Abstract: Disclosed is a local area information-providing system and method using real names. When an access word provided by an accessing client via a network is a real name, a local area information database is searched using the real name and the client's position information, and various kinds of information on the real name placed within an area corresponding to the client's position information are found and provided to the client. Together with this, an Internet address corresponding to the real name is provided to the client, and accordingly, the client accesses the web page corresponding to the input real name. Hence, the user can access desired web pages using not conventional English domain names but real names, and concurrently receive various kinds of local area information corresponding to the real name. Especially, the user can receive various kinds of local area information of the real names corresponding to predetermined positions without additional position assignment.
Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for providing location information using a keyword name on the Internet. When a keyword name from a user terminal is transmitted through a mobile communication network system, the user's location information is requested to the mobile communication network system, and an Internet address is searched based on the location information and keyword name. Contents provided from a contents providing server having the Internet address are transmitted to the user terminal, and when the format of the contents is not available to the user terminal, the contents are converted into the format available to the user terminal, and provided to the user terminal. Hence, the user may automatically detect the user's location, access a web page matched with the user's present location without assigning a specific location, and receive the contents without modifying the network configuration under the wireless Internet environment supporting different languages.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 11, 2004
Publication date:
September 16, 2004
Applicant:
NETPIA DOT COM, INC.
Inventors:
Pan-Jung Lee, Dong-Man Lee, Kee-Cheon Kim, Eun-Cheon No, Chang-Hun Lee, Dong-Geon Lee, Jae-Pil Yu, Ji-Weon Choi, Jin-Hyun Bae
Abstract: Disclosed is a local area information-providing system and method using real names. When an access word provided by an accessing client via a network is a real name, a local area information database is searched using the real name and the client's position information, and various kinds of information on the real name placed within an area corresponding to the client's position information are found and provided to the client. Together with this, an Internet address corresponding to the real name is provided to the client, and accordingly, the client accesses the web page corresponding to the input real name. Hence, the user can access desired web pages using not conventional English domain names but real names, and concurrently receive various kinds of local area information corresponding to the real name. Especially, the user can receive various kinds of local area information of the real names corresponding to predetermined positions without additional position assignment.