KR20040028107A - System and method for providing position tracing information - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a system for providing location tracking information and a method thereof.

2. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

The present invention provides a variety of location tracking information by integrating the infrastructure (wireless communication server, electronic map DB, web-based GIS server and application server, location information DB, etc.) necessary for location tracking, ASP companies to provide the location tracking information The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system for providing location tracking information and a computer readable recording medium recording a method for realizing the method and a method for realizing the method by which various location-based supplementary services can be quickly and inexpensively constructed. has exist.

3. Summary of the Solution of the Invention

The present invention, in the location tracking information providing system, registers / manages an application service provider (ASP) (hereinafter referred to as an ASP company) that provides location-based additional services, and responds to the request of the ASP company. Location tracking interface means for generating location tracking application information and componentized location information using location information on a user of the ASP company and providing the location information to the ASP company; Wireless communication means for collecting location information of a user of the ASP company through a mobile communication network according to the request of the ASP company; And location information storage means for storing location information related to location tracking.

4. Important uses of the invention

The present invention is used to provide location tracking information.

Description

System for providing location tracking information and method thereof {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITION TRACING INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing location information, and in particular, to provide a variety of locations by integrating an infrastructure (wireless communication server, electronic map DB, web-based GIS server and application server, location information DB, etc.) necessary for location tracking. By providing tracking information, ASP companies can record location tracking information providing system and its method and program for realizing the above method, enabling ASP companies to build various location-based additional services quickly and inexpensively using the location tracking information. It is about a computer-readable recording medium.

Location-based services combine location information of users with various contents information (e.g., traffic information, advertisements, travel information, local information, e-commerce, performance information, etc.) as the use of mobile communication service increases rapidly and wireless internet service is activated. Based service is growing. That is, as the mobility of individuals increases, interests in safety and emergency rescue services, mobile office services that can handle tasks while on the move, and location services of family members are also increasing.

Most mobile carriers provide CELL-based location tracking services, and GPS-based location tracking services that incorporate GPS (Global Positioning System) chips in mobile phones are also expanding. This is because a content service based on individual location information is expected to be a more advanced type of wireless Internet service.

However, in order to obtain user's location information in general ASP (Application Service Provider) company, it needs to collect location information by communicating with location tracking server of mobile communication company that requires different connection standard, and also provides location information service using electronic map. In order to provide a high-quality electronic map database (DB), Geographic Information System (GIS) engine, and a GIS application had to be built. In other words, location information is also provided as location coordinates and text information, and it is necessary to make a database in a form that can be used in an application program. Also, an electronic map DB, which is a basic tool for location tracking, is also required for construction cost. In addition, it requires a lot of time and period, and also requires development or purchase of a GIS engine and an application server that can handle the problem.

In addition, current mobile carriers are avoiding providing location information directly to small ASP companies due to management difficulties, and the method of providing location information is based on TCP / IP-based servers / clients according to unique connection standards by carriers. Because of this method, it takes a lot of time to develop and test, and there is a problem that requires efforts for stable operation in the future.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, integrated with the infrastructure required for location tracking (wireless communication server, electronic map DB, GIS engine and application server, location information DB, etc.) various location tracking A computer-readable location recording system for providing location information and a method thereof and a program for realizing the method, by providing information to enable ASP companies to build various location based additional services using the location tracking information. The purpose is to provide a recording medium.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a location tracking information providing system according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the subscription information management unit of Figure 1 according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a location tracking subscriber management method of the location tracking subscriber register of FIG. 2 according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a location tracking service subscriber registration and user registration method according to the present invention.

5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the location tracking application of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which a user receives location tracking information from a location tracking information providing system through a location based application service system according to the present invention.

Figure 7 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the affiliate linkage unit of Figure 1 according to the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a method for providing subscriber location tracking information of a subscriber affiliated unit according to the present invention.

9 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the location tracking component of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention.

10 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a family location service using the location tracking information providing system according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

101: location-based ASP company (location-based application service system)

102: location tracking information providing system 103: location tracking interface device

104: subscription information management unit 105: affiliated company linkage

106: location tracking application unit 107: location tracking component unit

108: location information database (DB) 109: web-based GIS server

110: electronic map DB 111: wireless communication server

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a location tracking information providing system, which registers / manages an ASP company providing a location-based additional service, and requests location information of a user of the ASP company according to the request of the ASP company. A location tracking interface means for generating location application information and componentized location information using the location information and providing the location information to the ASP company; Wireless communication means for collecting location information of a user of the ASP company through a mobile communication network according to the request of the ASP company; And location information storage means for storing location information related to location tracking.

