed to the service and the service system 30 to the service system by the operation of the client system 10 of the user, and the transmission. The received user identification information from the service system 30.

The identification information retrieval process (S33) checks whether the user subscribes to the service by searching the user identification information transmitted from the user information database 40, which can exchange data with the service system 30.

The identification information authentication process (S34) grants the authenticated user the right to use the service based on the search result of the database 40, and provides changed information such as whether or not to receive new news of the club to which the user subscribed. do.

The user authentication step (S30) is equally applicable not only when the user accesses the service system 30 using a mobile phone but also when the user accesses the service system using a computer.

The positioning step (S40) is the location of the communication company (S41), the location of the communication company (S42), the location of the service system (S43), the detailed location input process (S44), and the detailed location of the service system It consists of a receiving process (S45).

The location detecting process of the telecommunication company (S41) detects the location of the user by using a mobile phone using a base station or by adding a location tracking function to the terminal.

In this case, if a telecommunication company uses a GPS (Global Position System) using satellites, the current location of the user may be known in more detail.

The location transmission process (S42) of the communication company transmits the location information of the user identified in the location determination process (S41) of the communication company to the service system 30 by using the repeater of the communication company.

In the location receiving process S43 of the service system 30, the service system 30 receives the transmitted location information of the user and stores the location information in the location information database.

In the detailed location input process (S44), since the location of the communication company is not detailed, the user may directly input his / her location, and the user may also use the service using a computer instead of a mobile phone. Enter your own detailed location.

Further, the detailed location receiving process (S45) of the service system also receives the detailed location information of the user directly input by the service system 30 and stores it in the location information database.

The waiting step (S50) is a state in which when the location information of the same club member among the users who use the service is released, the location information can be directly received.

At this time, if the user who applied for the waiting does not want to disclose his location, the service connection is terminated and waits for the location information to be disclosed.

The position disclosure step (S60) consists of a waiting confirmation process (S61), a public decision process (S62) and a member setting process (S63).

The waiting confirmation process (S61) confirms the number of club members in the waiting state before the authenticated user selects the location disclosure.

The disclosure decision process (S62) determines whether a user who has access to the service system publishes his or her location, and selects the disclosure if the disclosure is to be made public.

In addition, the member setting process (S63) may set a club or a specific member that wants their location information to be disclosed when selecting the public, or may set the type of client system that can check their location information. .

That is, it can be set to make it possible to check only when connected with a mobile phone, to make it possible to check only when connected with a computer, or to make it possible to check on all client system connections.

After the location disclosure, the location disclosure does not require a separate procedure and enters the standby state, and becomes a location disclosure waiter that can receive the location information disclosed by other club members.

The location information transmission step (S70) transmits the location information of the location publisher, detailed information such as the current location and the location publisher's message from the service system 30 to the waiting client system through the communication network.

In addition, when searching for a specific person, a user using the service may search by inputting the specific person's name or mobile phone number.

If a specific person's name or mobile phone number is input, the inputted information is searched through the service system 30 to search the location information database to find out whether the specific person has disclosed a location.

When the specific person has disclosed the location, the location information and the message retrieved from the location information database are transmitted to the client system of the user who requested the search.

In the location information receiving step 80, the location information of a friend or a club member transmitted from the service system reaches a user's mobile phone or computer in the form of a text or voice message or an image or a video through a communication network. Check the transmitted location information.

Upon receiving the transmitted location information, the waiter and the location disclosure waiter move to a place informed by the location disclosure, and meet their friends.

In the terminating step (S90), when the user who has applied for waiting to release the waiting state accesses the service system, selects and ends the waiting, and the user who has disclosed the location has made a predetermined purpose to disclose the location. In the case of terminating the terminal, the terminal accesses the service system, deletes the existing location information, and terminates the standby state.

The system for implementing a friend finding method using the location disclosure function is composed of the client system 10 of the publisher, the communication network 20, the service system 30, the database 40, and the client system 50 of the waiter.

