CN101714999B - System and method for detecting user's location and providing customized information service - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for detecting user location and providing customized information service is suitable for portable electronic device with network access function, and confirms location and location of client end through authentication process of servo end, and obtains required information service from location information provided by servo end.

Description

System and method for detecting user's location and providing customized information service

technical field

The present invention provides a system and method for detecting user's location and providing customized information service, especially a system and method for providing location information according to customer's affiliation.

Background technique

In recent years, the technology and market of portable electronic devices (such as mobile phones, PDAs or notebook computers, etc.) have become more and more mature, and wired or wireless Internet access functions have gradually become the basic functions that such portable electronic devices must have. The mobile service (Mobile Service) generated by this function has also become the focus of attention of operators and users.

Among them, Mobile Location-based Service (MLBS) is the application service mainly used by users, which uses positioning technology, such as Global Positioning System (Global Positioning System) or "mobile phone base station" for positioning to determine According to the location of portable electronic devices, various location-related mobile services can be provided; according to the content of mobile positioning services, it can be divided into six types: security services, information services, navigation services, tracking services, entertainment and business services. . In recent years, in order to satisfy users who go to other places or even foreign countries due to travel, business, etc., the so-called "Location Service" has been gradually launched; it provides users with a variety of location information (LocalInformation) according to the location of the user, such as restaurants, hotels, etc. , road information and route guidance information all belong to the category of local services.

However, the location services provided at this stage are still not perfect; specifically, users located in other places/countries can use the location services provided by their portable electronic devices to solve the most basic needs of food, clothing, housing and transportation, while other more In-depth location information still needs to be collected and utilized through the Internet; when users collect more in-depth location information, it is often because of the language difference between the user's affiliation and location that it cannot be used to collect location information. resources are limited. For example, when wanting to know the customs of the place or looking for an online dictionary that can translate the place of origin and the language of the place of residence, most people will choose to search through the search engine of their place of origin; but this search action is often time-consuming and The effect is not obvious, that is, the user cannot effectively find the complete required information in a short time.

To sum up, it can be known that the prior art has long been unable to effectively provide further location information. Therefore, it is necessary to propose improved technical means to solve this problem.

Contents of the invention

In view of the problem that the prior art cannot effectively provide further location information, the present invention discloses a system and method for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services, wherein:

The system for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services disclosed in the present invention is suitable for portable electronic devices with wired or wireless Internet access functions, including client, relay, server and information server. Among them, the client of the system includes a processing module, which is used to issue an authentication request containing the client's customer information, and receive the attribution information and location information in response to the authentication request, and send a connection request based on the location information. To further issue service requests and receive service information in response to the service requests; the relay end is used to transmit the authentication request of the client; the server end includes an authentication module, which is used to The client information contained in the authentication request and the relay end that transmits the authentication request generate attribution information and location information respectively, and transmit the attribution information and location information to the client that sends the authentication request; and the information server is used to After responding to the connection request sent by the client, the service request sent by the client is received and processed, and the service information generated by processing the service request is sent to the client.

In the method of detecting the location of the user and providing customized information services disclosed in the present invention, first, the client sends out an authentication request containing customer information, and the relay end transmits the authentication request; the server receives and confirms the authentication request Finally, the attribution information and location information are generated respectively according to the customer information and the information of the relay terminal, and the attribution information and the location information are sent back to the client; the client puts forward a connection request based on the location information, and When at least one information server responds to its connection request, it sends a service request to the information server; finally, each information server generates corresponding service information according to each received service request, and sends it back to the client.

The system and method disclosed in the present invention are as above, and the difference between the present invention and the prior art is that the present invention has the function of confirming the attribution and location of the client through the authentication process, and obtaining the required information service from the location information provided by the server; Through the above technical means, the present invention can achieve the technical effect of effectively providing further and complete location information.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a system for detecting user locations and providing customized information services according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the steps of the method for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

The implementation of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and examples, so that the realization process of how to use technical means to solve technical problems and achieve technical effects in the present invention can be fully understood and implemented accordingly.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a system for detecting user locations and providing customized information services according to the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1, the system 10 that detects the user's location and provides customized information services is suitable for portable electronic devices with wired or wireless Internet access functions, such as mobile phones, PDAs or notebook computers, etc., including client 100, middle The relay terminal 200 , the server terminal 300 and the information service terminal 400 .

