KR101228596B1 - Device, method and recording medium for providing code service - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus, method and record carrier for providing code services are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus for providing a code service includes an apparatus for providing a code service connected to a mobile terminal through a network, the apparatus comprising: a control unit controlling one or more codes to be displayed on a display device; And a receiving unit which receives identification information on the code captured by the mobile terminal among the one or more codes from the mobile terminal, wherein the control unit uses the received identification information to capture the captured one or more codes. And change the display state of the code. According to the present invention, a dynamic feeling can be delivered to a user capturing a QR code, and an advertisement effect using the QR code can be increased.

Description

DEVICE, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING CODE SERVICE}

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a code service providing apparatus, and more particularly, to a device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium connected to a mobile terminal through a network to provide a code service.

Code is for representing information in a certain pattern. These codes include one-dimensional barcodes and two-dimensional matrix codes. Barcodes have information in only one direction, whereas matrix codes have information in two directions, horizontally and vertically. Is the code. Thus, the matrix code can store character data in addition to numbers.

The QR code is derived from the registered trademark name (Quick Response) and indicates a matrix code. Currently, QR codes are used in various forms such as mobile coupons, store information, and corporate site information. Furthermore, QR code supports the QR code generation function in the Internet portal site so that individuals can distribute the necessary information. In addition, since the QR code generated as described above can be easily recognized using a smartphone, the QR code is attracting attention as another information medium that contains personal information and is easily utilized in the present situation in which the penetration rate of the smartphone is increased.

However, QR codes are currently attached to fixed media such as buses and building walls, and when they are provided through media such as TVs, they remain static on the screen for a certain amount of time. There is a problem that can not be doubled.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention proposes an apparatus, a method and a recording medium connected to a mobile terminal through a network to provide a code service.

Other objects of the present invention may be derived by those skilled in the art through the following examples.

According to an embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, a device connected to a mobile terminal through a network to provide a code service, the control unit for controlling one or more codes to be displayed on the display device and the one or more codes And a receiver configured to receive identification information on the code captured by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, wherein the controller is configured to display a display state of the captured code among the displayed one or more codes using the received identification information. A code service providing apparatus for changing is provided.

The controller may control the captured code not to be displayed for a preset time in the display device.

The controller may control the display device to display a different code at the captured code position.

The code service providing apparatus is connected to at least one display apparatus through the network, and the control unit is configured to, among the code identification information, state change time information, and replacement code information, which is a state change target to the display apparatus when receiving the code identification information. At least one can be transmitted.

The code may be a barcode or a matrix code.

The total number of valid captures is set in the displayed code, and the controller may change the display state of the captured code when the number of receptions of the receiver is equal to the total number of valid captures.

The maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal is set in the displayed code, and the receiver further receives terminal identification information of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, and the control unit determines that the maximum number of times of receiving the terminal identification information is turned on. If exceeding, the reception of code identification information of the receiver may be restricted.

Further, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a code service is connected to the mobile terminal via a network, the method comprising the steps of controlling to display at least one code on a display device, the mobile terminal of the at least one code displayed Receiving identification information about a code captured by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal and changing a display state of the captured code among the displayed one or more codes using the received identification information. A method is provided.

The changing of the display state may be performed such that the captured code is not displayed for a preset time in the display device, and the other codes are replaced and displayed at the captured code position.

The total number of valid captures is set in the displayed code, and the controlling of the change is to change the display state of the captured code when the number of reception of the identification information is equal to the set total number of valid captures. Can be.

Further, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a program of instructions that can be executed by a digital processing apparatus for a code service is tangibly embodied and can be read by the digital processing apparatus, which is controlled by a server. A program recording the one or more codes displayed on the display device and transmitting identification information on the captured codes to the server so that the display state of the captured codes can be changed by the server. A computer readable recording medium is provided.

