KR20030008736A - Method and system for providing the locations of called party using voice - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing subscriber location information to a telephone caller in a mobile communication network, and in particular, provides location information of a roaming mobile communication terminal without additional procedures during a typical voice call process. It's about the technology you can get

Subscriber location information providing technology according to the present invention is made at the time of the voice call and is provided in the form of the existing subscribers who are unfamiliar with data services can conveniently provide information by voice. In particular, instead of RingBackTone, which is heard until the called party answers, location information is provided so that an efficient call can be made. The present invention can enhance the protection function for the privacy of the individual by allowing the service registered subscriber to change the service activation / deactivation.

As a result, the present invention can provide a mutual location display service between members such as lovers / friends / friends / family, it is possible to provide services for the protection of youth and the elderly. In addition, it is possible to provide additional services for corporate customers such as sales and logistics, and can be applied as an easy delivery technology of location information in an emergency.

Description

Receiving subscriber location information providing service method and system using voice {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING THE LOCATIONS OF CALLED PARTY USING VOICE}

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing subscriber location information to a telephone caller in a mobile communication network. In particular, the present invention provides a caller with voice information of a roaming mobile communication terminal without a separate data call. It's about technology.

The Home Location Register (HLR) in the mobile communication system is a system for storing and managing subscriber parameters and location information for all mobile stations (MSs) registered in their mobile communication networks. Main data such as basic service and additional service are registered and performs routing function to called subscriber.

In addition, the VLR (Visitor Location Register) temporarily stores all information about the mobile terminal in the area managed by the mobile switching center (MSC), and this information is stored in the MSC's request when the mobile subscriber sets up the call. Is sent to the MSC. The information of the VLR should be constantly modified as the mobile terminal (MS) moves, and the HLR-related data always remains the same.

According to the prior art, in order to obtain the location information of the terminal, the location information should be confirmed by performing a separate data call for location verification. As another technique, a method of confirming the location information of a terminal by searching for information of a terminal obtained from a mobile communication network by connecting to the Internet network using a personal computer or the like has been used.

However, the above-described prior art has been inconvenient to require additional data call generation and additional equipment to find out the location information of the mobile terminal.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable a subscriber to obtain location information of a called subscriber as an additional service in a call connection step for existing voice communication without additional processing. It is to provide a location information providing method and system for transmitting the location information of the called subscriber by voice instead of RingBackTone which was transmitted to the calling subscriber in the air.

1 is a diagram showing a system for providing subscriber location indication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing an embodiment of a location information providing service according to the present invention.

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100: outgoing exchange

110: intelligent network

120: service system (ARS)

130: home location register

140: incoming exchange

150: calling terminal

160: called terminal

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for providing the location information of a subscriber through a mobile communication network, (a) the originating subscriber requests the call connection to the intelligent network to obtain the destination subscriber location information, the intelligent network is called terminal Querying the home location register (HLR) for routing to the roaming destination exchange and obtaining routing information, and using the same, obtaining location information of the destination terminal from the destination exchange; (b) making a call connection to a service system having a voice information providing function including location information of a called terminal obtained from a called exchange in an intelligent network; (c) converting the voice into a region name easily understood by the calling subscriber by using the location information of the called terminal received from the intelligent network in the service system; (d) transmitting voice information to the calling party after making a call to the calling exchange in the service system; (e) providing a subscriber location information providing method comprising the step of making a called party in the service system and blocking voice location information transmitted to the calling party in response to the called party and making a call state between the calling party and the called party. .

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the positional information providing technique using the voice according to the present invention.

2 illustrates an embodiment in which a voice location information service is provided during a called party response waiting time after attempting a call including a location information service by pressing a calling party 888+ called number.

1 is a diagram showing a system for providing receiver subscriber location information using voice according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile communication network includes a switching system for exchanging a call through interworking with a base station system and a base station system for wireless communication with a terminal, and a visited location register (VLR) 100 interoperating with the switching system for managing subscriber information according to the movement of the terminal. 140, home location register (HLR) 130.

Referring to FIG. 1, according to the present invention, a subscriber stores a service content requested by a subscriber in a subscriber information field of the intelligent network 110 through a customer service center of a telecommunication company, etc., when the terminal is opened. Location information service for the subscriber.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an information storage field for determining whether to allow or disallow a "caller location information providing service using voice" when registering a service to a subscriber may be assigned.

