Mode based action invocation through tag scanning
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1. A mobile terminal apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a user interface for receiving an input from a user of the mobile terminal;
a short-range communication reader; and
a processing device in communication with the short-range communication reader and the user interface, wherein, in response to a predefined user input to the user interface, the processing unit provides for activation of the short range communication reader and activates an application associated with the user interface, wherein the application is activated upon reading data from a proximate short-range communication source and the read data is used in the application.
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Abstract
The invention provides seamless activation of a mobile terminal-integrated short-range communication reader along with activation and execution of an application required to further process the information read from a tag. In this regard, the user of the mobile terminal can intuitively control the applications/operations that will be triggered in connection with reading a short-range communication tag. As such the invention is able to provide an efficient and reliable means for accessing additional information related to the tag data, storing data included in the tag data or performing other functions related to the tag data.
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1. A mobile terminal apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
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a user interface for receiving an input from a user of the mobile terminal;
a short-range communication reader; and
a processing device in communication with the short-range communication reader and the user interface, wherein, in response to a predefined user input to the user interface, the processing unit provides for activation of the short range communication reader and activates an application associated with the user interface, wherein the application is activated upon reading data from a proximate short-range communication source and the read data is used in the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing a mobile terminal seamless scanning of a short-range communication tag and activation of an application related to the data included in the tag;
- the method comprising the steps of;
providing a user input to a predefined user interface;
activating a short-range communication reader integrated with the mobile terminal in response to the user input;
reading data from a proximate short-range communication tag;
activating an application associated with the user interface in response of reading data from the tag; and
executing the application using data read from the short-range communication tag. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
- the method comprising the steps of;
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35. A computer program product for activating a short-range communication reader integrated in a mobile terminal and automatically processing data read by the reader, the product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:
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first instructions for activating the short-range communication reader in response to user input to a predefined user interface; and
second instructions for activating an application associated with the predefined user interface in response to reading application-related data from a short-range communication tag. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system for providing short-range communication to a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
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a mobile terminal including;
a user interface for receiving an input from a user, a short-range communication reader, a processing device in communication with the short-range communication receiver and the user interface that provides for activation of the short-range communication reader in response to a predefined user input to the user interface, and an application executed by the processing device and associated with the user interface; and
a short-range communication tag that includes data that is intended for use with the application, wherein the application is activated once the short-range communication reader reads the data and the application is executed using the read data. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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