KR20110015869A - Method and apparatus for providing event service using a portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for providing an event service using a portable telephone. A method of providing an event service includes (a) receiving a start time of an event from a user terminal, a mobile communication telephone number of a terminal subscribed to the event service, and content for the event; and (b) starting time of the event; At the associated predetermined time point, based on the mobile communication telephone number of the event service subscription terminal, request the position of the event service subscription terminal to the system of the corresponding mobile communication company, and the system of the event service subscription terminal from the system of the mobile communication company. Receiving location information and (c) transmitting location information of the event service subscription terminal and content for the event to a system of each mobile communication company, wherein each system of the mobile communication company is configured to receive the event service subscription terminal. On the basis of the location information of, the event service subscription stage From the position of the search for the event service agreement terminal existing in the predetermined range, and transmits the content for the event to the event services agree the searched terminals in the start time of the event.

Events, cell phones, geolocation

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING EVENT SERVICE USING MOBILE PHONE}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an event service, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for providing an event service using a portable telephone.

In order to manage important calendars such as anniversaries and share them with friends in the vicinity, in general, a calendar or anniversary is registered in advance by marking a corresponding day of a calendar or using a schedule management function of a mobile terminal. When the time comes, most of the time, the mobile communication terminal is notified of the schedule or anniversary.

In this case, the mobile communication terminal only notifies a schedule or an anniversary registered by the user according to a schedule management function, and the user has a hassle of having to contact each other to notify it in order to share it with neighbors.

Accordingly, a schedule management method using a mobile communication system has been proposed by activating a mobile communication system and using a short message service (SMS) short message.

That is, by adding an SMS automatic call function to the mobile communication terminal having a schedule management function, the send date and number and the message content are input to the schedule management, and the call is automatically sent to the call number at the corresponding date and time.

However, this method has a disadvantage in that the mobile communication terminal is used only as a means of simply notifying a user or neighbors that a schedule or an anniversary has arrived, and is not used as a means for an event such as an anniversary.

In particular, for new generations who enjoy special events such as birthday celebrations and love confession events, an event providing method that can make a simple and special memory using a mobile terminal owned by anyone will be attractive enough.

In order to solve the above problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting content to a portable telephone of a person in the vicinity of an event service subscriber, based on the location of the event service subscription terminal.

In addition, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing a message, a ringtone, and music for an event to a portable phone of people in the vicinity of an event service subscriber, thereby utilizing the portable phone as a tool for the event.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of providing an event service according to an aspect of the present invention is (a) the start time of the event from the user terminal, the mobile communication phone number of the terminal subscribed to the event service and the content for the event (B) requesting the system of the mobile service provider to locate the event service subscription terminal based on the mobile communication phone number of the event service subscription terminal at a predetermined time point associated with the start time of the event. And receiving location information of the event service subscription terminal from the system of the mobile communication company, and (c) transmitting location information of the event service subscription terminal and content for the event to each mobile communication company system. However, the system of each mobile carrier subscribes to the event service. Search for an event service agreement terminal existing within a predetermined range from the location of the event service subscription terminal based on the location information of the horse, and transmit the content for the event to the searched event service agreement terminal at the start time of the event; do.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for providing an event service according to an aspect of the present invention provides a start time of an event received from a user terminal, a mobile communication telephone number of a terminal subscribed to the event service, and content for the event. An event information register for registering event information including an event information, an event scheduler for searching for an event having a predetermined time point associated with a start time of the event among the registered event information, and an event service subscription terminal for the searched event. A location information management unit for requesting a location of the event service subscription terminal from a system of a corresponding mobile communication company and storing the received location information of the event service subscription terminal based on a mobile communication telephone number, and location information of the event service subscription terminal; And content for the event Event information providing unit for transmitting each to a system of each mobile telecommunication company, wherein the system of each mobile telecommunication company exists within a predetermined range from the location of the event service subscribed terminal based on the location information of the event service subscribed terminal. Search for an event service agreement terminal, and transmit content for the event to the searched event service agreement terminal at the start time of the event.

Specific details for achieving the above object will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It is provided to fully inform the owner of the scope of the invention.

According to one of the problem solving means of the method and apparatus for providing an event service using the portable telephone of the present invention described above, it is inconvenient to transmit content such as text messages, ringtones or music to the people who participate in the event. I can eliminate it.