In addition, the system of the present invention, the electronic map storage means for storing the electronic map; And a web-based geographic information system (GIS) for providing the ASP location by mapping the stored location information on the stored electronic map.

On the other hand, the present invention, location tracking information providing method applied to the location tracking information providing system, the first step of the ASP companies to register / register the location tracking service through the location tracking interface means; A second step of the location tracking interface means storing / managing location information of the user of the ASP company collected through a mobile communication network according to the request of the registered / registered ASP company; And a third step of the location tracking interface means generating location tracking application information using the location information and providing the location tracking application information to the ASP company.

The method further includes the fourth step of the location tracking interface means generating componentized location tracking information using the location information and providing the location tracking information to the ASP company.

On the other hand, the present invention is a location tracking information providing system having a large capacity processor,

A first function for ASP vendors to subscribe / register with a location tracking service through a location tracking interface means; A second function of the location tracking interface means storing / managing location information of a user of the ASP company collected through a mobile communication network according to the request of the registered / registered ASP company; And a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a third function provided by the location tracking interface means to provide the ASP company by using the location information.

In addition, the present invention is a computer readable program having a program for further realizing a fourth function provided by the location tracking interface means to the ASP company by generating componentized location tracking information using the location information. Provide a record carrier.

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

Requires communication server implementation technology that provides both GPS and CELL location tracking, DB processing technology to store information sent / received to communication server, electronic map DB, GIS engine and application server technology to handle it In addition, there is a need for a location tracking interface module implementation technology that supports various location-based services on such an infrastructure. To implement the location tracking interface module, wired / wireless web programming technology and server / client communication technology are used.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for providing location tracking information according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, a location tracking interface device 103 capable of accommodating various location-based ASP companies 101 and a mobile communication network is shown in FIG. Wireless communication server 111 for collecting location information through a location, location information DB 108 associated with location tracking, electronic map DB 110, and a web-based GIS server 109 for providing location maps on an electronic map ).

The location-based ASP company (exactly, location-based application service system) 101 subscribes to the location tracking service through the subscription information management unit 104 provided by the location tracking interface device 103, and then registers the location tracking application unit 106. Various location tracking application services can be provided through the location tracking component unit 107 to implement a characteristic service, or the location information can be provided through the affiliate linking unit 105.

The location tracking interface device 103 is a location tracking system in which location-based ASP companies 101 are composed of a wireless communication server 111, a GIS server 109, an electronic map DB 110, and a location information DB 108. It provides various functions to make infrastructure easy and convenient.

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the subscription information management unit of FIG. 1 according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the subscription information management unit 104 includes a service company register 201, a location tracking subscriber register 202, And a location tracking user register 203 and a billing information query 204.

Location-based ASP company 101 to apply for a subscription through the homepage of the location tracking information providing system 102 in order to subscribe to the location tracking service, and is given a business type code, service ID, and password as a registration result.

The service company information DB 205 manages information (for example, company name, company information, etc.), a service ID, a password, a business type code, subscribers, and the number of users of a subscribed service company.

The location-based ASP company 101 uses the location subscriber register 202 and the location user register 203 to subscribe users to the location service, and registers subscribers / users with the location service, changes information, Perform the delete process.

At the time of subscriber registration, it is recorded in the subscriber information DB 206 of the location tracking information providing system 102, and at the time of user registration, it is recorded in the mobile body information DB 207. The location tracking service provides various application services that can share location information of users belonging to one subscriber (group), and requires management of subscribers and users. However, service providers that do not need location tracking on a group basis, that is, if they need location information of individual users, register subscribers as service providers themselves and register location tracking users.

The billing information lookup 204 provides the location-based ASP company 101 with the billing information for each subscriber / service company and the entire billing information inquiry function in a URL manner.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a location tracking subscriber management method of the location tracking subscriber register of FIG. 2 according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, in a location tracking service, a subscriber is classified into a service provider 301, a subscription provider 302, and a user 303, which is performed by a location subscriber register 202.

The service provider (i.e., ASP company) 301 is distinguished by the service ID, and the subscribers belonging to the service provider 301 (i.e., subscriber, which means a group of users) 302 are distinguished by the subscriber ID. In addition, the users 303 belonging to the subscription company 302 are distinguished by a mobile terminal number, that is, a location tracking terminal number.