The location discloser 10 is a user who publishes his or her location, and is configured as a mobile phone 10 having a web browser embedded therein or a computer capable of accessing the Internet.

The communication network 20 is a communication network to which the client system 10 of the location publisher connects to form an internet connection. The communication network 20 uses a communication network in which the client system 10 and the service system 30 can simultaneously establish a connection.

When there is a waiter, the service system 30 may transmit the location information of the location publisher in the location information database to the client system 50 of the waiter, and may also exchange data with the user information database 40. Configure the system program.

The database 40 is configured to record data in a predetermined storage medium of the service system 30 and to exchange data with the service system 30 while providing stored information according to the execution of the service system 30. do.

The waiter 50 is a user who applied for waiting by accessing the service system 30 and constitutes a mobile phone or a computer capable of receiving public location information.

Next will be described the process of a friend finding method using the location function of the mobile phone according to the conventional patent application technology configured as described above.

The service provider who wants to provide a friend search service using the wired / wireless communication first stores user information such as personal information including a user's mobile phone number and club information such as the name of the established club and activity contents in the database 40. do.

The service system 30 in which the database 40 is established publishes a website so that the user can access the communication network 20 to which the user is connected and post the friend search service.

At this time, the website is connected to the user to enter a user identification code, and transmits the input user identification code to the service system 30 to give data to the user information database 40 for user authentication Post a user authentication program to receive.

In addition, on the website, club information such as the name, activity contents, and characteristics of the clubs are posted, and when a user wants to create a new club, a club is created by inputting the name and activity direction of the new club. Post your club creation program.

The service system 30 requests user authentication for the client system 10 accessing the published website, and the user pre-determines a prescribed user identification code with the service system 30 in response to the user authentication request. Input and transmit to the service system 30.

The service system 30 receiving the user identification code searches the user information database 40 to determine whether the user is a member.

The location of the user who has been authenticated by the user, when the user accesses the service system 30 using the mobile phone 10, transmits the location information of the user grasped by the communication company to the service system 30, and grasps the user. When the user accesses the service system 30 using a computer, the user inputs his or her detailed location and transmits it to the service system 30 to determine the user's location.

At this time, the user connected to the service system 30 using the mobile phone 10 can also directly input their own detailed position.

The transmitted user's location information is temporarily stored in the service system 30, and the user checks the waiting number of the club members, and decides whether to wait or disclose the location.

When the user selects the standby, the user is in a standby state, and then when the members of the club announce the location, the service system 30 transmits the location information to the client system such as the mobile phone or computer of the standby.

In addition, when the user selects the location disclosure, the transmitted location information is stored and disclosed in the location information database. At this time, the user may select a club or a specific person who wants to disclose his location information.

In addition, the user may set the client system of the visitor who wants to inform the user of his location information, so that his location information may be disclosed only to the members accessing the mobile phone, or may be disclosed only to the members accessing the computer. For example, you can choose to be open to members who connect to any client system.

The user becomes a position disclosure waiter that is in a standby state without a separate procedure after the position disclosure, and when other members of the club publish the position, the service system 30 sends the position information such as a mobile phone or a computer of the position disclosure waiter. Send to client system.

In addition, when a user inputs a name of a specific club or a name or phone number of a specific person, the service system 30 searches the location information database to search whether the location of the club or the specific person requesting the search is disclosed. .

When the location of the specific person is disclosed, the service system transmits the published location information to the client system of the user.

In addition, the location information may appear in the form of a text message, a voice message or an image or a video on the user's mobile phone, so that the user may check the location information received from the service system.

When the waiter or the location disclosure waiter wants to terminate the waiting state and accesses the service system to terminate the waiting state, the location information disclosed after the termination is not transmitted to the client system.

In addition, when the user achieves a predetermined purpose of releasing a location, when the user connects to the service system and ends the location disclosure, the location information is no longer disclosed.

Next will be described in detail the embodiment according to the conventional patent application technology configured as described above.

