METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING END-TO-END MESSAGE PUSH USING A GEOGRAPHICAL SIGNAL FEATURE CLUSTER

• US 20150142868A1
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HyXen Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: HyXen Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Bo-Chih
• Granted Patent: US 9,667,579 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1845 broadcast or multicast in a specific location, e.g. geocast protocols for adapting network applications to user terminal location H04L67/52; services specially adapted for wireless communication networks making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/69 using geographic information, e.g. room number
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster where a message provider uses an apparatus to establish message data related to a landmark, and according to the message data, a message push server acquires geographical signal feature clusters from a signal feature database and establishes a message push list. The message push server establishes a connection actively from a record in the message push list to notify a message receiver of retrieving a push condition; the message receiver uses an apparatus to detect a signal feature and provides the signal feature for the message push server to establish the push condition. Then the message receiver uses an apparatus to detect a signal feature, if the detected signal feature is the same as the signal feature in the geographical signal feature cluster in the push condition, a message will be pushed to the message receiver.

Claims

1. A method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster, applicable to cellular and Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) wireless networks, and comprising the following steps:

setting, by a first apparatus regarded as a message provider, a landmark with an apparatus end, and establishing message data related to the landmark;

acquiring, by a message push server according to the message data, a plurality of geographical signal feature clusters from a signal feature database, and establishing a message push list based on the acquired plurality of geographical signal feature clusters and the message data;

establishing actively, by the message push server according to the message push list, a connection to notify a second apparatus of retrieving a push condition, wherein the second apparatus is regarded as a message receiver;

detecting, after the notification is received, by the second apparatus, a signal feature of a serving cell base station or a serving access point (AP), and providing the signal feature for the message push server to select a geographical signal feature cluster from the plurality of geographical signal feature clusters in the message push list to establish a push condition, and transferring the push condition to the second apparatus;

after the push condition is received, detecting, by the second apparatus, s signal feature of the serving cell base station or the serving AP;

if the detected signal feature is the same as the signal feature in the geographical signal feature cluster in the push condition, providing, by the second apparatus, the detected signal feature to a location operation server to compute a location of the second apparatus; and

if the computed location is located inside the range of a location coordinate of the landmark, pushing actively, by the message push server, a message to the second apparatus.

2. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein the first apparatus is a smart mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer or a notebook computer.

3. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein the message data comprises at least one message receiver, the location coordinate of the landmark, a push distance, a push start and end date and time, and message content.

4. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 3, wherein the message content further comprises text, a card, an image, a sound, and a video.

5. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein the signal feature database comprises a cellular sub-database and a hybrid sub-database, the cellular sub-database stores a plurality of pieces of cell base station data, each piece of cell base station data records a unique cell global identity (CGI) code parameter and location information, the hybrid sub-database stores a plurality of pieces of WiFi AP data, and each piece of WiFi AP data records at least one CGI code parameter, a unique Media Access Control (MAC) address, and location information.

6. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein acquiring, by the message push server, a geographical signal feature cluster from a cellular sub-database comprises the following steps:

deciding a mobile country code (MCC) according to the location coordinate of the landmark in the message data;

executing a search in the cellular sub-database by using the MCC as a key, so as to acquire a plurality of pieces of cell base station data corresponding to the database;

counting the number of mobile network codes (MNCs) of the MCC based on the acquired plurality of pieces of cell base station data, and deciding the number of clusters according to the number of MNCs;

grouping the plurality of pieces of cell base station data having a same MCC into a plurality of clusters according to the MNC;

acquiring a plurality of push representation points from each cluster in the plurality of clusters; and

defining the plurality of push representation points of each cluster as a geographical signal feature cluster, wherein a geographical signal feature is a cell global identity (CGI) code.

7. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 6, further comprising:

computing a distance value for each data point of each cluster in the plurality of clusters according to the location coordinate of the landmark in the message data, and if the distance value is smaller than a push distance, using the data point as a push representation point, and storing a CGI code of the data point.

8. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein acquiring, by the message push server, a geographical signal feature cluster from a hybrid sub-database comprises the following steps:

deciding a mobile country code (MCC) according to the location coordinate of the landmark in the message data;

executing a search in the hybrid sub-database by using the MCC as a key, so as to acquire a plurality of pieces of WiFi AP data corresponding to the database;

defining the plurality of pieces of WiFi AP data as a cluster;

acquiring a plurality of push representation points from the cluster; and

defining the plurality of push representation points as a geographical signal feature cluster, wherein a geographical signal feature is a Media Access Control (MAC) address.

9. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 8, further comprising:

computing a distance value for each data point in the cluster according to the location coordinate of the landmark in the message data, and if the distance value is smaller than the push distance, using the data point as a push representation point, and storing a MAC address of the data point.

10. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein the message push list records a push identity (ID) of the message, a message receiver in the message data, a push start and end date and time, message content, and the received plurality of geographical signal feature clusters.

11. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein the second apparatus is a smart mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer or a notebook computer.

12. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 11, wherein the signal feature detected by the second apparatus comprises a cell global identity (CGI) code parameter and signal intensity of a serving cell base station and a Media Access Control (MAC) address parameter and signal intensity of a serving access point (AP).

13. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein establishing a push condition based on the CGI code parameter detected by the second apparatus comprises the following steps:

transferring a mobile country code (MCC), a mobile network code (MNC), and a location area code (LAC) in the detected CGI code to the message push server;

selecting, by the message push server according to the received MCC, MNC, and LAC, a cluster from the plurality of geographical signal feature clusters; and

establishing, by the message push server according to the selected geographical signal feature cluster, a push condition, and transferring the push condition to the second apparatus.

14. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 13, wherein the push condition comprises at least one LAC and at least one cell identity (CID) in the selected geographical signal feature cluster and a message push identity (ID) and a push start and end date and time in the message push list.

15. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein establishing the push condition based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address parameter detected by the second apparatus comprises the following steps:

transferring a MAC address to the message push server;

selecting directly, by the message push server according to the received MAC address, a cluster from the plurality of geographical signal feature cluster; and

establishing, by the message push server according to the selected geographical signal feature cluster, a push condition, and transferring the push condition to the second apparatus.

16. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 15, wherein the push condition comprises a MAC address parameter in the selected geographical signal feature cluster, and a message push identity (ID) and a push start and end date and time in the message push list.

17. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein executing active push by using a cell global identity (CGI) code parameter and signal intensity detected by the second apparatus comprises the following steps:

after the push condition is received, performing an event check within a push start and end date and time;

if a location area code (LAC) and a cell identity (CID) in a detected CGI code are the same as a LAC and a CID in the geographical signal feature cluster in the push condition, transferring a push identity (ID) of the message, the CGI code, and a signal intensity value to the message push server, and otherwise, continuing executing the step;

transferring the received CGI code and signal intensity value to the location operation server to compute the location of the second apparatus; and

if the computed location is located inside a push circle, actively pushing, by the message push server, message content to the second apparatus, and otherwise, ending active push of the message.

18. The method for implementing end-to-end message push using a geographical signal feature cluster according to claim 1, wherein executing active push by using a Media Access Control (MAC) address parameter and signal intensity detected by the second apparatus comprises the following steps:

after the push condition is received, performing an event check within a push start and end date and time;

if a detected MAC address is the same as a MAC address in the geographical signal feature cluster in the push condition, transferring a push identity (ID) of the message, the MAC address, and a signal intensity value to the message push server, and otherwise, continuing executing the step;

transferring the received MAC address and signal intensity value to the location operation server to compute the location of the second apparatus; and

if the computed location is located inside a push circle, actively pushing, by the message push server, message content to the second apparatus, and otherwise, ending active push of the message.