You can also easily create special events using a mobile phone owned by most people.

In addition, the mobile phone can be used to promote business and attract customers.

In addition, it can be expected to generate revenue through business linkage with mobile carriers.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

For reference, in the entire specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, it is not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. Also includes.

Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system for providing an event service using a portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Event providing system using a portable phone according to an embodiment of the present invention (100) includes a user terminal 110, an event providing server 120, a mobile carrier system 130 and a portable phone (140).

When describing each component in detail, the user terminal 110 is connected to the event providing server 120 to download the interface (web page) for using the event service, the start time of the event from the user, the event service subscription terminal Event information including a telephone number (hereinafter referred to as a telephone number) and a mobile carrier (hereinafter referred to as mobile communication disappearance) name to which the telephone number is subscribed and contents for the event (hereinafter referred to as content) are input.

For reference, in addition to the above event information, it is possible to further receive the telephone number and the mobile carrier name of the event service agreement terminal.

Here, the event service is a service that can provide or receive content related to a specific event, such as a text message, voice message, ringtone, music, or video, to a large number of people, and the customers of each mobile service provider are provided to the mobile carrier. It may be provided in the form of an additional service that pays for a certain amount (such as a monthly fee or a flat rate).

In addition, the event service subscription terminal is a portable telephone of the event subject, and the event subject may be a singular person or a plurality of persons. For example, in the case of a birthday celebration event, the party greeted with the birthday may be the target of the event, and in the case of the wedding celebration event, the groom and the bride may be the target of the event.

If the plurality of persons are the targets of the event, the user terminal 110 may receive a phone number and a mobile communication company name of any one of the plurality of persons as event information.

In addition, the event service terminal means that the mobile phone of the person who has subscribed to the event service by recognizing that the event service terminal can receive the content for the event.

In the following, it is assumed that an event service is used for a birthday celebration event, and the event service subscription terminal is referred to as a "main character", and the event service consent terminal is referred to as "a master acquaintance."

In addition, the content may include at least one of a message, a ringtone, a video, and music to be used in an event. In the case of a ringtone, a video, and music, the content may exist in a file form or may be link information linking a site existing in a file form. .

For reference, the user terminal 110 may include a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, and a personal portable terminal. The portable terminal is a wireless communication device that guarantees portability and mobility, and includes a personal communication system (PCS), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet Handheld-based wireless communication devices such as terminals).

Meanwhile, in response to the access of the user terminal 110, the event providing server 120 provides an interface (web page) for using an event service to the user terminal 110 and receives event information from the user terminal 110. To register.

In addition, the event providing server 120 searches for an event having a predetermined time associated with the start time of the event among the registered events, and at a predetermined time associated with the start time of the searched event, the phone number of the main character and Based on the name of the mobile communication company, by transmitting the phone number of the main character to the mobile communication company system 130, and requests the location of the main character and receives the requested location information of the main character from the mobile communication company system (130).

Thereafter, the event providing server 120 transmits the location information and the content of the main character to each mobile communication company system 130.

In addition, the event providing server 120 may transmit the acquaintance's phone number, the hero's location information, and the content to each mobile communication company system 130 based on the phone number of the acquaintance and the mobile carrier's name. have.

For reference, the user terminal 110 and the event providing server 120 may be wired such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or a value added network (VAN). The network may be implemented as any kind of wireless network such as a mobile radio communication network, a satellite communication network, Bluetooth, a wireless broadband Internet (Wibro), and a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA).

Meanwhile, the mobile communication company system 130 receives the main character's telephone number from the event providing server 120, searches for the location of the corresponding telephone number, and transmits the location to the event providing server 120.

In addition, the mobile communication company system 130 receives the main character's location information, the main character's phone number and content from the event providing server 120, and the location of the received acquaintance's phone number is within a predetermined range from the main character's location. And at the start of the event, the content is sent to the retrieved contacts' mobile phones.

In this case, the mobile communication company system 130 may transmit a message indicating that the transmitted content is for an event, and when the transmission of the content is completed to the mobile phone of each acquaintance, the event providing server 120 You can also send them to your friends' mobile phones.

