LBS-based prompt information output method and system, and storage medium

• US 9,386,409 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2014
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhou, Kang
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Chuong A
• Application Number:
  US14/267,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20140243023A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An LBS-based prompt information output method and system, and a storage medium according to the present disclosure, comprising: acquiring current time and/or a current geographic location, determining whether the current time falls within a preset time range, and/or determining whether a distance value between the current geographic location and a preset specified geographic location is smaller than or equal to a preset distance value; when a determination result is positive, outputting preset prompt information. The present invention is capable of enabling a user to acquire service information concerning the user and relating to the specified geographic location in time.

Claims

1. A method of outputting prompt information by a server for a mobile terminal based on location based services (LBS), the method comprising:

acquiring by the server a current time and a current geographic location for the mobile terminal;

determining by the server whether the current time falls within a preset time range, and whether a value of distance between the current geographic location and a preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to a preset distance value,

outputting a preset prompt information when the current time falls within the preset time range, or when the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to the preset distance value, or when the current time falls within the preset time range and the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to the preset distance value, wherein the prompt information includes service information related to the specified geographic location, wherein the preset prompt information is communicated to mobile terminal by the server.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

not outputting the preset prompt information when the current time is not within the preset time range, or when the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is greater than the preset distance value, or when the current time is not within the preset time range and the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is greater than the preset distance value.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a specified geographic location; and

setting the preset time range and/or the preset distance value corresponding to the specified geographic location, while setting the prompt information corresponding to the specified geographic location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the preset distance value is the space radius around the specified geographic location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the current geographic location comprising:

acquiring multiple location information corresponding to the current geographic location by using multiple positioning systems;

acquiring the location information of the current geographic location by making weighted summation of the multiple location information according to the preset weights of each positioning system; and

determining the current geographic location according to the location information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the location information includes latitude and longitude information.

7. A system for outputting prompt information based on LBS, the system comprising:

a current time and location acquiring unit configured to acquire the current time and the current geographic location;

a determining unit configured to determine whether the current time falls within a preset time range, and whether a value of distance between the current geographic location and a preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to a preset distance value; and

a prompt output unit configured to output a preset prompt information when the determining unit determines that the current time falls within the preset time range, or the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to the preset distance value, or the current time falls within the preset time range and the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to the preset distance value, the prompt information includes service information related to the specified geographic location.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a trigger unit configured to trigger the current time and location acquiring unit when the current time is not within the preset time range, or the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is greater than the preset distance value, or the current time is not within the preset time range and the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is greater than the preset distance value.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a specified geographic location acquiring unit configured to determine the specified geographic location; and

a setting unit configured to set the preset time range and/or the preset distance value corresponding to the specified geographic location, while set the prompt information corresponding to the specified geographic location.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the preset distance value is the space radius around the specified geographic location.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the current time and location acquiring unit comprising:

a time acquiring unit configured to acquire the current time;

a first location information acquiring unit configured to acquire multiple location information corresponding to the current geographic location by using multiple positioning systems;

a second location information acquiring unit configured to acquire the location information of the current geographic location by making weighted summation of the multiple location information according to the preset weights of each positioning system, and

a geographic location acquiring unit configured to determine the current geographic location according to the location information.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the location information includes latitude and longitude information.

13. A non-transitory storage medium stored therein a set of processor-executable instructions, which when processed by the processor, cause the processor to execute the steps of:

acquiring current time and/or a current geographic location;

determining whether the current time falls within a preset time range, and whether a value of distance between the current geographic location and a preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to a preset distance value; and

outputting a preset prompt information when the current time falls within the preset time range, or when the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to the preset distance value, or when the current time falls within the preset time range and the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to the preset distance value, the prompt information includes service information related to the specified geographic location.

14. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor-executable instructions stored in the storage medium further cause the processor to execute the following steps:

not outputting the preset prompt information, and returning to the step of acquiring the current time and/or the current geographic location, when the current time is not within the preset time range, or when the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is greater than a preset distance value, or when the current time is not within the preset time range and the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is greater than the preset distance value.

15. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 13, wherein before executing the step of determining whether the current time falls within the preset time range and/or whether the value of distance between the current geographic location and the preset specified geographic location is less than or equal to the preset distance value, the processor-executable instructions stored in the storage medium further cause the processor to execute the following steps:

determining a specified geographic location; and

setting the preset time range and/or the preset distance value corresponding to the specified geographic location, and setting the prompt information corresponding to the specified geographic location.

16. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 13, wherein the preset distance value is the space radius around the specified geographic location.

17. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor-executable instructions stored in the storage medium further cause the processor to execute the following steps:

acquiring multiple location information corresponding to the current geographic location by using multiple positioning systems;

acquiring the location information of the current geographic location by making weighted summation of the multiple location information according to the preset weights of each positioning system; and

determining the current geographic location according to the location information.

18. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein the location information includes latitude and longitude information.