KR100924441B1 - System and method for preengaging service using radio frequency identification and portable terminal service system for registering user - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for reserving a service using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) and a portable terminal service system for registering a user of a reservation system are disclosed. In the reservation system using RFID, a receiving unit for receiving user information of the user and / or a serial number of the portable terminal from a portable terminal database and registering the reservation information using the user information and the serial number according to a reservation request of the user. It includes a reservation information register. In this case, the portable terminal may include an RFID tag, and the RFID tag may include a tag identifier associated with the serial number.

RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification), Reservation, RFID Tag, Handheld Terminal, RFID Reader

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREENGAGING SERVICE USING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SERVICE SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING USER}

1 is an example for explaining a method of reserving a service using RFID in the prior art.

2 is an example for explaining an outline of a reservation system according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a reservation system using RFID according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a portable terminal service system that registers a user of a reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a reservation method using RFID according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is an example for explaining a reservation method using RFID according to the present invention.

7 is an example for explaining a method of accessing a service reserved by a reservation method according to the present invention.

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202: portable terminal

204: portable terminal service system

207: portable terminal database

208: reservation system

209: service providing server

RFID is a technology for processing information of an object using a small semiconductor chip. A RFID is a non-contact recognition system that transmits and processes information of an object and surrounding environment information at a radio frequency by attaching a small chip to various items. RFID, which consists of an RFID reader with a read / decode function and an RF tag with unique information, operating software, and a network, RFID processes information by identifying a thin flat tag attached to an object.

Such RFID does not have to be in direct contact or scanning in the visible band as a bar code. Because of these advantages, it is evaluated as a technology to replace the bar code, and the scope of application is expanding. Low frequency identification systems (30 kHz to 500 kHz) are used at short distances of less than 1.8 m, while high frequency systems (850 MHz to 950 MHz or 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz) are capable of transmission over long distances of more than 27 m. In other words, RFID is a system that processes the data by recognizing the information of the RF tag within a few meters by connecting the antenna to the RFID reader.

In the prior art, a reservation system and method using RFID are used where reservation of a service is required, such as a hotel, an amusement park, or a performance. Such a prior art reservation system and method using RFID must have a user with a portable terminal including an RFID reader or have a separate RFID tag. In addition, since a user must have different RFID tag information in order to use different services, a process of rewriting the RFID tag is required or a plurality of completely different RFID tags must be used.

1 is an example for explaining a method of reserving a service using RFID in the prior art. That is, the user 101 performs a process of identification and reservation registration with the reservation information server 102, and the reservation information server 102 registers the RFID tag 103 and issues it to the user 101. Thereafter, the user 101 recognizes the RFID tag 103 through the RFID reader of the service provider 104, and the service provider 104 recognizes the tag identifier or the tag information of the RFID tag 103 recognized through the RFID reader. It can be confirmed that the user 101 is a legitimate reservation.

However, in the related art, a user may experience inconvenience in that a new RFID tag is used every time a service is changed or a process of storing tag information received from a server into an existing RFID tag using an RFID reader, There is also a cost disadvantage that the user must have an RFID reader for tag recording. In addition, since the user must keep the RFID tag while receiving the service, there is a fear of loss or damage of the RFID tag, and if the tag information for the new service is repeatedly stored in the existing RFID tag, the life of the RFID tag is repeated. This shortening problem occurs.

In addition, if the user information and the tag information is modified in the server and the database every use of the service, there is a problem that the integrity of the data is broken due to frequent modifications, thereby causing errors in the server and the database.

The present invention provides an RFID tag including a tag identifier associated with a serial number of a portable terminal in a portable terminal, and stores and maintains the user information associated with the user and the serial number in association with each other when registering a user. The present invention provides a reservation system and a method in which the user can freely use the service even with the possession of the portable terminal by reserving the service.

The present invention provides a reservation system and method that can be drastically reduced in data modification and write operations to the RFID tag through an RFID tag pre-installed in the portable terminal and including a tag identifier identical to the serial number of the portable terminal. to provide.

The present invention provides a reservation system and method that can minimize the time and cost burden of users and service providers and improve efficiency by performing reservation for a plurality of services through a single RFID tag without writing tag information. .

