KR101573042B1 - System, method and qr code medium for providing communication service using qr code - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing a communication service by a communication service providing server using a QR code, the method comprising: receiving first QR code information recognized by a first user terminal; Providing a first web page to the first user terminal; Receiving second QR code information recognized by a second user terminal; And providing a second web page to the second user terminal through which the information is shared with the first web page through the communication service providing server.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a communication service providing system using a QR code, a method thereof, and a QR code display medium.

The present invention relates to a communication service providing system using a QR code, a method thereof, and a QR code display medium, and more particularly, to a system and a method for enabling communication among service users using a QR code, And a QR code display medium.

Previously, bar codes used for codes could only contain information in a certain direction, and thus the amount of information that could be contained was limited. Therefore, there was a demand for codes that can contain a lot of information and be recognized quickly, and a QR code, a kind of two-dimensional code, was invented. Since QR code has been widely used since it started from auto parts industry and used in product management in various industries, developers of QR code have made a declaration of unauthorized rights to QR code and became widely spread worldwide as standardization and standardization of QR code . After that, new kinds of QR codes were born in succession. In recent years, QR codes have become widespread to the general public as mobile phones equipped with the QR code recognition function are being used, and now it is a technology that is common in everyday life, which is indispensable to people's life.

Meanwhile, as smart devices have become widespread in recent years, many applications are installed in smart devices to enable communication with other users. To communicate through these applications, they must share their ID or telephone number. However, there is a certain amount of difficulty in using this method because the sharing of IDs or telephone numbers in public affairs can reduce the weight of the work. According to such a problem, a business card exchange method is mainly used. However, according to the business card exchange method, it is inconvenient for the communication to be possible only when the user inputs the contactable information described in the business card to the smart device or another terminal. There was also a problem that communication was impossible other than the method of communication.

In addition, in a situation in which mutual communication is required, personal information such as the ID or telephone number of the other party must be inevitably shared, and accordingly, there is a problem that the user also has to disclose his personal information.

Therefore, it is necessary to have a communication method that can guarantee the convenience of users without reducing the work load and does not have exposure to each other's personal information.

The present invention is intended to disclose a new communication service providing method using a QR code.

An object of the present invention is to allow users connected through different QR codes to access different web pages and communicate with each other.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication means which does not disclose personal information to each other by allowing the QR code to replace the telephone number or ID.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of easily communicating with a medium in which a QR code is displayed by using a medium in which there is no other party's contact and there is no pen capable of recording a contact.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of displaying a QR code on an existing mail and delivering a message including various information such as a voice file and a moving picture file together with the mail.

Yet another object of the present invention is to create new contact means that can be contacted within the group of persons having various forms.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a communication service using a QR code, the method comprising: receiving a first QR code information ; Providing a first web page to the first user terminal; Receiving second QR code information recognized by a second user terminal; And providing a second web page to the second user terminal through which the information is shared with the first web page through the communication service providing server.

In order to accomplish the above object, another embodiment of the present invention is characterized by including: a QR code information receiver for receiving information of a first QR code and a second QR code recognized by a user terminal; A first web page is provided to a first user terminal that has transmitted the recognition information of the first QR code and a second web page is provided to a second user terminal that has transmitted recognition information of the second QR code, study; And a communication manager for allowing information input by the first user terminal and the second user terminal to be shared through information sharing between the first web page and the second web page, to provide.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a QR code display medium for providing a communication service through a QR code, the QR code display medium including a first QR code for displaying a first web page when recognized by a first user terminal And a second web page is provided to the second user terminal that has recognized the second QR code so that information exchange with the first web page is performed through the communication service providing server through the second web page, Thereby providing a display medium.

According to the present invention, a user terminal accesses a web page through a QR code and delivers a message, thereby providing a simple and quick communication means to users.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the QR code is displayed on the detachable display medium, there is an advantage that it can be conveniently distributed in various situations.

