KR101416044B1 - Gift card by using nfc - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal system using an NFC built-in gift card according to the present invention includes a dedicated server for providing card contents for a gift card service, a gift card having an embedded NFC tag, and an NFC tag And the mobile terminal accesses the dedicated server to download various kinds of card contents, and when the type of the card is changed according to the input of the user, And inputs the contents of the message, and stores information on the selected card type and contents of the input message in the NFC tag.
In order to solve the inconvenience and the problem of everyday life that the gift recipient gradually forgets to receive the gift from the person who receives the gift card due to the damage or loss of the gift card, And Smartphone, and implemented the Gift Card with NFC function that is transmitted with the gift by storing the meaning and message of the gift, the promotional article, the promotional article in the form of text, voice or moving picture. In the present invention, an NFC tag is manufactured as a gift card and attached to a gift item, so that the meaning and message of a gift giving person can be reminded at any time.

Description

Gift card using NFC {GIFT CARD BY USING NFC}

The present invention relates to a gift card, and more particularly to a gift card having an NFC function.

With the development of IT technology being prominent, the development and utilization of smartphone has become an indispensable necessity in everyday life. Cell phones, whose main purpose was telephone calls, were developed by the development of smart phones, tracking the location of friends, using them for hobbies, helping in the selection of personal preferences, and controlling the car remotely. ought.

In recent years, various services have been developed and provided by combining short-range wireless communication (NFC) technology with smart phones. Near Field Communication (NFC) is a non-contact communication technology that uses the frequency band of 13.56 MHz as one of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies. It is a next-generation LAN technology that is attracting attention due to its relatively low security and relatively low price because of its short communication distance. Because it can use both data reading and writing functions, it does not need a reader that was needed for RFID use and it is similar to conventional short distance communication technology such as Bluetooth, but it does not need to set between devices like Bluetooth.

The NFC terminal equipped with the NFC chip (for example, the NFC modem 20) can transmit data in a non-contact manner with a mobile phone, a home appliance, a PC, or an NFC card, thereby enabling various electronic approval functions such as a traffic card function Can be performed.

NFC technology is expected to provide mobile service providers with a variety of services and convenience for users and provide a cost-generating market for mobile communication service providers, In fact, until now, only the technical possibilities and specs are present, but the business models and products that are actually in the market are in the early stage.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1297350 (Name of invention: memory tag capable of individual message identification and method for providing the same)

In everyday life, people convey a gift card with a gift when they convey gratitude, congratulations, and love. In addition, the person who gives the gift wishes that the person receiving the gift keeps the gift and the gift card for a long time, but the person who receives the gift actually gets the gift card due to the damage or loss of the gift card I gradually forget who I received the gift from when.

The conventional inconvenience and problems of daily life are expected to be solved by combining NFC technology and smartphone technology. However, it is possible to solve the inconvenience of using conventional gift cards by using NFC technology and smartphone, The technology to be provided has not yet been found.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a gift card having an NFC function that is transmitted together with a gift by storing the meaning of a gift and a message in the form of text, voice, or motion picture.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the present invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the claims, as well as the following description and the annexed drawings.

In order to solve the inconvenience and the problem of everyday life that the gift recipient gradually forgets to receive the gift from the person who receives the gift card due to the damage or loss of the gift card, And Smartphone, and implemented the Gift Card with NFC function that is transmitted with the gift by storing the meaning and message of the gift, the promotional article, the promotional article in the form of text, voice or moving picture.

In the present invention, an NFC tag is manufactured as a gift card and attached to a gift item, so that the meaning and message of a gift giving person can be reminded at any time.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication system according to the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile communication system for creating a message of a gift card according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile communication system for reading a message of a gift card according to the present invention.
5 is a view showing an example of use of a gift card according to the present invention.
6 illustrates a mobile terminal for displaying a message of a gift card in accordance with the present invention.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal system using an embedded NFC card,

A gift card in which an NFC tag is embedded, and a destination address of a dedicated server from the NFC tag when the proximity touch is performed with respect to the gift card, and accesses the dedicated server And the mobile terminal accesses the dedicated server to download various kinds of card contents, selects a card type according to a user's input, inputs a message content, And the contents of the input message are stored in the NFC tag.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a mobile terminal system using an embedded NFC card,

Executing a card service application when a proximity touch with a gift card is performed; loading a URL address of a dedicated server from an NFC tag of the gift card through the card service application and accessing a dedicated server; The method comprising: downloading various types of card contents from the dedicated server, selecting a type of card according to an input of a user, and inputting a message; if the capacity of the input message is less than a reference value, Storing information on a type of the selected card in an NFC tag when the capacity of the input message exceeds a reference value, storing information on a type of the selected card in the NFC tag, The contents of the message are stored in a dedicated server.

