KR101068317B1

KR101068317B1 - Apparatus for Providing Information Based On Frequency And Method Thereof

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Publication number: KR101068317B1
Application number: KR1020050012084A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 손상목; 이상우; 이중윤; 채상호
Original assignee: 에스케이 텔레콤주식회사
Priority date: 2005-02-14
Filing date: 2005-02-14
Publication date: 2011-09-30
Also published as: KR20060091193A

Abstract

By attaching ultrasonic transmission means for each product displayed in a specific place such as a department store or a shopping mall to radiate a unique frequency for each product, the subscriber's mobile communication terminal receives the frequency according to the ultrasonic wave and transmits it to a predetermined server of a service provider. Thereafter, an information providing system and a method using a frequency for providing detailed information for each product through a mobile communication terminal to a subscriber are disclosed. In the method for providing product information and ordering service from the information providing server to the mobile communication terminal, A-1) receives a unique ultrasonic frequency radiated from a specific product from the ultrasonic receiving means of the mobile communication terminal, the subscriber Notifying to; A-2) generating, by the mobile communication terminal, a representative code corresponding to an ultrasonic frequency corresponding to the specific product and transmitting the representative code to the information providing server; A-3) receiving, by the information providing server, a representative code corresponding to the specific product and retrieving detailed information corresponding to the specific product from product information recorded in its database; A-4) when the mobile communication terminal is in a specific building, transmitting detailed information of the searched specific product and a proposal service providing proposal message to the mobile communication terminal; And A-5) receiving a response message to the proposal message, and providing the detailed information and the order service of the specific product to the mobile communication terminal by the information providing server.

Ultrasonic transmitter

Description

Apparatus for Providing Information Based On Frequency And Method Thereof}

The following drawings, which are attached in this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention, serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information providing system using a frequency according to the present invention.

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of an information providing system using a frequency according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method using a frequency according to the present invention.

100: mobile communication terminal 200: information providing server

210: message transmission and reception unit 220: product information and order service selection unit

230: subscriber information management unit 300: merchandise display rack

300A ~ 300N: Product

The present invention relates to an information providing system using a frequency and a method thereof, and more particularly, by attaching ultrasonic transmitting means for each product displayed in a specific place such as a department store or a shopping mall to radiate a unique frequency for each product, and the ultrasonic wave The present invention relates to an information providing system using a frequency and a method for providing a detailed product-specific information to a subscriber through a mobile communication terminal after receiving and transmitting the frequency according to the subscriber's mobile communication terminal to a predetermined server of the service provider.

Recently, in a method of displaying recognizable information such as letters, numbers, and symbols, information such as letters, numbers, and symbols is often displayed as a code image in consideration of security of the information or display space. For example, information such as letters, numbers, symbols, etc. are displayed in a bar code, a color code, or the like. Therefore, bar codes and color codes are attached to each product.

Among these two, color codes are generally more commercialized, and the color codes refer to codes or code systems that express information such as letters, numbers, and symbols in color. The color code has an array pattern of cells with various colors and can be displayed on business cards, credit cards, etc., and can easily display contents on the Internet using WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and business card information management. It can be used in a wide range, such as access.

However, when a predetermined code recognition apparatus recognizes a color code, the color code image must be extracted from the entire image including the color code, and thus, images that are not necessary except for the color code image must be analyzed. There is an unnecessary waste of time. In addition, since it takes a long time to calculate the color code, it is difficult to implement the color code recognition method in the code recognition devices having a slow operation speed among the existing code recognition devices.

In addition, although a camera attached to a mobile communication terminal takes the color code and transmits the color code to a predetermined server of a service provider, the color code related information is downloaded from the predetermined server, but the camera has to be focused. . Therefore, various methods other than providing information using color codes have been studied.

