KR20120078420A - Apparatus and method for storing tag selectively - Google Patents

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KR20120078420A
KR20120078420A KR1020100140709A KR20100140709A KR20120078420A KR 20120078420 A KR20120078420 A KR 20120078420A KR 1020100140709 A KR1020100140709 A KR 1020100140709A KR 20100140709 A KR20100140709 A KR 20100140709A KR 20120078420 A KR20120078420 A KR 20120078420A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for reading and storing an RFID tag. The tag sorting storage device reads an RFID tag to obtain tag information, a control unit which checks whether the tag information is payment related information by referring to the attribute information included in the tag information, and when the tag information is payment related information. It includes a smart card access unit for storing the tag information in the smart card.

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Tag sorting storage device and method {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING TAG SELECTIVELY}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for reading and storing an RFID tag.

With the advent of RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) technology and the development of mobile communication services, mobile communication terminals can obtain data such as coupons, movie gift certificates, etc. by reading RFID tags. In addition, a service is provided using data of an RFID tag acquired by a mobile communication terminal. In particular, a payment service is provided by using a tag information stored in an RFID tag, such as a user reading an RFID tag, obtaining a coupon, and receiving a discount using a coupon at a later payment.

In general, when reading an RFID tag, the tag information is stored in the storage area of the terminal. However, due to security concerns, information used for payment, such as coupon information, must be stored in a smart card to make payment. For the reason described above, the user has an inconvenience in that information necessary for payment such as coupon information needs to be transferred to a smart card and stored.

An object of the present invention is to provide a tag sorting storage device and method for storing tag information in a smart card according to attribute information included in acquired RFID tag information.

According to an aspect of the invention, the tag reading unit for reading the RFID tag to obtain the tag information; A control unit which checks whether the tag information is information related to payment by referring to the attribute information included in the tag information; When the tag information is payment related information, a tag sorting storage device including a smart card access unit for storing the tag information in a smart card is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for reading an RFID tag by a tag sorting storage device, the method comprising: obtaining tag information by reading an RFID tag; Checking whether the tag information is information related to a payment by referring to the attribute information included in the tag information; When the tag information is information related to payment, a tag selection storing method including storing the tag information in a smart card is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, RFID tag information may be stored in a smart card without a user's separate operation.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, only the tag information required for payment is stored in the storage area of the smart card, which has a limited capacity compared to the storage area of the terminal, so that the storage area of the smart card can be efficiently used.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a tag sorting storage device.
2 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of tag information read from an RFID tag by a tag sorting storage device.
3 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a tag sorting storage device reads an RFID tag and provides a service.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a tag sorting storage device storing tag information according to an RFID tag.

The present invention may be variously modified and have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Also, in the present specification, when one component is referred to as "transmitting a signal" to another component, the one component may be directly connected to the other component to transmit a signal, but there is a specially opposite description. It is to be understood that unless otherwise, the signal may be transmitted in the intermediary with another component.

1 is a block diagram briefly illustrating a configuration of a tag sorting storage device, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of tag information read from an RFID tag by a tag sorting storage device.

Referring to FIG. 1, the apparatus for providing a service includes a tag reader 110, a controller 120, a smart card access unit 130, a storage unit 140, a smart card 150, and a communication unit 160.

The tag reader 110 reads an RFID tag to obtain tag information stored in the RFID tag. Referring to FIG. 2, the tag information includes attribute information 210 indicating that a service using a corresponding RFID tag is a service related to payment, and general information 220 necessary to provide a service. In this case, the attribute information 210 may be information such as a flag indicating tag information regarding payment and 0 indicating tag information not related to payment.

The tag information may be stored by dividing the attribute information 210 and the general information 220 into fields of separate designated capacity. Alternatively, the tag information may further include header information indicating a section of the attribute information 210 and the general information 220, and a section located in the header information of the attribute information 210 and the general information 220 may be flexibly set. have. In this case, the tag reader 110 may acquire the tag information of the RFID tag, including an RFID reader using a 13.56 MHz or 900 MHz frequency band. In addition, the tag reading unit 110 may be activated when the user inputs a request for reading an RFID tag through an input unit (not shown) to obtain tag information of the RFID tag. The input for requesting reading by the user may be input such as pressing a separate designated key once or for a predetermined time. The tag reader 110 transmits the obtained tag information to the controller 120.

The controller 120 extracts the attribute information from the tag information and checks whether the corresponding tag information indicates the payment related information by referring to the attribute information. If the tag information is information related to payment, the controller 120 transmits the tag information to the smart card access unit 130. In addition, when the corresponding tag information is not information related to payment, the controller 120 stores the corresponding tag information in the storage 140. In addition, the control unit 120 may execute one or more applications stored in the storage unit 140. When the smart card 150 or the tag information stored in the storage unit 140 is required according to the execution of the application, the smart card may be executed. The access unit 130 may request to extract tag information stored in the smart card 150 or extract tag information from the storage 140.

The smart card access unit 130 accesses the smart card 150 inserted into the tag sorting storage device and stores it in the storage area of the smart card 150 or reads the information stored in the smart card 150 to the control unit 120. send. When the smart card access unit 130 receives the tag information from the control unit 120, the smart card access unit 130 stores the tag information in the smart card 150. Also, the smart card access unit 130 may extract tag information stored in the smart card 150 and transmit the tag information to the controller 120 according to a request of the controller 120.

