KR100751291B1 - System and method for radio frequency identification verification - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for verifying an RFID are provided to check functions of a mobile terminal embedded with an RFID reader, and analyze and display whether the functions are properly operated. The mobile terminal(10) is equipped with the RFID reader(11) and a terminal processor(12). An RFID tag(20) receives an RF signal from the RFID reader and transmits tag information including an EPC(Electronic Product Code) to the RFID reader. An ODS(Object Directory Server)(31) receives the EPC from the mobile terminal through the mobile network and transmits service information for the EPC to the mobile terminal. A CS(Content Server)(32) stores and transmits the service information for the EPC by receiving the EPC from the mobile terminal. A verification server(33) provides a verification application(13) to the mobile terminal by a request of the mobile terminal and receives a verification result of the verification application from the mobile terminal. The terminal processor includes RFID middleware(14) for controlling link with the RFID reader, the ODS, and the CS.

Description

System and method for verifying radio frequency identification {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION}

1 is a diagram illustrating an RFID verification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an RFID verification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an RFID verification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols in the main part of the drawing *

10: mobile communication terminal 11: RFID reader

12: terminal processing unit 13: verification application

14: RFID middleware 20: RFID tag

31: ODS (object directory server) 32: CS (content server)

33: verification server 40: mobile communication network

The present invention relates to a radio frequency identification (RFID) verification system and method. More specifically, the RFID reader is mounted when a mobile communication terminal equipped with an RFID reader operates in conjunction with a mobile communication network. The present invention relates to a system and method for testing and verifying functions of a mobile communication terminal.

When the RFID system is interconnected with the mobile communication network, the function of the RFID can be used in various fields, and the RFID service can be further activated. Therefore, in order to activate the use of RFID systems and services, attempts have been made to link RFID systems with mobile communication networks. In order to realize this, the mobile terminal is equipped with an RFID reader module (built-in or detachable), and the RFID reader reads the information of the RFID tag, and then the mobile terminal uses the mobile communication network. It connects to various servers and sends or receives information related to the information of the RFID tag. However, in the RFID system according to the related art, when a problem occurs in the function of the mobile communication terminal equipped with the RFID reader, there is a problem in that there is no method for confirming this. More specifically, a technology for incorporating an RFID system into a mobile communication network is a new application field, and a conventional application for a system capable of checking each function of a mobile communication terminal equipped with an RFID reader and analyzing whether the functions are operating properly when displaying a service is applied. There is no technology. Therefore, a technical implementation of the verification device for linking the two systems is required. In other words, there is a need for a system for verifying in real time the state of a mobile communication terminal equipped with an RFID reader.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above problems, and provides an RFID verification system and method for identifying and displaying functions of a mobile communication terminal equipped with an RFID reader and analyzing whether the functions are operating properly. It is.

As a technical means for achieving the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal having an RFID reader and a terminal processing unit; An RFID tag receiving an RF signal from the RFID reader and transmitting tag information including an EPC (Electronic Product Code) to the RFID reader; An ODS which receives the EPC from the mobile communication terminal through a mobile communication network and transmits a location of a server storing service information on the EPC to the mobile communication terminal; A CS corresponding to a server storing service information of the EPC, receiving the EPC from the mobile communication terminal through a mobile communication network, and transmitting service information of the EPC to the mobile communication terminal; And a verification server for providing a verification application to the mobile communication terminal according to a request of the mobile communication terminal and receiving a verification result, which is a result of the verification application, from the mobile communication terminal. The terminal processing unit includes the RFID reader, An RFID middleware for controlling interworking with the ODS and the CS is performed, and the verification application provided from the verification server is executed through the RFID middleware to perform the operation of the RFID reader, interworking with the ODS, and interworking with the CS. Provided is an RFID verification system for verifying at least one.

A second aspect of the present invention includes an RFID reader and a terminal processing unit, and controls wireless interworking with the RFID reader, a CS in which service information about an EPC (Electronic Product Code) is stored, and an ODS in which the CS location is stored. An RFID verification method of a mobile communication terminal in which an RFID middleware is performed by the terminal processing unit, the method comprising: (a) requesting a verification application from a mobile communication terminal; (b) the mobile communication terminal receiving the verification application from the verification server; (c) the mobile terminal executing the verification application through the RFID middleware; And (d) performing, by the mobile communication terminal, at least one of displaying the verification result and transmitting the verification result to the verification server.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described below. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art.

