KR100742309B1 - Method for application service by employing RFID technique in user terminal, the User Terminal and Record-Medium recorded program for performing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an application service method using RFID technology in a user terminal, a user terminal for performing the method and a recording medium recording a program. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an information providing method using RFID in a user terminal, the method comprising: reading tag information of an RFID tag attached or embedded in a specific object; Outputting information corresponding to tag information; And recognizing connection information of a service providing server corresponding to a service type selected by a user and connecting to a service providing server. Therefore, there is an effect of providing a method for providing an application service using a user terminal equipped with an electronic tag reader such as an RFID reader and a user terminal performing the method.

RFID, Tag, Reader, Terminal, Mobile Communication

Description

Method for application service by employing RFID technique in user terminal, the User Terminal and Record-Medium recorded program for performing the method }

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall system for providing a method for providing information using RFID in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an application service using RFID technology in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 6 are screen views showing a user interface (UI) of a user terminal according to the provision of an application service using the RFID technology according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10: RFID Tag

50: communication network

100: user terminal

150-1, 150-2, ..., 150-n: Service Delivery Servers

The present invention relates to an application service method using RFID technology in a user terminal, a user terminal for performing the method and a recording medium recording a program.

Conventionally, bar codes are attached to almost all objects, such as goods, objects, facilities, animals, plants, products, and inventory, to record and utilize information and prices of each individual. However, there are various limitations of the barcode, i.e., the barcode must be within the laser range of the reading device when reading, and it cannot record a variety of information, and there is a high possibility of damage, alteration and forgery. In addition, there is a high cost and inefficient problems, such as a lot of inconvenience for both the consumer and the producer for reasons such as a lot of time and cost when reading.

  On the other hand, in order to improve the above problems, a new RFID technology related to electronic tags that can replace barcodes has been proposed, and attaches electronic tags to objects such as goods, objects, facilities, animals, plants, products, and inventory. In order to efficiently manage and utilize various types of information, government agencies, companies, producers, distributors, and logistics companies are actively pursuing.

  In general, an RFID system consists of three main components: a transponder, a so-called electronic tag, an electronic tag reader, and a host computer or a device capable of processing data. Such an electronic tag has various uses. And an antenna capable of receiving a frequency transmitted from an IC chip and an electronic tag reader, which is designed to meet the needs. When the electronic tag passes within the frequency effective range of the antenna in the electronic tag reader, it detects a signal from the electronic tag reader, and sends information data stored in the electronic tag to the electronic tag reader. The electronic tag reader includes an antenna for transmitting or receiving radio waves and a portion of an electronic circuit that transmits or receives radio waves toward the electronic tag. A semiconductor chip in the electronic tag reader changes a signal coming from an electronic tag or The signal is verified and stored in memory, which is a storage device, and later transmitted if necessary. The electronic tag reader receiving data from the electronic tag converts the data into a digital signal and transmits the data to the host computer through a wired or wireless communication network. In the RFID technology using the electronic tag, the electronic tag must have a separate electronic tag reader to recognize the information of the electronic tag. However, at present, there is almost no way for consumers or users of individuals or companies to carry the electronic tag reader so that the information of the electronic tag can be utilized.

Recently, however, a method of attaching an RFID tag reader / writer to a user terminal such as a mobile communication terminal has been attempted. Therefore, there is a need to provide an application service using an electronic tag reader mounted on a user terminal.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing an application service using a user terminal equipped with an electronic tag reader and a user terminal for performing the method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an application service method using RFID technology in a user terminal capable of providing a plurality of services, such as purchasing corresponding to tag information in an electronic tag, listening to related music, and searching for related information, and performing the method. It is to provide a user terminal.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the preferred embodiments described below.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for providing information using RFID in a user terminal, the method comprising: reading tag information of an RFID tag attached or embedded in a specific object; Outputting information corresponding to the tag information; And recognizing connection information of a service providing server corresponding to a service type selected by a user and connecting to the service providing server, and recording the information providing method using RFID and a program for executing the method. A medium is provided.

Here, the specific object may be any one of a flower and a tree, and the service type may include at least one of listening to related music, purchasing, searching related information, and searching an internet cafe.

The access information of the service providing server may be included in the tag information, or the access information of the service providing server may be set in advance and stored in a memory. The access information may be any one of URL and domain information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a user terminal, comprising: a key input module; An RFID reader for generating a specific frequency to read the RFID tag; An output module for outputting tag information read by the RFID reader; A control module for recognizing connection information of a service providing server corresponding to an application service type according to a signal input from the key input module in a state in which the output module outputs the tag information, and the connection information under control of the control module; A user terminal including a communication module for accessing the service providing server is provided.

