KR101769541B1 - Service system and method for provinding information or contents using quick response code - Google Patents

Abstract

When the QR code is recognized through a predetermined terminal by recording information including text or image information, URL information, and application information in a QR code, an application acquired from the QR code is first executed, There is provided an information providing service system and method capable of implementing various information providing services by additionally providing additional services and other contents related to contents in a state in which an application is not terminated even after providing contents.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a system and method for providing content and information using a QR code,

The present invention relates to a content and information providing service system and method using a two-dimensional code, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing a content and an information providing service using a two-dimensional code by attaching or printing a QR (Quick Response) A content and information providing service system and method using a QR code capable of providing not only a content corresponding to a QR code but also an additional service related to the content and other contents in a state in which an application obtained from the QR code is executed and an application is executed will be.

Generally, there are one-dimensional codes and two-dimensional codes as types of codes.

The one-dimensional code includes data only in one direction, and the two-dimensional code includes data in both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, thereby recording a larger amount of data than one dimension. One-dimensional code can represent only alphabet, numeric, and limited characters, while 2D code can represent not only Hangul, Chinese text, but also pictures. Further, the two-dimensional code is not comparable to the one-dimensional code even in the capacity of the data, and has a function superior to the one-dimensional code in printing and reading.

At present, a barcode which is generally used is a one-dimensional code, and only a simple information can be expressed. That is, bar codes are arranged in a one-dimensional manner by combining white bars and black bars having different thicknesses to represent desired alphanumeric characters and special characters. In addition, one-dimensional codes include UPC (Universal Product Code), EAN (European Article Numbering), and code 39/93/128/11.

Two-dimensional code is typically represented by PDF417 code, QR code, and Data Matrix.

The QR code is fast in decoding and has a large capacity, high density and error correction function compared with the code that is used in the past. These QR codes are attached, printed and distributed to find information about the book on a book cover, for example, or printed on a plate of a rotating sushi house or easily found on the street. Therefore, the QR code can be used for information necessary for the whole life, such as business card, telephone number, text, homepage URL, and the like.

However, the QR code-based service according to the related art is provided in a fragmentary form in which one content or information is provided in one QR code.

For example, if the text or image information is recorded in the QR code, then when the QR code is recognized, the corresponding information is acquired through the QR code without interworking with the server. As another example, when 'URL' information is recorded in the QR code, the related content is acquired from the website by interfacing with the server when recognizing the code, that is, accessing the website matching with the URL information.

As described above, the conventional QR code-based service has a problem of limited service expansion because it is a fragmentary service providing method by one-to-one matching between contents and codes to be provided.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for recording QR codes, including information on text or images, URL information, The contents and information using the QR code that can implement various information providing services by providing the additional service and other contents related to the contents in a state in which the application is not terminated even after providing the contents through the executed application after executing the acquired application Providing service system, and method.

To this end, according to a first aspect of the present invention, an information providing service system using a QR code according to the present invention registers and manages contents to be provided by a plurality of information providers and an application capable of executing the contents, An ID of the application, an ID of the application, and information about the registered content and the address of a web site providing the application, in the QR code, and issues it. Receiving a QR code from the code issuing server, receiving content information and an application mapped to the QR code, downloading the received content information and an application to a code recognition terminal capable of recognizing the QR code before a service, And a service providing server for connecting to the address of a web site mapped to the QR code if there is no application mapped to the QR code in the terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a code recognition terminal for recognizing a dimensional code and providing a content service mapped to the two-dimensional code, the code recognition terminal comprising code for recognizing the two- Recognition means; A memory unit storing an application or contents; Dimensional code, extracts an application mapped to the application ID included in the two-dimensional code from the memory unit and executes the application, or requests the remote server to execute the application, and maps the content ID recognized through the two- And a control unit for executing the content.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server for providing a content and a service mapped to the QR code by recognizing the QR code, the server comprising: A database receiving and storing code information corresponding to the QR code, application information, content information, and address information of a website capable of providing the application information and the content information; If a request for application information and content information for the QR code is received from a terminal that recognizes the QR code, the terminal downloads the application to the terminal, and thereafter, the application that is mapped to the application ID recorded in each QR code from the terminal And a digital hub for attempting connection to the address recorded in the QR code when there is a request.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printed matter on which a two-dimensional code is printed according to the present invention is characterized in that the two-dimensional code comprises a positioning symbol for distinguishing a code area from an entire image, And an ID of an application for executing the related content is included in the data area.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service method for providing a content and a service mapped to the QR code by recognizing the QR code, the service method comprising the steps of: (a) Capturing and reading the image; (b) executing an application mapped with an application ID read from the QR code; (c) executing a content mapped to the content ID read from the QR code in a state in which the application is executed; (d) additionally providing additional services or other contents related to the contents after the contents are executed.