1 is a diagram illustrating an RFID verification system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the verification system includes a mobile communication terminal 10 equipped with an RFID reader 11, an RFID tag 20, an object directory server 31, a content server 32, and a verification server 33. ). The ODS 31, the CS 32, and the verification server 33 are connected to the mobile communication terminal 10 through the mobile communication network 40. Unlike the drawing, the verification server 33 may be connected through the Internet.

The mobile communication terminal 10 is equipped with an RFID reader 11. The RFID reader 11 may be mounted on the mobile communication terminal 10 in a detachable or built-in manner. When the RFID reader 11 is detachably mounted, the RFID reader 11 physically communicates with the mobile communication terminal 10 through a communication interface such as a serial interface and a universal serial bus (USB). The mobile communication terminal 10 includes a terminal processing unit 12 for processing software used therein. The terminal processor 12 may be, for example, a microprocessor. In the terminal processing unit 12, the verification application 13 and the RFID middleware 14 are performed. The RFID middleware 14 controls the interworking with the RFID reader 11, the ODS 31, and the CS 32. In addition, the RFID middleware 14 is manufactured according to a standardized standard so that the verification application 13 may be performed regardless of the type of the RFID reader 11, the mobile communication terminal 10, and the mobile communication network 40. That is, the verification application 13 may be performed in the RFID reader 11, the mobile communication terminal 10, and the mobile communication network 40 having different kinds through the RFID middleware. The standardized standard may be, for example, a wireless internet platform for interoperability (WIPI) standard. The verification application 13 performs functions of verifying the operation of the RFID reader 11, the interworking with the ODS 31, and the interworking with the CS 32, for example, RFID related services of the mobile communication terminal 10. The verification application 13 is performed via the RFID middleware 14. That is, the RFID middleware 14 controls the interworking with the RFID reader 11, the ODS 31, and the CS 32 at the request of the verification application 13 to generate the verification result.

The RFID tag 20 receives an RF signal from the RFID reader 11 and transmits tag information including an electronic product code (EPC) to the RFID reader. The RFID tag 20 may be any kind of tag, an active tag that uses a battery, or a passive tag that does not use a battery.

The ODS 31 performs a function of notifying the location of the server 32 that stores the content service information on the EPC code. The ODS 31 receives the EPC from the mobile communication terminal 10 through the mobile communication network 40 and transmits the location of the server 32 in which service information about the EPC is stored to the mobile communication terminal 10.

The CS 32 stores content service information about an EPC code. The CS 32 receives the EPC from the mobile communication terminal 10 through the mobile communication network 40, and transmits service information on the EPC to the mobile communication terminal 10.

The verification server 33 transmits the verification application 13 to the mobile communication terminal 10 through the mobile communication network 40, and receives the verification result from the mobile communication terminal 10 through the mobile communication network 40.

In using the mobile communication terminal 10 equipped with the RFID reader 11, when a user clicks an RFID menu (not shown) of a GUI interface display device (not shown) of the mobile communication terminal 10, the RFID reader ( The power is supplied to 11), and the RFID reader 11 function becomes a standby state. At this time, if the RFID reader 11 is close to the object of interest, the information of the RFID tag 20 attached to the object is read, and then the read information is transmitted to the RFID middleware 14 implemented in the mobile communication terminal 10. do. The RFID middleware 14 inquires the ODS 31 of the location of the server where the information on the related service is located based on the EPC. The ODS 31 informs the location of the CS 32 in which tag related service information is stored. The RFID middleware 14 inquires the CS 32 of the information, collects the information obtained therefrom, and sends the information to the terminal processing unit 12 of the mobile communication terminal 10. The mobile terminal 10 displays the information received from the CS 32 on the screen to provide the user with the desired information. RFID service is performed through such a series of processes. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 10 includes two radio access sections appearing in the mobile RFID service, that is, between the RFID tag 20 and the RFID reader 11, the RFID middleware 14 of the mobile communication terminal 10, and the server 31. In order to verify the respective functions between the 32 and 32, the verification application 13 is downloaded from the verification server 33, a series of tests are performed, and the result information is transmitted to the verification server 33. The result information transmitted to the verification server 33 can be confirmed on the Internet. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 10 may display the result information on the screen.