Preferably, the loading of the URL address from the NFC tag may include loading the information stored in the NFC tag when the rights key, the URL address, the information about the card type (ID), and the message content are stored in the NFC tag And downloading card content corresponding to the card type (ID) by accessing a dedicated server at the URL address through the card service application; and applying the message content to the downloaded card content, And outputting the output signal to the output terminal.

Preferably, the loading of the URL address from the NFC tag may include loading information stored in the NFC tag when information about an authority key, a URL address, and a card type (ID) is stored in the NFC tag, Accessing a dedicated server at the URL address through the card service application and transmitting the privilege key to a transmission server; receiving card content corresponding to the privilege key and information on a card type (ID) from a dedicated server; And downloading the contents of the message to the downloaded card content and outputting the message contents to the terminal screen.

An aspect of the present invention is to implement a gift card having an NFC function that is transmitted together with a gift by storing the meaning and message of a gift, a promotional article, and a promotional article in the form of text, voice, or moving picture.

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

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

1, the mobile communication system according to the present invention mainly includes a gift card 100, a mobile terminal 200, and a dedicated server 300.

In general, a gift card is a card to which various amounts of money are inserted, which means a card to be exchanged as a gift. However, the gift card 100 according to the present invention is a gift card (gift, (Or promotional material, promotional materials, etc.) with the meaning of the message (for example, voice, image, video, etc.). It can also carry messages with a variety of amounts, such as a general gift card (Gift Card).

As shown in FIG. 5, the gift card 100 according to the present invention is coated on the back surface of the card with an adhesive component such as a magnetic material or a sticker so as to be attachable to the surface of a gift (or a promotional article, , A circle, a square, a triangle, a star, a rod, and the like. 5 is a view showing an example of using a gift card according to the present invention.

The gift card 100 includes an antenna 120 for transmitting and receiving an RF signal of 13.56 MHz and an NFC tag 110. The gift card 100 is connected to the NFC tag 110 via a URL Uniform Resource Locator) address.

The dedicated server 300 provides various kinds of card contents for a gift card service. The card contents are designed to be applicable to gifts of different purposes (e.g., birthday, graduation, anniversary, return, etc.), and can input message contents such as text, voice, moving picture, and image.

The dedicated server 300 provides various kinds of card contents that can be provided to the user (or the mobile terminal 200) once the user (or the mobile terminal 200) inputs the rights key after connection. If the message content of the card created by the user exceeds the reference capacity, a memory area is allocated to the privilege key, and the message content of the created card is stored. The present invention can not store the contents of a message (content) requiring a storage space of a relatively large size (for example, a size exceeding the reference capacity) such as voice, image, moving picture or the like in the NFC tag 110 of the gift card 100 And stores it in the dedicated server 300 having a large storage space. The privilege key is provided to the user when the gift card 100 is purchased.

If the user (or the mobile terminal 200) connected to the dedicated server 300 inputs (transmits) information on the card type (ID) together with the rights key, the dedicated server 300 transmits the input Card content corresponding to the card type (ID) is downloaded to the terminal 200, and it is determined whether or not the memory area allocated to the right key exists. If there is a memory area allocated to the rights key, the content of the message (content) stored in the memory area is downloaded to the terminal 200. When the user who receives the gift with the gift card 100 wants to check the contents of the message stored in the gift card 100, the information about the privilege key and the card type (ID) of the gift card 100 together with the special server 300).

The mobile terminal 200 has an NFC function and loads the URL address stored in the NFC tag 110 when the gift card 100 is close to access the dedicated server 300 having the URL address.

2, the mobile terminal 200 includes an NFC antenna 210, an NFC modem 220, an NFC chipset 230, a UICC (Universal IC Card) 230, , A control unit 240, and a wireless communication module 250. [ 2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

When the proximity touch of the gift card 100 is sensed, the NFC modem 220 receives a URL address, information on the card type, and message content from the gift card 100, and performs data transmission application and hardware control .

The general-purpose IC card 230 temporarily stores the rights key input from the user.

The NFC antenna 210 transmits and collects an RF (high frequency) signal of 13.56 MHz.

When the proximity touch of the gift card 100 and the terminal 200 is performed, the controller 240 executes the card service application. Then, the NFC tag 110 of the gift card 100 loads the URL address and accesses the dedicated server 300 through the card service application. Also, it receives the authority key from the user and transmits it to the dedicated server 300.