Therefore, to solve the above problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to attach the ultrasonic transmission means for each product displayed in a specific place, such as a department store or shopping mall to radiate a unique frequency for each product, The present invention provides a system and method for providing an information using a frequency in which a subscriber's mobile terminal receives a frequency transmitted by a subscriber to a predetermined server of a service provider and then provides the subscriber with detailed information for each product through the mobile terminal. .

An information providing system using a frequency according to the present invention includes: a) a mobile communication terminal which receives an ultrasonic frequency emitted by a specific product for a specific building and generates a corresponding code corresponding thereto; And b) a message transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting a product information and an order service providing proposal message to the mobile communication terminal, and if the message transmitting / receiving unit receives product information and a response message according to the offer message from the mobile communication terminal, the registered product information. And an information providing server comprising product information and order service selection unit for selecting detailed product information and order service through order information.

In the information providing method using the frequency according to the present invention, in the method for providing product information and order services from the information providing server to the mobile communication terminal, A-1) the unique ultrasonic frequency emitted from a specific product of the mobile communication terminal Receiving the input from the ultrasonic receiving means and notifying the subscriber; A-2) generating, by the mobile communication terminal, a representative code corresponding to an ultrasonic frequency corresponding to the specific product and transmitting the representative code to the information providing server; A-3) receiving, by the information providing server, a representative code corresponding to the specific product and retrieving detailed information corresponding to the specific product from product information recorded in its database; A-4) when the mobile communication terminal is in a specific building, transmitting detailed information of the searched specific product and a proposal service providing proposal message to the mobile communication terminal; And A-5) receiving a response message to the proposal message, wherein the information providing server provides detailed information of the specific product and an order service to the mobile communication terminal.

It should be noted that in adding the reference numerals to the components of the accompanying drawings, the same components have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, many specific details are set forth in the following description and in the accompanying drawings, in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In addition, detailed description of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3 as follows.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information providing system using frequency according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of an information providing system using frequency according to the present invention.

1 and 2, the system includes a mobile communication terminal 100, an information providing server 200, a message transmitting and receiving unit 210, a product information and order service selection unit 220, and a subscriber information management unit ( 230, the merchandise display rack 300, the merchandise 300A to 300N, and the information transmission server 400.

The mobile communication terminal 100 is a wireless terminal of a mobile communication company (for example, PDA, PCS, IMT-2000, etc.), the output method of information provided to the mobile communication terminal 100 is the depth of the display window (depth: WAP capacity) In order to reduce the range), the retrieved information is output at once.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal 100 includes a GPS chip or a location measurement algorithm, and the subscriber of the mobile communication terminal 100 enters a building, and the mobile communication terminal 100 communicates through a mobile communication network. At this time, by detecting a unique ultrasonic frequency for each product emitted from the ultrasonic transmitting means attached to each of the products (300A ~ 300N) through the built-in ultrasonic receiving means (not shown) and obtains a representative code for each product according to the corresponding frequency . For example, the ultrasonic transmission means may be implemented by using a commercially available Hyper Sonic Sound device of American Technology Corporations (ATC), which uses an ultrasonic frequency that is not recognized by humans, and transmits a voice to a specific distance. Because it can only radiate to a point, it is hardly affected by ambient noise.

The ultrasonic transmitting means includes an oscillator oscillating a frequency above an audible frequency, a signal generator for modulating an electric signal according to the oscillated frequency, and outputting an ultrasonic driving signal, a voltage amplifier for amplifying a driving signal voltage of the signal generator, and the amplified signal. Ultrasonic transmitter converts the driving signal into ultrasonic waves and transmits the ultrasonic waves.

This is not shown in the drawings because it is already well known to those skilled in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

However, unlike the commercially available RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) method using only a fixed frequency radiated from a small chip attached to a product, the ultrasonic transmission means applied to the present invention, by mixing two or more different frequencies It converts into an inaudible frequency band and uses the nonlinear nature of the air to emit inaudible sound that can be transmitted over long distances with a specific directivity in space.