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a reservation system using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) includes a reception unit for receiving a serial number of a portable terminal according to a reservation request from a user and a reservation information registration unit for registering reservation information using the serial number. It includes. In this case, the portable terminal may include an RFID tag, and the RFID tag may include a tag identifier associated with the serial number. In addition, the tag identifier may be included in the RFID tag in the same manner as the serial number when the portable terminal is generated.

According to an aspect of the invention, the reservation information registration unit may include a serial number transmission unit for transmitting the serial number to the service providing server associated with the reservation request, the service providing server is a tag recognized from the RFID tag It may be a system for confirming whether or not the user reservation by comparing the identifier and the serial number.

According to an aspect of the invention, the receiving unit may receive the user information from the portable terminal service system, the reservation information registration unit, the portable terminal service system using the user information to pay for the reservation request; It may include a request payment processing unit. In this case, the portable terminal service system may be a system for acquiring and storing the user information and the serial number in association with the user's registration request.

In a portable terminal service system for registering a user of a reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user terminal and a serial number of a portable terminal are stored in association with each other, and the user information and the serial number according to a user's registration request. And a user registration unit for obtaining a number and storing the number in the portable terminal database. In addition, the information transmission unit for transmitting the user information or serial number of the user in accordance with the information request of the reservation system may further include a payment processing unit for performing the payment of the corresponding user in accordance with the payment request of the reservation system. .

The service providing server using RFID according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a serial number of a portable terminal associated with a user from a reservation system that registers reservation information of the user according to a user's request, and includes the RFID included in the portable terminal. It is characterized by checking whether the user is reserved by comparing the tag identifier recognized from the tag and the serial number.

In the present specification, the term "portable terminal" refers to a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) phone, a PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) phone, a CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) phone, a WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone Communication such as Dual Band / Dual Mode phone, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) phone, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) phone, Smart phone, mobile phone, etc. Handheld devices that may include features, personal digital assistants (PDAs), hand-held PCs, notebook computers, laptop computers, WiBro terminals, MP3 players, MD players, etc., and international roaming A portable electric and electronic device, which means all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices, including an IMT-2000 terminal that provides a roaming service and an extended mobile communication service. Division Multiplexin g certain wireless communication devices equipped with GPS chips to enable location tracking via modules, Bluetooth modules, infrared data associations, wired and wireless LAN cards, and global positioning systems (GPS). A communication module may be provided, and a microprocessor capable of performing a multimedia playback function may be incorporated to interpret a concept of a terminal that may perform a predetermined operation.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is an example for explaining an outline of a reservation system according to the present invention.

The manufacturer 201 of the portable terminal assigns a serial number corresponding to each portable terminal when producing the portable terminal. At this time, the manufacturer 201 assigns each portable terminal an RFID tag including the same tag identifier as each serial number. That is, any portable terminal 202 may be attached or embedded with an RFID tag that includes the same tag identifier as the serial number of the portable terminal 202.

The user 203 who purchased the portable terminal 202 can register the user with the portable terminal service system 204, and the portable terminal service system 204 receives the user information from the user 203 (205). The user 203 can be registered by receiving 206 a serial number of the portable terminal 202 from the manufacturer 201 and storing the serial number of the portable terminal 202 in association with each other in the portable terminal database 207. At this time, the serial number may be obtained through the portable terminal 202, not through the manufacturer 201.

When the user 203 requests a reservation by accessing the reservation system 208 through a wired or wireless network to reserve a service desired by the user, the reservation system 208 is first portable through the portable terminal service system 204. The user information of the user 203 stored in the terminal database 207 and / or the serial number of the portable terminal 202 are received.

Thereafter, the reservation system 208 transmits and registers the reservation information including the serial number to the service providing server 209 (210), and confirms that the reservation for the service is completed by the user 203. The service providing server 209 may maintain and manage the serial number list including the serial number, thereby allowing the user 203 to freely use the service for the reserved time at the place 211 designated by the service provider. . That is, the user 203 only needs to carry his portable terminal 202, and the RFID system constructed by the service provider recognizes tag information of the RFID tag included in the portable terminal 202 and thus the user 203. You can see that is a legitimate user.

In addition, the reservation system 208 may request a payment for the service from the portable terminal service system 204 using the user information, and may confirm this.

The reservation system and method for processing the reservation request of the user using RFID and the portable terminal service system for registering the user will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a reservation system using RFID according to an embodiment of the present invention. That is, FIG. 3 shows an example of the internal configuration of the reservation system 208 described in FIG. In this case, the reservation system 208 may include a receiver 310 and a reservation information register 320.