First, a first user accesses a service provider that provides a friend search service using a mobile phone.

The first user requests the service system 30 to authenticate the website and inputs a user identifier.

The service system 30 searches the data of the user information database 40 to determine whether a first user subscribes to the service, and transmits the result to the first user.

The location of the first user who is authenticated by the user in the service system 30 is determined by the communication company using the mobile phone 10 of the first user.

The location of the first user identified by the communication company is transmitted to the service system 30 through the communication company's repeater, and the transmitted location information of the first user is temporarily stored in the service system 30.

The first user selects standby, terminates connection with the service system 30 and is in standby.

A second user, who is a member of the same group as the first user, also accesses the service system using the mobile phone 10 and receives user authentication in the same manner as the first user.

The second user checks the number of pending club members and selects the location disclosure.

In this case, the second user becomes a position disclosure waiter that is in a standby state without a separate procedure after the position disclosure.

The second user selects a location disclosure and selects a name of a club in which his or her location information is to be disclosed, and the location information can be searched only by members connected to a mobile phone.

The location information of the published second user is stored in a location information database, and the service system transmits the location information of the second user to mobile phones of other members who are standbys or location disclosure waiters, including the first user in a standby state. Send it in the form of a text or voice message or an image or video.

However, the conventional patent application technology as described above is not easy to use, such as whenever the user wants to disclose the location information, access to the service provider service system and apply for disclosure, and select a club to inform their location. There was a problem.

In addition, the mobile phone alone can not run the service, the need for a website for entering the user information, and the development of software necessary for the creation of clubs, subscription, authentication, etc., such a problem that is not easy to prepare and run the service. there was.

In addition, regardless of the location of the members by displaying the location information by the location of the members in the position that can not meet directly, there was a problem that the privacy of the individual member may be infringed.

In view of the above problems, the present invention has an object of providing a notification method of neighbor acquaintance using a mobile phone that can register a service that can exchange location information with a simple operation using only a mobile phone and set a service use environment. .

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for notifying neighboring acquaintances using a mobile phone that can further prevent privacy invasion by transmitting distance information only when users who have approved mutual exchange of location information are located within a set distance. Has its purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that when the users who have approved mutual location information sharing are located within a set distance from each other, the mutual location information is transmitted only to the adjacent users.

In addition, the present invention is configured so that it is possible to easily transfer the location information of the user approved for the mutual disclosure of the location information using only a mobile phone, without using other services such as services provided by the Internet provider. have.

An embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a system configuration diagram for achieving a neighbor acquaintance method using a mobile phone according to the present invention, the user (A, B, C, D) in each communication range, as shown in the figure can use the mobile phone The mobile communication base station 340, 350 and the mobile communication base station 340, which can transmit a message informing the location of another user to the mobile phone of the user (A, B, C, D) And a mobile communication control station system 310 for setting the users in the same group when notifying the other party of receiving the location information exchange request transmitted through the 350 and approving the request; It is composed of a group database 320 for storing a list of users for each group set by the mobile communication control station system 310, and tracks the location of the mobile phone of each user (A, B, C, D) as needed It can be configured to include a location tracking system 330.

4 is a flowchart of a method for notifying an adjacent acquaintance using a mobile phone according to the present invention, in which a specific user designates a counterpart and applies for location information sharing (S401); Transmitting a message to a designated counterpart by the mobile communication control station system 310 which has received the user's request, notifying that the user has requested to share location information, and inquiring whether to accept the request; Determining whether the other party has approved the sharing of location information (S403); If the other party does not approve, notifying the user of the rejection of approval and ending (S404); If the counterpart approves, notifying the user of approval, and registering the counterpart and the user in each of a group of the user and the counterpart (S405); Storing a group of the user and the counterpart in a group database (S406); Retrieving the position of group members periodically for each group stored in the group database (S407); Determining whether the group member belonging to the user's group is adjacent to the user within a predetermined distance, and returning to step S407 if there is no adjacent group member (S408); Determining that the mobile phone state of the adjacent group member is sharing the location information if there is an adjacent group member, and returning to step S407 if the location information is not shared (S409); If the group member is in the location information sharing state as a result of the determination, step S410 of mutually exposing and terminating the position between the group member in the location information sharing state and the user who is the owner of the group is completed.