On the other hand, a service provider that manages only a user, not a subscriber method, may register itself as a subscriber and process the user.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for registering a location tracking service subscriber and a user registration method according to the present invention, wherein the location-based ASP company 101 subscribing to the location tracking service is provided by the location tracking subscription information management unit 104. Use the procedure to register subscribers and users from time to time.

The ASP company 101 calls the subscriber registration URL and requests location tracking subscriber registration (401). At this time, a return URL for receiving the processing result is passed as a parameter.

The location tracking subscriber register 202 authenticates the ASP company 101 using the delivered service ID / password, generates a subscriber ID, registers it in the subscriber information DB 206, and registers the result of the registration process. Is passed to the return URL (402).

The ASP company 101 receiving the subscriber registration result reflects the processing result in its own subscriber information DB 209 (403). That is, according to the processing result, whether the location tracking service subscription and the subscriber ID is reflected in the subscriber information DB (209).

In order to register the location tracking user in the location tracking service, the ASP company 101 calls the user registration URL and transmits the subscriber ID, the user information, and the return URL to the location tracking user register 203 as parameters (404). .

The location tracking user register 203 authenticates the ASP company 101 using the service ID / password, checks the subscriber ID, and checks the ID according to the location tracking service type (GPS method, CELL method, and SMS). The mobile registration packet is sent to the wireless communication server 111 and registered in real time with the wireless communication server 111. Then, the user information is registered in the mobile information DB 207 and also in the charging information DB 208. The result of the user registration process is transmitted to the ASP company 101 using the return URL (405).

Meanwhile, the ASP company 101 receiving the user registration processing result reflects the processing result in its own user information DB 210 (406). That is, the ASP company 101 reflects the location tracking registration of the user in the user information DB 210 according to the received processing result.

In order to change the location tracking user information (terminal ID), the ASP company 101 calls a user change URL to request service ID / password, subscriber ID, previous terminal ID, new terminal ID, user name, service type, and return. The URL and the like are passed as parameters (407).

Then, the called location tracking user register 203 authenticates the ASP company 101 with the service ID / password, deletes the corresponding information from the mobile information DB 207 using the subscriber ID and the previous terminal ID, and wireless communication server. Sending the deletion packet to the 111, and also sends a packet requesting the registration of the new terminal ID to the wireless communication server 111 according to the type of service to be changed, and registers the new terminal ID and service type in the mobile information DB 207, The billing information DB 208 changes the terminal ID (408). Thereafter, the location tracking user register 203 transfers the above processing result to the ASP company 101 using a return URL (408).

Then, the ASP company 101 changes the information by reflecting the processing result of the location tracking user register 203 to its own user information DB 210 (409).

5 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the location tracking application of FIG. 1 according to the present invention.

It pre-implements location-based applications that ASP vendors commonly need and allows them to simply use URL links on their service screens.

As shown in FIG. 5, the location tracking application unit 106 includes a GIS-based location tracker 501, an image map provider 502, a location information status provider 503, a message transmitter and receiver 504, and a performance searcher. 505 and the like, and each component portion includes various application programs.

The GIS-based location tracker 501 provides a high-performance vector map service and performs functions related to subscriber (group) location control application, individual mobile location control application, geographic information service, and mobile route lookup application.

Based on the image map, the image map provider 502 performs functions related to subscriber location tracking application, individual mobile location tracking application, geographic information service, and movement route inquiry application.

The location information status provider 503 is provided with an application program that provides location information in a text manner, and includes mobile device location information, individual mobile location tracking status, transmission cycle change, tracking period setting, current location tracking, and movement path for each subscriber. It provides functions such as inquiry, short message transmission, and moving object status inquiry.

The message transceiver 504 performs functions related to subscriber-specific message transmission application, subscriber-specific message reception application, message download, individual message transmission application, and the like.

The performance query unit 504 searches the contents registered in the performance information DB by the users using the wireless Internet or the terminal and provides the inquiry result, and provides the performance information inquiry application for each subscriber and the performance information inquiry application for each user.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of receiving location tracking information from a location tracking information providing system through a location based application service system (ASP company) according to the present invention.

The location tracking service user logs in using the ID / password from the homepage of the location-based ASP company 101 to which he is subscribed (600), and checks whether the location tracking service subscription user subscribes to the location tracking service (601).