For reference, the mobile carrier system 130 may include a base station, a repeater, a repeater controller, a short message service (SMS) server, and the like, and performs functions as described above for each system of each mobile carrier (SKT, KTF, LGT). can do.

On the other hand, the portable phone 140 refers to a portable phone of the main character acquaintance, and receives the content from the mobile communication company system 130 at the event start time.

In addition, when the mobile phone 140 receives the content, the mobile phone 140 may receive a message from the mobile communication company system 130 indicating that the received content is for an event, and when the reception of the content is completed, the mobile phone system 130 transmits a message indicating the content. Can also be received from.

Therefore, in the case of a birthday event, content for birthday celebration (for example, birthday music, etc.) is provided on the mobile phone of the heroine acquaintances gathered around the heroine, and the heroine's birthday is celebrated through the mobile phone of the heroine acquaintances. By playing music at the same time, you can hold special birthday celebrations for the main character.

In the above, the case of the birthday celebration event using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described.

Hereinafter, a configuration of a system for providing an event service using a portable telephone according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The user terminal 110 accesses the event providing server 120 and downloads an interface (web page) for using the event service, and starts the event from the user, the telephone number of the event service subscription terminal, the mobile carrier name, and the event. Receives event information including content for receiving.

Here, the event service is the same as described above, and each mobile communication company may store information of customers subscribed to the event service in a DB (hereinafter, referred to as an event service DB) and separately manage it.

In addition, the event service subscription terminal may be a mobile phone of the owner or operator of the shop subscribed to the event service, the content is free coupons, discount coupons provided by the owner or operator of the shop to promote their shop or attract customers Or ringtones and the like.

Hereinafter, the event service subscription terminal is referred to as "shop operator."

Meanwhile, in response to the access of the user terminal 110, the event providing server 120 provides an interface (web page) for using an event service to the user terminal 110 and receives event information from the user terminal 110. To register.

In addition, the event providing server 120 searches for events in which a predetermined time point associated with the start time of the event arrives among the registered events, and at a predetermined time point associated with the start time of the found event, the telephone number of the store operator. And based on the name of the mobile communication company, by transmitting the phone number of the store operator to the mobile communication company system 130, it requests the location of the store operator and receives the requested location information of the store operator from the mobile communication company system (130).

Thereafter, the event providing server 120 transmits location information and contents of the shop operator to each mobile communication company system 130.

On the other hand, the mobile communication company system 130 receives the phone number of the shop operator from the event providing server 120, retrieves the location of the phone number and transmits to the event providing server 120.

In addition, each mobile communication company system 130 receives the location information and content of the shop operator from the event providing server 120, and retrieves the event service agreement terminal existing within a predetermined range from the location of the received shop operator.

In addition, each mobile communication company system 130 transmits the content to the retrieved event service agreement terminal.

Here, the event service consent terminal is a mobile phone of customers who pay for a certain amount of event service provided by each mobile carrier as an additional service type and subscribe to it, and may receive contents for an event from affiliated stores subscribed to the event service. Means a mobile phone of a user who recognizes and agrees with it.

In this case, the mobile communication company system 130 may transmit a message indicating that the transmitted content is for an event, and when the transmission of the content is completed to each event service agreement terminal, the mobile service provider system 130 and the store provide a message indicating this. It can also be sent to the operator's portable telephone.

Through the above methods, each mobile service provider allows its customers to subscribe to the event offering service, and the operator of the store which subscribed to the event providing service visits his shop at a specific time or passes the event near his shop. By sending discount coupons, free coupons, ringtones, etc. to mobile phones of those who have agreed to the service, event services can be used to promote shops and attract customers.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an event providing server 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The event providing server 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an event information registering unit 121, an event scheduling unit 122, a location information managing unit 123, and an event information providing unit 124.

When describing each component in detail, the event information registration unit 121 registers the event information received from the user terminal 110, that is, the start time of the event, the telephone number of the event service subscription terminal, the mobile communication company name and the content.

In addition, the event information registration unit 121 may further include a phone number and a mobile communication company name of the event service agreement terminal.

Meanwhile, the event scheduling unit 122 searches for events in which a predetermined time point associated with the start time of the event arrives, from among the registered event information.