Here, the control module may recognize the access information from the tag information read by the RFID reader.

The apparatus may further include a memory configured to store access information of a plurality of service providing servers which are previously set including the access information.

Hereinafter, an application service method using RFID technology and a user terminal performing the method in the user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Regardless of the reference numerals, the same or corresponding elements are assigned the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an entire system for providing a method for providing information using RFID in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the entire system includes an RFID tag 10, a user terminal 100, a communication network 50, and a service providing server 150-1, 150-2,. It is referred to as).

The RFID tag 10 includes tag information of a specific object, and when the tag tag enters an effective distance of a specific frequency, the tag information is wirelessly read by an electronic tag reader such as an RFID reader. The RFID reader recognizes the RFID tag 10 that has entered a valid distance by generating a specific frequency and reads tag information in the RFID tag 10.

The RFID tag 10 is attached to a specific article or a box in which the article is packaged to embed tag information, which is specific information about the article. For example, it is attached to a plant such as a flower or a tree to embed tag information (eg, name, species, etymology, related legend, etc.) for the flower or tree. Here, as the article to which the RFID tag 10 is attached or embedded, it is natural that not only plants such as flowers and trees but also all items such as animals such as cattle, pigs and chickens, and electronic products such as radio and television may be applied. will be. Hereinafter, a description will be given by taking a flower as an example to which the RFID tag 10 is attached, but all items other than those described above may be equally applied.

In addition, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the tag information of the RFID tag 10 includes access information such as URL (URL) that can access the service providing server 150 that provides an application service for the article. . For example, when the article on which the RFID tag 10 is mounted is "forsythia", the tag information of the RFID tag 10 may include a URL of a florist site or a florist portal site where forsythia can be purchased, and music or video related to the forsythia. URLs of content servers that provide content, portal search servers (for example, www.naver.com, etc.) to provide forsythia-related festival information, and arbitrary association servers that hold flower fairs such as forsythia URL and the like.

The user terminal 100 includes a mobile communication terminal including a PCS, a PDA, a smart phone, etc. capable of Internet through a communication network 50 such as a mobile communication network and a wired communication network, a wireless LAN (LAN) terminal, a Bluetooth terminal, a portable device. Refers to all terminals capable of accessing the Internet, such as an internet terminal. Hereinafter, a mobile communication terminal will be described as an example, but as described above, all terminals capable of the Internet can be equally applied.

The user terminal 100 is mounted or attached to an RFID reader capable of reading the RFID tag 10. That is, the user reads the tag information of the RFID tag 10 that has entered within a predetermined distance (the maximum distance that the RFID reader can recognize the specific RFID tag 10 and read the tag information) by using the user terminal 100. can do.

The user terminal 100 outputs the tag information by using the read tag information by using a display device (including a speaker) such as an LCD liquid crystal. Therefore, the user may acquire and confirm information about the corresponding flower through the RFID tag 10 attached to the specific flower using the user terminal 100.

In addition, the user terminal 100 is connected to each service providing server 150 for providing an application service for purchasing, listening to related music, and obtaining related information as described above using the tag information in the RFID tag 10. do. In this case, when the user terminal 100 outputs tag information, the UI of the service providing server 150 does not display, and only the service information (for example, purchase, listening to related music, etc.) is output accordingly. It is desirable to. Accordingly, when the user selects a type of service, the user accesses the corresponding service providing server 150 to provide the corresponding service.

In addition, according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the access information of the service providing server 150 is not included in the tag information, and the connection information of the service providing servers 150 is preset and stored in the user terminal 100 itself. It may be. For example, the service providing server 150 that provides each application service to a specific button is set in advance so that the user may be provided with the corresponding application service by a specific button input. That is, the number button 1 may be set in connection with a specific purchase server (for example, Danawa (http://www.danawa.com)) corresponding to the "buy" service, the number button 2 is "related" A specific content server corresponding to the "listen music" service may be set in association.

The service providing server 150 may be a server for a specific company such as a flower shop that sells or delivers flowers, or a florist portal server. It may be a portal server for providing a variety of information about the homepage server and the flower of the group. That is, when the user of the user terminal 100 reading the RFID attached to a specific flower selects a specific service among one or more application services, the user terminal 100 accesses the corresponding service providing server 150 and the corresponding service. Can be provided. For example, when a user selects a flower purchase service, the user may be connected to a specific flower shop server to purchase and deliver the flower through the Internet.