The information providing server 200 includes a database storing detailed information for each product, and receives a representative code according to a unique ultrasonic frequency for each product detected by the mobile communication terminal 100 to provide various services according to the information. That is, the service includes product description, color, size, package type, product type, distribution company, similar product, price information, coupon information provided by a store, discount information, and the like for specific products. Accordingly, the information providing server 200 may provide an order agency service by receiving an order for a specific product from a subscriber and delivering the order to a branch server.

The information providing server 200 includes a message transmitting and receiving unit 210, product information and order service selection unit 220 and subscriber information management unit 230.

The message transmitting and receiving unit 210 receives the representative code according to the frequency from the mobile communication terminal 100, and transmits the proposal message according to the detailed information of the specific product and the order service to the mobile communication terminal 100 .

For example, when the building is a shopping mall, the detailed information and an order service offer message inform the subscriber that the subscriber is in the shopping mall, and instruct the user to press a call button when the user wants detailed information on a specific product that emits ultrasonic frequencies. As such, the subscriber can provide information and order services only to the specific product.

The product information and order service selection unit 220 receives the request message corresponding to the detailed information and the order service providing proposal message from the mobile communication terminal 100, the pre-registered product The product information service and the order service for the specific product are selected through the information and the order information.

In addition, the advertisement and order service selection unit 220 searches for subscriber information pre-registered in the information providing server 200 and selects product information and order service according to the subscriber information.

For example, when the subscriber is a woman in her mid 20s and is located at the vegetable corner of the shopping mall, and the mobile communication terminal 100 receives ultrasonic waves radiated from the ultrasonic transmitting means attached to the showcase of a specific vegetable, the product information. And order service selection unit 220 generates product information and order service information by selecting product information and order service corresponding to the specific vegetable.

The subscriber information manager 230 manages the subscriber information of the product information and the order service, and provides the reference information for selecting the appropriate product information and the order service by the product information and the order service selector 220. do. In this case, the subscriber information includes the sex, age, occupation, hobbies, interests of the subscriber and specification information of the mobile communication terminal.

The information transmission server 420 receives detailed information for each product generated by the information providing server 200, and forms a short message or a voice message to the mobile communication terminal 100 through a mobile communication network using SMS or ARS. To provide.

Then, in the following, the subscriber enters a specific shopping mall, the subscriber mobile communication terminal 100 receives the unique ultrasonic frequency from the ultrasonic transmission means attached to the specific product display rack, and then provides the product information and order service accordingly The method will be described.

First, the information providing server 200 receives and stores detailed information and order information for each product of a shopping mall to provide product information and order service (S301).

Subsequently, the mobile communication terminal 100 detects an ultrasonic frequency of a specific product emitted from the ultrasonic transmitting means attached to each product 300A to 300N through an ultrasonic receiving means (not shown), and then registers the ultrasonic frequency. Notify (S302). The notification method may be performed through the screen of the terminal together with the melody and vibration.

On the other hand, in the above embodiment, only the case where the ultrasonic receiving means of the mobile communication terminal 100 receives the ultrasonic frequency by the ultrasonic transmitting means, the subscriber, the detailed information and order information for a specific product In order to receive the information, the ultrasonic receiving means of the mobile communication terminal 100 may be directed to the specific product to receive the detailed information and the order information of the product selectively.

The mobile communication terminal 100 generates a representative code according to the ultrasonic frequency of the specific product and transmits it to the information providing server 200 (S303).

Thereafter, the information providing server 200 receives a representative code corresponding to the specific product and searches for detailed information corresponding to the specific product in the product information recorded in its database (S304). In this case, the product information includes a product description, color, size, packaging type, product type, distribution company, similar products, price information, coupon information provided by a branch, discount information, and the like.

Thereafter, the information providing server 200 transmits the searched product information and order service provision proposal message to the mobile communication terminal 100 (S305).

