KR101442497B1 - Method and system for providing electric photoalbum based on nfc tag - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing an electronic album service using an NFC technology capable of providing more diverse and various kinds of album content using the NFC technology, and a system thereof. The method includes: a step of receiving NFC tag data transmitted from a mobile device; a step of checking the validity of the NFC tag data; and a step of, only if the NFC tag data is valid, acquiring album content corresponding to the NFC tag data and providing the content to the mobile device.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC ALBUM SERVICE USING NFC TECHNOLOGY [0002] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC ALBUM SERVICE [

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an electronic album service using NFC technology that can provide a richer and richer album content using NFC technology.

Mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs have been able to provide a wider variety of services in accordance with the development of communication technologies and the desire of users, and in particular, they can also support Near Field Communication (NFC) services.

The NFC is an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, which means a non-contact type short range wireless communication capable of transmitting and receiving data at a low power within a distance of 10 cm using a predetermined frequency band. So that new services can be additionally provided.

On the other hand, recently, the concept of electronic album has been introduced, which is to organize and edit photographs through a specific program, and then to be able to browse pictures at any time and place at a desired place through the program. However, the conventional electronic album has a disadvantage that the electronic album program and the photo database must be installed and stored in the user terminal.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a method and system for providing an electronic album service using NFC technology that enables a mobile device to browse a desired image anytime and anywhere without installing and storing a separate electronic album program and a photo database using NFC technology I want to.

The present invention also provides a method and system for providing an electronic album service using NFC technology that can provide a venue for networking by opening and operating a bulletin board or a chat window for automatically accessing and using album contents .

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication method comprising: receiving NFC tag information transmitted from a mobile device; Confirming validity of the NFC tag information; And acquiring album content corresponding to the NFC tag information and providing the album content to the mobile device only when the NFC tag information is valid.

Wherein the providing of the album contents to the mobile device is provided in the form of a web page or streaming data.

The method comprising: generating a plurality of human network groups based on personal information of a bride and a bride, opening and operating a bulletin board corresponding to each of the plurality of human network groups; Acquiring personal information of a user requesting to provide the album content through the mobile device; And determining a human network group to which the user belongs based on the personal information of the user.

As a means for solving the above problems, according to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium including: a database storing album contents corresponding to each of a plurality of NFC tag information; And a service data providing unit for acquiring and providing album contents corresponding to the received NFC tag information by searching the database when a mobile device transmitting one of the plurality of NFC tag information occurs, do.

The NFC service server generates and manages a plurality of human network groups, and further acquires personal information of a user requesting the album contents provision through the mobile device, and then, based on the personal information of the user, A human network group management unit for determining the network management unit; And a group network support unit for opening and operating a bulletin board accessible and usable by users belonging to the same network group for each of the plurality of network groups.

In the present invention, it is possible to acquire and display the album contents by using the NFC technology after registering the album contents in an external server, so that the mobile device can display the desired pictures anytime and anywhere without installing and storing the separate electronic album program and the photo database It allows you to browse.

In addition, in the present invention, since the acquaintances of the service applicant open and operate a bulletin board or a dialog window for allowing the users who browse the album contents to automatically access and use the album contents in addition to the simple browsing of the album contents, Make sure that people with disciplines meet on-line and give each other a place to communicate and exchange information.

1 is a diagram illustrating an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an NFC service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing an electronic album service in an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are views showing examples of service data provision forms according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a networking method of an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of creating a human network group in an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bulletin board for supporting a human network service method in an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intentions or customs of the user, the operator, and the like.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Only. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a diagram illustrating an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the information providing system of the present invention includes an NFC (Near Field Communication) tag 10, at least one mobile device 20 capable of recognizing an NFC tag, a mobile An NFC service server 30 that allows access of the device 30, and the like.

The NFC tag 10 may be attached to a fixed object located at a place such as a building, a local landmark, or a cultural property, including a tag ID (Identification), a location information, a tag maker information, And may be provided attached to the same promotional material or the like.

