Description
MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CAPABLE OF
PINPOINTING A TAG S LOCATION AND INFORMATION
PROVIDING SYSTEM AND SERVICE METHOD UTILIZING
BOTH OF THEM Technical Field
[1] The present invention relates to mobile communication terminal capable of linlointing a tag's location and information providing system and service method utilizing both of them, RF tag twice read or scann time difference with mobile communication terminal, searched RF tag data and location information detect to calculate isolation in mobile communication terminal without host computer, only terminal detect RF tag location, the detection information use. Background Art
[2] Of conventional information provision technologies, location information provision technology includes technology for receiving and providing the location coordinates of a desired terminal using a terminal having a satellite navigation data reception function and a communication function, technology for performing tracking over the radius of a base station and connecting to a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication network when a signal for a Global Positioning System(GPS), which is one-way communication, cannot be received, or terrestrial Location Based Service(LBS) technology using its own two-way communication networks.
[3] Technology having the above functions is also problematic in that relatively large terminals must be provided at a high price.
[4] As another location information provision technology, there is technology for providing the schematic location of a corresponding terminal on the basis of information about the location of an active base station which is currently connected to each terminal, using information about the active base station of the terminal that is managed for mobile communication.
[5] Also, to involve the problem of having to bet an extravagant cost, install a large number of expensive USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network) in an interior and install RF antena by a grid interval finely according to many RF reader to follow up the location of the terminal where an interior exists.
[6] This technology can provide location service having relatively high quality without incurring a burden of additional cost, using a widely popularized mobile communication terminal, but is problematic in that it is not possible to detect the location of a person or an object not carrying a mobile communication terminal.
[7] Also, the conventional technology is problematic in that it has a high error range to such an extent that location tracking capability and data precision are greatly decreased, and it may not perform tracking indoors. Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem
[8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide only mobile communication terminal search stopped tag location that move one location time diference measure two location, the first distance to the first location and the second distance to the second location calculate, each of the location calculate intersecting point to tri- angulation, stopped tag location search easy, an user can grasp the correct location of the person, the things, the thing and the commodity where a target thing which isn't possessed stopped a terminal for position detection, and is easy and can look for a lost lost item easily, and look for the commodity, the material and the thing at a depot outside the department store, the shopping center, the bookstore, the library, the CD& DVD salesplace, the video loan store, the convenience store, the house, the clerical room and the interior. Technical Solution
[9] The collecting RF tag location informaton at host computer send and receive through communications network, terminal which only is capable of location informaton operation for searching RF tag location informaton, tag reader and writer for writeing for receiveing information, unique discernment information receive to host computer, terminal or receive to terminal direct user about the RF tag registration in order to read or write unique information to RF tag, tag communication unit for searching RF tag scan or read for surrounding tags, establishing a connection with a fond tag, and receiving informationn from RF tag, a connection with tag for the tag through communication method, a remote communication unit for performing data communication with a host computer, providiing outside type, a location detection unit for detecting a location of the RF tag, the first distance and the second distance which receive the first location and the second location by move time of mobile communication terminal to the host computer, a location calculation unit for receiving the first location and the second location of terminal independent or the host computer, and calculating a location of the RF tag using the first location, the second location, first distance and the second distance, the termianl move location two hour's difference, and determining an intersecting point at which a circle, formed by drawing the first distance at the first location, a circle, formed by drawing the second distance at the second location intersect point of the third distance at the third location as the location of the RF tag, a location information notification unit for transmitting information about the first location of the terminal and the first distance, the location of RF tag, calculated by the location calculation unit, and the unique information about the RF tag, detected by the tag communication unit, to the host computer through the remote communication unit, DB save unit for save daata and RF tag information which give searching goods and things information to terminal, location guide display unit for guideing as to search object throuth display screen which terminal user search a signal or a vibration to RF tag location information with terminal, payment unit for purchase paying or purchase cancellation to goods and object goods to adhere RF tag for searching terminal.
[10] Also, the terminal connect to wire internet or wireless internet such cellular phone,
PDA phone, smart phone, notebook, personal computer, DTV, internet phone, PMP, PSP, MP3P, the terminal mobile communication or digital broadcast connection device, provided to location based service.
[11] Also, location calculation unit one establishes both at least satellite navigation system, a GPS, Galileo (project), a movement sensor, an altimeter and whole inertia sensor of the purpose each sensor of a gyroscope and an altimeter has built-in or is adherent, and layer division is also possible at an identical building, and which is about the above tag lighter, the tag communication part and the side of a coordinate, the high height and the number of stories calculation located at present.
[12] Also, the termianl move location two hour's difference, and determining an intersecting point at which a circle, formed by drawing the first distance at the first location, a circle, formed by drawing the second distance at the second location intersect point of the third distance at the third location as the location of the RF tag.