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

Referring to FIG. 2, the user terminal 100 includes an RFID reader 110, an output module 120, a key input module 130, a communication module 140, a memory 150, and a control module 160. .

As described above, the RFID reader 110 recognizes the RFID tag 10 generated within a valid distance by generating a specific frequency and performs a function of reading tag information in the RFID tag 10.

The output module 120 outputs the tag information read by the RFID reader 110 under the control of the control module. The output module 120 may include a display device for displaying video information (text, image, image, etc.) and a speaker for outputting audio information. In addition, the output module 120 performs a function of outputting search information received from the service providing server 150 through the communication module 140. The display unit may be, for example, a liquid crystal display such as an LCD, and the speaker may be a speaker that outputs ringing sounds and voice data during a call.

The key input module 130 is provided with a plurality of key buttons to receive information on the type of service from the user. Since the function of the key input module 130 for performing the operation of the user terminal 100 will be fully understood through the following general functions and the following description, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The communication module 140 performs data communication with the service providing server 150 through a communication network. That is, the communication module 140 connects to the service providing server 150 and performs a function of receiving and transmitting data for performing a specific service selected by a user. The method of performing the Internet function by the mobile communication terminal through the communication network will be fully understood through the conventional method and the following description, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The memory 150 temporarily stores tag information read by the RFID reader 110 and stores data received from the service providing server 150 according to an application service. In addition, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the memory 150 may store the connection information of the service providing server 150. In addition, the memory 150 may store related data so that each component of the user terminal 100 can be operated.

When the RFID reader 110 recognizes and reads a specific RFID tag 10, the control module 160 outputs the display unit and the speaker to output the read tag information through the display unit and / or the speaker (output module 120). If the user inputs the performance of a specific service among the associated services such as making a purchase, listening to related music, and searching for related information, the service providing server 150 corresponding to the input service type included in the tag information is controlled. Performs a function of controlling the output module 120, the key input module 130, the memory 150 and the communication module 140 to access the service providing server 150 to provide the service by using the access information. .

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an application service using RFID technology in a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in steps 310 to 320, the user terminal 100 reads the RFID tag 10 included in an arbitrary flower using the RFID reader 110, and uses a display unit and / or a speaker to read the RFID tag 10. Output tag information. Here, the information output through the display unit and / or the speaker may be part of tag information. For example, the tag information embedded in the RFID tag 10 may include access information and service information of the service providing server 150 that provides basic information and application services of the flower's name, species, country of origin, production country, and production place. Only the tag information excluding the connection information of the service providing server 150 may be output through the display unit and / or the speaker. That is, the output information may be output without the access information which is additional information for providing an application service.

In operation 330, it is determined whether a user selects a specific service among application services, and when there is a selection of application services, in step 340, access information of the service providing server 150 providing the application service is recognized. Although only UAL (URL) is illustrated as access information in the drawing, in addition to the information that can be connected to the corresponding service providing server 150, such as domain information, it is obvious that all of the same can be applied.

In operation 350 to 360, the user accesses the corresponding service providing server 150 using the access information of the service providing server 150 to provide the service selected by the user. For example, in the case of a "buying" service, information about the flower (flower name) is transmitted to the service providing server 150 so that the user can purchase the flower. Purchase of flowers through the Internet, delivery of flowers, etc. are still used in the present technology, so detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

Here, when the location information is included in the tag information, an application service using the location information may be provided. For example, in the case of a "buy" service, the florist first uses the location information where the flower is located (which is likely to be the same as or similar to where the user who reads the RFID tag 10 of the flower is located). After access to the portal server may be directly connected to the flower shop of the location corresponding to the location information. Therefore, by further including the location information in the tag information of the RFID tag 10, it is possible to provide a location-based application service.

When the provision of the service is completed in step 370, the same or similar tag information output state as in step 320 is switched to determine whether the service is additionally selected. Of course, when the provision of one service is completed, it may be terminated and switched to the initial state.

4 to 6 are diagrams illustrating screens of a user interface (UI) of a user terminal according to an application service provided using RFID technology according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 6 assume that the user recognizes the RFID tag 10 attached to the dandelion using the user terminal 100 at the flower fair organized by any association.

