PL229734B1 - Method for transmission and processing of configuration data - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a configuration data transmission and processing method, wherein a QR code is acquired and decoded, the obtained data being identified in an identification module and being transferred into a decision module, where the transmitted information are analysed. In the case of configuration data, these are input into the memory of the processor, where the settings of the mobile terminal are determined and the settings being subsequently input into the mobile terminal.

Description

Description of the invention

The subject of the invention is a method of sending and processing configuration data, in particular with the use of Quick Response (QR) codes.

Quick Response codes are alphanumeric, two-dimensional, matrix, square bar codes, invented by the Japanese company Denso-Wave in 1994. These are modular and constant dimensional codes that allow you to encode Kanji / Kana characters, which is why they are very common in Japan. Additionally, they allow you to encode characters belonging to the Arabic, Greek, Hebrew or Cyrillic alphabets, as well as other user-specified symbols. There are two types of codes - basic and extended, which can encode up to 7089 numeric characters, 4296 alphanumeric characters, 1817 Kanji characters or 2953 eight-bit binary data (bytes). The acceptable code dimensions are from 21 x 21 to 177 x 177 modules. The specification allows for the combination of up to 16 codes for storing more information. The structure of the code allows it to be placed and read on objects that move quickly in relation to the scanner, for example on conveyors. QR codes can be used to save and place URLs in various places.

QR codes are usually used to save various types of data on packages, products, etc. With their help you can send yourself an e-mail, www address, or any other message, visit a website, send an e-mail or text message.

There are known ways to use QR codes to send links redirecting to websites with information about promotions, coupons, with video and music content or with contact details. Such use of QR codes is described, for example, in US applications No. 2012 0 085 829 A1 and US applications No. 2012 0 085 828 A1.

The QR code may also contain information or a link to the relevant page regarding insurance, as set out in KR application No. 1 020 120 019 422 A.

It is known from EP application 2 469 456 A1 to use QR codes for automatic check-in by entering in them the information required to carry out the check-in. On the other hand, the subject of application no. KR 1 020 110 063 406 A is the use of QR codes for the exchange of information contained in electronic business cards between users.

Additionally, from US applications no. 2012 0 150 750 A1 and US no. 2012 0 078 782 A1, it is known to use Quick Response codes as links to links redirecting to internet payment sites without logging in or prior registration.

KR patent specification No. 101 141 204 B1 describes the use of a QR code in a restaurant ordering system. The QR code contains basic information about the table, such as the location. Additionally, in the QR code there is a link redirecting to the web server, to the website of the restaurant, where the customer can place an order. In the discussed solution, the QR code is only an information carrier without affecting the configuration of the code reading device, e.g. a smartphone.

JP Application No. 2007 108 947 A discloses a solution that facilitates the input of I / O data into peripheral devices, for example a printer. The QR code placed on the selected device contains information about this device, i.e. it is only a carrier of information identifying the device. All configuration information relates to the device and is implemented, converted by an external server. In this report, the QR code has no effect on the configuration of the smartphone with which it is scanned and then sent to an external server via e-mail.

EP application 2 469 456 A1 discloses an automatic check-in method based on a QR code. In this solution, the application installed on the smartphone converts the information entered by the user and generates it in the form of a QR code, which is used as a carrier of the user's information. The entered data (user information) is stored in the smartphone's memory, they can be modified before generating the QR code, but the QR code itself does not affect the smartphone's configuration. In this case, the smartphone is the source, not the target, of the QR code.

Another use of the QR code is shown in US Application No. 2012 187 185 A1, which discloses a counterfeit goods detection method and system. In the discussed solution, a QR code is used as a data carrier for products specified by the manufacturer. QR codes, i.e. data, are scanned by the customer, sent to a central database and verified. The QR code has no effect on the configuration of the scanning device, for example on a smartphone.

PL 229 734 B1

So far, the use of QR codes has been limited to the use of codes as carriers of small content, for example informational or links redirecting to relevant websites.

The object of the invention is to use Quick Response codes for fast, automatic, error-free transmission of configuration data for applications and system services, for example in smartphone-type mobile or other cameras equipped with a camera. Previous methods of configuring, for example, mobile phones, required authentication (login and password) both when entering data manually and when connecting to the Internet.

The method of transmitting and processing the configuration data according to the invention is characterized in that an image of a QR code is retrieved by means of a scanning module, which is then decoded by means of a decoding module. The obtained information is decrypted by means of the description module, then it is recognized in the identification module and further forwarded to the decision module where the transmitted information is analyzed. In the case of configuration data, they are stored in the processor memory where the settings of the mobile terminal are determined and the settings are entered into the mobile terminal.

Preferably, after the settings are entered into the mobile terminal, the registers of the mobile terminal are modified.

Preferably, after the settings have been entered into the mobile terminal, the setting files of the mobile terminal are modified.

Preferably, after the settings are entered into the mobile terminal, files from the mobile terminal are created.

The subject of the invention is shown in an embodiment in Fig. 1, which shows a block diagram of the various steps of the method for transmitting and processing configuration data.

The method of transmitting and processing configuration data includes downloading 1 QR code with the scanning module - a camera that the phone is equipped with, i.e. setting the QR code in the field of view of the telephone camera and waiting for the QR code to be identified. The next step is to decode 2 the QR code in the decoding module and recognize the 3 obtained data in the identification module. Then, the transferred information is transferred to the decision module, where the data is analyzed and, in case of confirmation that it is configuration data, the data is loaded into the memory of the processor. 6 settings of the mobile terminal are determined in the memory of the processor, then these settings are entered into the mobile terminal and its registers are modified.

In another embodiment of the invention, after the identity of the configuration data is confirmed, it is stored in the processor memory, where the settings of the mobile terminal are determined and the specific settings are entered into the mobile terminal. The next step is to modify the mobile terminal settings files. In another embodiment, once the configuration data has been confirmed and stored in the processor memory, the settings of the mobile terminal are determined 6 and loaded 7 into the mobile terminal, and then the mobile terminal files are created. In a further embodiment, after specifying 6 settings and entering 7 settings on the mobile terminal, registers and setting files of the mobile terminal are modified and files of the mobile terminal are created. In a further embodiment, when the downloaded data is encoded, a decryption of the obtained information is performed between the decoding 2 and the recognition 3 of the data in the description module.

Claims (4)

A method of transmitting and processing configuration data, characterized in that, by means of a scanning module, an image of a QR code is taken, which is then decoded by means of a decoding module, and the obtained information is decrypted by means of a description module, and then recognized in the identification module and it is then forwarded to a decision module which analyzes the transmitted information and, in the case of configuration data, is loaded into a processor memory where settings of the mobile terminal are determined and settings are entered into the mobile terminal. 2. The method according to p. The method of claim 1, wherein after the settings are entered into the mobile terminal, registers of the mobile terminal are modified. PL 229 734 Β1 3. The method according to p. The method of claim 1 or 2, characterized in that after the settings have been entered into the mobile terminal, the setting files of the mobile terminal are modified. 4. The method according to p. The method of any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, after the settings are entered into the mobile terminal, files from the mobile terminal are created.