[13] Also, collecting RF tag location informaton at host computer send and receive through communications network, terminal which only is capable of location informaton operation for searching RF tag location informaton, comprising the step of, automatic through the member store peculiar tag information stuck in the location information and the member store which were registered by member store DB with the fact storage a customer makes the enterpriser main server connection easy for which through location based service in an entrance and exit way, about the side, the recognized stage, customer inputs wire or wireless telephone number on the cable of a member store in terminal, grasp by location based service by a customer's location store in or out, because coustomer input telephone number of store terminal and unique discernment number of the IP to coustomer termimal, scanning or reading of a related barcode of a member store, a graphic cord and an electronic tag, using the function having within or the exterior at terminal customer or store, inputting internet address for assigning store or broadcast channel.
[14] Also, sending by which both are one at least method in the way by which location information of the customer terminal grasped through the above location bsaed service is sent to a server automatically connects collected information with a server and sends through the terminal, and sends collected information to the server through the short distance wireless communication means and the approach scanning recognition means between the terminal for the above customer and the surrounding equipment, and can be chosen.
[15] Also, a lot of service member stores are located in various floor in an identical building respectively, it's recognized the same coordinate on the comparison location based service, allocation of the internet address difference each member store (IP) or the altimeter and the gyroscope Naigai chief was and, for being connected, through, divide clearly the customer location as well as member store location in customer location.
[16] Also, when a customer visited at a member store by location based service, even if the connection method it's possible to connect to a main server is output by the form of the URL Call-Back short sentence message or the multimedia message automatically in customer terminal, and a customer inputs the connection button in the output contents first connect easy to main server.
[17] Also, a short sentence (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) output is also offered through mobil communication network and wire or wireless internet network or in television network including a digital network in customer terminal, offered also by the established short distance wireless communication means in member store, member store related location information, a customer doesn't have to input directly, as well as, searching the member store a customer wishes by data base or provideing member store related location information which choose member store of a member store list.
Advantageous Effects
[18] Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide only mobile communication terminal search stopped tag location that move one location time diference measure two location, the first distance to the first location and the second distance to the second location calculate, each of the location calculate intersecting point to tri- angulation, stopped tag location search easy, an user can grasp the correct location of the person, the things, the thing and the commodity where a target thing which isn't possessed stopped a terminal for position detection, and is easy and can look for a lost lost item easily, and look for the commodity, the material and the thing at a depot outside the department store, the shopping center, the bookstore, the library, the CD& DVD salesplace, the video loan store, the convenience store, the house, the clerical room and the interior.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[19] FIG. 1 is drawing showing mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [20] FIG. 2 is drawing showing module divice in mibile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [21] FIG. 3 is block view showing mobile communication terminal of tag's writting and readering in mibile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [22] FIG. 4 is drawing showing location calculationing in mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [23] FIG. 5 is drawing showing information providing system in mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [24] FIG. 6 is drawing showing ubiquitous consumer resource management system in mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention [25] FIG. 1 is drawing showing mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [26] As shown in FIG. 1, mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location include mobile communication terminal 20, commodity 40, RF tag 42, communication network 30 and host computer 50. [27] Mobile communication terminal 20 collect location information of RF tag 42 for searching specification, send and receive wire or wireless to host computer 50 or only calculate location information. [28] Host computer 50 is internet server generally, but host computer 50 prepare wire or wireless internet page in special resolution to connect user through wire or wireless internet. [29] Mobile communication terminal 20 are wire or wireless vary terminal such cell phone, PDA phone, smart phone, notebook, PC, DTV, internet phone, PMP, PSP and
MP3P. [30] Mobile communication terminal 20 various type media regenerator for being wireless communication skill.
[31] For example, module device include inside commodity 40. Also, module install specification part of body.
[32] Also, an animal as well as a person stuck that it can be used for a location chase and a check.
[33] RF tag for included module device use communication method of mobile communication terminal 20, each of the RF tag, RuBee tag, ZiBee tag, Bluetooth tag and infrared rays tag according to RF communication, RuBee communication, Bluetooth communication and infrared rays communication method.
[34] Thus, module of NFC wireless close range communication such ZiBee/
RuBee/Bluetooth/IrDA/UWB/SDR use mobile communication terminal(master) and tag(slave), other communication skill be tag RF tag role.
[35] Also, wireless short distance communication slave tag which plays the role of RF tag which consists of a master and slave is wireless(CR;Cognitive Radio) technology and look for an empty frequency band, and FIG. 2 may be possible to send and receive a mobile communication terminal(master) and information.
[36] Cognitive Radio technology communite in case of mobile communication terminal poweroff(hibernation or no low power), short distance communication such RF tag do not send at once goods/animal/human location and condition, wireless station protect to search automatically no using frequency, now the country develop.
