PERSONAL BROADCAST SERVICE TRANSMITTER AND MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100130234A1
• Filed: 10/15/2009
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: SHIN, Dong-jin, CHO, Jai-hyung, LEE, Sang-ho, KIM, Yeong-jin
• Application Number:
  US12/580,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20100130234A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A personal broadcast service transmitter and a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal receiving a personal broadcast service includes a location information transmitter to transmit location information of the mobile terminal to a personal broadcast service transmitter transmitting the personal broadcast service over a mobile communication network; and a personal broadcast service receiver to receive from the personal broadcast service transmitter the personal broadcast service generated based on the location information of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal receiving a personal broadcast service, comprising:

a location information transmitter to transmit location information of the mobile terminal to a personal broadcast service transmitter transmitting the personal broadcast service over a mobile communication network; and

a personal broadcast service receiver to receive from the personal broadcast service transmitter the personal broadcast service generated based on the location information of the mobile terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the personal broadcast service receiver receives a customized personal broadcast service, which is received at a location of the mobile terminal, using the location information of the mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the personal broadcast service receiver receives from the personal broadcast service transmitter a personal broadcast list generated depending on the location information of the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein when a user selects a personal broadcast service from the personal broadcast list, the personal broadcast service receiver requests and receives the selected personal broadcast service from the personal broadcast service transmitter.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the personal broadcast service receiver receives from the personal broadcast service transmitter a personal broadcast service on which location information of a personal broadcast content provider is reflected.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the personal broadcast service receiver receives in multicast over the mobile communication network a personal broadcast service which is sent from the personal broadcast service transmitter.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication network comprises an access network to control wireless access or wireless transmission of the mobile terminal, and a core network to control the access network and manage location information of the mobile terminal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the personal broadcast service comprises at least one of a road guidance information service, a road traffic information service, a sports event information service, a shopping mall information service, a public guidance information service or a private commercials service.

9. A personal broadcast service transmitter comprising:

a terminal location information receiver to receive, over a mobile communication network, location information of a mobile terminal which has requested a personal broadcast service; and

a personal broadcast service provider to generate a personal broadcast service based on the location information of the mobile terminal and provide the personal broadcast service to the mobile terminal.

10. The personal broadcast service transmitter of claim 9, wherein the personal broadcast service transmitter is a personal broadcast server which receives personal broadcast content from a personal broadcast content provider and provides the personal broadcast content to the mobile terminal over the mobile communication network.

11. The personal broadcast service transmitter of claim 9, wherein the personal broadcast service provider reflects location information of a personal broadcast content provider when providing the personal broadcast service.

12. The personal broadcast service transmitter of claim 9, wherein the personal broadcast service provider generates a personal broadcast list according to the location information of the mobile terminal and provide the personal broadcast list to the mobile terminal.

13. The personal broadcast service transmitter of claim 9, wherein the personal broadcast service transmitter is incorporated in or separated from the mobile communication network.