The computer-readable recording medium may further include transmitting identification information about the mobile terminal to the server and receiving a message regarding whether the maximum number of captures per mobile terminal is exceeded from the server, wherein the server is configured to perform the mobile terminal. It is possible to determine whether the maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal is exceeded using the identification information for.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a device connected to a mobile terminal through a network to provide a code service, the control unit for controlling at least one code to be displayed on the display device and the code captured by the mobile terminal of the one or more codes And a receiving unit receiving identification information from the mobile terminal, wherein the control unit changes the state of the display apparatus using the received identification information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to deliver fun that a QR code is captured to a user who captures a QR code, and has an advantage of increasing an advertisement effect using the QR code.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for providing a code service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of an apparatus for providing a code service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A illustrates a display state before capture according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3B is a diagram illustrating a display state immediately after capture according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3C is a diagram illustrating a display state after a predetermined time elapses after capturing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of a controller and a receiver when a total number of effective captures is set according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of a controller and a receiver when a maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal is set according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an overall flow of a code service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating the overall flow of a program implemented in a recording medium that can be read by a digital processing apparatus for a code service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

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

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for providing a code service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the code service providing apparatus 100 is connected to the display apparatus 102 and the mobile terminal 104 through a network to provide a code service.

Here, the network may include a wired / wireless internet, a satellite network, a communication network, and a mobile communication network.

Code according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a bar code or a matrix code, the display device 102 is a device having a display means may be a television, a digital picture frame, a large display.

The mobile terminal 104 is a terminal having a photographing means for capturing codes and connectable to a network, and may include a PDA, a tablet PC, a smartphone, and the like.

The mobile terminal 104 may have an application installed to store the captured code and to transmit identification information about the captured code.

Meanwhile, the code displayed on the display device 102 is controlled by the code service providing device 100.

As shown in FIG. 1, the code service providing apparatus 100 may be connected to and control the display apparatus 102 through a network, but according to another embodiment of the present invention, the code service providing apparatus 100 may be directly connected to the display apparatus 102. You might be able to control it.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when code capture is performed in the mobile terminal 104, the code service providing apparatus 100 displays the code captured by the display apparatus 102 using identification information about the captured code. Allow the state to change.

Through this, the fun of capturing and possessing the code can be delivered to the mobile terminal 104 user, and the advertisement effect can be increased through the code.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the code service providing apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of an apparatus 100 for providing a code service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the code service providing apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a controller 210 that controls a code to be displayed and a receiver 220 that receives identification information about the captured code. It may include.

First, the controller 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention may control one or more codes to be displayed on the display device 102.

The controller 210 causes one or more codes to be displayed on the display device 102, and when the code is captured by the mobile terminal 104, the state of the captured codes is changed.

Hereinafter, the display state changed by the controller 210 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3C.

3A shows a display state before capture, FIG. 3B shows a display state immediately after capturing, and FIG. 3C shows a display state after a predetermined time has elapsed after capture.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the change of the display state according to an embodiment of the present invention may be that the captured code is not displayed on the display device 102.

As such, when the captured code disappears from the display device 102, the captured code can be given to the user as compared to the conventional static feeling.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the change of the display state will be described on the assumption that the captured code is not displayed on the display device 102. However, as shown in FIG. 3C, the change of the display state according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be performed by replacing a code having different identification information at a position where the captured code is not displayed.

At this time, when a code having different identification information is replaced, there may be a certain time interval.

For example, when there is a time interval of about 3 seconds, the user of the mobile terminal 104 may receive more dynamic feeling than when captured by the mobile terminal 104 and immediately replaced by another code. .

In the above description, the captured code is not displayed and the same code or another code is displayed after a predetermined time. However, according to another embodiment of the present invention, when the code is captured, the display state is displayed in a different manner. You can also change

For example, if the code includes information on whether or not to win, the control unit 210 is configured to display information for identifying whether or not the code captured by the mobile terminal 104 is displayed at the displayed position. Can be changed.

At this time, if a plurality of different codes are being displayed, it will be possible to display whether or not the winning only at the position corresponding to the captured code, and if one code is being displayed, the entire screen will indicate whether to win or not. May be changed to

As described above, the code service providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may be connected to the display apparatus 102 through a network. In this case, the code service providing apparatus 100 may generate control information for changing the display state and transmit the generated control information to the display apparatus 102.

Here, the control information for the state change may include at least one of identification information, state change time information, and replacement code information of a code to be a state change target.

Subsequently, the receiver 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives identification information on the code captured by the mobile terminal 104 from among the one or more codes displayed on the display apparatus 102 from the mobile terminal 104. can do.