[37] Mobile communication terminal 20 built-in Cognitive Radio chip, and module device built-in Cognitive Radio chip in case of using Cognitive Radio technology in wireless short distance communication slave tag.
[38]
[39] FIG. 2 is drawing showing module divice in mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
[40] As shown in FIG. 2, the module device 10 includes a wireless communication unit
110 for communicating with a tag reader, and an intrinsic information providing unit 130 for providing intrinsic information, which is stored in memory 120, through the wireless communication unit 110 at the request of the tag reader.
[41] In accordance with an additional aspect of the present invention, each of the module devices 10 further includes a biological sensor 170 for detecting a biological signal, and a biological information providing unit 150 for providing the data value of the biological signal detected by the biological sensor 170 at the request of the tag reader.
[42] Also, each of the module devices 10 may include a Global Positioning System
(GPS) chip module (not shown) that receives navigation data from satellites, processes the data, acquiring information about the location of its tag, and transmits the information about the location of the tag to the mobile communication terminal 20 through the wireless communication unit 110.
[43] When the module device 10 further includes the GPS chip module, the location of the tag can be more accurately detected.
[44] The wireless communication unit 110 communicates with the terminal having the tag reader function using various wireless frequency bands of 13.56 MHz, 908.2 MHz, and 914 MHz.
[45] For example, in the human body, the biological sensor 170 may include one of various sensors for detecting the health of the human body, such as a pressure sensor for sensing the heart rate or blood pressure, a sensor for sensing lung capacity, a temperature sensor for measuring body temperature, a sensor formed of electrodes for measuring a numerical glycosuria value and software, and an acceleration sensor for sensing the amount of exercise, or combinations thereof.
[46] When there is a request from a terminal, the intrinsic information providing unit
130 provides intrinsic IDentification (ID) information about a tag, which has been stored in memory 120, to the terminal through the wireless communication unit 110.
[47] The biological information providing unit 150 stores data, which is measured by the biological sensor 170, in the memory 120, and provides the biological information to the terminal through the wireless communication unit 110.
[48] In another embodiment, even if there is no request from the terminal, the biological information providing unit 150 may actively transmit data in the case where a connection with a surrounding terminal is established.
[49] A power supply unit 190 is important for actually implementing, in particular, an
RF tag, among various kinds of tags.
[50] When constructed in a passive type, the RF tag draws a power component from a signal wireless transmitted from the terminal, and is thereby supplied with power.
[51] Even for an active type, the module device 10 according to the present invention has a very simple construction, so that it is possible to guarantee sufficient power using electricity generated using a solar battery cell, body heat from a human body, or the vibration of the terminal itself. Except for housing, no additional construction, other than the construction shown in FIG. 2, is necessary.
[52] Also, from a hardware point of view, the module device 10 may be composed of a very small-sized Integrated Circuit (IC), an antenna, simplified circuitry for supplying power, and sensors.
[53]
[54] FIG. 3 is block view showing mobile communication terminal of tag's writting and readering in mibile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
[55] As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile communication terminal 20 according to an embodiment includes a tag communication unit 250 for searching for surrounding tags, establishing a connection with a found tag, and receiving information from the tag, a remote communication unit 270 for performing data communication with the host computer, and a location information notification unit 211 for transmitting information about the terminal and the unique information of the tag, which is detected by the tag communication unit, to the host computer through the remote communication unit.
[56] Tag communication unit 250 communicate wireless RF tag 42, the tag communication unit 250 scann or read RF tag 42 for searching so searched RF tag 42 connect, the information send and receive.
[57] Also, tag communication unit 250 connect the tag through communication method proportionate to the each RF tag 42.
[58] Also, first, tag communication unit 250 received signal to RF tag 42, which include using certification information of the tag, RF tag 42 certify real in order to connect RF tag 42 in only frequency.
[59] After connection setting up of RF tag 42 give communication discernment information using unique information.
[60] RF tag 42 one to one communicate mobile communication terminal 20 by data send and receive using gived communication discernment information.
[61] After mobile communication terminal 20 communicate individually multitude RF tag 42 for existing to set connection.
[62] The communication technology notice various protocol, RF tag 42 is RuBee(IEEE
1902.1).
[63] Thus, the RuBee for moving less than 450 kHz is a send and receive protocol of the demand (on- demand) P2P (peer-to-peer), large number of tags were intermingled by the environment, recognition radius 15m, to use more than 10 years in one of lithium battery for clocks because the fighting power consumption short, RuBee tag and reader mass-produce less price.
[64] Remote communication unit 270 communicate data the host computer 50, is mobile communication protocol such CDMA, GSM, WCDMA, WiBro, FH-OFDM, MC- SCDMA, TDDATDMA, HMm, MBWA(Mobile Broadband Wireless Access).
[65] But, wireless Ian, ZigBee, RuBee, Bluetooth, host computer 50 connect that multitude portable wireless communication technology include.