Referring to FIG. 4, reference numeral 410 indicates that corresponding tag information is output to the user terminal 100 as the RFID tag 10 attached to the dandelion is read. As shown in the figure, basic information about the dandelion and information on the application service may be output.

Reference numeral 420 denotes a screen during connection to the corresponding service providing server 150 when the user selects one of the plurality of application services (listening related music). As shown in the figure, the URL of the server to be connected may be displayed on the screen. As a method of selecting the type of application service, a numeric key button of the key input module 130 may be used, and in addition, it may be input by other input means such as a touch screen.

Reference numeral 430 indicates that information about music related to the flower (dandelion) is displayed by being connected to the corresponding service providing server 150 (content providing server). In this case, the user may select a desired song and receive and listen to it in a streaming or download manner. Of course, the content providing server may provide not only music but also multimedia such as a video related to a dandelion.

Referring to FIG. 5, when a user selects 2 (purchase) of an application service while outputting tag information of the RFID tag 10, an association that holds a homepage of a florist, a florist portal server, and a flower fair The screen (refer to reference number 520) that accesses a web site of a company, an association, etc., which can purchase flowers, such as a server (when flowers are sold by the association itself) is shown. Accordingly, the user may purchase a desired flower in the service providing server 150 and receive a service such as flower delivery.

As another embodiment, referring to FIG. 6, the user may select application service 3 (view related event information) to acquire information about another event related to a dandelion. For example, as shown in the figure, when the association that held the flower fair is the "Korea Flower Association", the user terminal 100 may be connected to the server of the association, to obtain information about the next event. (See reference number 620). Of course, it will be apparent through the above description that the user terminal 100 may be connected to a portal search site such as Naver ( www.naver.com ) to receive search information about a flower fair.

Here, as described above, by including the connection information of the service providing server 150 corresponding to a specific company such as an arbitrary flower shop, an association, etc. in the tag information in the RFID tag 10, the specific company using the RFID tag 10 You can also benefit from advertising and monetization.

In addition, in addition to the above-described application service, other application services such as related cafe search and flower image provision may also be applied in the same or similar to the above description will be apparent.

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented in a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.).

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and many modifications are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, an application service method using RFID technology in a user terminal equipped with an electronic tag reader such as an RFID reader, a user terminal performing the method, and a recording medium recording a program are provided. It can be effective.

In addition, an application service method using RFID technology in a user terminal capable of providing a plurality of services, such as purchasing, listening to related music, and searching for related information corresponding to tag information in an RFID tag, and a user terminal performing the method; There is also an effect that can provide a recording medium recording the program.

In addition, by including connection information of a specific company such as an arbitrary flower shop, an association, etc. in the tag information in the RFID tag, it is possible to provide an advertisement and a profit generation effect of the specific company using the RFID tag.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art that various modifications of the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below And can be changed.

Claims (10)

In the information providing method using RFID in the user terminal, Reading tag information of an external RFID tag; Outputting a plurality of service type information corresponding to the tag information, wherein the plurality of service types include one or more of listening to related music, making a purchase, searching related information, and searching an Internet cafe; And Extracting access information corresponding to one service type selected by the user from among the plurality of service type information from the tag information or the memory and accessing the service providing server according to the selected service type. Information provision method used. The method of claim 1, The RFID tag is an information providing method using RFID in the user terminal, characterized in that attached to or inserted into any one of flowers or trees. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, The access information is a method of providing information using RFID in the user terminal, characterized in that any one of the URL (URL) or domain information. In the user terminal, Key input module; An RFID reader for generating a specific frequency to read the RFID tag; An output module for outputting a plurality of service type information corresponding to the tag information read by the RFID reader, wherein the plurality of service types include at least one of listening to related music, making a purchase, searching for related information, and searching for an Internet cafe. Including; In the state in which the output module outputs the plurality of service type information, connection information of a service providing server corresponding to one application service type information selected according to a signal input from the key input module is extracted from the tag information or the memory. Recognizing control module; And And a communication module for accessing the service providing server using the access information under the control of the control module. delete delete In a recording medium having a program recorded thereon that can be read and executed by a digital reading apparatus in order for a user terminal to provide information using RFID, Reading tag information of an external RFID tag; Outputting a plurality of service type information corresponding to the tag information, wherein the plurality of service types include one or more of listening to related music, making a purchase, searching related information, and searching an Internet cafe; And Extracting, from the tag information or the memory, connection information corresponding to one service type selected by the user from among the plurality of service type information, and accessing the service providing server according to the selected service type. This recorded storage medium.

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