The receiving unit 310 receives the user information of the user and / or the serial number of the portable terminal from the portable terminal database 207 according to the reservation request of the user. In this case, the portable terminal may include an RFID tag, and the RFID tag may include a tag identifier associated with the serial number. In addition, the tag identifier may be included in the RFID tag in the same manner as the serial number when the portable terminal is generated. That is, when the manufacturer assigns a serial number of the portable terminal, the portable terminal may include or attach an RFID tag including the same tag identifier as the serial number to the portable terminal.

Here, the portable terminal database 207 may be included in the portable terminal service system 204 of the service provider for the portable terminal, and the portable terminal service system 204 may be configured to provide the user information and the serial according to the user's registration request. The numbers may be obtained and associated with each other and stored in the portable terminal database 207. In other words, the portable terminal service system 204 extracts the user information of the user and / or the serial number of the portable terminal of the user from the portable terminal database 207 at the request of the reservation system 208 to reserve the system 208. ), And the receiver 310 may receive the user information and / or the serial number. The reservation information registration unit 320 registers reservation information by using the user information and / or the serial number. In this case, the reservation information registration unit 320 may check the service to be reserved by the user and transmit the serial number or the serial number and the user information to the service providing server 209 providing the service. In addition, the reservation information registration unit 320 may process payment for the use of the service or payment for the reservation. To this end, the reservation information registration unit 320 may include a serial number transmission unit 321 and the payment processing unit 322.

The serial number transmitter 321 transmits the serial number to the service providing server 209 associated with the reservation request. In this case, the service providing server 209 may check the reservation of the user by comparing the serial number and the tag identifier recognized from the RFID tag included in the portable terminal using the RFID reader. That is, when the serial number transmitting unit 321 transmits the serial number to the service providing server 209, the service providing server 209 maintains a serial number list including the serial number, and the user selects the portable terminal. When attempting to access a service through an RFID tag, the tag identifier of the RFID tag is recognized and compared with the serial number, thereby confirming that the user is a legitimate user, and allowing the user to access the service.

The payment processing unit 322 requests the payment for the reservation request using the user information to the portable terminal service system 204 and confirms the result of the payment. In this case, as described above, the portable terminal service system 204 includes user information about the user in the portable terminal database 207 and the portable terminal based on the user information for the payment request of the payment processing unit 322. The payment may be performed through a method such as adding a fee for the payment to the service fee for 204 and the like, and may inform the payment processing unit 322 that the payment is completed.

In the above embodiment, the terminal serial number obtained by the reservation system 208 is mainly provided to the service providing server 209 to be used for allowing the user to access the service, while the user information is mainly used for payment. Thus, only one of these information may alternatively be acquired, depending on the function performed by the reservation system 208. In addition, the information does not have to be obtained from the portable terminal service system 204, and some or all may be obtained by the user's reservation request. In this case, the information provided by the portable terminal service system 204 will be limited to the information not provided in the reservation request.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a portable terminal service system that registers a user of a reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. That is, FIG. 4 shows an example of an internal configuration of the portable terminal service system 204 described in FIG. Here, the portable terminal service system 204 may include the portable terminal database 207 described above with reference to FIG. 2, the user register 410, the information transmitter 420, and the payment processor 430.

As described above, the portable terminal database 207 stores user information and a serial number of the portable terminal in association with each other. That is, the user information may include information associated with the user 203, such as the name, social security number, address, or telephone number of the user 203, the serial number is the portable terminal that is given when the portable terminal is generated It may include the identifier of. Here, the portable terminal may include an RFID tag, and the RFID tag may include a tag identifier associated with the serial number. In addition, the tag identifier may be included in the RFID tag in the same manner as the serial number when the portable terminal is generated.

The user registration unit 410 obtains the user information and the serial number according to a registration request of the user 203 and stores the user information and the serial number in the portable terminal database 207. At this time, the user registration unit 410 is a serial number for receiving the serial number from the server of the user information receiving unit 411, the manufacturer 201 associated with the portable terminal to receive the user information from the user in response to the user registration request The receiver 412 may include a storage unit 413 which stores the user information and the serial number in association with each other in the portable terminal database 207. At this time, the serial number receiving unit 412 may receive the serial number confirmed and input through the portable terminal.

