JP2002312269A - Information provision system by bar code using communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bar code information provision system capable of providing information about an image, a character or the like by reading a bar code. SOLUTION: This system comprises a display medium such as a card, a postal card, a poster or a magazine printed with the bar code; a bar code reader reading the bar code; a terminal device transmitting the read information and displaying/outputting the returned information; and an information provision device connected to the terminal device through a communication network, returning the information about the image, the character, sound or the like corresponding to the bar code. The information provision device has an information distributing database for preserving and storing the information corresponding to the bar code; a means for requesting generation of the display medium such as the card; a means for registering and preserving the information to be returned into the database; a means for transmitting the information corresponding to the bar code to the terminal device; and a generation means of the unique bar code.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image / character corresponding to a bar code by reading a bar code printed on a display medium such as a card and transmitting the bar code information from a terminal device having a communication function. The present invention relates to an information providing system using a barcode using a communication terminal capable of obtaining information such as information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the contents printed on a business card include a company name, an affiliation, a name, an address, a telephone number, a fax number, an e-mail address, and the like. May be posted. Such business cards may be sufficient for those who are engaged in organizations and do not want to disclose personal information, but introduce gourmet-related shops, company product guides, introduce talent, employees of restaurants and sex shops Introduction,
It is impossible to provide more detailed information in business card size such as introduction of new music CD / DVD, introduction of various magazines, etc.
A4 size pamphlets and the like could not be easily distributed, and there was a problem that it was difficult to carry around.

[0003]

Therefore, according to the present invention, a barcode is printed on a card-size display medium using a business card-size paper or a plastic sheet together with a strong impression of illustrations and photographs. And sends it to the server from a mobile terminal, etc., and returns more detailed related information registered and stored in the server corresponding to the barcode, and displays / outputs information such as images, characters, voices, etc. on the mobile terminal etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a barcode information providing system using a communication terminal.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a display medium such as a card, a postcard, a poster, a magazine or the like on which a barcode is printed, and information on the barcode are provided. A barcode reader for reading, and a terminal device for a user having a communication function to which the barcode reader is connected and which transmits information read by the barcode reader to a specific communication destination and receives / displays / outputs information from a partner. An information providing apparatus using a computer system for returning information such as images, characters, and voices in a BOX (page) corresponding to bar code information received by connecting to the terminal device via a communication network to the terminal device; And the information providing apparatus stores information such as images, characters, and sounds corresponding to the barcode information in the BOX (page).
A distribution information database to be stored and stored in the storage device and a display medium such as a card for printing the barcode are specified, and information corresponding to the barcode is provided from the user's terminal device to create a display medium such as a card. A display medium creation applying means for applying, a distribution information registering means for registering and storing information obtained by the display medium applying means in the distribution information database, and receiving the barcode information and transmitting the corresponding information to the terminal device. Delivery information transmitting means for transmitting to
Bar code generating means for generating a unique bar code. Further, the invention according to claim 2 has a partner shop that accepts an application for a display medium from the user and manufactures a display medium on which the barcode is printed, and wherein the information providing apparatus includes the display medium. In the creation application means, the provision of information corresponding to the barcode and the application for creation of a display medium such as a card are accepted from the terminal device of the store, and the composition information for producing the display medium corresponding to the generated barcode is obtained. It is characterized by comprising a display medium production providing means for providing to a store.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the information providing apparatus, wherein the information providing apparatus transmits / receives information to / from the user or the terminal device of the store using a Web page.
A server and a terminal device of the user or the store connected via a communication network,
It is characterized in that each means of the information providing device can be used via a server b. Also,
The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the contents of the barcode are constituted only by numerals. Further, the invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the display medium is a business card size.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a barcode information providing system using a communication terminal according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a barcode information providing system using a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of processing by the information providing system shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the barcode shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display medium on which the barcode shown in FIG. 3 is printed. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a barcode information providing device that includes a server and a database and configures and manages a system.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a user terminal connected to the barcode information providing device 1 via the communication network 4, reference numeral 3 denotes a store such as a member store or agency affiliated with the barcode information providing device 1, and 4 denotes the Internet or the like. It is a communication network such as a mobile phone network. The store 3 has a dedicated barcode printer 14. Reference numeral 12 denotes a user station terminal provided with a bar code reader 14 for reading and transmitting a bar code of a business card (bar code card) by a customer.

Further, the barcode information providing device 1 has the following configuration. Reference numeral 5 denotes a Web server that provides services by communicating with the user 2, the service station 12, and the store 3 via the communication network 4, and 6 is a display medium that accepts the creation of a barcode card by presenting information from the user 2. It is a creation application means. Reference numeral 7 denotes a bar code generation unit which is a pair corresponding to information from the user 2;
Generate a barcode that can be uniquely defined as an index.