More specifically, when the code is captured, the application pre-installed in the mobile terminal 104 transmits the identification information about the captured code to the code service providing apparatus 100, the receiver 220 receives it.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, each code can be set to the total number of effective capture, the control unit 210 is the case where the number of times of receiving the identification information of the receiver 220 is equal to the set number of effective capture You can change the display state of the code.

Hereinafter, an operation of the controller 210 and the receiver 220 when the total number of effective captures is set will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of the controller 210 and the receiver 220 when the total number of effective captures is set according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, in step S402, the controller 210 counts the number of times of receiving the code identification information of the receiver 220. In this case, the controller 210 may include a separate count unit for counting.

In step S404, the controller determines whether the number of receptions is equal to the total number of effective captures.

As a result of the determination, when the number of receptions is equal to the preset total effective capture number, the controller 210 may change the display state of the captured code (S406).

If the number of times of reception is less than the total number of valid captures, the controller 210 continuously counts the number of times of receiving the code identification information of the receiver 220 (S402).

For example, if a code having a total number of effective captures set to 10 is displayed on the display device 102, the number of reception of the identification information of the receiver 220 increases as the plurality of mobile terminals 104 captures the cumulative reception. When the number of times is 10, which is the total effective capture number, the controller 210 may change the display state of the code.

In this case, as described above, the change of the display state may be that the captured code is no longer displayed, or a code having different identification information is displayed in place of the captured code.

Meanwhile, one mobile terminal 104 may capture a code several times, but according to an embodiment of the present invention, it may be limited to only a certain number of captures.

Hereinafter, the operation of the controller 210 and the receiver 220 when the maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal 104 is set will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow of the controller 210 and the receiver 220 when the maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal 104 is set according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, before receiving the code identification information, the receiver 220 may receive the terminal identification information from the mobile terminal 104 in step S502.

In step S504, the controller 210 counts the number of times of receiving the terminal identification information of the receiver 220, and in step S506, the controller 210 determines whether the number of receptions exceeds the maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal 104.

As a result of the determination, if it is not exceeded, the receiver 220 receives the code identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal 104 in step S508. In this case, step S402 may continue.

If so, the control unit 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention limits the reception of the code identification information of the receiver 220, whereby the receiver 220 identifies the code transmitted from the corresponding mobile terminal 104. It does not receive the information (S510).

Meanwhile, the controller 210 may transmit a related message to the mobile terminal 104 for the user of the mobile terminal 104 that has exhausted the maximum number of captures for each terminal.

For example, if the maximum number of captures per terminal is set to three times, the user of the mobile terminal 104 who captured the same code four times can no longer effectively transmit the code identification information, and the maximum number of times is exhausted. You will receive a message.

Table 1 below is a table summarizing the results of performing the steps (S402) to (S510) according to an embodiment of the present invention in the above example.

Table 1 shows an example in which the total number of effective captures is set to 10 and the maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal is set to three.

As shown in Table 1, identification information is received from the mobile terminal 104 which first captured the code (S502).

At the sixth time of capture, the first mobile terminal has exhausted all three times the maximum number of captures per terminal (S502 to S508, S402 and S404).

At the eighth time of capture, the first mobile terminal captures a code before other mobile terminals and transmits identification information, but the controller 210 restricts reception of the code identification information of the receiver 220 (S510). The capture is treated as invalid. Subsequently, identification information of the third mobile terminal which performed the capture is received.

At the eleventh time of capturing, the cumulative number of receptions of the code identification information is reached by the fourth mobile terminal to 10 times the total number of effective capturing, and the control unit 210 changes the display state (S406).

As such, the code service providing apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment may transmit a dynamic feeling different from the existing code service to the user of the mobile terminal 104 capturing the displayed code.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an overall flow of a code service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a process performed at each step will be described.

Referring to FIG. 6, in step S610, one or more codes are displayed on the display device 102.

In operation S620, identification information regarding the code captured by the mobile terminal 104 among the displayed one or more codes is received from the mobile terminal 104.

In operation S630, the display state of the code corresponding to the identification information is changed by using the received code identification information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S630, the captured code may not be displayed for a preset time in the display device 102, and another code may be replaced and displayed at the captured code position.