The storage unit 140 receives and stores tag information from the controller 120 and later transmits the tag information to the controller 120 according to a request of the controller 120. In addition, the storage 140 may store an application executed by the controller 120.

The communication unit 140 is connected to a communication network to transmit and receive data with an external terminal (server, PC, portable terminal). For example, the communication unit 140 transmits the corresponding data to the external terminal through the communication network when data is required to be transmitted to the external terminal through the communication network in the application running by the control unit 120. In addition, when receiving data from an external terminal, the communication unit 140 may transmit to the control unit 120 to be executed using the data received by the application.

Hereinafter, a payment service process using the tag sorting storage device described above with reference to FIG. 1 will be described. Hereinafter, it is assumed that the RFID tag 310 is attached to the merchandise merchandise store and stores tag information including a coupon capable of payment of a coupon discount. In addition, it is assumed that tag information includes attribute information including payment information. In addition, it is assumed that an application for coupon discount payment is stored in the storage 140 of the tag sorting storage device.

3 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a tag sorting storage device reads an RFID tag and provides a service. Referring to FIG. 3, the user sees a discount coupon guide attached to a merchandise stand and decides to perform a discount payment using the corresponding coupon. The user approaches the tag sorting storage device to the RFID tag 310 to obtain the discount coupon. The tag reader 110 of the tag sorting storage device obtains tag information from the RFID tag 310 and transmits the tag information to the controller 120. The controller 120 extracts attribute information included in the tag information. The controller 120 checks whether the payment information is included in the attribute information. When the payment information is included in the attribute information, the controller 120 transmits the tag information to the smart card access unit 130. The smart card access unit 130 stores tag information in a designated storage area of the smart card 150. In this case, when the payment information is not included in the attribute information, the controller 120 stores the tag information in the storage 140. Therefore, the tag information related to payment may be stored in the smart card 150 without the user's involvement, and the tag information not related to payment is stored in the storage unit 140 of the tag sorting storage device. The storage area of can be used efficiently.

Then, the user orders the execution of the application for coupon discount payment to pay the goods. The controller 120 of the tag selection storage device executes an application according to a user's command. When the controller 120 needs tag information including a coupon while performing payment according to an application, the controller 120 extracts tag information including a coupon stored in the smart card 150 through the smart card access unit 130. do. The controller 120 performs coupon discount payment using the tag information. In this case, the tag sorting storage device described above is described that the coupon discount payment is performed through the application stored in the storage unit 140, but the coupon discount payment performed by the terminal of the seller according to the payment method using the corresponding coupon Can be applied. That is, the terminal of the seller may access the smart card 150 of the user to check the tag information including the coupon, and perform coupon discount payment according to the corresponding tag information.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a tag sorting storage device storing tag information according to an RFID tag.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 410, the tag sorting storage device reads an RFID tag to obtain tag information. In this case, the tag information may include attribute information including payment information indicating that a service using the corresponding RFID tag is a service related to payment, and general information necessary to provide a service. In addition, the tag information may be stored by dividing the attribute information and the general information into fields of separate designated capacity. Alternatively, the tag information may further include header information indicating a section of the attribute information and the general information, and a section located in the header information of the attribute information and the general information may be flexibly set. In this case, the tag sorting storage device may acquire tag information of the RFID tag, including an RFID reader using a 13.56 MHz or 900 MHz frequency band. In addition, the tag sorting storage device may be activated when a user inputs a request for reading an RFID tag to obtain tag information of the RFID tag.

In operation 420, the tag selection storage device extracts attribute information included in tag information acquired in operation 410.

In operation 430, the tag sorting storage device determines whether the tag information is related to payment by referring to the attribute information.

If the tag information is related to payment, in step 440, the tag sorting storage device stores the tag information in a designated storage area of the smart card.

If the tag information is not related to payment, in step 450, the tag sorting storage device stores the tag information in a storage area provided in the tag sorting storage device.

Therefore, the tag sorting storage device may store tag information related to payment in the smart card 150 without a user's separate operation, and tag information not related to payment is stored in a separate storage area provided in the tag sorting storage device. As a result, the limited storage area of the smart card 150 can be efficiently used.

So far I looked at the center of the embodiment for the present invention. Many embodiments other than the above-described embodiments are within the claims of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. The disclosed embodiments should, therefore, be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. 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.

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A tag reader which reads an RFID tag to obtain tag information;
A control unit which checks whether the tag information is information related to payment by referring to the attribute information included in the tag information;
Smart card access unit for storing the tag information in the smart card when the tag information is information related to payment
Tag sorting storage device comprising a.
The method according to claim 1,
The tag sorting storage device further comprises a storage unit for storing the tag information, if the tag information is not information related to payment.
The method of claim 2,
The control unit tag sorting storage device, characterized in that for storing the tag information stored in the storage unit in accordance with the user input to the smart card.
The method according to claim 1,
And the tag information further includes general information used to provide a service other than the attribute information.
In the tag sorting storage device to sort and store the tag information,
Reading the RFID tag to obtain tag information;
Checking whether the tag information is information related to a payment by referring to the attribute information included in the tag information;
If the tag information is information related to payment, storing the tag information in a smart card.
Tag selection method comprising a storage method.
6. The method of claim 5,
And storing the tag information in a storage area provided in the tag sorting storage device when the tag information is not payment related information.
The method of claim 6,
And storing tag information stored in the storage unit in the smart card according to a user's input.
6. The method of claim 5,
And the tag information further includes general information used to provide a service other than the attribute information.
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