According to the present invention, a related art application that executes a related application from a QR code, provides the corresponding content through an application executed thereafter, and provides additional services and other contents related to the corresponding content thereafter to provide a piece of information It is possible to provide a variety of services.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of enhancing the convenience of the user by allowing a service for recognizing the QR code and providing related contents or information to be implemented through a single terminal, in particular, through a mobile terminal.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information providing service system using a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a code recognition terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 illustrates a configuration of a code issuing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram showing a standard of a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 illustrates a data structure of a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing service method using a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 8 and 9 are flow charts detailing the method of Figure 7;

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The configuration of the present invention and the operation and effect thereof will be clearly understood through the following detailed description. Before describing the present invention in detail, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In the case where it is judged that the gist of the present invention may be blurred to a known configuration, do.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an information providing service system using a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The system according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by including a code recognition terminal 200, a service providing server 400, and a code issuing server 500.

The illustrated QR code 100 is a two-dimensional code containing information to be provided by the information provider. In the embodiment of the present invention, the ID of the content to be provided by the information provider, the ID of the related application capable of executing the content, Information. The address information means an IP address of a web site that can provide the content and the application. The web site may be matched with the code issuing server 500 to an internet site managed by the code issuing company.

The QR code 100 may be provided or printed on a distribution such as a newspaper, a magazine, an advertisement, an article, a flyer, a ticket, a table, a business card,

The code recognition terminal 200 captures and recognizes the QR code 100 displayed on the distribution. To this end, the code recognition terminal 200 may be provided with a photographing means for photographing the QR code 100 such as a CCD camera, and a reader for reading the photographed QR code 100.

In particular, the code recognition terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention executes the application included in the QR code 100 by reading the QR code 100, and then executes the application included in the QR code 100 on the executed application And reproduces and displays the contents.

In addition, the code recognition terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention can provide supplementary services or other contents related to contents on the same application even after the contents included in the QR code 100 are shown. Thus, the present invention can provide a variety of services apart from a fragmentary service providing only one content through a conventional code.

At this time, the application included in the QR code 100 can be loaded in the code recognition terminal 200 or can be loaded on a specific web site operated by the code issuer. A specific web site can be accessed through the address information recorded in the QR code (100).

Further, the code recognition terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a camera or a device having a built-in camera function. Further, the code recognition terminal 200 may be a PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) or the like capable of network communication, and preferably a mobile terminal connected to a mobile communication network.

The network 300 includes an Internet network capable of performing data communication between the code issuing server 500 and the service providing server 400 and between the code recognizing terminal 200 and the code issuing server 500 .

When the code recognition terminal 200 is a mobile terminal, the network 300 may be a mobile communication network capable of performing data communication between the code recognition terminal 200 and the service providing server 400 by mutual connection. The mobile communication network may be a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) network, a WiBro (Wireless Internet Broadband) network, or the like.

A code issuer is a company that records contents to be provided by each information provider in a QR code (100) in association with a plurality of information providers and issues codes.

The code issuing server 500 refers to a website for registering and managing the QR code 100 issued by the code issuer. That is, the code issuing server 500 registers and manages content information to be provided by a plurality of information providers, and an application that can execute the respective content information, and registers the ID of the registered content and the ID of the application, Information on the address of the web site that can provide the web site to the QR code 100 and issues it. Then, the issued QR code 100 is stored and managed.

In addition, the code issuing server 500 provides the QR code 100 and the content information and application information included therein to the service providing server 400.

The service providing server 400 is a server operated by a mobile communication service provider and provides various information to the code recognition terminal 200 based on the QR code received from the code issuing server 500. [

In particular, the service providing server 400 stores the content information and the application information of the QR code received from the code issuing server 500 in a database, and provides the downloaded content to the code recognition terminal before the service. The service providing server 400 accesses the address of the web site mapped with the QR code 100 when there is a request for downloading the application mapped to the QR code 100 from the code recognition terminal 200, 200) and the website of the corresponding code issuer.

