System and Method for Providing the Regional Community Service Based on Mobile Blog In Mobile Terminal

• US 20080005251A1
• Filed: 07/19/2005
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Communications Company Limited (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Communications Company Limited (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shim, Sung, Seo, Jung, Chung, Ui, Im, Chol, Im, Hyuck, Go, Youn, Won, Don, Park, Kun, Kwon, Hyun, Ahn, Jae, Kim, Soo, Lee II, Yong, Kim, Jonathan, An, Chester, Kim, Ji
• Granted Patent: US 7,890,582 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for providing a moblog-based regional community service through a mobile terminal. The system includes a location-based community server for 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, receiving information on posts registered in spots transmitted through a mobile terminal by providing one or more pieces of information on the spots belonging to the main arena from information on a location of the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal, and storing the received information on posts with a link with the spots.

Claims

1. A system for providing a moblog-based regional community service through a mobile terminal, comprising:

a location-based community server for 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, receiving information on posts registered in spots transmitted through a mobile terminal by providing one or more pieces of information on the spots belonging to the main arena from information on a location of the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal, and storing the received information on posts with a link with the spots.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the location-based community server includes:

a user authentication and authorization unit for performing a function of authentication and authorization for users;

a post manager for performing a function of managing at least one of input, correction, deletion, inquiry and photograph registration of posts as an information registration unit;

an external interface for performing a function of interface for data exchange with the external;

a service management module for establishing a link between the posts and the spots; and

a database unit for storing various information required to provide the service.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the service management module includes:

a search engine for performing a function of searching the azits storing the posts or personal information using keywords inputted from users and outputting a search result;

a linker for performing a function of managing at least one of connection relationships between azits and posts, between azits and azits, and between azits and spots; and

a content formatter for performing a function of formatting various information in a prescribed format such that the various information can be configured on a screen in such a manner adapted to wired/wireless environments.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one external link system provided at the external of the location-based community server for supplementing a function of the moblog-based regional community service.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the external link system includes at least one of a short message service system, a multimedia message system, an instant message system, an e-mail system, a billing system, and a location-based system.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the location-based system confirms a location of the mobile terminal according to a prescribed method and provides information on the location of the mobile terminal to the location-based community server.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the information on the location of the mobile terminal is acquired according to one 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 system according to claim 5, wherein the location-based system directly enters into at least one of a main arena and the spots at which the mobile terminal is located, according to the information on the location of the mobile terminal.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the spots are divided according to a code granted for each location.

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

11. A method for providing 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 and 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;

providing one or more pieces of information on the spots belonging to the main arena from information on a location of the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal; and

selecting one of the spots and providing a list of posts related to the selected spot.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of:

registering information on a post related to the selected spot.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of:

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

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the post information include at least one of text, image and multimedia data.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the information on the location of the mobile terminal is acquired according to one 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).

16. The method according to claim 11, 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.

17. The method according to claim 11, 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.

18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

by each user, performing evaluation on propensity of each of the spots; and

providing a list of spots according to the evaluated propensity of each spot.