On the other hand, based on the telephone number of the event service subscription terminal and the mobile carrier name among the events retrieved by the location information management unit 123 event scheduling unit 122, and requests the location of the event service subscription terminal to the mobile communication company system 130; Receive and store the location information of the mobile communication subscription terminal from the mobile communication company system 130.

On the other hand, the event information providing unit 124, based on the telephone number and the mobile carrier name of the event service agreement terminal, the telephone number of the event service agreement terminal subscribed to the mobile communication company to each mobile carrier system 130, event service subscription Transmit location information and content of the terminal.

2 refers to a hardware component such as software or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), and performs predetermined roles .

However, 'components' are not meant to be limited to software or hardware, and each component may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors.

Thus, as an example, a component may include components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, procedures, and subs. Routines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

Components and the functionality provided within those components may be combined into a smaller number of components or further separated into additional components.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an event providing process using the portable telephone 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For convenience of description, description will be made with reference to the components of the system shown in FIG. 1.

First, the user terminal 110 connects to the event providing server 120 and downloads an interface (web page) for using the event service, and the start time of the event, the phone number of the main character, the name of the mobile operator, and the acquaintance acquaintance from the user. Receives the event information including the telephone number, mobile carrier name and the content of them, and transmits it to the event providing server 120 (S301).

In this case, the event providing server 120 provides an interface (web page) for using the event service to the user terminal 110 in response to the access of the user terminal 110.

After step S301, the event providing server 120 receives event information from the user terminal 110 (S302).

After the step S302, the event providing server 120 registers the received event, and retrieves the event of the registered event information, the predetermined time associated with the start time of the event arrives (S303).

After step S303, the event providing server 120 transmits the main character's telephone number to the corresponding mobile operator system 130, based on the main character's telephone number and the mobile operator name, at a predetermined time associated with the start time of the retrieved event. Thereby requesting the location of the event hero (S304).

After step S304, the mobile communication company system 130 receives the main character's telephone number from the event providing server 120, retrieves the location of the corresponding telephone number, and transmits the location information to the event providing server 120 (S305). .

After the step S305, the event providing server 120 receives the position information of the requested main character from the mobile communication company system 130 (S306).

After the step S306, the event providing server 120, based on the phone number of the main character acquaintances and the mobile carrier name, along with the phone number of the main character acquaintances subscribed to the mobile communication company to each mobile carrier system 130, the location information of the main character And the content is transmitted (S307).

After step S307, the mobile telecommunication company system 130 receives the heroine's acquaintance's phone number, the hero's location information, and the content from the event providing server 120, and the location of the received acquaintance's phone number is a predetermined range from the hero's location. It is searched if it exists within (S308).

After step S308, the mobile telecommunication company system 130 transmits the content to the mobile phones of the acquaintances found at the start time of the event (S309).

In this case, the mobile communication company system 130 may transmit a message indicating that the transmitted content is for an event, and when the transmission of the content is completed to a mobile phone of each acquaintance, the mobile communication company system 130 may notify the event providing server 120 and each message. You can also send it to a friend's mobile phone.

After step S309, the portable telephone 140 receives the content from the mobile communication company system 130 at the event start time and plays the content (S310).

At this time, when the mobile phone 140 receives the content for the event, the mobile phone 140 may receive a message indicating that the received content is for the event from the mobile communication company system 130, and when the reception of the content is completed, the mobile phone 140 moves the message for notifying the content. It may be received from the telecommunication company system 130.

In the same way as described above, by simultaneously transmitting and playing content to the main character's acquaintances, the acquaintance's acquaintance's portable telephone can be used as a wonderful tool for an event, and the voice messages, ringtones or Music, etc. attracts the attention of people around you and can present more special memories to the main character.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an event service providing process using the portable telephone 140 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

For convenience of description, description will be made with reference to the components of the system shown in FIG. 1.

First, the user terminal 110 accesses the event providing server 120 to download an interface (web page) for using the event service, and starts the event start time, the phone number of the shop operator who subscribed to the event service, and the event. Receives event information including the content for the user from the input, and transmits it to the event providing server 120 (S401).

In this case, the event providing server 120 provides an interface (web page) for using the event service to the user terminal 110 in response to the access of the user terminal 110.

For reference, the content for the event includes free coupons, discount coupons or ringtones provided by the event service subscribers to promote their stores or attract customers.

After step S401, the event providing server 120 receives event information from the user terminal 110 (S402).