Thereafter, when various kinds of card contents are downloaded from the dedicated server 300, the controller 240 selects a card type according to an input of a user and inputs a message. At this time, if the input message is less than the reference capacity (e.g., text), the rights key, information on the selected card type, and the contents of the input message are stored in the NFC tag 110. [

If the input message exceeds the reference capacity (e.g., voice, moving picture, image, etc.), information about the rights key and the type of the selected card is stored in the NFC tag 110, Is stored in the dedicated server 300 side.

If the NFC tag 110 detects information about the rights key, the URL address and the card type (ID) and the content of the message in the NFC tag 110 after the proximity touch with the gift card 100, And downloads card contents corresponding to the card type (ID). Then, the message content is applied to the card content and output to the terminal screen.

If the NFC tag 110 detects information about the rights key, the URL address, and the card type (ID) after the proximity touch with the gift card 100, Accesses the server 300 and transmits information on the rights key and the card type (ID). Then, from the dedicated server 300, the card contents and the message contents corresponding to the rights key and the card type (ID), respectively, are downloaded, and the card contents to which the message contents are applied are output to the terminal screen.

The function and operation of the control unit 240 can be implemented in software by the card service application, and the card service application in which the control unit 240 is implemented in software can be provided from an application source such as an Android market or an application store. The user downloads the control unit 240 implemented in the form of an app in advance and installs it in a smart communication device (e.g., the mobile terminal 200).

The wireless communication module 250 is for wireless Internet access and performs wireless communication with the dedicated server 300 under the control of the controller 240. [

When the proximity touch of the gift card 100 is detected, the mobile terminal 200 automatically executes the card service app (app 240). The user can access and log in the dedicated server 300 through the card service application 240, and display various card contents and storage information provided by the dedicated server 300 on the screen.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile communication system for providing a gift card service according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the mobile terminal 200 performs a proximity touch with the gift card 100, the mobile terminal 200 executes the card service application. (S100 to S110) and loads the URL address of the dedicated server 300 from the NFC tag 110 of the gift card 100 through the executed card service application. (S120), and receives the rights key from the user and accesses the private server 300 having the URL address. (S130) The mobile terminal 200 accesses the dedicated server 300 and transmits the input rights key. (S135)

When the rights key is transmitted after the mobile terminal 200 is connected, the dedicated server 300 performs a predetermined authentication process on the rights key and provides various types of card contents that can be served to the mobile terminal 200 Download). (S140)

When various card contents are provided from the dedicated server 300, the card service application of the mobile terminal 200 displays various kinds of cards on the terminal screen so that the user can select a desired card. (S150) and waits for the user's selection.

The user selects a desired one of the cards displayed on the terminal screen (for example, selects a card type (ID)), and writes the contents of the message in text, voice, image, moving picture or the like. (S160 to S170) The present invention stores the message content (e.g., text or voice, image, moving picture, etc.) created in this manner in the NFC tag 110 or the dedicated server 300. [ (S180 to S200)

When the contents of the message of the card created by the user exceeds the reference capacity, the mobile terminal 200 transmits the message to the dedicated server 300, the dedicated server 300 allocates a memory area to the authorized authority key, And stores the contents of the message in the allocated memory area. Message contents requiring a storage space of a comparatively large size (for example, a size exceeding the reference capacity) such as voice, image, moving picture and the like can not be stored in the NFC tag 110 of the gift card 100, And stored in the server 300. At the same time, information about the privilege key and the card type (ID) is stored in the NFC tag 110 of the gift card 100.

On the other hand, when the content of the created card message is equal to or less than the reference capacity, the mobile terminal 200 transmits the contents of the message to the NFC tag 110 of the gift card 100 together with the information about the rights key and the card type (ID) . Message contents that can be stored in a small space such as text will be stored in the NFC tag 110.

When the message of the gift card is created and stored, the user attaches the gift card to the gift and delivers it to the person to receive the gift such as a lover, a friend, a family member, an acquaintance.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile communication system for providing a gift card service according to the present invention, in which an embodiment for reading a message recorded on a gift card is described.

A user (e.g., a lover, a friend, a family member, an acquaintance, etc.) receiving the gift with the gift card can read the message recorded on the gift card using the mobile terminal as shown in FIG. When the user wants to read the message recorded on the gift card 100, the user touches the mobile terminal 200 to the gift card 100 in a close manner. 6 is a diagram illustrating a mobile terminal displaying a message of a gift card according to the present invention.

FC In the tag 110 Mejiji  If the content is saved

When the proximity touch between the gift card 100 and the mobile terminal 200 is performed (S210), the mobile terminal 200 first executes the card service application (S220) As shown, the information stored in the NFC tag 110 is loaded. (S230)

When the NFC tag 110 receives an authorization key, a URL address, information on a card type, and message content, the card service application accesses a dedicated server 300 having the URL address, And downloads the card content corresponding to the card. (S240 to S260) Then, the contents of the message are applied to the downloaded card contents and outputted to the terminal screen. (S270)

In the dedicated server 300 Mejiji  If the content is saved

If the message contents are stored in the dedicated server 300, the information loaded from the NFC tag 110 includes only the information about the authority key, the URL address, and the type of the card.

