KR20220081072A - Service zone based social network service system using location information and service zone based social network service providing method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A service zone-based social network service system using location information according to a technical aspect of the present invention sets a service zone that can provide a social network service using indoor location information and outdoor location information, and is located in the service zone and a service server that independently provides a social network service for each service zone to a user, and a user terminal capable of accessing a user's current location or a beacon accessed by the user terminal. The service zone includes an indoor service zone set as at least a partial area of the room covered by the beacon and an outdoor service zone set as a virtual space existing in a certain hot place and having a predetermined radius. The service server, when the user terminal provides the identification information of the beacon, associates the user terminal with the indoor service zone corresponding to the identification information of the beacon, and without the identification information of the beacon in the user terminal, GPS (Global Positioning System) If the location information is provided, an outdoor service zone corresponding to the corresponding GPS location may be searched, and the user terminal may be associated with the corresponding outdoor service zone.

Description

A service zone-based social network service system using location information and a method for providing the same

The present invention relates to a service zone-based social network service system using location information and a method for providing the same.

With the development of IT technology and wireless communication technology, various IT-based technologies are being developed in various environments.

As such an IT-based technology, social network services have been developed to provide various social services.

The conventional social network service is implemented on an online basis, and recently, a technology for linking a social network service and a location has been developed.

As a prior art, there is Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 0-2012-0087791, which is an invention related to automatically posting information about a user's current location on a social network.

However, in this conventional method, location information is simply associated with a social network message, or location and time are only posted.

On the other hand, the needs of users require various differentiation and refinement of social network services, and in particular, the need for more distinctive and personal services utilizing location information is growing.

Korean Patent Publication No. 0-2012-0087791

One technical aspect of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art. A service zone is configured using outdoor location information and indoor location information, and in each service zone, a social network targeting users within the corresponding service zone is provided. To provide a service zone-based social network service system using location information that can provide a customized social network service to a service zone where users can recognize each other by providing a service, and a method for providing the same.

In addition, one technical aspect of the present invention is, for each service zone, by providing meeting matching, individual and group chatting, bulletin board service, etc. for users in the service zone, offline and online fused O2O (Online To Offline) service To provide a service zone-based social network service system using location information that can provide

In addition, one technical aspect of the present invention is based on a service zone using location information that can recommend a service zone suitable for an individual according to an individual's social service tendency by analyzing an individual's social service history and the social service tendency of the service zone. To provide a social network service system and a method for providing the same.

In addition, a technical aspect of the present invention is to provide an integrated social network service to users by notifying users who are related to each other in other social network services when they enter the same service zone in conjunction with other social network services. To provide a service zone-based social network service system using location information and a method for providing the same.

The above objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from preferred embodiments of the present invention by those skilled in the art.

One technical aspect of the present invention proposes a service zone-based social network service system using location information. The service zone-based social network service system using the location information sets a service zone that can provide a social network service using indoor location information and outdoor location information, and provides each service zone for users located in the service zone. A service server that independently provides a social network service for each service zone and a user terminal capable of accessing a current location of a user or a beacon accessed by the user terminal are included. The service zone includes an indoor service zone set as at least a partial area of the room covered by the beacon and an outdoor service zone set as a virtual space existing in a certain hot place and having a predetermined radius. The service server, when the user terminal provides the identification information of the beacon, associates the user terminal with the indoor service zone corresponding to the identification information of the beacon, and without the identification information of the beacon in the user terminal, GPS (Global Positioning System) If the location information is provided, an outdoor service zone corresponding to the corresponding GPS location may be searched, and the user terminal may be associated with the corresponding outdoor service zone.

In an embodiment, the service server receives the identification information of the beacon or the GPS location information from the user terminal, compares the identification information of the beacon and the GPS location information with location information of a pre-stored service zone, and compares the A service zone check unit that determines in which service zone a user terminal exists and a plurality of user terminals located in each service zone are associated with each other based on the corresponding service zone, and the right to set individual social network services for each service zone It may include a social service provider that provides.