Thereafter, the information providing server 200 confirms whether a response message corresponding to the message, that is, a response message of the subscriber, is received from the mobile communication terminal 100 (S306).

As a result of checking in step S307, when the response message is received from the mobile communication terminal 100, the information providing server 200 provides product information and order service corresponding to the specific product to the mobile communication terminal 100. Provided in step (S307). At this time, the information providing server 200 transmits the service information to the information transmission server 200, the information transmission server 420 to provide the service to the mobile communication terminal 100 in the form of SMS or ARS. do.

Although the present invention has been described as a specific preferred embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Anyone with a variety of variations will be possible.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by attaching an ultrasonic transmission means for each product displayed in a specific place, such as a department store or a shopping mall to radiate a unique frequency for each product, the mobile communication terminal of the subscriber receives the frequency according to the service After transmitting to a predetermined server of the provider, by providing the detailed information and order services for each product through the mobile terminal to the subscriber, unnecessary focusing operation by the Carrera attached to the mobile terminal is not necessary, and can be free from ambient noise. have.

Claims

In the method for providing product information and order services from the information providing server to the mobile communication terminal,

A-1) receiving a unique ultrasonic frequency emitted from a specific product from the ultrasonic receiving means of the mobile communication terminal, and notifying the subscriber of this;

A-2) generating, by the mobile communication terminal, a representative code corresponding to an ultrasonic frequency corresponding to the specific product and transmitting the representative code to the information providing server;

A-3) receiving, by the information providing server, a representative code corresponding to the specific product and retrieving detailed information corresponding to the specific product from product information recorded in its database;

A-4) when the mobile communication terminal is in a specific building, transmitting detailed information of the searched specific product and a proposal service providing proposal message to the mobile communication terminal; And

A-5) receiving the response message to the proposal message, the information providing server using the frequency, characterized in that it comprises the step of providing the detailed information and order service of the specific product to the mobile communication terminal; .

The method of claim 1, wherein the method is

The information providing server, the information providing method using the frequency, characterized in that further comprising the step of receiving and storing the detailed information and order information for each product.

The method of claim 2, wherein the detailed information for each product is

Information description method using the frequency, characterized in that the product description, color, size, packaging type, product type, distribution company, similar products, price information, coupon information provided by the branch, discount information.

The method of claim 1, wherein the step A-5)

A-5-1) identifying the product information and the subscriber information of the order service;

A-5-2) selecting product information and order service to be provided to the mobile terminal through the subscriber information; And

A-5-3) The information providing method using the frequency comprising the step of providing the selected product information and order service to the mobile communication terminal.

The method of claim 4, wherein the subscriber information,

Method of providing information using a frequency, characterized in that it comprises the sex, age, occupation, hobbies, interests of the subscriber and specification information of the mobile communication terminal.

The method of claim 1, wherein the step A-2)

And the information providing server receives product information and order service activation message from the mobile communication terminal.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the specific building,

Information providing method using the frequency, characterized in that the shopping mall.

The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the product information and order service,

Information providing method using a frequency, characterized in that provided by SMS or ARS.

A-4) when the mobile communication terminal is in a specific building, transmitting detailed information of the searched specific product and a proposal service providing proposal message to the mobile communication terminal;

A-5) confirming receipt of a response message to the suggestion message; And

A-6) When the response message is received from the mobile communication terminal as a result of the checking in step A-5, the information providing server sends the product information and the order service corresponding to the specific product to the mobile communication terminal. Information providing method using a frequency comprising the step of providing.

The method of claim 9, wherein the notification method of the step A-1),

Information providing method using the frequency, characterized in that can be made through the screen of the terminal with melody, vibration.

The method of claim 9, wherein the method is

And receiving and storing, by the information provision server, detailed information and order information for each product.

The method of claim 11, wherein the detailed information for each product,

Product description, color, size, packaging type, product type, distribution company, similar products, price information, coupon information provided by the branch, discount information providing method using any one of the information.