The information transmitter 420 transmits the user information and / or the serial number of the corresponding user 203 according to the information request of the reservation system 208. That is, the information transmitter 420 may extract the user information and / or serial number of the user 203 requesting the information from the portable terminal database 207 and transmit the extracted user information to the reservation system 208. .

In this case, the reservation system 208 may transmit the user information and / or the serial number to the server of the service provider that the user 203 wants to reserve, and the user 203 may establish an RFID system built by the service provider of the service. Through the tag identifier included in the RFID tag of the portable terminal it is possible to use the service.

The payment processor 430 performs payment of the corresponding user 203 according to the payment request of the reservation system 208. That is, the portable terminal service system 204 may use the service or make a payment for the reservation through the user information or payment information such as an account number or a credit card number input at the time of user registration.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a reservation method using RFID according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S501, the reservation system for reserving a service using RFID receives a serial number of the portable terminal associated with the user from the portable terminal database according to the reservation request received from the user. However, in another embodiment, the serial number may be received from the reservation request.

In this case, the portable terminal may include or attach an RFID tag including a tag identifier associated with the serial number, and the tag identifier may be included in the RFID tag by being assigned the same as the serial number when the portable terminal is generated. have.

In addition, a user who purchases the portable terminal may register a reservation in a portable terminal service system including the portable terminal database, and input user information into the portable terminal service system. The portable terminal service system may store the user information and the serial number of the portable terminal in association with each other, and transmit user information and / or serial number of the corresponding user to the reservation system according to a request of the reservation system. have.

That is, in step S501, the reservation system may receive the user information and / or serial number of the user in order to reserve the service corresponding to the reservation request of the user.

In step S502, the reservation system transmits the serial number to a service providing server of a service associated with the reservation request. That is, the reservation system may transmit the serial number received from the portable terminal service system to the service providing server. In this case, the service providing server may check the reservation of the user by comparing the serial number and the tag identifier recognized by the RFID reader from the RFID tag included in the portable terminal.

In step S503, the reservation system requests payment for the reservation request using the user information to the portable terminal service system and confirms the result of the payment. The reservation system may request the portable terminal service system for payment of the fee for the service for which the reservation is completed or for the reservation of the service, and confirm this.

6 is an example for explaining a reservation method using RFID according to the present invention.

In step S601, the user attempts to make a reservation to the reservation system through a wired or wireless network. In step S602, the reservation system determines whether payment of the user is possible through the portable terminal service system, and if possible, performs step S603, and if not, performs step S607.

The reservation system requests the user information and / or serial number of the user from the portable terminal service system in step S603, and confirms the user based on the user information received in step S604. In this case, when the user is a legitimate user, the reservation system may transmit the user and / or the serial number to a service providing server providing a service that the user wants to reserve through step S605.

The service providing server may provide the user with the reserved service on the reserved date using the RFID system through step S606. The serial number information maintained in the providing server may be discarded after a predetermined service use period has elapsed. In this case, step S607 may be a step of initializing the reservation attempt of the user when the reservation failure of the user, that is, payment is impossible or the user is not confirmed.

7 is an example for explaining a method of accessing a service reserved by a reservation method according to the present invention.

In step S701, the user attempts to access the service provider's RFID system to receive the reserved service. In this case, the user may attempt the access by recognizing the tag identifier of the RFID tag included in the portable terminal through the RFID system.

In operation S702, the service providing server of the service provider may compare the tag identifier recognized through the RFID system with the serial number of the portable terminal received through the reservation system.

That is, step S703 may be performed when the same serial number as the tag identifier exists, and step S705 may be performed when the same serial number does not exist. In this case, the service providing server may transmit the serial number to the RFID system, and the RFID system may perform a comparison between the tag identifier and the serial number.

The service providing server may check the service allowed to the user through step S703 and allow the user access through step S704. If the same serial number does not exist in the above, controlling the access of the user (S705) may be performed.

As described above, according to the present invention, an RFID tag including a tag identifier associated with a serial number of the portable terminal is mounted on the portable terminal, and user information associated with the user and the serial number when the user is registered. By storing and maintaining the data in association with each other, the user can freely use the service even with the possession of the portable terminal by reserving the service through the serial number.

In addition, it is possible to drastically reduce data modification and write operations to the RFID tag through the RFID tag, which is pre-installed in the portable terminal and includes a tag identifier identical to the serial number of the portable terminal. By making reservations for multiple services without a task through one RFID tag, it is possible to minimize the time and cost burden for users and service providers and improve efficiency. It is also not necessary for the user or terminal to have an RFID reader for tag recording.