In one embodiment, the service server sets the user's social network service preference for each user, and sets the social network provision preference of each service zone from the history of previously provided social network services for each service zone, , a personalized service providing unit that selects a service zone having a social network provision preference related to the user's preference and recommends it to the user may be further included.

In an embodiment, the service server may further include a service zone setting unit configured to receive identification information of a beacon from a manager terminal to set an indoor service zone, and to grant a management right for the set indoor service zone to the manager terminal have.

In one embodiment, the service zone confirmation unit, the GPS confirmation module receiving the GPS location information from the user terminal, the beacon confirmation module receiving the identification information of the beacon from the user terminal, and the priority of the identification information of the beacon GPS location It may include a service zone confirmation module that sets higher than the priority of information and determines whether the user terminal exists in the service zone by comparing the beacon identification information and the GPS location information with pre-stored location information of the service zone. .

In one embodiment, the social service providing unit, a meeting matching module for providing a meeting matching service to a user located in the service zone, a chat providing individual or group chat service to a user located in the service zone It may include a module and a bulletin board module that provides a bulletin board service to users located in the service zone.

In one embodiment, the social service providing unit, a friend setting module that provides a friend setting function between users located in the service zone, and friends who are users in the same service zone, to notify users who are set as friends that a friend has entered the service zone. The notification may further include a friend notification module.

Another technical aspect of the present invention proposes a service zone-based social network service providing method using outdoor and indoor location information. The service zone-based social network service providing method using the outdoor and indoor location information is a social network service providing method performed in a service server that provides a service zone-based social network service to a user terminal by interworking with a user terminal, Setting up a service zone that can provide a social network service using location information and outdoor location information, using Global Positioning System (GPS) location information of a user terminal or identification information of a beacon to associate a user with the service zone and providing a social network service independently for each service zone to a user associated with the service zone. The service zone may include an indoor service zone set as at least a partial area of the room covered by the beacon and an outdoor service zone set as a virtual space existing in a certain hot place and having a predetermined radius.

In one embodiment, the step of associating the user with the service zone, when the user terminal provides identification information of the beacon, associating the user terminal with the indoor service zone corresponding to the identification information of the beacon, and the user terminal If the GPS location information is provided without the identification information of the beacon, the method may include searching for an outdoor service zone corresponding to the GPS location and associating the user terminal with the corresponding outdoor service zone.

In an embodiment, the providing of the social network service includes providing a meeting matching service to users located in the service zone, and providing an individual or group chat service to users located in the service zone. and providing a bulletin board service to users located in the service zone.

In an embodiment, the providing of the social network service includes providing a friend setting function between users located in the service zone, and when users who are friends are in the same service zone, a friend enters users who are set as friends. It may further include a step of notifying that has been done.

In one embodiment, the method for providing a social network service based on the service zone sets the user's preference of the social network service for each user, and sets the social network service preference of each service zone from the history of the social network service previously provided for each service zone. The method may further include setting a social network provision preference, selecting a service zone having a social network provision preference related to the user's preference, and recommending the service zone to the user.

The means for solving the above-described problems do not enumerate all the features of the present invention. Various means for solving the problems of the present invention may be understood in more detail with reference to specific embodiments in the following detailed description.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a service zone is configured using outdoor location information and indoor location information, and a social network service is provided in each service zone to users within the corresponding service zone, so that users can recognize each other. There is an effect of providing a customized social network service to a service zone that can be used.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, for each service zone, by providing meeting matching, individual and group chatting, bulletin board service, etc. for users in the service zone, offline and online convergence O2O (Online To Offline) It has the ability to provide services.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to recommend a service zone suitable for an individual according to the individual's social service tendency by analyzing the individual's social service history and the social service tendency of the service zone.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an integrated social network service can be provided to users by notifying when users who are related to each other in other social network services enter the same service zone in conjunction with other social network services. there is an effect

1 is a diagram for explaining an application example of a service zone-based social network service system using location information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a manager terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary computing operating environment of a service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a service server according to the present invention.
6 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the service zone check unit shown in FIG. 5 .
7 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of the social service provider shown in FIG. 5 .
FIG. 8 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of the personalization service providing unit shown in FIG. 5 .
9 is a block diagram for explaining another embodiment of a service server according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the social service interworking unit shown in FIG. 9 .
11 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a service zone-based social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

However, the embodiment of the present invention may be modified in various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention are provided in order to more completely explain the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art.