In addition, according to the present invention, communication services of various methods can be provided according to the number of QR code types and the number of web pages.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of a communication service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a communication service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a QR code display medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of delivering a message between a first user terminal and a second user terminal by a communication service providing server.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for a first user terminal and a second user terminal to open or access a chat room through a communication service providing server.
6 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing a message modification not ready and a message sending standby notification.
7 is a diagram schematically showing a message sending interface provided by a communication service providing server through a web page.
8 is a diagram schematically showing a message receiving interface provided by a communication service providing server through a web page.

The following detailed description of the invention is set forth in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and should be understood with reference to the accompanying drawings. The various embodiments of the present invention are not intended to limit the position or the arrangement of the elements of the invention, but merely illustrate some of the forms in which the invention may be disclosed. The various embodiments of the present invention are not mutually exclusive, and can be integrated or separately implemented. In addition, each embodiment can be modified by a person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. The scope of the present invention is intended to cover the range claimed and the equivalents thereof, and is not limited by the embodiments.

1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of a communication system using a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the overall system of the present invention may include user terminals 100 and 200, a communication service providing server 300, and a QR code display medium 400.

The user terminals 100 and 200 and the communication service providing server 300 can communicate with each other through a communication network. Here, the communication network may be configured without regard to its communication mode such as wired and wireless, and may be a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN) It can be composed of various communication networks. Preferably, the communication network in the present invention may be a known World Wide Web (WWW).

In this specification, the term 'QR code' refers to a two-dimensional code of a plaid pattern that can store a much larger amount of information than a barcode. For example, the QR code may store link information including predetermined URL information. In this case, if a QR code is recognized through a terminal equipped with a photographing device, a web page corresponding to the related link information is provided to the terminal . The QR code may be a QR code conforming to the JIS / ISO standard, and it is needless to say that Micro QR code, iQR code, SQRC, LogoQ, and the like can be used.

In the following embodiments, the number of the user terminal, the QR code, the web page, and the like is limited to two for the sake of convenience, but it is needless to say that there may be more.

The user terminals 100 and 200 according to an exemplary embodiment can recognize the QR codes Q1 and Q2 included in the QR code display medium 400 and receive corresponding information. The user terminals 100 and 200 access the communication service providing server 300 through the recognition of the QR codes Q1 and Q2 and receive communication services provided by the communication service providing server 300. [ Specifically, as described above, specific URL information may be included in the QR codes Q1 and Q2. By recognizing the corresponding QR codes Q1 and Q2 through the user terminals 100 and 200, May be provided to the user terminals 100 and 200, and the web page may be provided by the communication service providing server 300. In addition, the communication service provided through the web page may be made up of an interface including functions of sending a message, receiving a message, opening a chat room, participating in a chat room, and the like.

For example, when the first user recognizes the first QR code (Q1) included in the QR code display medium 400 through the first user terminal 100, the first web page corresponding to the first URL is provided The user of the first user terminal 100 may create a message or open a chat room through an interface provided in the first web page.

In this case, if the second user recognizes the second QR code (Q2) included in the same QR code display medium 400 through the second user terminal 200, 2 Web pages are provided. Through the second web page, the first user can confirm the message created through the first web page or participate in the chat room opened by the first user through the first web page. It is of course also possible to input a new message through the interface of the second web page.

In the above example, since the message created through the first web page is to be confirmed through the second web page, the communication service providing server 300 providing the first and second web pages can not receive the information input to the first web page An operation for allowing the information to be started on the second web page, that is, an operation for allowing mutual information to be shared between the first web page and the second web page, should be performed. This will be described later in detail.

Herein, the first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 200 are illustrated as being the subject of message input and the subject of message confirmation, respectively, but it goes without saying that the opposite can also be applied. It should be understood that the first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 200 are merely divided for convenience of description and may substitute for each other.

The first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 200 may further include a web browser (not shown) for receiving the first web page and the second web page.