The mobile device 20 includes an NFC reader and a plurality of NFC applications. When the user brings the mobile device 20 close to the NFC tag 10, the mobile device 20 reads the information stored in the NFC tag 10 through the NFC reader And provides the NFC application server 30 with the information of the NFC application currently being executed among the plurality of NFC applications together with the acquired tag information. In response to this, when the NFC service server 30 transmits the tag information and the service data corresponding to the NFC application currently being executed, the NFC service server 30 outputs the tag information and the service data corresponding to the NFC tag 10 corresponding to the NFC tag 10 To be provided.

The NFC service server 30 determines service and service data to be provided to the mobile device 20 based on the NFC application and the type of the NFC tag. That is, a service to be provided to the mobile device 20 is determined according to the type of the application, and the type of service data to be provided to the mobile device 20 is determined according to the tag information.

If the NFC application running on the mobile device 20 provides the map service, the map data of the location corresponding to the tag information may be obtained and provided to the mobile device.

When the application running on the mobile device 20 provides the performance guide service, the performance guide data of the performance corresponding to the tag information can be acquired and provided to the mobile device.

When the application running on the mobile device 20 provides the business card guidance service, the advertisement data of the business card corresponding to the tag information can be acquired and provided to the mobile device.

When an application running on the mobile device 20 provides an advertisement service, information on a product to be advertised may be acquired based on the location of the NFC tag 10 and provided to the mobile device.

When providing the application electronic album service being executed by the mobile device 20, the album data corresponding to the tag information can be obtained and provided to the mobile device.

That is, the NFC service server 30 of the present invention can provide more variety of service data to the mobile device 20 based on the NFC tag and the type of application.

In addition, the NFC service server 30 of the present invention performs data providing operations corresponding to the NFC tags, and further provides and provides a place for information exchange so that the NFC tags can be used as intermediaries to form a human network and exchange with each other Let's do it.

That is, in the case of providing the electronic album service using the NFC technique, considering that the acquirers of the NFC service applicant mainly access the NFC service server 30 and then provide the necessary data, (Or a dialog box) that allows users to access and use the Internet.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an NFC service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the NFC service server 30 of the present invention includes a database 310, a service data provider 320, an information exchange service provider 330, and a communication unit 340, The information exchange service providing unit 330 further comprises a network group management unit 331 and a network connection support unit 332 for each network group.

The database 310 stores and manages the service data corresponding to each of the NFC tags for each application type. The service data at this time may be mapped to the tag ID, the location information, and the area of interest of the service applicant.

The service data providing unit 320 searches the database 310 based on the tag information and the application information when the mobile device 20 transmitting the tag information and the application information generates the service information, And obtains the service data and provides it to the corresponding mobile device 20.

At this time, the service data may be provided in a web page format or a streaming data format. Of course, the method of providing service data is not limited to the above example, but may be variously changed within a range that can be transmitted through the Internet and output through the mobile device 20. [

The human network group management unit 331 allows people who have accessed the NFC service server to form and maintain connections with each other through the same NFC tag. In particular, when the NFC application running on the mobile device 20 is an electronic album application, Activated.

The human network group management unit 331 creates a plurality of human network groups based on personal information (for example, a home school, a residence, a job, a hobby, etc.) of a person who has requested to make or use an NFC tag do. In this state, when a specific user requests to provide the service data corresponding to the NFC tag, after inquiring about the name and the personal information of the user, the service applicant compares the personal information of the user with the personal information of the user, Let the group be determined.

That is, in the state that a school network group, a neighboring network group, a company network group, and a group network group are opened and operated, a user who is a school friend of a service applicant automatically enters a school friend network group, Automatic entry, users who are colleagues in the company automatically enter the company network group, and the affiliate of the group automatically enters the network group, and then the bulletin board (or chat window) of the network group is available.

