Method and system for selecting data items for service requests

• US 20060128408A1
• Filed: 02/01/2006
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Heikki Huomo, Ian Nordman, Janne Jalkanen, Joakim Granholm, Marko Perttila, Marko Vanska, Mikko Tarkiainen, Petri Vesikivi, Raimo Malila, Sami Ranta, Vesa Jutila
• Original Assignee: Heikki Huomo, Ian Nordman, Janne Jalkanen, Joakim Granholm, Marko Perttila, Marko Vanska, Mikko Tarkiainen, Petri Vesikivi, Raimo Malila, Sami Ranta, Vesa Jutila
• Inventors: Jalkanen, Janne, Vesikivi, Petri, Huomo, Heikki, Jutila, Vesa, Tarkiainen, Mikko, Malila, Raimo, Ranta, Sami, Nordman, Ian, Perttila, Marko, Granholm, Joakim, Vanska, Marko
• Granted Patent: US 7,606,533 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/04 Systems determining presence of a target based on relative movement of target G01S13/56
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/751 wherein the responder or reflector radiates a coded signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A method and system locate a transponder that has an associated identifier and content data, at a location substantially accessible to a user of the mobile terminal. The transponder is activated by the mobile terminal with a wireless signal. In response, the mobile terminal receives at least the identifier and the content data from the activated transponder at the mobile terminal. From the received identifier and/or content data, the method and system select one or more of the stored data items according to one or more criteria.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader module configured to receive information from an RFID device physically located within a coverage area of the RFID reader module, the received information comprising at least an identifier and content data associated therewith;

a memory configured to store various data items and/or applications; and

a controller configured to select at least one of the stored data items and/or applications for activation based on the received identifier and to feed associated content data to the at least one activated data item and/or application.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a cellular network interface configured to send a service request to a service provider, wherein the service request is based on the at least one selected data item.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the service request is a Short Message Service (SMS) push request.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the service request is a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) push request.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the service request is a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) request.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the service request is a request for hypertext markup language (HTML) content.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the service request is an instant messaging request.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to activate a selected application stored at the mobile terminal based on the received identifier.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the selected application is activated automatically.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said controller is configured to feed at least part of the received content data to the selected application.

11. A method, comprising:

activating a transponder device via a wireless interrogation signal;

receiving information from the transponder device in response to the interrogation signal, the received information comprising at least an identifier and content data associated therewith;

selecting at least one stored data item and/or application for activation based on the received identifier; and

feeding the associated content data to the at least one activated data item and/or application.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending a service request to a service provider, wherein the service request is based on the at least one selected data item.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the service request is a Short Message Service (SMS) push request.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the service request is a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) push request.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the service request is a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) request.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the service request is a request for hypertext markup language (HTML) content.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the service request is an instant messaging request.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein said selecting activates a selected application stored at the mobile terminal based on the received identifier.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the selected application is activated automatically.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein said feeding feeds at least part of the received content data to the selected application.

21. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having. computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor in a communications device, the computer program logic comprising:

program code for enabling the processor to cause the device to activate a transponder device via a wireless interrogation signal;

program code for enabling the processor to cause the device to receive information from the transponder device in response to the interrogation signal, the received information comprising at least an identifier and content data associated therewith;

program code for enabling the processor to cause the device to select at least one stored data item and/or application for activation based on the received identifier; and

program code for enabling the processor to cause the device to feed the associated content data to the at least one activated data item and/or application.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising:

program code for sending a service request to a service provider, wherein the service request is based on the at least one selected data item.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the service request is a Short Message Service (SMS) push request.

24. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the service request is a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) push request.

25. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the service request is a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) request.

26. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the service request is a request for hypertext markup language (HTML) content.

27. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the service request is an instant messaging request.

28. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein said selecting activates a selected application stored at the mobile terminal based on the received identifier.

29. The computer program product of claim 28, wherein the selected application is activated automatically.

30. The computer program product of claim 28, wherein said feeding feeds at least part of the received content data to the selected application.