Reference numeral 8 denotes distribution information registration means for linking and storing information from the user 2 with a paired bar code in the distribution information database 11. 9 prints the barcode created by the barcode generation means 7 and stores, for example, print information (copy information) in a file format using Windows (registered trademark) as an OS for the barcode printer 14 in the store 3. And print means for requesting printing on a display medium such as a business card, or printing it by yourself. Numeral 10 is a distribution information transmitting means, which receives the bar code information from the user station 12 or the like, reads out the corresponding registered BOX information from the distribution information database 11, and distributes it.

Next, the operation will be described. Referring to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, first, a user who intends to register information in the barcode information providing device 1 on an individual or corporate basis is transmitted from a user terminal 2 such as a personal computer (PC) or a portable terminal to the barcode information providing device. Order 1 (S100). In this order procedure, the digital image data captured by the user 2 with a digital camera or an analog image such as a raw photograph by a film scanner or the like, and the necessary character information by keyboard input are prepared as needed, and the page information is prepared. (For example, product information, etc.) by using an HTML file format or the like, and
b Send to server 5. At this time, the amount of information for each bar code is set to a maximum of about 25 items including images and information.

The page information sent from the user terminal 2 is received via the Web server 5, and an order is received by the display medium creation application means 6 (S101). The display medium creation application means 6 separates the page information and the user information (company name, person in charge, etc.) included in the communication message, attaches a processing tag, and transfers the information to the next stage. Although the order receiving procedure has been described by way of an example in which the barcode information providing device 1 accepts the order, the order can also be received at a store terminal 3 such as a member store or an agency. Store terminal 3
When the order is received, the user page information is transferred from the shop terminal 3 to the barcode information providing device 1.

Next, a barcode generating means 7 generates a barcode which is paired with the page information of the user and serves as an index, and prints and produces a business card-sized card in which the barcode is combined with images such as photographs and illustrations. Yes (S10
2). The generation of the uniquely defined unique barcode is performed only by the barcode information providing device 1. In this case, the barcode uses an ITF format (standard distribution symbol: JIS-X0502) as shown in FIG. 3, A: BOX group number (corporate, individual, etc.), B: store-specific number, C: customer Number, and set. This bar code displays only 9 digits plus 1 digit.

After the barcode is generated, the display medium production / printing means 9 uses the barcode 2 as shown in FIG.
1. A composition of the business card 20 including the photograph 22, the character 23, etc. is created and printed with a predetermined accuracy. The composition and card printing may be performed at the store. Alternatively, the composition may be sent from the barcode information providing device 1 to the store terminal 3 and printed with predetermined accuracy using the barcode printer 15 or the like. As for the printing method, printing may be performed using printer driver software for the barcode printer 15 or the like. The barcode card 20 is displayed as a business card size display medium, but the size, material, display, display contents, and the like are not limited thereto.
Magazines, pamphlets and postcards are also possible.

When the bar code paired with the user information (page information) is generated in this way, the distribution information registration means 8
Thus, the page information from the user is registered and stored in the distribution information database 11 as distribution information (S103).
The distribution information database 11 stores distribution information by setting a BOX (memory area corresponding to a page) for each distribution information using an Oracle (product name) server or the like. The BOX is capable of registering image / character information. For example, it is possible to register user information having a maximum size of 25 items for each barcode.
The information stored in the BOX cannot be changed by a general user. The barcode is linked to the BOX by a barcode table.

Thus, the business card (bar code card) 20
Is printed, the registered user 2 is mailed from the barcode information providing device 1 or the store 3 on which the card is printed.
The business card (barcode card) 20 is delivered and charged (S104). The user 2 having received the business card (barcode card) conducts business activities and distributes the business card (barcode card) 20 to an unspecified number of customers.

[0016] Business card (bar code card) obtained by the customer
The card is used when it is desired to know the details of the products of the 20 companies (S105). The procedure is as follows. The bar code 21 of the business card 20 is read by the bar code reader 13 at the user station terminal 12, the numerical information is analyzed by the decoder after A / D conversion, and the large screen type mobile phone is processed by a data processing card, software processing, or the like. The bar code information is transmitted to the Web server 5 of the bar code information providing device 1 by capturing the numerical information of the bar code into a user terminal such as a PC or a PC (S106).

On the side of the barcode information providing device 1, the distribution information transmitting means 10 refers to the received barcode numerical value via the distribution information registration means 8 in the barcode table of the distribution information database 11 and automatically receives the corresponding BOX. The distribution information is read and distributed to the user station 12 by the distribution information transmitting means 10 (S107), and the BOX information is displayed on the display screen of the user station terminal 12 (S108). In the above description, the user station terminal 12 is used for searching the BOX information. However, if a barcode reader is prepared, the store 3 or the user terminal 2 can be used.
But it is possible to use it.