The human network formation support unit 332 for each human network group establishes and operates a bulletin board (or chat window) corresponding to each human network group generated through the human network group management unit 331. [ As a result, the school friends of the applicants of the service can communicate through the bulletin board corresponding to the school network group, the residents of the neighborhood through the bulletin board corresponding to the residence network group, the company colleague through the bulletin board of the company human network group, We meet each other through the bulletin board.

As described above, according to the present invention, the acquaintances of the service applicant can enjoy not only simple browsing of service data related to NFC tags attached to electronic albums, but also sharing memories or people having interests in the same area, Provide a place to exchange information.

Hereinafter, a method for providing an electronic album service in an information providing system using the NFC tag of the present invention will be described in detail.

3 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing an electronic album service in an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.

If the NFC tag is attached to the album and the user recognizes the NFC tag through his / her mobile device 20 (S10), the mobile device 20 transmits the tag ID to the NFC service server 30 to provide the album content (S11).

The NFC service server 30 receives the tag ID transmitted from the mobile device 20, and first confirms that the tag ID has a valid value. That is, it is determined whether the tag ID transmitted from the mobile device 20 is a tag ID registered in the database 310 for supporting the wedding invitation service (S13).

As a result of the check in step S13, if it is determined that the tag ID is valid, the database 310 is searched to acquire the album content corresponding to the tag ID (S13) Or may be configured in the form of VOD streaming data or image streaming data as shown in FIG. 5 and output (S14).

The album content provided through step S14 includes information on at least one of an album introduction text, a plurality of pictures, a plurality of videos, a plurality of memos, a contact of the album creator, etc. In particular, The user can perform a variety of operations such as recalling related videos through a photo clicking action of a user, or displaying and displaying related memos through a user clicking a moving image. In addition, by mapping metadata including information on a title, date information, author, and the like to a photograph, a moving image, and a memo, the user can search for and acquire desired information thereafter.

Then, after receiving the album content provided by the NFC service server 30, the mobile device 20 performs a screen process operation so as to output the album content through its own touch screen (S15) The result is displayed on a touch screen or the like (S16).

In addition, the method of providing a wedding invitation service of the information providing system using the NFC tag of the present invention further performs the method of FIG. 6 so that people who browse the same NFC tag can communicate with each other on the on-line to exchange information or exchange information .

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a networking method of an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

First, the NFC service server 30 creates a plurality of human network groups based on the personal information of the service applicant (S20). For example, as shown in FIG. 7, an elementary school friend, a middle / high school friend, a university friend, a company, and a relative group can be created.

When a user requesting album contents viewing occurs in this state (S21), a pop-up window or a menu for inquiring whether or not to provide a networking service to the mobile device 20 of the user is provided separately from the album content providing operation, (S22)

If the user requests to provide the personal network service in step S23, the NFC service server 30 additionally requests the user to provide personal information in step S24.

When the user inputs his or her name and personal information (at least one of the information on the home school, residence, job, hobby, etc.) (S25), the NFC service server 30 transmits the information and the personal information of the service applicant And determines a human network group to which the user belongs and permits the connection of the human network group to the bulletin board (or dialog window) (S26). Through step S26, the high school friends of the service applicant can automatically enter the high school network group, and the company applicants of the service applicant can automatically enter the company network group.

As a result, the user enters a group of people who have the same memories or interests as the group of the user, and can easily find and communicate with the group of the group (S27).

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bulletin board for supporting a human network service method in an information providing system using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 8, in the human network service method of the present invention, after the high school friends of the groom enter the groom high school group automatically. You can see how to post or comment on the bulletin board so that they can share each other's greetings or share information.

That is, in the present invention, since the personal information of the service applicant is uploaded in the case of the album, it is possible to allow the service applicant's personal network to meet all through the information providing system using the NFC tag . In particular, by opening and operating bulletin boards for various network groups (schools, companies, organizations, etc.) to which the service applicant has been affiliated so far, acquaintances belonging to the relevant human network group will meet again to exchange greetings or exchange information .

