US 7,623,959 B2 · Method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data. The voice-based supplementary information service system includes a content registration server for receiving content for the voice-based supplementary information service, and converting the content into supplementary information data having voice data format. At least one GPS satellite detects a location of the mobile communication terminal and transmits GPS radio waves, including the location information. A mobile communication terminal receives the location information and requests the road guidance service and the supplementary information service. A relay server relays requests for the road guidance service and the supplementary information service. A road search server generates road map data and transmits the road map data to the relay server. A user management server determines whether the request for the supplementary information service exists in the road map data. An information provision server verifies the type of supplementary information service, receives supplementary information data corresponding to the type from the content registration server, and generates supplementary information-added data in which the supplementary information data is included in a data area of the road map data.

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A system for providing voice-based supplementary information service to a mobile communication terminal being provided with road guidance service, using road map data, said system comprising:

a content registration server configured to receive content for the voice-based supplementary information service, convert the content into supplementary information data having voice data format, and store the supplementary information data;
at least one Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite configured to detect a location of the mobile communication terminal and transmit GPS radio waves, to the mobile communication terminal, the GPS radio waves including information regarding the location of the mobile terminal;
the mobile communication terminal configured to receive the information regarding the location of the mobile terminal from the GPS satellite and request the road guidance service and the supplementary information service;
a mobile communication network configured to transmit or receive data to or from the mobile communication terminal in a wireless manner;
a relay server connected to the mobile communication network and configured to relay requests for the road guidance service and the supplementary information service, received from the mobile communication terminal;
a road search server connected to the relay server and configured to generate road map data and transmit the road map data to the relay server so as to provide the road guidance service requested by the mobile communication terminal;
a user management server configured to determine whether the request for the supplementary information service from the mobile communication terminal exists in the road map data received by the relay server, and transmit determination results to the relay server, such that if it is determined that the request for the supplementary information service from the mobile communication terminal exists, the relay server transmits the road map data to an information provision server, or if it is determined that the request for the supplementary information service does not exist, the relay server transmits only the road map data without the supplementary information data to the mobile communication terminal;
and
the information provision server configured to receive the road map data from the relay server, verify the type of supplementary information service included in the road map data, receive supplementary information data corresponding to the type from the content registration server, and generate supplementary information-added data in which the supplementary information data is included in a data area of the road map data, such that the mobile communication terminal provides for the supplementary information service while providing for the road guidance service.

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A method of providing voice-based supplementary information service to a mobile communication terminal being provided with road guidance service, using road map data in a system including a content registration server, at least one GPS satellite, a mobile communication terminal, a mobile communication network, a relay server, a road search server, a user management server and an information provision server, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) the content registration server storing supplementary information data;
(b) the mobile communication terminal requesting road guidance service, including supplementary information service, from the road search server;
(c) the road search server generating road map data for the mobile communication terminal;
(d) receiving the road map data from the road search server, and requesting the user management server to determine whether a request for the supplementary information service exists in the road map data;
(e) if it is determined that the request for the supplementary information service from the mobile communication terminal exists at step (d), transmitting the road map data to the information provision server, or if it is determined that the request for the supplementary information service from the mobile communication terminal does not exist at step (d), transmitting only the road map data without the supplementary information data to the mobile communication terminal;
(f) analyzing the road map data and reconstructing an area of the supplementary information data within a data area of the road map data;
(g) searching the content registration server for supplementary information data corresponding to supplementary information service requested by the mobile communication terminal, and extracting the supplementary information data;
and
(h) generating supplementary information-added road map data, in which the supplementary information data is included in the road map data, and transmitting the supplementary information-added road map data to the mobile communication terminal such that the mobile communication terminal provides for the supplementary information service while providing for the road guidance service.

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Summary1,210 words

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates, in general, to a method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data and, more particularly, to a method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data, which allow the user of a mobile communication terminal to be provided with supplementary information service together with road guidance service, using road map data including voice-based supplementary information.

#2. Description of the Related Art

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#The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

#FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data according to an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the type and format of content provided by a content provision server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Detailed description3,542 words

#Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the attached drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions may be omitted if it is determined that the detailed descriptions of related well-known functions and construction may make the gist of the present invention unclear.

#In the embodiments of the present invention, a mobile communication network or wireless communication network is described as a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile communication network, but is not limited to the above embodiments, and is a broad concept including any mobile communication network for relaying wireless data between terminals, such as a Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) mobile communication network or a High-speed Portable Internet (HPi) mobile communication network.

#In the embodiments of the present invention, for convenience of description, it is assumed that a mobile communication terminal requests and is provided with both road guidance service and supplementary information service. It is also possible to request and be provided with only road guidance service.

Facts

Application

11/244,888Filed 5 Oct 2005

Priority

KR 10-2004-00793186 Oct 2004

Published

US 2006/0122772 A18 Jun 2006

Granted

24 Nov 2009

Term ends

6 Apr 2027

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 548 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification2 codes

G01C 21/3691
Input/output arrangements for on-board computers: retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or…
G01C
Measuring distances, levels or bearings

Timeline

6 Oct 2004Priority claimedKR 10-2004-0079318
5 Oct 2005Application filedUS 11/244,888
13 Feb 2006Assigned to SK Telecom Co., Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
8 Jun 2006PublishedUS 2006/0122772 A1
24 Nov 2009GrantedUS 7,623,959 B2
5 Apr 2012Assigned to SK Planet Co., Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
20 Oct 2016Assigned to SK Telecom Co., Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
23 Mar 2021Assigned to T Map Mobility Co., Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
6 Apr 2027Term endsEstimated, includes 548 days of adjustment

Method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data

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