That is, the above-described objects, features and advantages will be described later in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and accordingly, a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to indicate the same or similar components.

Also, as used herein, the singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “consisting of” or “comprising” should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various components or various steps described in the specification, some of which components or some steps are It should be construed that it may not include, or may further include additional components or steps.

In addition, various components and sub-components thereof are described below in order to describe the system according to the present invention. These components and sub-components thereof may be implemented in various forms, such as hardware, software, or a combination thereof. For example, each element may be implemented as an electronic configuration for performing a corresponding function, or may be software itself operable in an electronic system or implemented as a functional element of such software. Alternatively, it may be implemented with an electronic configuration and corresponding driving software.

The various techniques described herein may be implemented with hardware or software, or a combination of both, where appropriate. As used herein, terms such as "Unit", "Server" and "System" likewise refer to computer-related entities, i.e. hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software or It can be treated as equivalent to software at the time of execution. In addition, each function executed in the system of the present invention may be configured in units of modules, and may be recorded in one physical memory, or may be recorded while being dispersed between two or more memories and recording media.

Although various flowcharts are disclosed to describe the embodiments of the present invention, this is for convenience of description of each step, and each step is not necessarily performed according to the order of the flowchart. That is, each step in the flowchart may be performed simultaneously with each other, performed in an order according to the flowchart, or may be performed in an order opposite to the order in the flowchart.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of a service zone-based social network service system using location information and a method for providing the same according to the present invention will be described.

1 is a diagram for explaining an application example of a service zone-based social network service system using location information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a 'service zone-based social network service system' using location information includes a user terminal 100 , a manager terminal 200 , and a service server 300 .

The service server 300 may use the indoor location information and the outdoor location information to set up a service zone that can independently provide a social network service, respectively. In the example of FIG. 1 , an outdoor service zone 10 and an indoor service zone 20 are shown.

The service server 300 may set at least a partial area of the room covered by the beacon 20 as the indoor service zone.

Alternatively, the service server 300 may use a global positioning system (GPS) to set a virtual space with a radius of 30 m to 50 m within a certain hot place as an outdoor service zone. In the outdoor service zone, there may be a mark indicating that it is an outdoor service zone.

When the service server 300 provides the identification information of the beacon from the user terminal 100, the service server 300 may associate the user terminal with the indoor service zone corresponding to the identification information of the beacon. That is, by associating the corresponding user terminal with the indoor service zone, the user can receive the social network service in the indoor service zone.

On the other hand, if the user terminal 100 does not provide the identification information of the beacon, that is, if the user terminal 100 provides GPS (Global Positioning System) location information without the identification information of the beacon, the service server 300 provides the corresponding GPS An outdoor service zone corresponding to the location may be searched for, and the user terminal may be associated with the corresponding outdoor service zone. That is, by associating the corresponding user terminal with the outdoor service zone, the user can receive the social network service in the outdoor service zone.

As such, the service server 300 confirms the location of the user terminal 100 by giving priority to the beacon identification information, which is because the GPS location is incorrectly set when the user terminal 100 is located indoors.

The service server 300 may provide a social network service in units of each service zone to users located in the service zone. For example, it is possible to provide meeting matching, individual or group chatting, bulletin board service, and the like for people in the service zone.

A user is identified as the user terminal 100 and may be provided with a service zone-based social network service by using the user terminal 100 .

The user terminal 100 is a mobile terminal carried by the user, checks the user's GPS information or accessed beacon information, provides it to the service server 300 , and works in conjunction with the service server 300 to be performed in the service zone to which the user belongs. Social network services may be provided.

A beacon 21 is installed in the indoor service zone 20 , and the user terminal 100 accesses the beacon 21 to obtain identification information of the beacon 21 from the beacon 21 and provides it to the service server 300 . By doing so, it informs which indoor service zone the user terminal 100 is in.