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily acquire acquaintances by simply recognizing an NFC tag attached to an album cover or a predetermined place, without searching for acquaintances after subscribing to a separate Internet site, SNS, Minimize effort.

In addition, in the above description, the group creation operation and the group addition operation are performed based on the personal information of the service applicant and the user, but this can also be performed by the following method.

That is, when the service applicant directly creates a plurality of groups, registers the subscription conditions of each of the plurality of groups, and then the user inputs (or transmits) information satisfying the subscription condition corresponding to at least one of the plurality of groups , And the user may be subscribed to the group.

The computer-readable recording medium on which the program commands are recorded may be a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, Media storage devices.

The computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded may be distributed to a computer apparatus connected via a network so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, one or more of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above and send the results of the execution to one or more of the other distributed computers, The computer may also perform some of the functions described above and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

The computer capable of reading the recording medium on which the online game rating display device and the application program for driving the display method according to the embodiments of the present invention are read may be a general PC such as a general desktop or a notebook computer, A tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and a mobile terminal, and in addition, it should be interpreted as all devices capable of computing.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As a storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

Comprising the steps of: configuring album contents based on data transmitted from a terminal of a service applicant and then mapping and storing NFC tag information;
Creating a plurality of human network groups based on at least one of a home school, a residence, a job, and a hobby of the service applicant, and opening a bulletin board corresponding to each of a plurality of human network groups;
If the NFC tag information is valid, acquires the album content corresponding to the NFC tag information and transmits the NFC tag information to the mobile device in the form of a web page or streaming data, ;
Inquiring about at least one of a school, a residence, a job, and a hobby of a service visitor who requested the human network service when the human network service is requested through the mobile device; And
Determining a group of people to whom the service observer belongs based on at least one of the home school, the residence, the occupation, and the hobby of the service observer; and the service observer, To be provided,
Wherein the album content includes at least one of an album introduction, a plurality of photographs, a plurality of moving images, and a plurality of memos, information on a link relationship formed between photographs, moving images, and memos related to each other, A moving picture, and metadata mapped to each of the memos,
Wherein the metadata includes information on a title, date information, and creator corresponding to the photograph, the moving image, or the memo,
Wherein the step of acquiring the album content and providing the album content to the mobile device
And displaying a memo associated with the selected video by the service viewer, and supporting an information search operation based on the metadata. The method of claim 1, A method of providing an electronic album service using NFC technology. delete delete A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the electronic album service providing method according to claim 1. A database for storing album contents corresponding to each of a plurality of NFC tag information; And a service data providing unit for acquiring album contents corresponding to the transmitted NFC tag information and providing the album contents to the mobile device when the mobile device transmitting one of the plurality of NFC tag information occurs,
A plurality of human network groups are created based on at least one of a home school, a residence, a job, and a hobby of a service applicant, and when a service browse request for providing the album content through a mobile device is generated, A hobby group management unit for inquiring at least one of a job, a hobby, and a hobby, and for determining a network group to which the service observer belongs based on a result of the inquiry; And
And a network browsing support unit for each service browsing group to open and operate a bulletin board corresponding to each of the plurality of network groups and allow the service browseer to chat with other service browsers through the bulletin board of the network group to which the service browseer belongs ,
Wherein the album content includes at least one of an album introduction, a plurality of photographs, a plurality of moving images, and a plurality of memos, information on a link relationship formed between photographs, moving images, and memos related to each other, A moving picture, and metadata mapped to each of the memos,
Wherein the metadata includes information on a title, date information, and creator corresponding to the photograph, the moving image, or the memo,
Wherein the step of acquiring the album content and providing the album content to the mobile device
Wherein the service data providing unit plays a video related to a photograph selected by the service viewer on the basis of the link relation or displays a memo associated with the video selected by the service viewer and displays an information search operation based on the metadata NFC service server.
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