The first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention include a sensing device such as a normal camera capable of recognizing a QR code so that the above- It can be implemented as a digital device. The user terminals 100 and 200 are digital devices connectable to the communication service providing server 300 and may be a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a personal computer (e.g., a desktop computer, a notebook computer, etc.) , A PDA, a web pad, and the like, and can be employed as the user terminals 100 and 200 according to the present invention as long as it is a digital device equipped with a microprocessor and computing ability.

2 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a communication service providing server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the communication service providing server 300 includes a control unit 310, a QR code information receiving unit 320, a web page providing unit 330, a communication managing unit 340, a database 350, and the like. .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 310, the QR code information receiving unit 320, the web page providing unit 330, the communication managing unit 340, and the database 350 may include a program module Or hardware. The program module or hardware may be included in the communication service providing server 300 or other communication device in the form of an operating system, an application program module and other program modules, and may be physically stored on various known storage devices . In addition, one program module or hardware may perform the functions of the various modules integrally, or a plurality of program modules or hardware may perform the functions of one of the modules separately.

The controller 310 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may control the operations of the components in the communication service providing server 300. The control unit 310 can receive the signals sent by the respective components and transmit the signals to the necessary components, and can control the information exchange between the database 350 and the respective components.

The QR code information receiving unit 320 according to an embodiment of the present invention can receive information on the QR codes Q1 and Q2 recognized by the user terminals 100 and 200. [ For example, information on the QR codes (Q1, Q2) photographed and recognized through the sensing devices provided in the user terminals 100, 200 can be received from the user terminals 100, 200. The received information may be link information (e.g., URL information and the like) included in the QR codes Q1 and Q2, encrypted information of the link information, or other information including the information.

The web page providing unit 330 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a web page providing unit 330 for providing a web page corresponding to the web page based on the link information included in the QR code information Q1 and Q2 received by the QR code information receiving unit 320 The first web page and the second web page of the web page). The web page may include an interface. The interface provided by the web page provider 330 may include an interface for creating a message, an interface for confirming a message, an interface for opening a chat room, or an interface for participating in a chat room .

The communication management unit 340 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a message management unit 341, a chatting room management unit 342, and an information connection unit 343. The communication management unit 340 manages various types of information input by the user through the terminals 100 and 200 according to the type of the interface provided by the web page providing unit 330 and can link the web pages.

The message management unit 341 according to an embodiment of the present invention stores and manages a message input by the user's terminal 100 or 200 on a web page. The message management unit 341 can store the message using the database 350 or by using the information storage unit of its own. The message management unit 341 may store the message storage period and delete the message when the period expires. The message management unit 341 can identify and manage the number and capacity of the attached image file or moving image file along with the message.

The chatting room management unit 342 according to an embodiment of the present invention can manage the information of the chatting room opened on the web page provided by the user through the web page providing unit 330. [ The chatting room management unit 342 can store the chatting message using the database 350 or using the information storage unit it has. The chatting room management unit 342 can manage the maximum number of persons that may exist in the chatting room, the password management required for attending the chatting room, and the management of the browsing prohibition function that prevents a certain amount or more of information from coming into the chatting room in a short time.

The information linking unit 343 according to an embodiment of the present invention may allow information to be shared according to the connection relationship of web pages. The connection relationship of the web pages may be stored in advance in the information storage unit including the database 350 or the information linkage unit, and may be updated regularly or periodically.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first web page may comprise a message creation interface, the second web page may comprise a message confirmation interface, and the first web page and the second web page may be associated have. That is, a message input through the first web page can be confirmed through the second web page. For this, the information linking unit 343 may perform a linking operation so that a message received through the first web page from the first user terminal 100 can be displayed on the second web page having the message check interface.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of first web pages may have a message creation interface, and a second web page associated with the first web page may have a message confirmation interface. According to this, a plurality of users can access a first web page having different URL addresses by inputting a message by recognizing a plurality of different first QR codes Q1 with respective user terminals 100 , And a plurality of messages input through the plurality of first web pages may be provided through the second user terminal 200 that recognizes one second QR code Q2.