As a result of the check, if the user does not subscribe to the location tracking service, the location tracking application menu is not provided to the user (602).

As a result of the confirmation, if the user has subscribed to the location tracking service, the location-based ASP company 101 provides the user with a menu screen for using various location tracking information provided by the location tracking information providing system (603).

Then, when the user executes the desired location tracking application menu, the location-based ASP company 101 uses the URL (including the service ID, password, subscriber ID, terminal ID, etc.) provided by the location tracking information providing system 102. Request a location tracking service (location tracking information) to the location tracking information providing system (604).

Then, the location tracking information providing system 102 provides the location tracking information to the location-based ASP company 101 in a web manner (605).

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the affiliated company interworking unit 105 of FIG. 1 according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the location-based ASP company 101 receives various location information by connecting to a communication client. It is composed of a subscribing company information interlocker (linking daemon) 701, interworking processor 702, real-time location information provider 703, status information provider 704, performance information provider 705.

Location-based ASP company 101 implements the interworking request unit (interlocking client) 710 according to the communication standard provided by the location tracking information providing system 102, the subscriber information interlocker of the subscriber interworking unit 105 (Linking daemon) 701.

The subscribing company information interworker 701 authenticates the server ID and password of the interworking requesting unit (client) requesting access, and inquires the interworking information type registered in the service provider information DB 706, and then interworking processor (server) 702. ) To process the request.

The interworking processor 702 uses the real-time location information provider 703, the status information provider 704, and the performance information provider 705 according to the interlocking information requested by the interlocking request unit (client) 710. Information is provided to the request unit (client) 710.

Each of the interlocking information providers 703 to 705 searches for and provides information to the interlocking request unit (client) 710 using the service ID as a key.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a method for providing subscriber location tracking information of a subscriber interworking unit according to the present invention.

The interworking request unit (client) 710 transmits a connection (connection) request packet (service ID / password) to the subscriber company information interlocker (interworking daemon) 701 of the location tracking information providing system 102 (801).

The service provider information DB is queried from the affiliate information interlocker (linking daemon) 701 to verify whether the company is subscribed to the location tracking service through authentication processing (802).

As a result of the check, if the company is not affiliated with the location tracking service (if authentication processing fails), the connection (connection) rejection packet is sent and the generated connection is released (804).

As a result of the check, if the company has subscribed to the location tracking service (if the authentication process is successful), it checks whether it is already connected (805), and if it is not connected, the subscriber information interlocker (interlocking daemon) 701 is the link request unit. Send a connection (connection) success packet to the (client) 710 and run an interworking processor 702 to process the request and store the PID in the service provider information DB 706 (807). The interworking processor 702 in process is terminated and a process of "807" is performed. In other words, the existing interworking processor 702 is terminated and the new interworking processor 702 is driven. Here, the interworking processor 702 drives the real-time location reporter 703, the status information provider 704, or the performance information provider 705 as requested.

The interworking processor 702 processes according to the type of interworking information stored in the service provider information DB 706 (808), and transmits the result to the interworking requester 710.

The interworking requester 710 stores and manages the information transmitted and received with the interworking processor 702 in the location tracking DB 711 (operation 809).

9 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a location tracking component of FIG. 1 according to the present invention.

The location-based ASP provider 101 provides the location tracking function required while developing its own service in the form of a common gateway interface (CGI) in the location tracking information providing system 102. Therefore, the location tracking component unit 107 can be continuously expanded according to the requirements of the new ASP company.

9 illustrates the general functions required by the location tracking company of the comprehensive logistics information service provided by KT in componentized form. That is, as an example of the location tracking component, the current location search CGI 901, the message transmission CGI 902, the message reception CGI 903, and the map-related CGI (image map based location search, freight location search, peer location search, etc.) Include. Each CGI module may process a request through real-time communication with the wireless communication server 111.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a family location service using a location tracking information providing system according to the present invention, in which a family location service ASP company 101 services using a location tracking interface device 103. Indicates.

Such a service is a service that allows family members to check each other's location through wired or wireless terminals and to facilitate message transmission and reception. The location of the family member is provided to the location tracking information providing system 102 through the mobile communication terminal. Collected and processed.

