KR20100064678A - Method of driving application automatically using code resloution process - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of automatically driving an application using code analysis is provided to remove complexity and difficulty due to direction selection and execution of a corresponding application, thereby providing convenience in a service. CONSTITUTION: A terminal executes an application for code recognition(S701). The terminal recognizes the code(S702). The terminal requests code analysis to a code analyzing sever(S703). If a corresponding application does not exist in a code analyzing response, the terminal downloads the application(S704,S705). If the application is executed, the terminal requests a service to a corresponding service providing server(S706,S707).

Description

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The present invention relates to an application program identification and driving method, and more particularly, a method for identifying and driving a corresponding application program in a user terminal device in an environment in which a service is provided to a user using an identification technology such as RFID or a barcode. It is about.

The present invention is derived from a study conducted as part of the information and communication standard development support project of the Ministry of Information and Communication [Task No. 2008-P1-05-08192, Task name: Mobile and next-generation RFID technology standards development].

A method for identifying an application program of a terminal currently provided using an identification technology such as RFID includes a method of using a fixed application program such as logistics and distribution. However, in the case of a mobile RFID service using a mobile phone, the types of services are very diverse and required applications may vary according to various services. In this case, the user may use the method of determining the application in advance and providing the service using a common application such as a browser for the Internet of the mobile phone.

However, the method of using the service after the user determines the application in advance and runs the application is not only inconvenient for the user, but also difficult to provide to the user who does not have prior information or the user who cannot obtain related information about such information. .

In addition, when each service uses a common application stored in a terminal of a user such as an Internet browser, there is a disadvantage in that various application services cannot be provided due to limitations of the browser.

User services using identification technologies such as RFID are very diverse, and in order to satisfy the various requirements of such services, a service providing method based on a separate application suitable for each application is based on a common application such as a browser. It is much more efficient than using this method, and its function can be implemented without being limited to the function of common application.

In order to use such a separate application program, various application programs should be mounted on the user's terminal, and such various applications may be automatically driven on the terminal when the user recognizes an RFID or a barcode as the terminal. Should be

The present invention provides an application program identification method and a driving method for satisfying the requirement for automatic application program identification.

The present invention provides a method for identifying an application that enables a specific application to provide a limitation of service expression that a method of using a common application, such as a browser of a user terminal, and automatically selects or acquires such a specific application. .

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

An application program automatic driving method of the present invention comprises the steps of: driving an application program for recognizing a code from identification means; Receiving a code interpretation response from the code interpretation server for the interpretation request of the recognized code; And driving a corresponding application program of a specific service based on the information included in the code interpretation response.

More preferably, the step of driving the application, if the application is absent, obtaining the download location information of the application from the information included in the code interpretation response to download the application; And driving the downloaded corresponding application program.

More preferably, the information included in the code interpretation response may include service access information, application information about an application program, and application program download information.

More preferably, the code interpretation server may manage code information matched with service access information and application identification information corresponding to a specific code.

The present invention solves the complexity and difficulty in the user to directly select and run the application in the service providing method by a specific application.

In addition, in a service providing method by a specific application, if the application does not exist in the user's terminal, the application can be automatically acquired.

In addition, by providing a specific application with a limitation of service expression of a common application such as a browser of a user terminal, and allowing a specific application to be automatically selected or acquired, the service provision by the browser implies. You can remove the limit.

The service based on the application automatic acquisition and the automatic driving method according to the present invention provides the convenience of the service and the higher level of the service compared to the existing method in providing the service based on the recognition technology such as RFID and barcode to the general user. This becomes possible.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements among the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated. The terms “… unit”, “… group”, “… block” described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. .

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional procedure of providing a service after driving an application program according to a user's application program determination.

Referring to FIG. 1, a user drives an application (hereinafter referred to as an 'A' application) suitable for a service (hereinafter, referred to as an 'A' service) that the user wants to use in his terminal (101). The 'A' application provides a function for recognizing RFID or bar code in addition to the function for executing the 'A' service.

When the user reads RFID / barcode and the like using the 'A' application (102), the 'A' application requests a code interpretation to a remote code interpretation device to interpret the code read by the terminal (103). Code interpretation refers to the process of locating a service or content associated with a code recorded in an RFID / barcode.

The code interpretation device, which has received the code interpretation request from the user terminal, identifies the location of the service associated with the corresponding code and returns the location of the service to the user terminal as a code interpretation response (104).

The 'A' application of the user terminal accesses the location of the service received from the code interpretation device and executes the corresponding service (105).

In this way, when there are several applications on the user's terminal and the user does not know the information on the application for executing the service, it is disadvantageous to operate the application program by the user's judgment.

2 is a diagram illustrating an existing procedure of providing a service by a browser which is a common program of a user terminal.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user drives an application capable of recognizing RFID, a barcode, etc. in his terminal (hereinafter referred to as 'common application') 201.

When the common application reads the RFID / barcode and the like (202), the terminal requests code interpretation from the remote code interpretation device to interpret the read code (203).

The code interpretation device, which has received the code interpretation request from the user terminal, grasps the location of the service associated with the corresponding code and returns the location of the service to the user terminal as a code interpretation response (204).

The common application of the user terminal runs the browser and returns the location of the service received from the code interpretation device to the browser (205). The browser connects to the location of the service and provides the 'A' service to the user (206).

Since this method uses a browser stored in the user's terminal, there is a drawback that the service provided may be more limited than the service provided by the application in advance of convenience or according to the functional limitations provided by the browser than the method of selecting multiple applications.

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure in which a corresponding application program of a user terminal is automatically driven based on a code analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a user drives an application program capable of recognizing an RFID, a barcode, etc. in his terminal (hereinafter referred to as 'common application') 301.