In this case, the preset time is a time at which the user of the mobile terminal 104 who has captured the capture and feels that it is owned. For example, the preset time may be about 3 seconds.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the total number of valid captures may be set in the displayed code.

At this time, in step S630 according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the cumulative number of receptions of the code identification information reaches a set total effective capture number, the display state of the captured code is changed.

7 is a flowchart illustrating the overall flow of a program implemented in a recording medium that can be read by a digital processing apparatus for a code service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, in operation S710, a code displayed on the display device 102 by the server is captured.

At this time, the server may be a code service providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In operation S720, identification information on the mobile terminal 104 and identification information on the captured code are transmitted to the server so that the display state of the captured code may be changed.

In operation S730, a determination result is received from a server that determines whether the maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal is exceeded using the transmitted identification information.

Finally, in step S740, the code is stored so that the mobile terminal 104 user can use the captured code.

When used by the user of the mobile terminal 104, the code is provided in the form of a coupon or gift icon, it may mean that when the user of the mobile terminal 104 attempts to pay using the captured code.

So far, the code service providing method and the embodiments of the computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention have been described, and the configuration of the code service providing apparatus 100 described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5 is applied to the present embodiment as it is. It is possible. Hereinafter, a detailed description will be omitted.

The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Examples of program instructions, such as magneto-optical and ROM, RAM, flash memory and the like, can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like, as well as machine code, Includes a high-level language code. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as at least one software module to perform the operations of one embodiment 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. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, belong to the scope of the present invention .

100: code service providing device 102: display device
104: mobile terminal 210: control unit
220: receiver

Claims (13)

A device connected to a mobile terminal through a network to provide a code service,
A control unit for controlling one or more codes to be displayed on the display device; And
And a receiving unit which receives identification information on a code captured by the mobile terminal from among the one or more codes, from the mobile terminal.
The control unit changes the display state of the captured code among the displayed one or more codes by using the received identification information,
And the control unit controls the captured code not to be displayed for a predetermined time in the display device. delete The method of claim 1,
And the controller controls the display device to display a different code at the captured code location and display the replacement code. The method of claim 3,
The code service providing apparatus is connected to at least one display apparatus through the network,
And the control unit transmits at least one of code identification information, state change time information, and replacement code information, which are state change targets, to the display apparatus when the code identification information is received. The method of claim 1,
And the code is a bar code or a matrix code. The method of claim 1,
The total number of valid captures is set in the displayed code,
And the control unit changes the display state of the captured code when the number of reception of the receiving unit is equal to the total effective capture number. The method of claim 6, wherein the maximum number of captures per mobile terminal is set in the displayed code.
The receiver further receives terminal identification information of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal,
And the control unit limits the reception of code identification information of the receiver when the number of times of receiving the terminal identification information exceeds the maximum number of captures. A method of providing a code service by connecting to a mobile terminal through a network,
Controlling one or more codes to be displayed on the display device;
Receiving identification information on a code captured by the mobile terminal and identification information on the mobile terminal of the one or more codes displayed from the mobile terminal; And
Changing the display state of the captured code among the displayed one or more codes using the received identification information;
The total effective capture count and the maximum capture count for each mobile terminal are set in the displayed code.
The changing may include changing a display state of the captured code when the number of times of receiving identification information about the captured code is equal to the total effective capture number.
The receiving of the code service providing method, characterized in that for receiving the identification information for the captured code until the number of reception of the identification information for the mobile terminal exceeds the maximum number of captures. 9. The method of claim 8,
The changing of the display state may be such that the captured code is not displayed for a predetermined time in a display device, and the other codes are replaced and displayed at the captured code location. delete As a recording medium in which a program of instructions that can be executed by a digital processing apparatus for a code service is tangibly implemented and can be read by the digital processing apparatus,
Capturing one or more codes displayed on the display device controlled by the server; And
Transmitting identification information on the captured code and identification information on the mobile terminal to the server so that the display state of the captured code can be changed by the server;
Receiving a message regarding whether the maximum number of captures per mobile terminal is exceeded from the server;
And the server determines whether the maximum number of captures for each mobile terminal has been exceeded by using the identification information of the mobile terminal. delete delete

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