[66] Also, remote communication unit 270 produce the exterior type for pull out and put out.
[67] Tag reader and writer 280 read or write unique information in the RF tag 42.
[68] The tag reader and writer 280 input unique discernment information about RF tag registration to host computer 50 or information for saving mobile communication terminal 20, because user input direct to mobile communication terminal 20, RF tag 42 be right.
[69] Location detection unit 230 detect a location of the RF tag 42, the first distance and the second distance which receive the first location and the second location by move time of mobile communication terminal 20 to the host computer 50.
[70] Location calculation unit 216 for receiving the first location and the second location of terminal independent or the host computer, and calculating a location of the RF tag 42 using the first location, the second location, first distance and the second distance.
[71] Thus, location calculation unit 216, the termianl 20 move location two hour's difference, and determining an intersecting point at which a circle, formed by drawing the first distance at the first location, a circle, formed by drawing the second distance at the second location intersect point of the third distance at the third location as the location of the RF tag.
[72] The location calculation unit 216 which built-in or adherent gyroscope, high height each sensor layer division is possible at an identical building, the tag leader, a writer, the tag communication part and the side of a coordinate, the high height and the number of stories calculation located satellite navigation system and Galileo of the purpose each sensor of a gyroscope and an altimeter has built.
[73] Location information notification unit 211 transmit information about the first location of the terminal 20 and the first distance, the location of RF tag 42, calculated by the location calculation unit 216, and the unique information about the RF tag 42, detected by the tag communication unit 250, to the host computer 50 through the remote communication unit 270.
[74] DB save unit 213 save data and RF tag 42 information which give searching goods and commodity information to terminal 20.
[75] Location guide display unit 217 guide as to search object throuth display screen which terminal 20 user search a signal or a vibration to RF tag 42 location information with terminal 20.
[76] Payment unit 218 purchase paying or purchase cancellation to goods and object commodity to adhere RF tag for searching terminal.
[77]
[78] FIG. 4 is drawing showing location calculationing in mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
[79] As shown in FIG. 4, RF tag 42 which adhere unique number commodity 40 such a mobile communication terminal 20, determinate an intersecting point(P) at which a circle(A), formed by drawing the first distance at the first location, a circle(B), formed by drawing the second distance at the second location intersect point (P) of the third distance at the third location as the location of the RF tag 42.
[80] Thus, stopping RF tag 42 location measure using triangulation techniques in one mobile communication terminal 20, two terminal need to measure RF tag 42 location, but the stopping RF tag 42 location measure A to one mobile communication terminal 20, again B move 21 that fixing RF tag 42 location measure to same mobile communication terminal 20 time difference, RF tag 42 fix without two mobile communication terminal 20, location move 21 to one mobile communication terminal 20, the RF tag 42 location measure.
[81] In detail, such location calculation can be performed so that a terminal or the host computer can calculate the location by performing time synchronization on the distance information, acquired by the mobile communication terminals 20, or so that a specific terminal can calculate the location using the distance information acquired by mobile communication terminals 20(the terminals respectively calculate distance information, and the closest terminal receives the distance information and transmits the distance information to the host computer 50), or so that the terminals 20 can be simultaneously synchronized with the host computer50 and the host computer can calculate the location.
[82] Also, The location information notification unit 211 transmits the location and distance information about the terminals, the location of the RF tag, calculated by the location calculation unit 216, and the unique information about the RF tag 42, detected by the tag communication unit, to the host computer 50 through the remote communication unit.
[83] In an embodiment, the location information about the terminal, notified by the location information notification unit 211, may be a unique number of a mobile communication terminal 20, for example, a phone number, or the location of the location information notification unit itself.
[84] The host computer 50 inquires about a received phone number from the home location registry of the mobile communication system that manages locations of mobile communication terminals 20 with respect to respective phone numbers, thus obtaining the location information about the corresponding terminal.
[85] Thus, it is possible to detect location information for each tag module device.
[86] In accordance with an embodiment of a further aspect of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal may further include the location detection unit 230 for detecting the location of the terminal. The information about the terminal 20, transmitted by the location information notification unit 211, can be the location information detected by the location detection unit 230, and the distance between the terminal and the RF tag 42. [87] For example, the location detection unit 230 can be a module for receiving the navigation data from a satellite, which calculates location, and for processing data, as in the case of a GPS module.
[88] The term location information is interpreted as including basic data, required to calculate location coordinates, for example, navigation data, as well as coordinate data.
[89] Also, the location detection unit 230 includes a distance sensor, etc., and can measure the distance to the RF tag 42.
[90] A detailed distance measurement method can be performed using a typical method using RF waves, or a Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) method, exploiting the difference between the arrival times of sound in the case of terrestrial LBS, or a method of calculating distance using supersonic waves or sound waves.