When the information about the privilege key, the URL address, and the card type is loaded from the NFC tag 110 (S230), the card service application accesses the exclusive server 300 having the URL address, (S240 to S250). Then, the contents of the card and the contents of the message corresponding to the information on the rights key and the card type (ID) are downloaded from the dedicated server 300. (S260) Then, the contents of the message are applied to the downloaded card contents and outputted to the terminal screen. (S270)

The user can look at the card message displayed on the terminal screen to memorize when the gift was received, from whom, and in what sense.

As described above, the control unit 240 according to the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer-readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage, and the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, May be constructed by selectively or in combination. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience of everyday life in which a person who receives a gift gradually forgets to whom the gift has been received from the person as the time elapsed due to the damage or loss of the gift card In order to solve the problem, we implemented gift card with NFC function which is delivered with gift by storing NFC technology and smartphone in the form of text, voice or moving picture, meaning and message of gift, promotional material, and promotional material.

In the present invention, an NFC tag is manufactured as a gift card and attached to a gift item, so that the meaning and message of a gift giving person can be reminded at any time.

100: Gift card 110: NFC tag
120: antenna 200: mobile terminal
210: NFC antenna 220: NFC modem (NFC chipset)
230: NFC SIM 240:
300: dedicated server

Claims (8)

A dedicated server 300 for providing card contents for a gift card service;
A gift card 100 attached to an article provided with a magnetic material or an adhesive component on the back side and provided as a gift, and incorporating an NFC tag 110;
And a mobile terminal (200) for loading a URL address of the dedicated server (300) from the NFC tag (110) and accessing the dedicated server when the proximity touch with the gift card is made,
The mobile terminal 200 accesses the dedicated server to download various kinds of card contents, selects a card type according to a user's input and inputs message contents such as text, voice, moving picture, and image, And a controller 240 for storing information on the selected card type and contents of the input message in the NFC tag,
Wherein the dedicated server (300) allocates a memory area to the rights key if the content of the input message exceeds the reference capacity, and stores the contents of the message. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal (200)
Wherein the information about the selected card type and the contents of the input message are stored in the NFC tag (110) when the content of the input message is equal to or less than the reference capacity. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal (200)
When the content of the input message exceeds the reference capacity, information on the type of the selected card is stored in the NFC tag (110), and the content of the input message is stored in the dedicated server (300) Mobile terminal system using built - in gift card. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal (200)
An NFC antenna 210 for transmitting and collecting a predetermined RF signal;
An NFC modem 220 that loads a URL address of the dedicated server 300 from the gift card when the proximity touch of the gift card is detected;
And a universal IC card (230) for temporarily storing an authority key input from a user. A step in which the control unit 240 executes a card service application when a proximity touch with a gift card to which a magnetic material or an adhesive component is applied to the back of the card and is attached to an object provided as a gift is performed;
The control unit 240 loads the URL address of the dedicated server 300 from the NFC tag 110 of the gift card through the card service application and accesses the dedicated server 300;
The control unit 240 receives the authority key from the user and transmits the same to the dedicated server, downloads various kinds of card contents from the dedicated server, selects the kind of card according to the input of the user, , Inputting message content such as an image;
When the capacity of the input message is less than a reference value, the controller 240 stores information on the selected card type and the contents of the input message in the NFC tag 110;
If the capacity of the input message exceeds the reference value, the controller 240 stores information on the type of the selected card in the NFC tag 110, and transmits the contents of the input message to the dedicated server 300 And storing the NFC-embedded card in a memory area allocated to the authorization key. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of loading the URL address from the NFC tag comprises:
Loading information stored in the NFC tag 110 when the rights key, the URL address, information on the card type (ID), and the contents of the message are stored in the NFC tag 110;
Accessing the private server 300 of the URL address through the card service application and downloading card contents corresponding to the card type (ID);
And applying the message contents to the downloaded card contents and outputting the message contents to the terminal screen. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of loading the URL address from the NFC tag comprises:
Loading information stored in the NFC tag 110 when information about an authority key, a URL address, and a card type (ID) is stored in the NFC tag 110;
Accessing the private server 300 of the URL address through the card service application and transmitting the rights key to the transmission server;
Downloading card contents and message contents corresponding to the rights key and information on a card type (ID) from the dedicated server 300;
And applying the message contents to the downloaded card contents and outputting the message contents to the terminal screen.

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