In the above system, each component will be described in detail.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a code recognition terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The code recognition terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a code recognition unit 210, a communication interface 230, a control unit 240, and a memory unit 260 as shown in FIG.

The code recognition means 210 photographs the QR code 100, reads it, and recognizes it. A CCD camera or a web cam can be built in to capture the code.

The communication interface 230 is responsible for mutual data communication between the code recognition terminal 200 and an external server, that is, a code issuing server (500 in FIG. 1) or a service providing server (400 in FIG. In particular, the communication interface 230 accesses the address of the website read from the QR code 100, requests the application stored in the QR code 100, and receives the application requested from the website in response to the request.

The memory unit 260 stores content information to be mapped to the QR code 100 and an application capable of executing the content information.

The control unit 240 searches for and executes an application mapped to the application ID acquired from the QR code 100 in the memory unit 260 and maps the content ID acquired through the QR code 100 in the state in which the application is executed And executes the content information.

The control unit 240 according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes an address added to the QR code 100 when an application mapped to the application ID acquired from the QR code 100 is not present in the memory unit 260 And when the application is provided from the connected web site, it can download the application to the memory unit 260. [

In addition, the control unit 240 may execute the content of the QR code 100 in a state where a predetermined application is executed, and then provide additional services or other contents related to the content.

In addition, when the recognition of a different QR code is requested in a state in which a predetermined application is executed, the control unit 240 requests the code reader 220 in the terminal to operate, and immediately transmits the content mapped to the content ID read from another QR code It is possible to execute it.

At this time, the control unit 240 confirms whether the application ID read out from another QR code is the same as the ID of the currently executed application, and if the application is read from another QR code, Extraction and execution.

In addition, the control unit 240 determines whether the application ID read from the QR code includes identification information that identifies that the application is to be received from a specific website and executes the application, and if the identification information is included, Address can be attempted.

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

The service providing server 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a digital hub 410, a decoding module 420, and a first database 430.

The first database 430 includes code information 432 corresponding to a QR code, application information 434, content and related information 436 from a plurality of code issuing servers 5001 through 500k issuing QR codes, And address information 438 are received and stored. As described above, the address information 438 is an IP address of a website operated by a plurality of code issuing servers 5001 to 500k, and provides application and content information corresponding to the QR code.

The digital hub 410 communicates with a code recognition terminal connected to the service providing server 400 or a plurality of code issuing servers 5001 to 500k, respectively. That is, if there is a request for the application recorded in each QR code from the code recognition terminal, the terminal plays the role of relaying connection between the code recognition terminal and the code issuing server 5001 to 500k by attempting connection with the address recorded in each QR code do.

The service providing server 400 downloads the application information 434 for the QR code, the content and the related information 436 from the code recognition terminal to the code recognition terminal before downloading the service, And provides the corresponding content or application when there is an additional request from the terminal. Alternatively, a link may be made to a code issuer (or web site) corresponding to the corresponding QR code.

Meanwhile, the service providing server 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention reads the QR codes input from the code recognition terminal or received from the code issuing servers 5001 to 500k, and transmits the application IDs recorded in the QR codes, And a decoding module 420 for obtaining the content ID and the address information. In this case, the code recognition function performed by the code recognition terminal of FIG. 2 described above can be implemented in the server.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a code issuing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The code issuing server 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a configuration for associating with a plurality of information providers 600 and registering and managing a QR code issued by a request of each of the information providers 600 .

As an example, the code issuing server 500 may include an interface module 510, a code registration / management module 520, and a second database 530.

The second database 530 stores the code information 532 of the registered QR code, the application information 534, the content and the related information (FIG. 3) in the same manner as the first database (430 in FIG. 3) 536, and address information 537 and stores them.

The code registration / management module 520 writes information to be provided by the respective information providers 600 in a QR code when there is a request for code issuance from a plurality of information providers 600 through the interface module 510 And the QR code issued and issued is registered and stored in the second database 530.

When issuing the QR code in this way, the code can be generated based on the following standardization standard.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a standard of a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The QR code 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a two-dimensional code, which includes a positioning symbol 110 for identifying a code area from an entire image and a data area 120 for inputting various data in the entire code do.

The position confirmation symbol 110 is disposed at three corners of the code so that accurate information can be obtained even when the position recognition symbol 110 is recognized in any direction.

