SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN PRIVATE WEBPAGE

• US 20090015467A1
• Filed: 01/24/2007
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Jae-Kyu, Kwon, Chan-Young
• Granted Patent: US 8,155,885 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.750
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3889 Transmission of selected map data, e.g. depending on route
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

A geographic information providing system in a personal webpage is disclosed. The geographic information providing system can include a GPS information storing unit, receiving GPS coordinate information related to a location of a user and additional information from a mobile communication terminal and storing the received GPS coordinate information and additional information; a map data loading unit, loading map data having a location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information if a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information is received; and a temporary layer generating controlling unit, generating a temporary layer to mark the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information on a loaded map in a form capable of being identified by the user and providing control information for displaying the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information. With the present invention, the location information related to a place visited by the user can be easily stored using a mobile communication terminal.

Claims

1. A system for providing geographic information on a webpage, the system comprising:

a GPS information storing unit configured for receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate information related to a location of a user and additional information associated with the location from a mobile communication terminal and for storing the received GPS coordinate information and additional information;

a map data loading unit configured for loading map data including the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information in response to a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information; and

a temporary layer generating controlling unit configured for generating a temporary layer to indicate the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information on a loaded map in a form capable of being identified by the user and for providing control information for displaying the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein an application is installed in the mobile communication terminal when the user makes a request or a predetermined event occurs, the application being for calculating and transmitting, together with additional information, GPS coordinate information corresponding to a location of the user, the mobile communication terminal transmitting the GPS coordinate information and the additional information via a mobile communication network or a wireless Internet.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a map data storing unit storing map data.

5. The system of claim 3, further comprising a coordinate converting unit configured for converting GPS coordinate information into coordinate information corresponding to map data of the map data storing unit in response to the request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information, wherein the map data loading unit bases on the converted coordinate information to load map data of the vicinity.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein coordinate information corresponding to map data of the map data storing unit is Graphic Information Service (GIS) coordinate information.

7. The system of claim 3, further comprising a direction calculating unit configured for calculating and providing direction information corresponding to a plurality of locations,

whereas, if a plurality of postings storing GPS coordinate information are selected, the map data loading unit loads from the map data storing unit map data that can include locations corresponding to a plurality of GPS coordinate information, and the direction calculating unit calculates and provides directions information related to a plurality of locations marked on the loaded map data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the webpage includes a blog webpage and a personal homepage.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the additional information includes at least one of description information, image information and video information, inputted by the user.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein a packet having the GPS coordinate information and additional information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal comprises a user identifier that identifies a user for the received GPS coordinate information and additional information, and the GPS information storing unit stores the received GPS coordinate information and additional information in association with the identified user.

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21. A method for providing geographic information on a webpage, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate information related to a location of a user and additional information associated with the location from a mobile communication terminal and storing the GPS coordinate information and additional information in a memory;

loading map data including the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information in response to a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information;

indicating the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate on the loaded map; and

displaying the additional information in association with the location indicated on the loaded map.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising the steps of:

generating a polygonal object for indicating the location corresponding to GPS coordinate information on the loaded map data; and

providing control information for marking the generated polygonal object through a temporary layer

23. The method of claim 21, wherein a packet having the GPS coordinate information and additional information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal comprises a user identifier that identifies a user for the received GPS coordinate information and additional information, and the GPS information storing unit stores the received GPS coordinate information and additional information in association with the identified user.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of loading map data comprises the steps of:

converting GPS coordinate information into coordinate information corresponding to the map data; and

loading map data of the vicinity in accordance with the converted coordinate information.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising the steps of loading map data that can include locations corresponding to a plurality of GPS coordinate information and calculating and providing directions information related to a plurality of locations, if a plurality of postings storing GPS coordinate information are selected.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the additional information includes at least one of description information, image information and video information, inputted by the user.

27. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts including:

receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate information related to a location of a user and additional information associated with the location from a mobile communication terminal and storing the GPS coordinate information and additional information in a memory;

loading map data including the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information in response to a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information;

indicating the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate on the loaded map; and

displaying the additional information in association with the location indicated on the loaded map.

28. A system for providing geographic information on a webpage, the system comprising:

means for receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate information related to a location of a user and additional information associated with the location from a mobile communication terminal;

means for storing the received GPS coordinate information and additional information;

means for loading map data including the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information in response to a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information; and

a user interface configured to indicate he location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information on a loaded map in a form capable of being identified by the user and to display the additional information in association with the location indicated on the loaded map.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the additional information includes at least one of description information, image information and video information, inputted by the user.

30. The system of claim 28, further comprising means for converting GPS coordinate information into coordinate information corresponding to a map of an external map database, wherein the means for loading map data uses the converted coordinate information to load map data of the vicinity in response to a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information and

31. The system of claim 28, further comprising means for providing direction information related to a plurality of locations if a plurality of postings storing GPS coordinate information are selected wherein the means for providing calculates the direction information for a map from an external map database.