Hereinafter, the present invention as described above will be described in more detail.

First, in step S401 the user designates the other party to apply for location information sharing.

That is, the user A accesses the mobile communication control station system 310 through the base station 340 using his mobile phone, inputs and transmits the user B's telephone number to the mobile phone, and transmits the mobile communication control station system. At 310, a request is made to share mutual location information with user B.

The user A may apply for location information sharing with the user C and the user D in the same manner.

The user A can find a target person who wants to share the location information from the list of phone numbers stored in his mobile phone, and transmit the information to the mobile communication control station system 310 to apply for location information sharing. When applying to share location information with a subject, the subject's name and phone number can be set to be automatically stored in the phone number list of the mobile phone.

Next, in step S402, the mobile communication control station system 310, which has received the user's request, transmits a message to a designated counterpart, indicating that the user has applied for location information sharing.

That is, a message containing the telephone number or / and name of the user A is transmitted to the user B's mobile phone.

The contents of the message may include a function key to be pressed for each case of approval and a case of rejection, or may indicate other methods of approval or rejection.

Next, in step S403, it is determined whether the other party has approved location information sharing.

In this case, by checking whether the user B inputs the key specified in step S403, if a predetermined time elapses, the user B may be regarded as rejection or not limited to other methods, and the approval or rejection intention may be determined.

Next, in step S404, if the result of the determination in step S403 is rejected, the user A is notified that the user B has rejected the application for sharing the location information.

Further, in step S405, if the determination result of step S403 is approved, the user B is included in the group of user A, and the user A is included in the group of user B.

In operation S406, the groups of the user A and the user B are stored in the group database 320.

The group database 320 includes a group for each user registered in the mobile communication control station system. Each group for each user stores a telephone number and / or a name of a user who has approved to share location information with the user.

An example is shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a state of each group stored in a group database. As shown in FIG. 5, groups of user A include users B, C, and D. User B includes only user A and user C. FIG. Users A and D are registered in the group of, and A and C are registered in the group of the user D.

That is, users A, C, and D are all acquaintances, and user B is an acquaintance of A who knows only user A.

Then, after setting as above, in step S407, the mobile communication control station system 310 periodically searches for each group whether a group user and a user registered in that group are within a set distance.

At this time, the set distance is the communication range of the same base station 340, 350, it is determined whether there is a group member within the same communication range.

Next, in step S408, it is determined whether group members belonging to the same group are adjacent within a set distance.

If there is no adjacent group member as a result of the determination, the process returns to step S407 to periodically perform a search.

Next, in step S409, if there is an adjacent group member as a result of the determination in step S408, it is determined whether all of the adjacent group members share the location information.

This can be set so that each user does not disclose the location information by using his mobile phone, the mobile communication control station system 310 that received the setting information is operated so as not to disclose the location of the user who stopped the location information disclosure do.

The suspension of the location information disclosure may be set individually or entirely for each or all group members, and the list where the disclosure of the location information is suspended may be displayed on the list of phone numbers stored in the mobile phone.

That is, the phone book of the mobile phone which displays the phone number and name can be displayed up to the shared state of the location information, so that the user can easily check who his location information is currently open to and who is blocked.

Subsequently, in step S410, when the mobile phone state of another user who is a group member included in the group of a specific user in the adjacent location is a location information sharing state, in step S409, a message is sent to the group user and the group member. Lets you know that you and a group member are in an adjacent location.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, users B, C, and D are registered as group members in a group of user A, user A is in a group of user B, users A and D are in a group of user C, and user D In groups of users A and C are registered as group members, respectively, A and B are both within the area covered by the base station 340, and user C is located within the area covered by the two base stations 340 and 350 together. A service method according to the present invention will be described in more detail with respect to the case where the user D is located in an area covered by the base station 350.