Embodiments according to the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means can be recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In the present invention as described above has been described by the specific embodiments, such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but this is provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from these descriptions.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and all the things that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims as well as the following claims will belong to the scope of the present invention. .

According to the present invention, an RFID tag including a tag identifier associated with a serial number of a portable terminal is mounted on the portable terminal, and the user information associated with the user and the serial number are stored and maintained in association with each other when the user registers the serial. By reserving the service through the number, the user can freely use the service even with the possession of the portable terminal.

According to the present invention, modification of data and writing to the RFID tag can be drastically reduced through the RFID tag, which is pre-installed in the portable terminal and includes the same tag identifier as the serial number of the portable terminal.

According to the present invention, a reservation for a plurality of services can be performed through one RFID tag without writing tag information, thereby minimizing time and cost burdens of users and service providers and improving efficiency.

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In a reservation system using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification), Receiving unit for receiving the serial number of the portable terminal according to the reservation request of the user; And A reservation information registration unit for registering reservation information using the serial number, The portable terminal includes an RFID tag, The RFID tag includes a tag identifier associated with the serial number, The tag identifier is included in the RFID tag by being identical to the serial number when the portable terminal is generated. The serial number is stored in the portable terminal database of the portable terminal service system through the manufacturer or the portable terminal at the time of registration of the user, The receiving unit, And the serial number is received through the portable terminal service system. delete The method of claim 1, The reservation information registration unit, Serial number transmission unit for transmitting the serial number to the service providing server associated with the reservation request Reservation system comprising a. The method of claim 3, The service providing server is a reservation system, characterized in that for confirming the reservation of the user by comparing the tag identifier and the serial number recognized from the RFID tag. The method of claim 1, The receiving unit further receives the user information of the user from the portable terminal service system, The reservation information registration unit, Payment processing unit for requesting payment for the reservation request using the user information to the portable terminal service system Reservation system comprising a. The method of claim 5, The portable terminal service system acquires the user information and the serial number according to the user's registration request and stores them in association with each other. In the portable terminal service system for registering a user of the reservation system, A portable terminal database in which user information and a serial number of the portable terminal are stored in association with each other; And A user registration unit for acquiring the user information and the serial number according to a user's registration request and storing the user information and the serial number in the portable terminal database; The portable terminal includes an RFID tag, The RFID tag includes a tag identifier associated with the serial number, The tag identifier is the same as the serial number when the portable terminal is generated, the mobile terminal service system, characterized in that included in the RFID tag. The method of claim 7, wherein Information transmission unit for transmitting the user information or serial number of the corresponding user in accordance with the information request of the reservation system Portable terminal service system further comprising. The method of claim 7, wherein Payment processing unit for performing the payment of the user in accordance with the payment request of the reservation system Portable terminal service system further comprising. In the service providing server using RFID, Receiving a serial number of a portable terminal associated with the user from a reservation system that registers the user's reservation information at the request of the user, Check whether the user is reserved by comparing the serial number with a tag identifier recognized from the RFID tag included in the portable terminal, The tag identifier is the same as the serial number when the portable terminal is generated, the service providing server, characterized in that included in the RFID tag. delete In the reservation method using RFID, Receiving a serial number of a portable terminal associated with the user according to a reservation request received from the user; And Transmitting the serial number to a service providing server of a service associated with the reservation request, The portable terminal includes an RFID tag, The RFID tag includes a tag identifier associated with the serial number, The tag identifier is included in the RFID tag by being identical to the serial number when the portable terminal is generated. The serial number is stored in the portable terminal database of the portable terminal service system through the manufacturer or the portable terminal at the time of registration of the user, Receiving the serial number of the portable terminal, And the serial number is received through the portable terminal service system. delete The method of claim 12, And the service providing server checks whether the user is reserved by comparing the tag identifier recognized from the RFID tag with the serial number. The method of claim 12, Receiving the serial number of the portable terminal, Receiving user information of the user from the portable terminal service system, Requesting payment for the reservation request by using the user information to the portable terminal service system; The booking method further comprising. The method of claim 15, And the portable terminal service system acquires the user information and the serial number in association with the user's registration request and stores them in association with each other. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 12 or 14 to 16 is recorded.

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