For the implementation of this embodiment, the information linking unit 232 carries out the transmission of the information inputted in the first web page so that it can be started in the second web page. For example, the information entered in the first web page may be temporarily stored in the database 350 and then launched in the second web page.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment, the first web page may include a chat room opening interface, and the second web page may include a chat room participation interface.

According to this embodiment, not only one-on-one but also one-to-many or many-to-one users can implement the message function, and can be used for group messages such as notices and notifications, or as a voting or questionnaire function.

3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a QR code display medium 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the first QR code Q1 and the second QR code Q2 may be displayed on the QR code display medium 400. FIG. The portion where the first QR code (Q1) and the second QR code (Q2) are written on the QR code display medium 400 may be separable and the separable means may be a normal means used in daily life , A human hand, etc.). According to another embodiment, display means or the like for notifying the easy-to-separate portion such as a dotted line or a perforated line may be displayed on the QR code display medium 400. [ A card number for managing the card may be displayed on the QR code display medium 400, and the card number may include information on the type of the QR code. The card number may include information such as the type of the card, whether the card is for sending a message or for receiving a message, whether it is for a chat room establisher, or for a participant. According to another embodiment, there may be three or more separable portions on the QR code display medium 400. [ The QR code display medium 400 may be a paper card and may be a product used in everyday life.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, existing mail items such as postcards and courier mail can be used as the QR code display medium 400, or the QR code display medium 400 can be attached to the mail items in the form of stamps or stickers. The message transmitted through the web page provided by the communication service providing server 300 according to the present invention may include various types of files, and the user terminal recognizes the QR code displayed on the mail, To access a web page, and to check a voice file, a video file, and the like together with a message.

4 shows a flow of a communication service providing server 300 transmitting a message between the first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 200 as one embodiment.

 Referring to FIG. 4, the first user terminal 100 recognizes information included in the first QR code Q1 (S410) and can use the information to access the communication service providing server 300 (S420). The communication service providing server 300 may provide a first web page including an interface capable of creating a message to the first user terminal 100 in operation S430 and the first user terminal 100 may provide the received interface (S440) and transmit the message to the communication service providing server 300 (S450). The communication service providing server 300 can recognize the second web page associated with the first web page using the previously stored information and deliver the input message to the second web page at step S460. The second user terminal 200 recognizes the information included in the second QR code Q2 in step S470 and uses the information to access the communication service providing server 300 in step S480. The communication service providing server 300 may provide a second web page having an interface for displaying a message sent from the first web page by the first user terminal 100 to the second user terminal 200 S490). The second user terminal 200 can confirm the message sent by the first user terminal 100 through the second web page (S500).

5 shows a flow of the communication service providing server 300 having the first user terminal 100 and the second user terminal 200 open or enter a chat room as one embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5, the first user terminal 100 recognizes the information included in the first QR code Q1 (S510) and can use the information to access the communication service providing server 300 (S520). The communication service providing server 300 may provide a first web page including an interface for opening a chat room to the first user terminal 100 in operation S530, The communication service providing server 300 can transmit information indicating that the chat room is opened using the interface (S540). The communication service providing server 300 can receive the request from the first user terminal 100 to open the chat room and then transmit the information to the first user terminal 100 in operation S550, May receive the information and enter the chat room (S560). The communication service providing server 300 can recognize the second web page linked to the first web page by using the information stored in advance and transmit the information about the opened chat room to the second web page ). The second user terminal 200 can recognize the information included in the second QR code Q2 in step S580 and use it to access the communication service providing server 300 in step S590. The communication service providing server 300 may provide a second web page having an interface for accessing the chat room opened by the first user terminal 100 to the second user terminal 200 in operation S600. The second user terminal 200 may enter the chat room through the interface provided by the second web page (S610).

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to implement a function of not allowing the created message to be changed after the message is created, and a function of notifying the information when the message is not yet transmitted at the time of message confirmation.

6 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a notification of message modification disabled and message transmission standby when the user terminals 100 and 200 communicate via a message.