The data area 120 basically encodes and displays code data, and a bit pattern can be obtained by setting 'black' as '1' and white as '0'.

As shown in FIG. 6, in this data area 120, the ID 124 of the related contents, the ID 122 of the application for executing the related contents, and related contents and applications can be provided as various kinds of code data And address information 126 of the web site.

The data area 120 includes a data header area 120a at a position adjacent to the position check symbol 110. The data header area 120a includes code version information and error correction level information . ≪ / RTI > The error correction level can be divided into a maximum of 16 classes such as levels L, M, Q, and H according to the degree of data restoration.

In addition to the ID of the application, the data area 120 may further include identification information for identifying that the application is always connected to an address of a specific web site to be provided. This makes it possible to perform quick execution by easily identifying whether the application exists in the terminal or the related server when the application is executed in the predetermined terminal through the identification information.

Hereinafter, a service method for providing various contents and information using a QR code based on the above configuration will be described.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing service method using a QR code according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts illustrating the method of FIG. 7 in detail.

Referring to FIG. 7, a service method according to an embodiment of the present invention captures a QR code using a code recognition terminal having a built-in or downloaded QR code recognition function (S1).

Then, the code recognition terminal reads the captured QR code (S2). By the code reading, the code recognition terminal acquires the content ID, the application ID, and the address information of the web site from the QR code.

The code recognition terminal executes an application mapped to the application ID acquired from the QR code (S3).

The process for this can be performed through the detailed process as shown in FIG.

That is, it is first determined whether an application mapped to the application ID exists in the code recognition terminal (S31).

Specifically, a method of determining whether an application mapped to the QR code exists in the code recognition terminal may include a method of determining whether an application mapped to the QR code is stored in the memory of the code recognition terminal, A method of selectively recording address information of a Web site in a code to determine whether or not the address information is included, or a method of accessing a specific Web site address whenever the application is executed in the QR code, It is possible to use any one of the methods for determining whether information is included.

If it is determined that the application is present in the code recognition terminal, the application is immediately executed. If the application does not exist, the connection is attempted to the address acquired from the QR code (S32).

Requests the application mapped to the application ID acquired from the QR code to the web site of the connected address, and in response thereto, receives the application and downloads it to the code recognition terminal (S33, S34). Then, the downloaded application is executed (S35).

When the QR code is photographed and read through the code recognition terminal as described above, an application mapped to the QR code is provided through the code recognition terminal or the specific server and executed. However, So that the application is executed immediately.

Referring again to FIG. 7, in a state where the application mapped to the QR code is executed, the code recognition terminal executes the content mapped to the content ID acquired from the QR code (S4).

Thereafter, the application may not be terminated and may provide additional services related to the content on the currently executed application, or may additionally provide other contents related to the content (S5). The other contents are limited to the information related to the contents executed through the QR code, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be provided as irrelevant contents.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when recognition of another QR code is requested in the state where the application is executed, a code recognition function for recognizing the QR code in the terminal itself is driven (S 51, S 52).

Thereafter, another QR code is photographed and read (S53).

After reading, the code recognition terminal executes the content mapped to the content ID read from the other QR code (S55), and can additionally provide an additional service or another content related to the content (S56).

At this time, before executing the content, the code recognition terminal may further include a step of confirming whether the application ID read from another QR code is identical to the ID of the currently executed application (S54).

As a result, if the application ID read from another QR code is the same as the ID of the application currently being executed, the corresponding content is immediately executed and provided. If the application ID is different, the application for executing the content is searched and executed in the terminal or the server have. That is, the same process as that of S3 described above may be performed, and then, the processes of S4 and S5 may be performed.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the specification of the present invention are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all the techniques within the scope of equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Conventionally, the QR code-based service is only a fragmentary service providing only one piece of content in one code. However, the present invention additionally records information on the related application in the QR code, executes the related application when recognizing the QR code, It is possible to provide a variety of services to the user by providing additional services or other contents related to the corresponding contents after providing the corresponding contents, and the service provider can expand the services and activate the current QR code based service business more.