[91] In an embodiment, the location information notification unit 211 scans surrounding
RF tags 42 through the tag communication unit 250, periodically, or only when a customer request is received in order to minimize battery power consumption.
[92] However, if a great number of RF tags 42 are transmitted to the server through the tag communication unit 250 and the remote communication unit 270 when there is a great number of RF tags around the mobile communication terminal, the amount of data and costs may suddenly increase due to excessive traffic, so the location information notification unit 211 scans surrounding RF tags 42 periodically or in response to a request, acquires a desired RF tag 42 from the tag registration unit 215, and transmits information about the desired RF tag to the host computer 50 only when the desired RF tag is found. That is, the location information notification unit 211 is periodically awakened to a power activation state, scans surrounding RF tags, and then collects information about the RF tags 42, RF tags 42 use RuBee(IEEE 1902.1) overcome easy to problem.
[93] Thus, the RuBee for moving less than 450 kHz is a send and receive protocol of the demand (on- demand) P2P (peer-to-peer), large number of tags were intermingled by the environment, recognition radius 15m, to use more than 10 years in one of lithium battery for clocks because the fighting power consumption short.
[94] As another embodiment, the location information notification unit 211 scans surrounding RF tags and transmits unique information and distance information about a corresponding RF tag to the host computer 50 when a request is received from the host computer 50 through the remote communication unit 270.
[95] For example, when a certain user accesses the host computer 50 using his or her personal computer 30 and legally inquires about the location of a specific RF tag, the host computer 50 can command all mobile communication terminals 20 to find the RF tag having corresponding unique information.
[96] For example, such a command can be simultaneously broadcasted through the control channels of the mobile communication terminals.
[97] At this time, all of the mobile communication terminals 20 are switched to a power activation state, and then search for an RF tag having corresponding unique information.
[98] The present invention is intended to include such an embodiment in the claims.
[99] In accordance with an embodiment of yet another aspect of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal may further include a biological information notification unit 213 for transmitting biological information, received through the tag communication unit 250, together with the unique information about RF tags, to the host computer through the remote communication unit 270. As described above, various health-related data about persons or animals can be collected. Such data is combined with the unique information about RF tags, and transmitted to the host computer.
[100] Accordingly, the host computer can collect health-related data about a corresponding person or animal for each transmission time slot, continuously, or only when a request from a customer (subscriber) is received.
[101] In accordance with an embodiment of still another aspect of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal may further include a manipulation unit 290 for receiving a manipulation signal from a user, and a tag registration unit 215 for transmitting unique information about a corresponding RF tag, received through the tag communication unit 250, and personal information, received through the manipulation unit 290, to the remote communication unit 270, thus registering the user of a corresponding RF tag. The manipulation unit 290 can be a keypad, a touch screen or a voice recognition device.
[102] For example, the provider of RF tags 42 distributes tags in which no information is recorded, or in which only unique information is recorded, as well as RF tags 42, in which information has been already recorded, thus allowing users who purchased or acquired such tags to conveniently register information using their mobile communication terminals without visiting factories or specialized shops.
[103] An RF tag 42 user first accesses a specific wireless Internet page, is authenticated through a form provided on the page, and inputs personal information through the manipulation unit 290.
[104] In this case, the personal information is required to provide convenient access to the page, and can be registered only using a calling subscriber number.
[105] Accordingly, information about an RF tag having corresponding unique information can be stored in a database with the RF tag being matched to the user.
[106] Also, the corresponding unique information can be written in memory by a tag writer. The tag writer 280 receives unique identification information to be stored in the memory 120 of the tag from the host computer, or stores a plurality of pieces of unique identification information in the memory of the tag writer, transmits unique identification information to an empty RF tag having no identification information, like an empty CD, and assigns unique identification information to the empty RF tag.
[107] Such identification information can be stored in the mobile communication terminal or the host computer.
[108] According to this embodiment of the present invention, the location calculation unit
216, the location information notification unit 211, the biological information notification unit 213, and the tag registration unit 215 are the components of a control unit 210 that is implemented using a microprocessor and a series of program codes executed by the microprocessor.
[109]
[110] FIG. 5 is drawing showing information providing system in mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
[I l l] FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing an information providing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information providing device can be implemented in the host computer 50 using a computer program.
[112] According to an embodiment, the information providing device includes a communication unit 510 connected to terminals including mobile communication terminals 20, over a communication network 30, a location information database 571 for storing location information about RF tags, and a location information service unit 530 for storing RF tag unique information 42 to mobile communication terminals 20, the mobile communication terminals 20 and the location information database 571.