Referring to FIG. 6, as described above, the first user terminal 100 can access the first web page having a writing screen by recognizing the transmitted exclusive QR code (S600). The communication service providing server 300 may provide a temporary storage function so that the message created before the web page is reconnected even after the user leaves the web page until the message created by the first user terminal 100 is deleted (S610 ). After the first user terminal 100 generates and sends the message, it can not be modified, and the created message can be moved to the second web page so that it can be confirmed through the second web page (S620). In this case, when the first user terminal 100 accesses the first web page through the first QR code (Q1) recognition, the communication service providing server 300 displays an interface indicating that the transmitted message can not be modified . The first web page may be provided with a reading screen for a message created in the same manner as in the second web page (S630).

Also, the communication service providing server 300 transmits a first web page having an interface for notifying whether the second user terminal 200 has received the message sent by the first user terminal 100 to the first user terminal 100 .

Meanwhile, the second user terminal 200 can access the second web page having the text reading screen by using the information included in the received QR code (S640). The communication service providing server 300 may provide a second web page having an interface for notifying the second user terminal 200 of a reception wait time when the first user terminal 100 has not yet sent a message S650). The communication service providing server 300 transmits a message through the first web page to the second user terminal 100, and transmits the second QR code (Q2) (S660), the interface 200 may be provided with an interface including a read function for the corresponding message.

7 shows a message sending interface that the first user terminal 100 can access by being connected to the first web page through the first QR code Q1 as an embodiment of the invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the message sending interface provided by the communication service providing server 300 through the first web page may have a theme changing function. The first user terminal 100 can select the format of the message to be sent and the background screen through the theme changing function. The message sending interface may have a file attachment function, and the attached file may take the form of an image file, a voice file, or a video file. The file attachment function can limit the number of attached files, the total file capacity, the message retention period, and the like. The message sending interface can provide a preview function to the first user terminal 100 and the first user terminal 100 can check the screen to be viewed by the other party when the corresponding message is sent using the preview function .

FIG. 8 shows a message receiving interface in which the second user terminal 200 can access the second web page through the second QR code Q2 as an embodiment of the invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, if the second user terminal 200 accesses the second web page before the first user terminal 100 sends a message through the first web page, When the second user terminal 200 accesses the second web page after the first user terminal 100 sends a message, an interface for displaying a corresponding message may be provided. The message display interface may include a scroll bar if the content of the message is more than a certain amount, and may display the list and the capacity of the attachment file if the attachment exists.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiments, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, I will say.

100: first user terminal
200: second user terminal
300: Communication service providing server
400: QR code display medium
Q1: First QR code
Q2: The second QR code

Claims (5)

A method for providing a communication service using a first QR code displayed together with a single device in which a QR code is printed and a second QR code associated with the first QR code,
Receiving the first QR code information recognized by the first user terminal;
Providing a first web page having an interface for creating a message or opening a chat room in the first user terminal;
Receiving the second QR code information recognized by the second user terminal;
Providing a second web page to the second user terminal through the communication service providing server in association with the first web page and sharing information; And
Confirming a message created by the first web page via a second web page or participating in a chat room established via a first web page,
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the information included in the first web page includes information on a space where two or more user terminals can access and exchange information in real time.
For articles printed with QR codes that provide communication services through QR codes,
A first QR code for causing a first web page to be displayed when the first web page is recognized by the first user terminal; And
And a second web page associated with the first web page is provided when the second web page is recognized by the second user terminal so that information exchange with the first web page is performed through the communication service providing server through the second web page And a second QR code associated with the first QR code.
The method of claim 3,
Characterized in that the article on which the QR code is printed is physically spaced apart from the first QR code and the second QR code.
A QR code information receiver for receiving information of a first QR code and a second QR code recognized by the user terminal;
A first web page is provided to a first user terminal that has transmitted the recognition information of the first QR code and a second web page is provided to a second user terminal that has transmitted recognition information of the second QR code, study; And
And a communication manager configured to allow information input by the first user terminal and the second user terminal to be shared through information sharing between the second web page and the first web page, server.

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