If the common application reads RFID / barcode and the like (302), the terminal requests code interpretation from a remote code interpretation device to interpret the read code (303).

The code interpretation device, which has received a code interpretation request from the user terminal, identifies the location of the service associated with the corresponding code and returns the location of the service to the user terminal as a code interpretation response (304). In this case, the code interpretation apparatus attaches application information related to the corresponding service in addition to the location of the service and provides the terminal to the terminal. As the application information, an ID of the application or specific information assigned to the application may be used. This information enables the combination of the service provided by the service provider and the application program providing the service in the terminal, and this information should be set in advance.

The user terminal automatically drives the corresponding application program (the 'A' application) based on the application information (305), and accesses the location of the service to provide the 'A' service to the user (306).

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure in which a corresponding application program of a user terminal is automatically downloaded and driven according to a code analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention to provide a service.

Referring to FIG. 4, a user drives an application program capable of recognizing RFID, a barcode, etc. in his terminal (hereinafter referred to as 'common application') 401.

When the common application reads the RFID / barcode and the like (402), the terminal requests the code interpretation from the remote code interpretation device to interpret the read code (403).

The code interpretation device, which has received a code interpretation request from the user terminal, identifies the location of the service associated with the corresponding code and returns the application information and the location of the service to the user terminal as a code interpretation response (404). In addition, the code interpretation device provides a location where the application can be obtained in addition to the location of the service and the corresponding application, so that the application can be downloaded by the analysis device when the user does not have the application. To download the application. To this end, the code interpretation device must have information combined with information about the application and information for acquiring the application, in addition to combining the location of the code and the service, and must be able to provide such information to the user terminal.

If there is no corresponding application, the user terminal accesses a downloadable location of the application provided by the analyzer and downloads the corresponding application ('A' application) (405).

The user terminal automatically drives the downloaded 'A' application (406), accesses the location of the corresponding service, and provides the 'A' service to the user (407).

5 is a view illustrating an embodiment of information stored in a code interpretation device to support automatic recognition of an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the code interpretation apparatus stores a code, a location of a service for a corresponding code, and information on an application required for the code as a table. Therefore, the code interpretation device receives the code interpretation request from the terminal and retrieves the stored information to provide the terminal with the location of the service for the corresponding code and information on the corresponding application.

6 illustrates a procedure of automatically driving an application in a terminal after receiving a code interpretation response from a code interpretation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, it is assumed that an application '1234' and an application '1SET' are installed in a terminal. It is assumed that the value of the code read by the terminal is '12345678' and the location of the service is 'http://www.xyz.com/1234.wml' as a result of performing the code interpretation in the code interpretation device. 1234 ', the code interpretation response delivered by the code interpretation device to the terminal may be' location: http://www.xyz.com/1234.wml, application information: APP_ID 1234 '.

When the terminal includes information on the application in the code interpretation response received from the code interpretation device, the terminal will drive the application. Therefore, the application '1234' stored in the terminal is automatically driven.

7 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for automatically driving an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal first drives an application program for code recognition from the identification means (S701), and performs code recognition to read the code (S702).

The terminal requests a code interpretation to the code interpretation server and receives a code interpretation response thereto (S703). The information included in the code interpretation response may include service connection information, application information about an application program, and may further include application program download information, if necessary. The code interpretation server manages code information matching service access information and application program identification information corresponding to a specific code.

The terminal runs the corresponding application program of the specific service based on the information included in the code interpretation response. First, it is determined whether the corresponding application program included in the received code interpretation response exists (S704). If the application exists, the application is driven (S706). If the corresponding application does not exist, the application download position is obtained from the download information of the corresponding application, the corresponding application is downloaded (S705), and the downloaded corresponding application is driven (S706). When the corresponding application program for using the service is driven, the terminal requests a connection to the corresponding service providing server based on the service access information (S707).

As such, the present invention can improve the difficulty and complexity of application driving, which is a disadvantage of the conventional method, and the deterioration of service quality by a simple browser, by retaining application program information necessary for providing a service associated with a recognized code. .

In another embodiment, the present invention may be used in place of or in combination with a processor / controller programmed with computer software instructions for practicing the present invention. Thus, the present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission via the Internet) . The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

So far, the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims.

Therefore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional procedure of providing a service after driving an application program according to a user's application program determination.

2 is a diagram illustrating an existing procedure of providing a service by a browser which is a common program of a user terminal.

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure in which a corresponding application program of a user terminal is automatically driven based on a code analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure in which a corresponding application program of a user terminal is automatically downloaded and driven according to a code analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention to provide a service.

5 is a view illustrating an embodiment of information stored in a code interpretation device to support automatic recognition of an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 illustrates a procedure of automatically driving an application in a terminal after receiving a code interpretation response from a code interpretation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for automatically driving an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (6)

Running an application program for code recognition from the identification means; Receiving a code interpretation response from the code interpretation server for the interpretation request of the recognized code; And And driving a corresponding application program of a specific service based on the information included in the code interpretation response. The method of claim 1, wherein the driving of the application program comprises: Acquiring download location information of the corresponding application from the information included in the code interpretation response and downloading the corresponding application if the corresponding application is absent; And And driving the downloaded corresponding application program. The method of claim 1, The information included in the code interpretation response, the application access method, characterized in that it comprises a service access information and application information for the application. The method of claim 1, The information included in the code interpretation response, service access information, application information for the application and application download method, characterized in that the application download information. The method of claim 1, The code analysis server automatically runs an application program, characterized in that for managing the code information matching the service access information and the application identification information corresponding to a specific code. The method of claim 1, Requesting and using an access to a corresponding service providing server based on the access information of a specific service included in the code interpretation response.

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