[113] The location information service unit 530 includes a location information collection unit 531 for receiving, from the mobile communication terminal 20, the unique information about the RF tag 42 collected by the mobile communication terminal 20, and the terminal information, detecting the location of a corresponding terminal and the location of a surrounding RF tag 42 around the terminal based on the received information, and storing the detected information, a location information display unit 533 for receiving a request for the provision of information about the location of a specific RF tag 42 user, from a terminal 20 connected to the communication unit, searching for data stored in the location information DB 571, and providing found information to the terminal 20 that requested the information, and an area departure notification unit 535 for setting an area related to the location of a specific tag user at the request of a protector, monitoring the location information stored by the location information collection unit 531, and notifying the protectors terminal that the specific tag user departs from the area when the specific tag user departs from the set area. [114] For example, the communication unit 510 is a typical wired/wireless network interface card for processing communication, such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) /Internet Protocol (IP)/Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)/ Near Field Com- munication(NFC)/Wibro.
[115] The location information collection unit 531 periodically (for example) collects data from all mobile communication terminals.
[116] As another example, a certain amount of data is stored in the internal memory of each mobile communication terminal 20 for each time slot, and can be uploaded to the host computer 50 at each longer interval.
[117] As a further example, the host computer 50 can call all mobile communication terminals 20 in response to the users request, and can detect location information about an RF tag 42 having specific unique information.
[118] Such detected data is stored in the location information DB 571.
[119] The location information DB 571 manages personal information about users with respect to respective unique numbers of RF tags 42, and manages location information about RF tags with respect to respective time slots.
[120] The location information collection unit 531 inquires about information about an
RF tag from the location information DB 571 in response to a request from the personal computer connected thereto through the communication unit 510, extracts the location information about the RF tag 42.
[121] In accordance with an embodiment of still another aspect of the present invention, the information providing device may further include the area departure notification unit 535 for setting an area related to the location of a specific tag user at the request of a protector, monitoring the location information stored by the location information collection unit 531, and notifying the protectors terminal that the specific tag user has departed from the area when the specific tag user departs from the set area.
[122] For example, the protector can access the host computer 50 using his or her personal computer and mobile communication terminal 20 apply for service to protect the security of his or her children.
[123] The children carry their belongings including RF tags 42 therein to service.
[124] In this case, a map for area setting is provided to the personal computer or mobile communication terminal 20 by the host computer 50, and the protector inputs the normal area of activity of the children on the map using, for example, a mouse.
[125] The area data input in this way is stored in the location information DB 571 for each ward.
[126] The location of the RF tag 42, having unique information registered using periodically collected location data, is monitored by the host computer 50.
[127] When the ward deviates from the set area, notification of the fact that the ward deviates from the set area is provided to a contact address previously registered by the protector, for example, the mobile communication terminal 20, through a text message or automatic response service.
[128] In accordance with an embodiment of still another aspect of the present invention, the information providing device may further include a biological information collection unit 551 for receiving biological information of RF tags 42, collected by the mobile communication terminal 20, and terminal information, from the mobile communication terminal 20 connected thereto through the communication unit 510, detecting the biological information about a corresponding terminal user based on the received information, and storing the detected information, and a biological information display unit 553 for receiving a request for the provision of the biological information about a specific RF tag user from the terminal connected to the communication unit 510, searching for data stored by the biological information collection unit 551, and providing found information to the terminal that requested the information.
[129] Such biological information is managed for one or more specific purposes. For example, the quantity of motion is calculated from acceleration data collected for the management of body weight, and body fat is calculated from the feature data, such as weight or height, and biological impedance data, so that the calculated data is managed for respective RF tag module users.
[130] Also, the management of a patient suffering from heart disease can be performed through monitoring respiratory air volume, pulse and blood pressure.
[131] The collected biological information is provided to a patient, or doctors (in charge) of hospitals or doctors offices that subscribe to biological information service and are distributed throughout the entire country, with the consent of the patient or protector, so that remote diagnosis, remote medical examination, or remote medical treatment can be conducted.
[132] In accordance with an embodiment of still another aspect of the present invention, the information providing device may further include an alarm notification unit 555 for analyzing the data stored by the biological information collection unit 551, and notifying a designated terminal 20 of an abnormality in biological condition through the communication unit when the abnormality in the biological condition is detected.
[133] The location information provision system is provided with a professional system for analyzing collected biological data.
[134] For example, if the blood pressure and pulse data of a specific patient are monitored and a symptom of abnormality is detected, notification of the symptom can be immediately provided to the patient or the protector through a text message or automatic response message. [135] In accordance with an embodiment of still another aspect of the present invention, the information providing device may further include a customer management unit 591 for receiving unique information about an RF tag and personal information about the user of the tag having the unique information, from the mobile communication terminal 20 connected thereto through the communication unit 510 and adding the tag user to a customer information DB 572 as a new tag user.
[136] The personal information matched with the unique information about the tag can be acquired by a mobile communication company in addition to the information received from the mobile communication terminal 20 if the user gives permission.
[137] According to the aspect of the present invention, a new user can be added over the network.