2 is a diagram illustrating an RFID verification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, the terminal processor 12 requests the verification server 33 to download the verification application 14 (M100). In response to the request, the verification server 33 downloads the verification application 14 to the terminal processing unit 12 (M101).

The terminal processing unit 12 executes the verification application 13 through the RFID middleware 14 (M102). To this end, the RFID middleware 14 verifies the respective services for the RFID reader 11, the RFID tag 20, the ODS 31 and the CS 32 according to the verification application 13 (M110 ˜ M119). .

The following verification items may be performed for each service.

1) Test Case 1:

The set value of the RFID reader 11 is changed to verify that it is properly read and stored.

Set value test item

-Check the power supply and communication status of the RFID reader 11

-Check serial number and model name of RFID reader (11)

-Check the operating frequency range of the RFID reader 11

-Checking and setting the strength of the transmission power of the RFID reader 11

-Check and set the wireless communication set value (Q value, etc.) of the RFID reader 11

2) Test Case 2:

The RFID tag 20 is disposed and the RFID reader 11 is operated to check the recognition operation.

test item

Place one RFID tag 20 and check the result of performing a read command on the RFID reader 11.

-Check the execution result of the read command to the RFID reader 11 by adjusting the placement distance of one RFID tag 20.

-Arrange a plurality of RFID tags 20 and check the result of performing a read command on the RFID reader 11.

-Place one RFID tag 20 on a material (glass and metal plate) which is expected to interfere with each other, and check the result of performing a read command on the RFID reader 11.

3) Test Case 3:

The communication result between the ODS 31 and the CS 32 is verified.

Set value test item

-Ask the ODS (31) for the code interpretation for the EPC code received from the RFID reader (11) and check whether the result is properly delivered.

-If the wrong EPC code is delivered to ODS (31), check if the correct error code is delivered.

-Check whether the content information is properly delivered from the CS 32 using the universal resource identifier (URI) information received after code interpretation from the ODS 31.

In order to perform the verification item as described above, the RFID middleware 14 applies power to the RFID reader 11 and instructs it to be in an operation standby state (M110), and when the RFID reader 11 is in the operation standby state, The fact is notified to the RFID middleware 14 (M111). Thereafter, the RFID reader 11 transmits a command to the RFID tag 20 as an RF signal (M112), and in response to the command, the RFID tag 20 transmits tag information including the EPC to the RFID reader 11. (M113). The tag information transmitted to the RFID reader 11 is transmitted to the terminal processor 12 (M114), and the terminal processor 12 transmits the EPC to the RFID middleware 14 (M115). The RFID middleware 14 delivers the EPC to the ODS 31 (M116), and the ODS 31 receiving the EPC transfers the service server location to the RFID middleware 14 (M117). The RFID middleware 14 delivers the EPC to the CS 32 of the service server location received from the ODS 31 (M118), and the CS 32 receiving the EPC provides tag service information to the RFID middleware 14. do. In this manner, the RFID middleware 14 performs verification.

After the verification, the RFID middleware 14 transmits the verification result to the terminal processing unit 12 (M103), and the terminal processing unit 12 displays the received verification result on a display device such as an LCD. In addition, the terminal processing unit 12 transmits the verification result to the verification server 33 (M104). The verification result sent to the verification server 33 can be confirmed using the Internet on the web.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an RFID verification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the terminal processing unit 12 requests a download of the verification application 13 from the verification server 33 (S101). When the location information of the verification server 33 is checked (S102), when it is not received, the terminal server 12 transmits a verification failure command to the verification server 33 (S103), and the terminal processing unit 12 verifies the verification server 33. In step S120, recognition failure is displayed. If the position information of the verification server 33 is normally recognized, the position information of the verification application 13 is checked (S104). When the verification application 13 does not receive the location information, the terminal application unit 12 transmits the verification application 13 information reception failure command (S105), and the terminal processing unit 12 receives the verification application 13 recognition failure information. Display (S119). If the verification application 13 correctly recognizes the location information, the verification application 13 is downloaded from the verification server 33 in which the verification application 13 is stored (S106).

When the user executes the downloaded verification application 13 (S107), each test is automatically performed for each test case in order to verify the state of the RFID reader 11 (S108). When the verification application 13 recognizes the service failure information of the RFID reader 11 during the test, the verification application 13 transmits the test failure information to the terminal processing unit 12. The terminal processor 12 displays the test failure information (S109). Also, when the verification application 13 recognizes the service success information of the RFID reader 11 during the test, the verification application 13 transmits the test success information to the terminal processing unit 12. The terminal processor 12 displays test success information (S109).