Wherein, the client 100 includes a processing module 110, which is used to issue an authentication request including the client information of the client 100, and receive the corresponding attribution information and location information, and send a connection request based on the location information, so as to further issue Service request and receive corresponding service information; specifically, customer information may include customer account number/ID card number/mobile phone number and password, as shown in Table (1):

account number victor8051 password password01

Table I)

In order to explain in detail and in a logical order, the attribution information, location information, connection requirements, service requests, and service information are reserved for subsequent mentions in detail.

The relay terminal 200 is used to transmit the authentication request sent by the client terminal 100, and the type of the relay terminal 200 corresponds to the form of the client terminal 100; if the client terminal 100 is a mobile phone, the relay terminal 200 is a wireless base station, and if the client terminal 200 100 is a notebook computer with online function, and the relay terminal 200 can be a bridge, a router or a repeater. It must be noted that the authentication request passes through more than one wireless base station/repeater, so the relay terminal 200 is generally referred to as the wireless base station/repeater through which the authentication request passes.

The server end 300 includes an authentication module 310, which is used to generate attribution information and location information according to the client information of the authentication request and its relay end 200 after receiving and confirming the authentication request, and transmit the attribution information and the location information to The client 100. Specifically, the authentication module 310 compares in a database (not shown in the figure) whether there is any personal information that matches the customer information of the authentication request according to the authentication request (including the customer information in Table (1), and then confirms After being correct, the attribution information is retrieved from the personal data to generate attribution information; the authentication module 310 judges the location of the client 100 based on the IP address of the relay terminal 200 or other information at the same time, and according to the attribution information and the client 100 The location of generates location information. Among them, the attribution data can be customized by the client 100 and stored in the database of the server 300, and can also be attached to the authentication request together with the client data, so that the authentication module 310 of the server 300 can retrieve the authentication request after confirming the authentication request. The attribution information is used to generate attribution information.

The information server 400 is used for receiving the service request sent by the client 100 after responding to the connection request of the client 100 , and sending back the service information generated by processing the service request to the client 100 . Specifically, the client 100 makes a connection request to at least one information server 400 according to the location information sent back by the server 300; the location information sent back by the server 300 may contain relevant information about the information server 400, Make the client 100 connect with the specific information server 400 according to the relevant information.

Continuing the above example, assuming that the client 100 whose account is victor8051 is registered as "Taiwan/Taipei", the authentication module 310 of the server 300 judges that the location of the client 100 is "Japan/Tokyo", and the authentication module 310 based on These two messages sent out information from the following websites: "Chinese-Japanese Dictionary", "Tokyo News", "Tokyo Weather", "Tokyo Traffic Network", "Taiwan Travel Expert Blog: Incredible Tokyo", "Tokyo Short-Term Language School ", "Must-Know Japanese Laws" and "Special Japanese Customs", etc. The characteristic of these websites is that their use of text and web page layout are all "attribution-oriented", while their website content is "local-oriented"; the purpose is to enable users of the client 100 to learn from these "friendly" Get comprehensive Tokyo local information from the website.

Continuing from the above, the client 100 is connected to the specific information server 400 (namely the above-mentioned website) according to the location information including information server data; after the connection is successful, the user can read the information server 400 from the client 100 The displayed service items allow the client 100 to click on the service items to send service requests to the information service terminals 400 . After receiving the service requests transmitted by the client 100 , the information server 400 processes these service requests, and sends back the service information generated by processing these service requests to the client 100 . The above example is used to illustrate; one of the successfully connected information server "Chinese-Japanese Dictionary" displays the following service items on the client terminal: "Single-word query", "Entire paragraph translation" and "Suggested query skills", and the client terminal can click The "single-character query" item is used to input the characters of "good morning", and a service request for a pair of corresponding service items and containing these characters is sent to the information service network, and the information service network will process the services generated by the service request The message "おはようございます" is sent back to the library client.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the steps of the method for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services according to the present invention. Please refer to Fig. 2, at first a client sends out the authentication request (step 210) that comprises client data, and this authentication request is delivered to server end (step 220) by relay end; Confirmation (step 230), if the client data cannot pass the authentication, then the server sends a notification to the client to inform the authentication failure, if the server confirms the client data, then according to the client data and the authentication request sent The relay end generates attribution information and location information (step 240), and returns the attribution information and the location information to the client (step 250); the client sends information to multiple information service ends based on the location information. Connection request (step 260), after the information server responds to the connection request (step 270), the client can send a service request to each of the information servers (step 280), and each of the information servers will process the service request The generated service information is sent back to the client (step 290).