On the other hand, when the calling subscriber (calling terminal, 150) presses the 888+ called number (prefix can be changed according to the operator's usage plan) to access the incoming intelligent network service (step S10), the originating exchange exchanges the intelligent network. The call connection request is requested (step S20), and the intelligent network 110 determines whether to allow the service by using the registration information of "subscriber location information providing service using voice" among the stored additional service information of the calling subscriber. If the service is registered, the intelligent network obtains routing information by contacting the home location register for routing to the destination exchange 140 in which the called terminal is roaming (steps S30 and S40).

The intelligent network queries the location information to the destination exchange to obtain the location information (step S50), and the destination exchange obtains the latest terminal location information through wireless paging and responds to the intelligent network (step S60). The intelligent network obtains the location information through the above procedure, and converts it into voice and connects the call to the service system to transmit to the calling subscriber. (Step S70, S80) The service system 120 receives the location of the called terminal received from the intelligent network. Use the information to change the name of the area easily understood by the calling subscriber and perform voice conversion. The intelligent network connects the call to the calling exchange (step S90) and transmits the location information by voice to the calling subscriber, and the service system attempts to connect the call to the called exchange to set up a call for the call with the called subscriber. S100) The called exchange sends an alerting to the called terminal (step S110) and when the subscriber responds to the alerting by pressing a key of the terminal (step S120), the called exchange responds with an ANSWER to the call connection attempt of the service system (step S130).

The service system blocks voice location information provided in place of RingBackTone to the calling subscriber in response to the called terminal, and maintains a call state between the calling subscriber and the called subscriber (step S140).

According to the present invention, the calling subscriber listens to the location information of the called terminal by voice instead of the RingBackTone that is heard during the response waiting time of the called subscriber to obtain high quality additional information only by voice communication of information as well as the efficiency of call connection.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention to better understand the claims of the invention which will be described later. Additional features and advantages that make up the claims of the present invention will be described below. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific embodiments of the invention disclosed may be readily used as a basis for designing or modifying other structures for carrying out similar purposes to the invention.

In addition, the inventive concepts and embodiments disclosed herein may be used by those skilled in the art as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. In addition, such modifications or altered equivalent structures by those skilled in the art may be variously changed, substituted, and changed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention described in the claims.

Conventionally, for the subscriber location confirmation, for example, SKT's 'friend finder' service, a separate data call for the location of a specific terminal (or subscriber) or a service provided under a web environment was possible, but the subscriber according to the present invention The location providing service method can maximize the convenience of using the service by automatically providing subscriber location information by voice at the time of call connection for the existing voice communication.

The subscriber location information providing technique according to the present invention can obtain the location information of the called subscriber by a convenient means of voice without performing additional access procedure. Subscriber location information providing technology according to the present invention can enhance the protection function for the privacy of the individual by allowing the information provider to change whether to allow the use of the originating subscriber location information service.

As a result, the present invention can provide a mutual location display service between members such as lovers / friends / friends / family, it is possible to provide services for the protection of youth and the elderly. In addition, it is possible to provide additional services to corporate customers such as sales and logistics, and can be employed as an easy delivery technology of location information in an emergency.

Claims (5)

In the method for providing location information of a subscriber via a mobile communication network, (a) Requesting a call connection to the intelligent network to obtain the location information of the called subscriber of the calling subscriber, and the intelligent network determines whether to allow the service by using the "location information providing service" registration information among the stored additional service information of the calling subscriber. Obtaining the routing information by contacting the home location register (HLR) for routing to the destination exchange roaming by the destination terminal, if available, and obtaining location information of the destination terminal from the destination exchange; (b) making a call connection to a service system having a voice information providing function including location information of a called terminal obtained from a called exchange in an intelligent network; (c) converting the voice into a region name easily understood by the calling subscriber by using the location information of the called terminal received from the intelligent network in the service system; (d) transmitting voice information to the calling party after making a call to the calling exchange in the service system; (e) a method of providing subscriber location information comprising the step of making a call to a called party in a service system and blocking voice location information transmitted to the calling subscriber in response to the called subscriber and making a call state between the calling subscriber and the called party; The method of claim 1, wherein the information on the called subscriber is provided using a voice including determining whether to allow the service using the “location information providing service” registered information among the additional service information of the calling subscriber stored in the intelligent network or the service system. Way The method of claim 1, wherein the subscriber location providing method comprises converting the location information of the subscriber into a region name easy to recognize by referring to a database. The method of claim 3, further comprising converting local name information into voice and transmitting the same to an information confirmer. A mobile communication system including a service system that provides voice of location information of a called subscriber to a calling subscriber by voice.