The manager terminal 200 may be provided in the indoor service zone 20 . The manager terminal 200 is a terminal allocated to the indoor service zone 20 , and the manager may provide a social service to the indoor service zone by interworking with the service server 300 through the manager terminal 200 .

Hereinafter, each component of the service zone-based social network service system according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 9 .

2 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the user terminal 100 is a portable terminal used for a user to use a service zone-based social network service, and various portable terminals are applicable.

For example, the user terminal 100 is a smart phone (smartphone), a smart pad (smartpad), a tablet PC (Tablet PC), PCS (Personal Communication System), GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), PHS(Personal Handyphone System), PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), IMT(International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA(W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro(Wireless Broadband Internet) ) includes wireless communication devices that users can carry, such as terminals, and portable computing devices such as stationary PCs and notebook computers.

The user terminal 100 may include a communication unit 110 , an input/output unit 120 , a GPS unit 130 , a control unit 140 , and a user application 150 .

The communication unit 110 may connect to a wireless network and establish a communication channel with the service server 300 .

The communication unit 110 may be connected to the beacon 21 to obtain identification information of the beacon 21 from the beacon 21 . The obtained identification information of the beacon 21 is provided to the service server 300 and used to identify which indoor service zone the user terminal 100 is in.

The input/output unit 120 provides an input means and an output means to the user. For example, in the case of a smart phone, the input/output unit may be a touch screen.

The GPS unit 130 may acquire location information of the user terminal 100 .

The controller 140 controls other components of the user terminal 100 .

The user application 150 may be driven in the user terminal 100 to provide a social network service to the user by interworking with the service server 300 .

The user application 150 may be provided with a social network service by interworking with the control unit 140 to obtain at least some authority for the communication unit 110 and the input/output unit 120 .

The user application 150 may provide the service server 300 with the location information obtained from the GPS unit 130 or the beacon identification information obtained from the communication unit 110 to inform the user in which service zone. The user application 150 may provide a social network service to the user by interworking with the service server 300 .

The user application 150 can be implemented in various program types. For example, it may be implemented as software running on a computing device, or it may be implemented as a web browser accessing a web service provided by a service server.

Since the user application 150 operates in conjunction with the service server 300 , it can be easily understood from the following description made with reference to the description of the service server 300 .

3 is a block diagram illustrating a manager terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the manager terminal 200 may include a communication unit 210 , an input/output unit 220 , a control unit 230 , and a manager application 240 .

The communication unit 210 may connect to a wireless network and establish a communication channel with the service server 300 .

The communication unit 210 may interwork with the beacon 21 . For example, the communication unit 110 may obtain identification information of the beacon 21 from the beacon 21 .

The input/output unit 220 provides input means and output means to the user, and the controller 230 controls other components of the user terminal 200 .

The manager application 240 may be driven in the manager terminal 200 to control the provision of a social network service within the service zone by interworking with the service server 300 .

The manager application 240 may provide the identification information of the beacon 21 obtained through the communication unit 210 to the service server 300 to set an indoor service zone.

The manager application 240 may obtain at least some authority for the communication unit 210 and the input/output unit 220 in conjunction with the control unit 230 to generate an event for a social network service within the service zone, input data, and the like. .

Since the manager application 240 also operates in conjunction with the service server 300 , it can be easily understood from the following description made with reference to the description of the service server 300 .

Hereinafter, the service server will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10 .

4 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary computing operating environment of a service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is intended to provide a general and simplified description of a suitable computing environment in which embodiments of the service server 300 may be implemented. Referring to FIG. 4 , a computing device is illustrated as an example of the service server 300 . do.

The computing device may include at least a processing unit 303 and a system memory 301 .

A computing device may include a plurality of processing units that cooperate in executing a program. Depending on the exact configuration and type of computing device, system memory 301 may be volatile (eg, RAM), non-volatile (eg, ROM, flash memory, etc.), or a combination thereof. The system memory 301 includes a suitable operating system 302 for controlling the operation of the platform, such as the WINDOWS operating system from Microsoft Corporation. System memory 301 may include one or more software applications, such as program modules, applications, and the like.