Summarizing the above explanations, when the server side of the present invention confirms the authentication request sent by the client, it judges based on the client information of the client and the information of the relay end through which the authentication request is delivered, and generates the attribution information and information corresponding to the client. location information, and send the two pieces of information back to the client; the client automatically connects with a number of specific information server terminals based on the location information, and sends them by clicking on the service items listed in the information server terminals The service request is sent to each information server; finally, the information server sends back the service information generated by processing the service request to the client, so that the client can efficiently obtain filtered and perfect location information through the server.

In summary, it can be seen that the difference between the present invention and the prior art lies in the functional technical means of confirming the client's attribution and location through the server-side authentication process, and obtaining the required information service from the location information provided by the server-side, This technical means can not only solve the problem that the previous technology cannot effectively provide further location information, but also help users quickly understand and use the location by providing location information that is oriented to the customer's location. Technical efficacy of information services.

Although the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are as above, the content described is not intended to directly limit the patent protection scope of the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can make some changes in the forms and details of the implementation without departing from the disclosed spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of patent protection of the present invention must still be defined by the claims of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. A system for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services, suitable for portable electronic devices with wired or wireless Internet access functions, characterized in that it includes: A client, including a processing module, is used to issue an authentication request and receive corresponding attribution information and location information, and send a connection request based on the location information, so as to further issue a service request and receive corresponding service information, wherein the The authentication request contains the client data of the client; a relay terminal, used to transmit the authentication request; A server, including an authentication module, used to generate attribution information and location information according to the client information in the authentication request and the relay terminal after receiving and confirming the authentication request, and transmit the attribution information and the location information information to the Client; and At least one information server is used for receiving the service request sent by the client after responding to the connection request of the client, and sending the service information corresponding to the service request to the client. 2. The system for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services as claimed in claim 1, wherein the location information also includes information server data, and the client is also used to Issue the connection request. 3. The system for detecting the user's location and providing customized information service as claimed in claim 1, wherein the service information is one or a combination of language translation information, weather information and news information. 4. The system for detecting the user's location and providing customized information service as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server is used to generate the location information according to the IP address of the relay. 5. The system for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services as claimed in claim 1, wherein the customer information includes attribution information, and the server is used to generate attribution information based on the attribution information . 6. A method for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services, suitable for portable electronic devices with wired or wireless Internet access functions, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: A client sends an authentication request, and the authentication request includes client information; A relay terminal receives and transmits the authentication request; A server terminal confirms the receipt of the authentication request, and generates attribution information and location information based on the client information and the relay terminal; The server sends the attribution information and the location information to the client; The client sends a connection request based on the location information; At least one information server responds to the connection request; The client sends a service request to each of the information servers; and Each information server generates service information according to each service request, and transmits the service information to the client. 7. The method for detecting a user's location and providing customized information services as claimed in claim 6, wherein the location information further includes information server information. 8. The method for detecting a user's location and providing customized information services as claimed in claim 7, wherein in the step of the client sending a connection request based on the location information, the client further includes The step of sending a connection request from the information server data of the location information. 9. The method for detecting a user's location and providing a customized information service as claimed in claim 6, wherein the service information is one or a combination of language translation information, weather information, and news information. 10. The method for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services as claimed in claim 6, wherein the authentication request received is confirmed at the server end, and is separately contacted with the relay end based on the client information. The step of generating the attribution information and the location information also includes the step of the server confirming the receipt of the authentication request, and generating the attribution information and the location information according to the client information and the IP address of the relay terminal respectively. 11. The method for detecting a user's location and providing customized information services as claimed in claim 6, wherein the customer information includes attribution information. 12. The method for detecting the user's location and providing customized information services as claimed in claim 11, wherein the authentication request received is confirmed at the server end, and is separately contacted with the relay end based on the client information. The step of generating the attribution information and the location information also includes the step of the server confirming the receipt of the authentication request, and generating the attribution information and the location information according to the attribution information of the client data and the relay terminal respectively. the