100: two-dimensional code 200: code recognition terminal
300: network 400: service providing server
500: code issuing server 210: code recognition means
220: Code reader 230: Communication interface
240: control unit 250: browser means
260: memory unit 410: digital hub
420: decoding module 430, 530:
432, 532: Code information 434, 534: Application information
436, 536: Content and related information 438: URL address
5001,2 k: a number of code issuers
510: Interface module 520: Code registration / management module
538: Carrier information 600: Multiple information providers

Claims (20)

delete delete A code recognition terminal for recognizing a two-dimensional code and providing a content service mapped to the two-dimensional code,
Code recognition means for recognizing the two-dimensional code;
A memory unit storing an application or contents;
And a control unit for controlling content to be mapped to the content ID recognized through the two-dimensional code in a state in which a specific application is executed, so that content different from the content is also executed,
Wherein,
For execution of the specific application mapped with an application ID included in the two-dimensional code,
If the application ID does not include specific identification information for identifying whether the specific application is stored in the memory unit, performing a first process of searching the memory unit, and performing a first process To the remote server,
If the application ID includes the specific identification information, omitting the first process and performing the second process to attempt connection to the address read from the two-dimensional code,
The specific identification information may include,
Wherein the identification information is information for identifying that the specific application is always connected to an address of a specific web site to be provided.
[Claim 4 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] The method of claim 3,
Further comprising a communication interface capable of transmitting and receiving data remotely,
Wherein the control unit retrieves a content mapped to the content ID in the memory unit or accesses an address included in the two-dimensional code to download content mapped to the content ID.
[Claim 5 is abandoned upon payment of registration fee.] 5. The method of claim 4,
The control unit
Wherein when the specific application mapped to the application ID recognized from the two-dimensional code does not exist in the memory unit, the application is accessed by accessing the address included in the two-dimensional code.
[Claim 6 is abandoned due to the registration fee.] The method of claim 3,
The control unit
Wherein the code recognition terminal executes the contents of the two-dimensional code in a state in which the specific application is executed, and then provides an additional service or other contents related to the contents.
[7] has been abandoned due to the registration fee. The method of claim 3,
The control unit
Wherein when the recognition of another two-dimensional code is requested in a state in which the specific application is executed, the content mapped to the content ID read from the other two-dimensional code can be immediately executed.
[8] has been abandoned due to the registration fee. 8. The method of claim 7,
The control unit
Dimensional code is identical to the ID of the currently executed application, and in another case, the application mapped with the application ID read out from the other two-dimensional code is retrieved from the memory and executed Code recognition terminal.
delete [Claim 10 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] The method of claim 3,
Wherein the code recognition terminal is a mobile terminal that communicates with a mobile communication network.
delete delete delete delete delete delete A service method for recognizing a QR code and providing a content mapped to the QR code,
(a) capturing and reading the QR code;
(b) executing a specific application mapped with an application ID read from the QR code;
(c) executing a content mapped to the content ID read from the QR code in a state where the specific application is executed;
(d) additionally providing an additional service related to the content or content separate from the content after the content is executed,
The step (b)
If the application ID does not include specific identification information that can confirm whether the specific application is stored in the memory unit, performing a first process of searching the memory unit, A second process of requesting the remote server to the remote server,
If the application ID includes the specific identification information, the first process is skipped and the second process is performed to attempt connection to the address read from the QR code,
The specific identification information may include,
Wherein the information is information for identifying that the specific application is always connected to an address of a specific web site to be provided.
[Claim 18 is abandoned upon payment of registration fee.] 18. The method of claim 17,
The step (b)
(b3) requesting the specific application to be mapped with the application ID to the web site of the accessed address;
(b4) downloading the application by the request;
(b5) executing the downloaded application
The method of claim 1, wherein the QR code is a QR code.
[Claim 19 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] 19. The method of claim 18,
In the step (b)
As a method of determining whether an application mapped to an application ID read from the QR code for executing the specific application mapped with the application ID exists, it is determined whether or not the application is stored in the memory unit of the code recognition terminal A method of determining whether or not the address information of the website is recorded in the QR code, a method of determining whether the address information of the website is recorded in the QR code, And determining whether or not the content information is included in the content information.
[Claim 20 is abandoned upon payment of the registration fee.] 18. The method of claim 17,
The step (d)
(d1) executing a code reader function for recognizing the QR code when recognition of another QR code is requested while the specific application is executed;
(d2) reading the other QR code;
(d3) executing content mapped to the content ID read from the other QR code;
(d4) additionally providing an additional service or another content related to the content
The method of claim 1, wherein the QR code is a QR code.

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