The computing device may include additional data storage devices 304 such as magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Such additional storage may be removable storage and/or fixed storage. Computer readable storage media may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for stored information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data. The system memory 301 and the storage 304 are only examples of computer-readable storage media. A computer readable storage medium may include RAM (RAM), ROM (ROM), EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, DVD or other optical storage, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage device, or any desired It may include, but is not limited to, any other medium that stores information and that can be accessed by computing device 300 .

input devices 305 of computing devices, such as keyboards, mice, pens, voice input devices, touch input devices, and comparable input devices. Output devices 306 may include, for example, displays, speakers, printers, and other types of output devices. Since these devices are widely known in the art, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

Computing devices may include communication devices 307 that allow the device to communicate with other devices over networks, such as wired and wireless networks, satellite links, cellular links, local area networks, and comparable mechanisms, such as in distributed computing environments, for example. have. Communication device 307 is one example of a communication medium, which may include computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data therein. Illustratively, communication media includes, but is not limited to, wired media such as a wired network or direct connection connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared, and other wireless media.

The service server 300 may be described as a functional configuration implemented in such a computing environment. In this regard, various embodiments of the service server will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 to 13 .

5 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a service server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the service server 300 includes a subscription management unit 310 , a service zone setting unit 320 , a service zone confirmation unit 330 , a social service providing unit 340 , a personalization service providing unit 350 and It may include a database 370 .

The subscription management unit 310 may provide system subscriptions for users and administrators.

The subscription management unit 310 interlocks with the manager application 240 to receive other manager information such as beacon identification information and store information, and provides it to the service zone setting unit 32 to provide an indoor service managed by the manager application 240 Zones can be created.

In an embodiment, the subscription manager 310 may provide a user application or a manager application to the user terminal 100 or the manager terminal 200 . For example, the application providing unit 310 may provide a corresponding application to a terminal accessing the link by maintaining and managing the user application download link or the manager application download link linked with the QR code.

The service zone setting unit 320 may set a service zone.

In an embodiment, the service zone setting unit 320 may receive identification information of the beacon 21 from the manager terminal 200 to set an indoor service zone. The service zone setting unit 320 may grant management authority to the manager terminal 200 for the set indoor service zone.

In an embodiment, the service zone setting unit 320 may set a virtual space existing in a certain hot place and having a predetermined radius as the outdoor service zone. The setting of such an outdoor service zone may be set by an operator of the system.

The service zone check unit 330 may generate location information of each user in conjunction with the user terminal 100 .

The service zone check unit 330 receives beacon identification information or GPS location information from the user terminal 100 . The service zone check unit 330 may determine whether the user terminal 100 exists in the service zone by comparing the beacon identification information and GPS location information with pre-stored location information of the service zone.

The social service provider 340 may independently provide a social network service for each service zone to a user located in the service zone. That is, the social network service of the service zone A may be performed independently of the service zone B, for example, meeting matching for internal users in the service zone A, and group chatting for internal users in the service zone B Each can be serviced.

The social service providing unit 340 may associate a plurality of user terminals located in each service zone based on the corresponding service zone, and may provide an individual social network service setting authority for each service zone. The social service provider 340 grants the administrator right to set the social network service to the manager terminal 200 for the indoor service zone, and grants the manager right to any one of a plurality of user terminals associated with the service zone for the outdoor service zone. can

The social service provider 340 is a social network service provided within the service zone, and includes a meeting matching service for users in the service zone, an individual and/or group chat service for users in the service zone, and a social network service within the service zone. It is possible to provide a bulletin board service for users.

In an embodiment, the social service provider 340 may provide a friend setting function between users, and when users who are friends are in the same service zone, the social service provider 340 may notify users who have been set as friends that the friend has entered.

The personalization service providing unit 350 may set a user's preference for a social network service for each user, and recommend a service zone that mainly provides a social network service related to the set preference to the user.

For example, the personalization service provider 350 sets the user's social network service preference for each user, and sets the social network provision preference of each service zone from the history of previously provided social network services for each service zone, , a service zone having a social network provision preference related to the user's preference may be selected and recommended to the user.

The database 370 may store and maintain data necessary for the operation of the service server.

6 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the service zone check unit shown in FIG. 5 .