The method of claim 9, wherein step A-6)

A-6-1) identifying the product information and the subscriber information of the order service;

A-6-2) selecting product information and order service to be provided to the mobile terminal through the subscriber information; And

A-6-3) providing the selected product information and order service to the mobile communication terminal.

The method of claim 13, wherein the subscriber information,

The method of claim 9, wherein the step A-2)

The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein the specific building,

The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein the product information and order service,

a) a mobile communication terminal which receives an ultrasonic frequency emitted by a specific product for a specific building and generates a representative code corresponding thereto; And

b) a message transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting a product information and an order service providing proposal message to the mobile communication terminal; when the message transmitting and receiving unit receives product information and a response message according to the offer message from the mobile communication terminal, the registered product information and Information providing system using a frequency, characterized in that it comprises an information providing server consisting of product information and order service screening unit for selecting the product-specific information and order service through the order information.

The method of claim 18, wherein the mobile communication terminal,

A wireless terminal of a mobile communication company, the output method of the information provided to the mobile communication terminal information providing system using the frequency characterized in that to retrieve the information retrieved at once to reduce the depth of the display window.

The method of claim 18, wherein the information providing server,

And a subscriber information management unit which manages detailed information for each specific product and subscriber information of an order service.

The method of claim 20, wherein the subscriber information,

Information providing system using the frequency, characterized in that it comprises the subscriber's gender, age, occupation, hobbies, interests and specification information of the mobile communication terminal.

The method of claim 20, wherein the product information and order service selection unit,

And receiving the subscriber information from the subscriber information management unit and selecting the product information and the order service according to the subscriber information.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the system is

Receiving the information to be provided to the mobile communication terminal from the message transmitting and receiving unit and the product information and ordering service selection unit, and converts into SMS information or ARS information characterized in that it further comprises a server for providing to the mobile communication terminal; Information provision system using frequency.

The method of claim 18, wherein the specific building,

Information providing system using the frequency, characterized in that the shopping mall.

A) When performing communication through a mobile communication network, by detecting a unique ultrasonic frequency for each product radiated from the ultrasonic transmitting means attached to each product for a specific building through the built-in ultrasonic receiving means, and representative for each product according to the corresponding frequency A mobile communication terminal for generating a code; And

B) Sending the product information and the order service offer message to the mobile communication terminal, and receiving the product information and the response message according to the offer message from the mobile communication terminal, detailed product information through the registered product information and order information And Information providing system using the frequency, characterized in that it comprises an information providing server for providing the subscriber after selecting the order service.

The method of claim 25, wherein the mobile communication terminal,

The method of claim 25, wherein the ultrasonic receiving means of the mobile communication terminal,

An information providing system using a frequency, which is implemented using a commercially available Hyper Sonic Sound device of ATC (American Technology Corporations), and uses ultrasonic frequencies that are not recognized by humans.

The method of claim 25, wherein the information providing server,

B-1) a message transmitting / receiving unit which transmits product information and order service provision proposal message to the mobile communication terminal;

B-2) Product information and order service that selects detailed information and order service for each product through previously registered product information and order information when the message transmitting and receiving unit receives the product information and the response message according to the suggestion message from the mobile communication terminal. Selection unit; And

B-3) An information providing system using a frequency, characterized in that it comprises a subscriber information management unit for managing the detailed information for each specific product and subscriber information of the order service.

The method of claim 25, wherein the information providing server,

Receives detailed information and order information for each product and stores the embedded database, and detailed information for each stored product includes product description, color, size, packing type, product type, distributor, similar products, price information, and coupon information provided by a store. Information providing system using the frequency, characterized in that any one of discount information.

The method of claim 28, wherein the subscriber information,

The information providing system using the frequency, characterized in that it comprises the subscriber's gender, age, occupation, hobbies, interests and specifications of the mobile communication terminal.

The system of claim 28, wherein the system is

The method of claim 25, wherein the specific building,