While viewing the BOX information displayed on the terminal, the user fills in the necessary information on the described e-mail screen and sends it by ordering the product.
The BOX information is used by clicking and accessing the URL displayed on the screen to obtain detailed information (S109).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the HP
(Homepage) An information access method using a barcode index that eliminates the hassle of manual entry, such as URL entry in access, has been constructed. In addition to eliminating wastefulness and speeding up the search operation, the content of the BOX information that can be processed can handle more information than the HP information, so that the service width of the BOX information can be expanded.

The above description has been made on the assumption that the user's mobile phone terminal is an i-mode having a Web browser function, J-Sky, EZweb, or the like, but the present invention is not limited to this. -Applicable to world standard next-generation mobile phone systems such as CDMA.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a card on which a barcode is printed, a postcard,
Display media such as posters and magazines, a barcode reader that reads barcode information, and a barcode reader connected to send information read by the barcode reader to a specific communication destination and receive and display information from the other party A terminal device of a user having a communication function for outputting, and information such as images, characters, and voices in a BOX (page) corresponding to information of a barcode received and connected to the terminal device via a communication network to the terminal device. And an information providing device using a computer system that returns the information.
Specifying a display information medium such as a card for printing a barcode and a distribution information database to be stored and stored in the (page), providing information corresponding to the barcode from a user terminal device, and creating a display medium such as a card. A display medium creation application unit for applying; a distribution information registration unit for registering and storing information obtained by the display medium application unit in a distribution information database; and a distribution for receiving barcode information and transmitting corresponding information to a terminal device. Information transmission means and unique (unique)
Barcode generating means for generating a simple barcode, so that a simple and accurate operation method using the barcode printed on various display media as an index, more detailed There is an effect that it can be obtained as enlarged information by characters or the like. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the information providing apparatus has an affiliated store that accepts an application for a display medium from a user and manufactures a display medium on which a barcode is printed. Means for providing information corresponding to a barcode from a terminal device of a store and accepting an application for creation of a display medium such as a card by means, and providing the store with composition information for producing a display medium corresponding to the generated barcode. Since the production providing means is provided, there is an effect that a business card or the like on which a barcode is printed can be easily created at a nearby store.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the information providing device includes a user or a terminal device of a store and a Web device.
A Web server for transmitting and receiving information using a page is provided, and each unit of the information providing device can be used via a Web server from a user or a terminal device of a store connected via a communication network. Therefore, there is an effect that a wide range of services can be provided to the user and the store using various functions of the computer system in the barcode information providing system, including the service of providing the BOX information of the database. Also,
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the contents of the barcode are composed only of numbers, the barcode does not have extra font information or the like and is processed only with numerical information. There is an effect that can be.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the display medium is a business card size, it has the effect of achieving functional processing and low cost since it is the most common size in the distribution form.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a barcode information providing system using a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a process of the barcode information providing system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the barcode shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display medium on which the barcode shown in FIG. 3 is printed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Barcode information provision apparatus 2 User terminal 3 Store terminal 4 Network 5 Web server 6 Display medium creation application means 7 Barcode generation means 8 Distribution information registration means 9 Display medium production provision and printing means 10 Distribution information transmission means 11 Distribution information database 12 User Station Terminal 13 Barcode Reader 14 Barcode Printer 20 Business Card 21 Barcode 22 Illustration / Photo 23 Character

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A card, a postcard, on which a barcode is printed,
A display medium such as a poster or a magazine, a barcode reader for reading the information of the barcode, the barcode reader is connected, and the information read by the barcode reader is transmitted to a specific communication destination to transmit information from the other party. A terminal device of a user having a communication function of receiving, displaying, and outputting, and images, characters, and the like in a BOX (page) corresponding to the information of the received barcode connected to the terminal device via a communication network.
An information providing device using a computer system for returning information such as voice to the terminal device. The information providing device transmits information such as images, characters, and sounds corresponding to the barcode information to the BOX ( Page), and a display medium such as a card for printing the barcode is specified, and information corresponding to the barcode is provided from the terminal device of the user, and a display medium such as a card is provided. Display medium creation applying means for applying for creation, distribution information registration means for registering and storing the information obtained by the display medium applying means in the distribution information database, and receiving the barcode information and corresponding information. A distribution information transmitting unit for transmitting to a terminal device and a barcode generating unit for generating a unique barcode are provided. Information providing system using barcodes using communication terminals. 2. The information providing apparatus further comprises a partner shop for receiving an application for a display medium from the user and producing a display medium on which the barcode is printed. A display medium that provides information corresponding to the barcode and an application to create a display medium such as a card from the terminal device of the present invention, and provides the store with the composition information for producing the display medium corresponding to the generated barcode. The bar code information providing system using the communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a production providing unit. 3. The information providing device includes a Web server for transmitting and receiving information using a Web page to and from the terminal device of the user or the store, and the user or the store connected via a communication network. 3. A bar code using a communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each terminal of said information providing device can be used from said terminal device via said Web server. Information system. 4. The bar code according to claim 1, wherein the contents of the bar code are composed of only numerals.
An information providing system using a bar code using the communication terminal described in the section. 5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display medium is a business card size.