Referring to FIG. 6 , the service zone check unit 330 may include a GPS check module 321 , a beacon check module 322 , and a service zone check module 333 .

The GPS confirmation module 321 receives GPS location information from the user terminal 100 , and the beacon confirmation module 322 receives beacon identification information from the user terminal 100 .

The service zone check module 333 may determine in which service zone the user terminal 100 exists by comparing the beacon identification information and the GPS location information with pre-stored location information of the service zone.

The service zone confirmation module 333 may determine whether the beacon is in the service zone by setting the priority of the identification information higher than the priority of the GPS location information. This is because the error of GPS location information increases when it is indoors. Therefore, when there is an outdoor service zone adjacent to the indoor service zone, it is determined that it is in the indoor service zone and in the outdoor service zone due to the error of the GPS location information. because it might be Accordingly, if there is identification information of the beacon, the service zone confirmation module 333 determines whether it is in the service zone based on the identification information of the beacon.

7 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of the social service provider shown in FIG. 5 .

Referring to FIG. 7 , the social service provider 340 includes a meeting matching module 341 , a chatting module 342 , a bulletin board module 343 , a friend setting module 344 , a friend notification module 345 , and an information notification module. (346).

The meeting matching module 341 may provide a meeting matching service to users located in the service zone. For example, meeting supporters may be selected for users located in the service zone, and meeting matching may be performed in consideration of the requirements of the meeting supporters.

The chatting module 342 may provide an individual or group chatting service to users located in the service zone. In one embodiment, the chat module 342 may establish a private chat between users matched by the meeting matching module 341 .

The bulletin board module 343 may provide a bulletin board service to users located in the service zone.

The friend setting module 344 may provide a friend setting function between users located in the service zone. The friend notification module 345 may notify users who have been set as friends that a friend has entered when the users who are friends are in the same service zone.

The information notification module 346 may notify information around the service zone to a user in the service zone. For example, the information notification module 346 may notify the user of surrounding information, such as discount information, status information, public guide information, and corona notification information, for an area to which the service zone belongs in the form of a notification message or announcement.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of the personalization service providing unit shown in FIG. 5 .

The personalization service providing unit 350 may set a user's preference for a social network service for each user, and recommend a service zone that mainly provides a social network service related to the set preference to the user.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the personalized service providing unit 350 may include a personal tendency analysis module 351 , a service zone tendency analysis module 352 , and a service zone recommendation module 353 .

The personal tendency analysis module 351 may set the user's preference of the social network service for each user.

The service zone tendency analysis module 352 may set the social network provision preference of each service zone from the history of social network services previously provided for each service zone.

The service zone recommendation module 353 may select a service zone having a social network provision preference that is related to the user's preference and recommend it to the user.

For example, if user A participated in the meeting service the most and service zone B performed the meeting service most often, the service zone recommendation module 353 determines that the preference of user A and the preference of service zone B are related to each other. Thus, the service zone B may be recommended to the user A.

9 is a block diagram for explaining another embodiment of a service server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the service server 300 includes a subscription management unit 310 , a service zone confirmation unit 330 , a service zone setting unit 320 , a social service provider 340 , a personalization service provider 350 , It may include a social service interworking unit 360 , a database 370 , and a payment unit 380 .

Here, the description of the subscription management unit 310, the personalized service providing unit 350, and the database 370 can be easily understood from the above description with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8, and thus the description will be omitted below.

The social service interworking unit 360 is capable of interworking with other social network services. The social service interworking unit 360 provides the user with a function of interworking with other social network services, and when the user sets interworking with other social network services, other users who have a relationship with the user through other social networks are identical to or with the user. If you are in an adjacent service zone, you can notify the user.

That is, the social service interworking unit 360 may provide an O2O social service by linking an offline location characteristic of a service zone to the online as a part of the O2O service.

The payment unit 380 may provide a payment function for goods or services in the service zone. The payment payment method of the payment unit 380 may be set in various ways. For example, the payment unit 380 may be implemented as a smart pay that provides confirmation of a payment request such as a QR code or a message to the user terminal, and performs payment according to the user's response activity. Alternatively, various payment methods such as telecommunication company payment, other smart pay linkage, card payment, etc. are applicable.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the social service interworking unit shown in FIG. 9 .