[138] According to an embodiment, the customer management unit 591 accesses an authentication server over the network, and can authenticate the identity of the user.
[139] According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the location information service unit 530 may further include a location information calculation unit 536.
[140] The location information calculation unit 536 calculates the location of a corresponding RF tag 42 using the distance between each mobile communication terminal 20 and the RF tag 42, received from the mobile communication terminal 20, and has the same function as the location calculation unit 216 of the mobile communication terminal.
[141] In this case, there is no need to mount the location calculation unit 216 in the mobile communication terminal 20.
[142] Also, in accordance with an embodiment of still another aspect of the present invention, the information providing device may further include a tag management unit 592 for transmitting the unique information about the tag to the mobile communication terminal 20 connected thereto through the communication unit 510.
[143] The tag management unit 592 transmits unique identification information to the mobile communication terminal 20 so that the purchaser of an RF tag 42, sold in an empty state, can write unique information on the RF tag 42 using the mobile communication terminal 20.
[144] Even in this case, if a plurality of pieces of unique identification information is stored in advance in the mobile communication terminal 20, there is no need to transmit separate identification information.
[145] Also, in accordance with an embodiment of still another aspect of the present invention, the information providing device may further include a commodity management unit 593 for selling a tag to the mobile communication terminal 20 connected thereto through the communication unit 510 or the mobile communication terminal 20.
[146] The commodity management unit 593 stores various RF tags 42, such as tags mounted on watches, belts, clothing or accessories, or tags inserted into human bodies, in a commodity DB 574 for selling the commodity 40, stores the delivery state of the sold RF tags 42 in a delivery information DB 575, and provides the delivery state of the sold RF tags 42.
[147] Also, a payment unit 595 processes payment for sales, includes various payment means, such as Giro, transfer account, credit card or mobile phone payment, and processes payment with reference to an affiliated company DB 578 for storing information about affiliated companies.
[148] Also, the commodity management unit 593 can provide various advertisements stored in an advertisement DB 576 at the time of selling commodities.
[149] If commodity 40 adhere RF tag 42 outside the department store in a circulation department of the various forms interspersed among the whole country/shopping center/bookstore/library/a CD and a DVD sales place/video loan point (store)/convenience store/home/office/interior/depot, member store DB 580 share intermediary stock information DB 573 for forming every coming and going commodity 40 which adhere RF tag 42 for holding member store through the exterior and interior tag reader and writer 280.
[150] That is member store selling, even if the theft which occurs at the inside of the hall, lost prevention and bought goods are mixed and the calculation isn't made complicated at the counter, indeed it's possible to carry it out and take it by a house.
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[152] FIG. 6 is drawing showing ubiquitous consumer resource management system in mobile communication terminal capable of pinpointing a tag's location and information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
[153] As shown FIG. 6, first, coustomer become a member in order to use commodity search service to intermediary(or mobile communication business) before coustomer open shopping.
[154] Also, commodity seller which outside the department store in a circulation department of the various forms interspersed among the whole country/shopping center/bookstore/library/a CD and a DVD sales place/video loan point (store)/convenience store/home/office/interior/depot, become a member to member store.
[155] So, electronic member store member offer information which request customer or share intermediary stock information DB 573 for forming every coming and going commodity 40 which adhere RF tag 42 for holding member store through the exterior and interior tag reader and writer 280. [156] Member store inside adhere RF tag 42 at commodity 40 which sell to consumer distribution store in order to prevent robbery and loss, the coil which generates a specific frequency at the entrance When RF tag 42 where commodity 40 were adhere installs a frame, and passes improperly, a EAS(Electronic Article Surveillance System) automatic alarm system of a theft prevention system has to be installed in an entrance and exit way in order to detect it and take it out.
[157] Also, tag Reader and Tag Sensor which can sense the location of RF tag 42 by the fixed distance and the spatial space are installed with Sen Shinn antenna inside the department in member store, before a personal member does the shopping irrespective of an installation presence, input a core key word with the department you try to do the shopping first where, and confirm the preliminary information of commodity, and please don't visit a department, a mobile communication terminal 20, make, please, it's purchased directly, when entering the department location where a customer is relevant already, a presence of going in and out of can be a record in a main server through an automatic Iride mouth sensor.
[158] Also, the presence of a member store confirm by a LBS foundation through customer mobile communication 20, in case of member store customer agreement or in case of agreement request target commodity information DB 705 Synchronization customer's terminal.
[159] Though customer mobile communication terminal 20 for became motive-ization is shown to the commodity order which is closest and located customer for locateing the commodity information to the shopping target commodity downloaded through a server of an agency enterpriser, with the brand name/ author/publisher/manufacturer/place of origin/price/a material/a location section of commodity is displayed.
