Method for Proposing the Meeting in the Regional Community Service System Based on Mobile Blog Through a Mobile Terminal

• US 20080301568A1
• Filed: 07/19/2005
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SK Communications Company Limited (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Communications Company Limited (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Ji Hoon, Kim, Jonathan, An, Chester, Im, Hyuck Jin, Shim, Sung Wha, Kwon, Hyun Jung, Go, Youn Kyung, Ahn, Jae Hong, Won, Don Hi, Chung, Ui Chung, Kim, Soo Jin, Seo, Jung Wook, Im, Chol Hong, Park, Kun Yong, Lee, Yong II
• Application Number:
  US11/572,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/757
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for proposing a meeting in a moblog-based regional community service through a mobile terminal. The method includes the steps of setting a plurality of main arenas by dividing a geographical area in a regional unit, setting and storing one or more virtual spatial locations, the one or more virtual spatial locations being a projection of real spatial public locations, as spots in one of the main arenas; selecting one of the spots belonging to the main arena from information on a location of the mobile terminal and entering into the selected spot; and registering a meeting proposal post in the selected spot.

Claims

1. A method for proposing a meeting in a moblog-based regional community service through a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

setting a plurality of main arenas by dividing a geographical area in a regional unit, setting and storing one or more virtual spatial locations, the one or more virtual spatial locations being a projection of real spatial public locations, as spots in one of the main arenas;

selecting one of the spots belonging to the main arena from information on a location of the mobile terminal to allow a user to enter into the selected spot; and

registering a meeting proposal post in the selected spot.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

by a user who registers the meeting proposal post, sending a meeting proposal message to ones selected of other users who entered into the selected spot.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the meeting proposal message is sent using one of a note, a short message, a multimedia message and an instant message.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the selected users are ones selected of users who allow a message reception from other users.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

storing information on the registered post and information on a link for a spot related to the post.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the post information include at least one of text, image and multimedia data.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on the location of the mobile terminal is acquired according to one of a method of a location acquisition method using a GPS system, a location acquisition method using base station cell IDs, a location acquisition method using UFIDs, and a location acquisition method using an AP (Access Point).

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein a method of providing the service through the mobile terminal is implemented to locate users and communicate between the users using an Ad-hoc networking system employing a wireless communication technique such as wireless LAN or Bluetooth.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein a method of providing the service through the mobile terminal is implemented to communicate between neighboring users in a broadcast manner using a push-to-talk (PTT) system in communications between mobile terminals.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

allowing one or more user who entered into the same spot to confirm the meeting proposal post and report attendance or non-attendance at the proposed meeting.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the attendance or non-attendance at the proposed meeting is reported by registering a reply in the meeting proposal post.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the attendance or non-attendance at the proposed meeting is reported by sending a message indicating the attendance or non-attendance at the proposed meeting to a user who proposes the meeting.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the message is reported using one of a note, a short message, a multimedia message and an instant message.