After the step S402, the event providing server 120 registers the received event, and retrieves the event of the registered event information, the predetermined time associated with the start time of the event arrives (S403).

After the step S403, the event providing server 120 based on the store operator's telephone number and the mobile operator name at a predetermined time point associated with the start time of the retrieved event, the store operator's telephone number to the corresponding mobile operator system 130. By requesting the location of the mobile phone corresponding to the phone number of the shop operator (hereinafter referred to as the "shop operator's location") is requested (S404).

After step S404, the mobile telecommunication company system 130 receives the phone number of the shop operator from the event providing server 120, retrieves the location of the shop operator, and transmits the retrieved location information to the event providing server 120 (S405). ).

After step S405, the event providing server 120 receives the location information of the requested store operator from the mobile communication company system 130 (S406).

After step S406, the event providing server 120 transmits the location information of the shop operator and the content for the event to each mobile communication company system 130 (S407).

After step S407, each mobile communication company system 130 receives the shop operator's location information and the content for the event from the event providing server 120, and the event service agreement terminal exists within a predetermined range from the received shop operator's location. Search (S408).

At this time, the retrieved event service agreement terminal stores service subscription information in an event service DB of each mobile communication company system 130.

After step S408, each mobile communication company system 130 transmits the content to the retrieved event service agreement terminal at the start time of the event (S409).

In this case, the mobile communication company system 130 may transmit a message indicating that the transmitted content is for an event, and when the transmission of the content is completed to each event service agreement terminal, the mobile service provider system 130 and the store provide a message indicating this. It can also be sent to the operator's portable telephone.

After step S409, the event service agreement terminal receives the content from the mobile telecommunication company system 130 at the event start time, and plays the received content or displays the received content on the screen of the terminal (S410).

In this case, the event service agreement terminal may receive a message from the mobile communication company system 130 indicating that the received content is for the event when the content for the event is received.

Through the above method, each mobile carrier can generate revenue from the customer's subscription to the event providing service, and the operator of the shop subscribed to the event providing service can generate the store promotion, attracting customers, and generating profits from the service.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be.

It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system for providing an event service using a portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an event providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an event service providing process using a portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an event service providing process using a portable telephone according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (5)

In the method for providing an event service, (a) receiving a start time of an event, a mobile communication telephone number of a terminal subscribed to the event service, and contents for the event from a user terminal; (b) at a predetermined time point associated with the start time of the event, requesting the position of the event service subscription terminal to the system of the corresponding mobile communication company based on the mobile communication telephone number of the event service subscription terminal; Receiving location information of the event service subscription terminal from a system of (c) transmitting location information of the event service subscription terminal and content for the event to a system of each mobile communication company; Includes, but each system of the mobile communication company search for an event service agreement terminal existing within a predetermined range from the location of the event service subscription terminal, based on the location information of the event service subscription terminal, the start time of the event And transmitting the content for the event to the searched event service agreement terminal. The method of claim 1, The content is a ringtone of a predetermined sound source, the event providing method using a mobile phone that attempts to call the event service agreement terminal so that the ringtone of the sound source at the event start time. The method of claim 1, The step (a) is to receive a mobile communication phone number of the terminal agreed to the event service, event providing method using a portable phone. The method of claim 3, wherein The step (c) further comprises a mobile communication telephone number of the terminal agreeing to the event service, and transmits to the system of each mobile communication company, event providing method using a portable telephone. In the apparatus for providing an event service, An event information register for registering event information including a start time of an event received from a user terminal, a mobile communication telephone number of a terminal subscribed to the event service, and content for the event; An event scheduling unit for searching for an event having a predetermined time point associated with a start time of the event among the registered event information; Location information for requesting the location of the event service subscription terminal to the system of the corresponding mobile communication company based on the mobile communication telephone number of the event service subscription terminal for the searched event, and storing the received location information of the event service subscription terminal. Management department and Event information providing unit for transmitting the location information of the event service subscription terminal and the content for the event to each mobile communication company's system, respectively Includes, but each system of the mobile communication company search for the event service agreement terminals existing within a predetermined range from the location of the event service subscription terminal, based on the location information of the event service subscription terminal, the start time of the event And transmitting the content for the event to the searched event service agreement terminal.

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