After completing all the tests, the user attempts to transmit the test results to the verification server 33 that has downloaded the verification application 13 (S110). When the location information of the verification server 33 is checked (S111), if it is not received, the verification server information recognition failure command is transmitted to the terminal processing unit 12 (S112), and the terminal processing unit 12 displays the server recognition failure. (S118). If the location information of the verification server 33 is normally recognized, all test results are transmitted to the verification server 33 together with the unique number of the mobile communication terminal 10 equipped with the RFID reader 11 (S113). If the transmission is not completed due to an unexpected error during the transmission, the transmission error command is transmitted to the terminal processing unit 12 (S114), and the terminal processing unit 12 displays the transmission error (S117). When the transmission is completed, the terminal transmits a transmission success command to the processor 12 (S115), and the terminal processor 12 displays the success of the transmission (S116). The terminal processing unit 12 displays based on the received test result information.

The RFID verification system and method according to the present invention has an advantage of verifying RFID related functions of a mobile communication terminal equipped with an RFID reader.

In addition, the RFID verification system and method according to the present invention has an advantage that the verification can be performed regardless of the type of the mobile communication terminal in which the platform for the mobile RFID service is installed.

In addition, the RFID verification system and method according to the present invention has technically solved the problem of verifying and testing the validity of each function and service expected to occur frequently in the integrated network of RFID and mobile communication.

Claims (5)

A mobile communication terminal having an RFID reader and a terminal processing unit; An RFID tag receiving an RF signal from the RFID reader and transmitting tag information including an EPC (Electronic Product Code) to the RFID reader; An ODS which receives the EPC from the mobile communication terminal through a mobile communication network and transmits a location of a server storing service information on the EPC to the mobile communication terminal; A CS corresponding to a server storing service information of the EPC, receiving the EPC from the mobile communication terminal through a mobile communication network, and transmitting service information of the EPC to the mobile communication terminal; And A verification server providing a verification application to the mobile communication terminal according to a request of the mobile communication terminal, and receiving a verification result which is a result of the verification application from the mobile communication terminal, The terminal processing unit is performed with the RFID middleware for controlling the interworking with the RFID reader, the ODS and the CS, The verification application provided from the verification server is performed through the RFID middleware to verify at least one of the operation of the RFID reader, the interworking with the ODS and the interworking with the CS. According to claim 1, The RFID middleware is manufactured according to a standardized standard, so that the verification application can be performed through the RFID middleware regardless of the type of the RFID reader, the mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication network. The RFID processing unit includes a RFID reader and a terminal processing unit, and the RFID middleware for controlling wireless interworking with the CS reader, the CS in which service information about the EPC (Electronic Product Code) is stored, and the ODS in which the CS location is stored. In the RFID verification method of the mobile communication terminal performed in, (a) the mobile communication terminal requesting a verification application from a verification server; (b) the mobile communication terminal receiving the verification application from the verification server; (c) the mobile terminal executing the verification application through the RFID middleware; And (d) performing, by the mobile terminal, at least one of displaying a verification result obtained by performing the verification application and transmitting the verification result to the verification server. The method of claim 3, wherein The RFID middleware is manufactured according to a standardized standard so that the verification application can be performed through the RFID middleware regardless of the type of the RFID reader, the mobile terminal, and the mobile communication network. The method of claim 3, wherein Step (c) is (c1) instructing the RFID middleware to power the RFID reader and be in a standby state; (c2) notifying the RFID middleware of the fact that the RFID reader is ready for operation; (c3) the RFID reader transmitting a command to the RFID tag in an RF signal; (c4) the RFID reader receiving tag information including the EPC from the RFID tag; (c5) receiving, by the RFID middleware, the EPC included in the tag information; (c6) the RFID middleware transferring the EPC to the ODS through a mobile communication network; (c7) receiving, by the RFID middleware, the location of the CS corresponding to the EPC from the ODS through a mobile communication network; (c8) the RFID middleware delivering the EPC to the CS through a mobile communication network; And (c9) the RFID middleware receiving service information corresponding to the EPC from the CS through a mobile communication network.

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