[160] When choosing sampling (Pre-View) or my search of commodity when choosing specific commodity through a screen of customer mobile communication terminal 20, Locator of commodity or Navigator of commodity begins to show the location with the commodity while being shown to a mobile communication terminal 20 screen.
[161] Mobile communication terminal 20 sticks to each sensor of a gyroscope and an altimeter has built-in at the corner where target commodity were put, layer division is also possible at an identical building.
[162] Also, GPS which measure coordinates/height (the height and the located number of stories, calculating), Galileo (SPS or PPS), Motion Sensor, Altimeter and inertia sensor (Gyroscope) install in mobile communication 20 because location measurement is possible, also adhesion install exterior type.
[163] The accurate location calculate and pinpoint when the above mobile communication terminal 20 moves through the time difference, position information input auto- matically the first location(A) and the first location(A) to target thing th first distance and the second location (B) and the second location (B) to target thing the second distance which mobile communication terminal 20 wave left and right.
[164] Imagining a coordinate for a customer or when informing as that caught target commodity are Locator/Navigator through a (display) of a mobile communication terminal 20 by vibration or the Alarm form, even if there is no help of a guide, an attendant and a staff at all, the customer will be easy, and finds target commodity quickly.
[165] The commodity on which I set my sights are liked, and when wishing purchase, it's possible to be driven by a mobile communication terminal 20 and choose purchasing - settling by the indicated screen.
[166] And when payment finish (The purchase cancellation possible of course) lock to which maintenance DB 709 has gone out is released automatically, passing theft prevention system (EAS) installed in an entrance and exit warning signal and siren don't ring, buying commodity take it by a house without calculation at the counter.
[167] Thus the location of member store and commodity 40 for adhere RF tag 42 detect automatically so makes shopping easier and complete all purchases, time/human resources/chance expenditure reduce.
[168] Moreover when consuming and decreasing the same in case of commodity 40 as a living necessity, it'll be a record in DB which has finished the shopping as My which exists every customer being regular or when purchasing the in case of of commodity when shopping at first, when shopping only once for the time being My-Basket to purchase again, when visiting a department of a franchise and a chain store in case of other area, makes shopping easier.
[169] And, commodity information which scanned DB by Tag-reader included in a mobile communication terminal 20 in a case as My - Wish commodity, register commodity information at My - Wish DB, after directly online shopping in terminal or comparison and search commodity at store DB before and after a specific department is visited, reduce a boondoggle with a department visit.
[170] Or it's possible to show the closest member store department with during clock in and out or during travel and My-Wish goods during a business trip and do a shopping or purchases.
[171] Also, member store confirm total presentation store into member store each My-
Shop which construct to internet and phone page all management such payment/ customer/commodity/stock/distributio/deliveryjnside management to Unmanned Ubiquitous ERP System, moreover outside management is connected to Unmanned Ubiquitous CRM System construct.
[172] One way, using sales promotion DB 707 specification customer in each member store send free commodity or event free commodity list at customer mobile communication 20, visit store after in case of visiting event or gaame serach shortest time commodity, customer rise selling by learning effect and visitor rise in store.
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[174] Also, for a customer to visit a department and look for quick commodity according to a day practical example by the additional aspect, installation can't install the expensive sensor, reader and antenna which can sense RF tag 42 like a department at a place of the one by which the house invention mentioned a usage example, the outdoors and an office house in in case of, and is often difficult.
[175] Then, a search is ordinary actually in the case when a small ring and important valuables were dropped by the same outdoors as a sandy beach and it was lost during a lawn and a forest, it can be said that not trouble, but the in case of which can't be collected actually is almost many.
[176] In addition, it can be said cutting down busy going out, and when not knowing whether a home is that clothes were put where or that a picture was put where, only search for a form this at a clerical room and a workshop even so, and that must be time waste.
[177] In case of buying first commodity, product and thing, through tag reader and writer
280 for holding mobile communication terminal 20 scann and read save at My-house and My-office or saving My-basket search through Locator or Navigator in built-in commodity, the accurate location calculate and pinpoint when the above mobile communication terminal 20 moves through the time difference, position information input automatically the first location(A) and the first location(A) to target thing th first distance and the second location (B) and the second location (B) to target thing the second distance which mobile communication terminal 20 wave left and right.
[178] Imagining a coordinate for a customer or when informing as that caught target commodity are Locator/Navigator through a (display) of a mobile communication terminal 20 by vibration or the Alarm form.
[179] That is no help of others by itself, the customer is easy, and can look for target goods now quickly.
[180] In case of commodity for adhere RF tag 42 scann using the exterior and interior tag reader and writer 280 to mobile communication 20.
[181] And, there are no electronic tags to a possession of existence, so (Writable Tag) is bought to mobile communication terminal 20, when doing record keeping after making the writing regular, an user can search every time of need and with no trouble look for target commodity by the phone book function on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 20.