Referring to FIG. 10 , the social service linkage unit 360 may include an SNS linkage setting module 361 , a user association setting module 362 , and a notification module 363 .

The SNS interworking setting module 361 may link the user with other social network services of the user according to the user's input.

The user association setting module 362 may identify other users who are associated with the user in other social network services.

The notification module 363 may notify the user when other users having a relationship with the user through the social network are in the same or adjacent service zone as the user.

In the above, various embodiments of a service zone-based social network service system using location information have been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10 .

Hereinafter, a method for providing a service zone-based social network service using location information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The service zone-based social network service providing method, which will be described below, is performed based on the service zone-based social network service system using the location information described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10 . It can be understood more easily by referring to the description.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a service zone-based social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11 , the service server 300 may set a service zone for providing a social network service using indoor location information and outdoor location information ( S1110 ).

The service server 300 may associate the user with the service zone by using Global Positioning System (GPS) location information of the user terminal or identification information of a beacon (S1120).

The service server 300 may independently provide a social network service for each service zone to a user associated with the service zone (S1130).

Here, the service zone may include an indoor service zone set as at least a partial area of the room covered by the beacon and an outdoor service zone set as a virtual space existing in a certain hot place and having a predetermined radius.

In an embodiment for step S1120, the service server 300 may associate the user terminal 100 with the indoor service zone corresponding to the identification information of the beacon when the user terminal 100 provides identification information of the beacon. . On the other hand, when the user terminal 100 provides GPS location information without identification information of the beacon, the service server 300 searches for an outdoor service zone corresponding to the GPS location, and the user terminal 100 in the corresponding outdoor service zone. can be associated with

In one embodiment for step S1130, the service server 300 provides a meeting matching service to a user located in the service zone, providing an individual or group chat service to a user located in the service zone. Steps and steps of providing a bulletin board service to users located in the service zone may be performed.

In one embodiment of step S1130, the service server 300 provides a friend setting function between users located in the service zone, and when users who are friends are in the same service zone, the friend enters the users who are set as friends. You can take steps to notify you that you have done so.

In an embodiment, the service server 300 sets the social network service preference of the user for each user in the service zone-based social network service provision method ( S1441 ), and a social network previously provided for each service zone. The step of setting the social network provision preference of each service zone from the service history, selecting a service zone having a social network provision preference related to the user's preference and recommending it to the user may be further performed (S1142).

The present invention described above is not limited by the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, but is limited by the claims described below, and the configuration of the present invention may vary within the scope without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily recognize that it can be easily changed and modified.

10: outdoor service zone 20: indoor service zone
21 : beacon
100: user terminal 200: administrator terminal
300 : service server
110: communication unit 120: input/output unit
130: GPS unit 140: control unit 150: user application
210: communication unit 220: input/output unit
230: control unit 240: manager application
301: system memory 302: operating system
303 processing unit 304 storage
305: input device 306: output device
307: communication device
310: subscription management unit 320: service zone setting unit
330: service zone confirmation unit 340: social service provision unit
350: personalization service providing unit 360: social service interworking unit
370: database 380: payment unit
331: GPS confirmation module 332: beacon confirmation module
333: service zone confirmation module
341: meeting matching module 342: chatting module
343: bulletin board module 344: friend setting module
345: friend notification module 346: information notification module
351: individual tendency analysis module 352: service zone tendency analysis module
361: SNS interworking setting module 362: user association setting module
363: notification module