The ASP company 101 registers the family group and the individual family in the service using the subscription information management unit. It provides a family's complete location map and SMS transmission and reception via a PC, home terminal or mobile phone, which can be easily provided using a location tracking application. In addition, it is possible to provide a unique service using the location tracking component, and to manage the location information in the DB can be provided by accessing the affiliate linkage.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, and the above-described embodiments and accompanying It is not limited by the drawings.

The present invention as described above, if ASP companies to provide location-based additional services to the location tracking information providing system using a variety of location tracking interface devices (especially, location tracking component unit, etc.) location easier and faster and lower cost It is effective to build the base value added service.

In addition, the present invention can implement a new business idea related to location information in a short period of time on the location tracking information providing system to activate the location-based service.

In addition, the present invention, by supporting the location tracking of the GPS and CELL method by interworking with various mobile communication network, there is an effect that enables the location tracking between members as well as individual location tracking.

Claims (11)

In the location tracking information providing system, Register / manage an application service provider (ASP) (hereinafter referred to as an ASP company) that provides location-based supplementary services, and use location information of the user of the ASP company as requested by the ASP company. Location tracking interface means for generating location tracking application information and componentized location information and providing the same to the ASP company; Wireless communication means for collecting location information of a user of the ASP company through a mobile communication network according to the request of the ASP company; And Location information storage means for storing location information related to location tracking Location tracking information providing system comprising a. The method of claim 1, Electronic map storage means for storing the electronic map; And Web-based geographic information system (GIS) for providing the ASP location by mapping the stored location information on the stored electronic map (GIS) Location tracking information providing system further comprising. The method of claim 1, The location tracking interface means, Subscription information management means for managing ASP company information, subscriber information, user information, and billing information; Subscription company linking means for providing real-time location information, status information, and performance information to the ASP company according to the request of the ASP company; Location application means for providing various location application information to the ASP company; And Location tracking component means for componentizing location tracking information and providing it to the ASP company so that the ASP company can implement location based additional service. Location tracking information providing system comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein The subscription information management means, Service company registration means for registering / cancelling ASP company information; Location tracking subscriber registration means for registering, changing information, and deleting subscriber information for location tracking service; Location tracking user registration means for registering, changing information, and deleting user information about the location tracking service; And Billing information inquiry means to search billing by subscriber / service provider and total billing information Location tracking information providing system comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein Location tracking application information provided by the location tracking application means, Location tracking information providing system comprising GIS-based location tracking information, image maps, location information status information, message transmission and reception related functions, performance information. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, The affiliated company interlocking means, Authenticate the service identifier (ID) and password of the ASP company according to the access request of the ASP company, query the type of interworking information registered in the service provider information database, and execute the interworking processing means according to the request of the ASP company. The affiliated company information interworking means for; Interlocking processing means for driving the real-time location information providing means, the status information providing means, or the performance information providing means to transmit the corresponding information to the ASP company as requested by the subscription company information interlocking means; Means for providing real-time location information for providing real-time location information according to the driving of the interlocking processing means; The status information providing means for providing status information in accordance with the operation of the interlock processing means; And The performance information providing means for providing the performance information according to the operation of the interlock processing means; Location tracking information providing system comprising a. The method of claim 6, The positioning component means, Location tracking information providing system, characterized in that for providing the location tracking information in the form of a common gateway interface (CGI: Common Gateway Interface). In the location tracking information providing method applied to the location tracking information providing system, A first step in which ASP vendors subscribe / register with a location tracking service through a location tracking interface means; A second step of the location tracking interface means storing / managing location information of the user of the ASP company collected through a mobile communication network according to the request of the registered / registered ASP company; And A third step of the location tracking interface means generating location tracking application information using the location information and providing the location tracking application information to the ASP company; Location tracking information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 8, A fourth step of the location tracking interface means generating the componentized location tracking information using the location information and providing the location tracking information to the ASP company; Location tracking information providing method further comprising. In the location tracking information providing system having a large capacity processor, A first function for ASP vendors to subscribe / register with a location tracking service through a location tracking interface means; A second function of the location tracking interface means storing / managing location information of a user of the ASP company collected through a mobile communication network according to the request of the registered / registered ASP company; And A third function of the location tracking interface means generating location tracking application information using the location information and providing the location tracking application information to the ASP company; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this. The method of claim 10, A fourth function for the location tracking interface means to generate componentized location tracking information using the location information and provide the location tracking information to the ASP company; A computer-readable recording medium that records a program for further realization.