First, the mobile communication control station system 310 periodically retrieves the position of users and group members of the group for each group.

In this process of searching for the group of user A, it can be found that the user B and the user C which are members of the group of the user A group are within the communication range of the same base station 340.

In this state, if the user A, B, and C is stopped sharing the location information, and if the check result is not all of the stop state, the user A's mobile phone sends a message indicating that the user B and the user C is adjacent And a message informing that the user A is adjacent to the mobile phones of the user B and the user C, respectively.

If the user B stops sharing the location information, the mobile phone of the user A and the C transmits a message indicating that the user C and the user A are adjacent to each other.

In this case, when user B and user C, who are members of the group of user A, are located adjacent to user A, who is the owner of the group, the user A, B, and C each have acquaintances, and the user who received the message They will be able to easily meet in close proximity by talking to an adjacent friend.

Further, when performing a location search for each of the groups and searching for a group of user C, the location information of user A and user D, which is a group member of the group of user C, is transmitted to user C, where user A and user Position information is not transmitted between D since the distance is within the range of different base stations 340 and 350.

As such, the present invention is convenient to use because the registered acquaintances can automatically receive the information of the close acquaintances when they are in a position adjacent to them, and in particular, there is no need for a special registration, setting, operation of self-disclosure, etc. This is improved.

The reason why the location tracking system 330 is shown in FIG. 3 is an example in which the communication range of the base station is set to an adjacent location, and in order to narrow the adjacent location between the users, This is because distance information of a unit must be obtained.

By using the location tracking system 330 as described above, the user and the group members belonging to the user's group can be guided by displaying an accurate value within 300 meters, 200 meters or less.

As described above, the neighbor acquaintance notification method using the mobile phone of the present invention automatically recognizes the information of acquaintances located within a certain distance to the user without using a separate Internet site or installing a separate program. It is easy to build, use, and change.

In addition, from the user's point of view, location information sharing with the other party can be registered with a simple operation of the mobile phone without any cumbersome registration procedure, and the location information sharing can be temporarily stopped, thereby facilitating the operation. It is effective to let.

In addition, the present invention is to share the location information only between acquaintances located within a set distance, so that users who share the location information can easily meet and do not share the location information of the user located in the remote There is an effect that can prevent private privacy is easily exposed.

Claims (5)

A specific user designating a counterpart and applying for location information sharing; Transmitting a message to a designated counterpart by a mobile communication control station system receiving the user's request, informing that the user has requested to share location information, and asking whether to accept the request; Determining whether the other party has approved location information sharing; If the other party does not approve, notifying the user of the rejection and ending; If the counterpart approves, notifying the user of approval, and registering the counterpart and the user in each of the user and the group of the counterpart; Storing the group of the user and the counterpart in a group database; Periodically searching for the position of group members for each group stored in the group database; As a result of the search, it is determined whether the group member belonging to the group of the user is within a communication range covered by the user and each base station or within a distance that can be determined by the location tracking system, and if the group member is not found, the position of the group member is searched. Returning to the step of performing; Determining that the mobile phone state of the adjacent group member is sharing the location information if there is an adjacent group member, and returning to searching for the location of the group member when the location information is not shared; When the group member is in the location information sharing state, when the group member is in the location information sharing state, mutually exposing and terminating the position between the group member in the location information sharing state and the user who is the owner of the group. How to contact acquaintances. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the step of publicly releasing and terminating the location between the users does not transmit a message informing the location information to both the acquaintance and the user when one of the neighbors and the user suspends sharing the location information. Adjacent acquaintance guidance method using a mobile phone, characterized in that. 5. The mobile telephone according to claim 4, wherein the pause of sharing the location information is set by transmitting a specific signal to a mobile communication control station system by a user or an acquaintance using a function key of the mobile telephone. Adjacent acquaintance guidance method.

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