Claims (12)

a service server that sets a service zone capable of providing a social network service using indoor location information and outdoor location information, and independently provides a social network service for each service zone to users located in the service zone; and
a user terminal capable of accessing the current location of the user or a beacon accessed by the user terminal;
including,
The service zone is
an indoor service zone set to at least a partial area of the room covered by the beacon; and
an outdoor service zone that exists in a certain hot place and is set as a virtual space having a predetermined radius;
including,
the service server
When the user terminal provides the identification information of the beacon, the user terminal is associated with the indoor service zone corresponding to the identification information of the beacon, and when the user terminal provides GPS (Global Positioning System) location information without the identification information of the beacon Searching for an outdoor service zone corresponding to the corresponding GPS location, and associating the user terminal with the corresponding outdoor service zone
A service zone-based social network service system using location information, characterized in that
The method of claim 1, wherein the service server
Receives the beacon identification information or the GPS location information from the user terminal, and compares the beacon identification information and the GPS location information with pre-stored location information of a service zone to determine in which service zone the user terminal exists service zone confirmation unit; and
a social service providing unit for associating a plurality of user terminals located in each service zone based on the corresponding service zone, and providing an individual social network service setting authority for each service zone;
A service zone-based social network service system using location information, comprising:
The method of claim 2, wherein the service server
The user's social network service preference is set for each user, and the social network provision preference of each service zone is set from the history of previously provided social network services for each service zone, and a social network that is related to the user's preference. a personalized service providing unit that selects a service zone having a provision preference and recommends it to a user;
Service zone-based social network service system using location information, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 2, wherein the service server
a service zone setting unit configured to receive identification information of a beacon from a manager terminal, set an indoor service zone, and grant a management right for the set indoor service zone to the manager terminal;
Service zone-based social network service system using location information, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 2, wherein the service zone check unit
a GPS confirmation module receiving GPS location information from the user terminal;
a beacon confirmation module receiving beacon identification information from the user terminal; and
Set the priority of the beacon identification information higher than the priority of the GPS location information, and compare the beacon identification information and the GPS location information with the previously stored location information of the service zone to determine in which service zone the user terminal exists. a service zone confirmation module for judging;
A service zone-based social network service system using location information, comprising:
The method of claim 2, wherein the social service providing unit
a meeting matching module for providing a meeting matching service to users located in the service zone;
a chatting module for providing individual or group chatting services to users located in the service zone; and
a bulletin board module that provides a bulletin board service to users located in the service zone;
A service zone-based social network service system using location information, comprising:
The method of claim 6, wherein the social service providing unit
a friend setting module for providing a friend setting function between users located in the service zone; and
a friend notification module for notifying users who have been set as friends when the users who are friends are in the same service zone;
Service zone-based social network service system using location information, characterized in that it further comprises.
A method of providing a social network service performed in a service server that interworks with a user terminal and provides a service zone-based social network service to the user terminal, the method comprising:
setting a service zone capable of providing a social network service using indoor location information and outdoor location information;
associating a user with a service zone using Global Positioning System (GPS) location information of a user terminal or identification information of a beacon; and
independently providing a social network service for each service zone to a user associated with the service zone;
including,
The service zone is
an indoor service zone set to at least a partial area of the room covered by the beacon; and
an outdoor service zone that exists in a certain hot place and is set as a virtual space having a predetermined radius;
A method of providing a service zone-based social network service using location information, comprising:
9. The method of claim 8, wherein associating the user with a service zone comprises:
associating the user terminal with an indoor service zone corresponding to the identification information of the beacon when the user terminal provides identification information of the beacon; and
when the user terminal provides the GPS location information without the identification information of the beacon, searching for an outdoor service zone corresponding to the GPS location, and associating the user terminal with the corresponding outdoor service zone;
A method of providing a service zone-based social network service using location information, comprising:
The method of claim 8, wherein the providing of the social network service comprises:
providing a meeting matching service to users located in the service zone;
providing an individual or group chat service to users located in the service zone; and
providing a bulletin board service to users located in the service zone;
A method of providing a service zone-based social network service using location information, comprising:
The method of claim 10, wherein the providing of the social network service comprises:
providing a friend setting function between users located in the service zone; and
informing users who have been set as friends that the friend has entered when the users who are friends are in the same service zone;
Service zone-based social network service providing method using location information, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 8, wherein the service zone-based social network service providing method comprises:
The user's social network service preference is set for each user, and the social network provision preference of each service zone is set from the history of previously provided social network services for each service zone, and a social network that is related to the user's preference. selecting a service zone having a provision preference and recommending it to a user;
Service zone-based social network service providing method using location information, characterized in that it further comprises.

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