Electronic service providing system, terminal, wireless tag providing apparatus, and server device

• US 20070013488A1
• Filed: 07/06/2006
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation (Renesas Electronics Corporation)
• Inventors: Hayashi, Yugo
• Granted Patent: US 7,598,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.510
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

An electronic service providing system according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a cell phone; a server device for providing an electronic service; and a wireless tag providing unit for providing necessary information for receiving an electronic service like an ID or password with the information stored in the RFID wireless tag. The wireless tag providing unit sends a request for an electronic service to the server device and receives necessary information. The necessary information is written to the wireless tag. The server device 4 transmits necessary information to the wireless tag providing unit in response to the request. The cell phone reads necessary information from the wireless tag of the wireless tag providing unit, and an electronic service such as contents data is received from the server device based on the necessary information. Hence, it is possible to receive an electronic service from anywhere irrespective of place and service type.

Claims

1. An electronic service providing system, comprising:

a terminal capable of transmitting/receiving data to/from a wireless tag;

a service device that transmits/receives data to/from the terminal through a network line to provide an electronic service to the terminal through the network line; and

a wireless tag providing apparatus that transmits/receives data to/from the server device to provide necessary information for receiving the electronic service provided by the server device with the information stored in the wireless tag,

the server device comprising a communication unit that receives a request for an electronic service from the wireless tag providing apparatus, transmits the necessary information for receiving the electronic service to the wireless tag providing apparatus, and provides the terminal with the electronic service based on the necessary information transmitted from the terminal through the network line,

the wireless tag providing apparatus comprising;

an input unit for sending the request for an electronic service to the server device through key entry;

a communication unit for sending the request for the electronic service entered with the input unit and receiving the necessary information transmitted from the service device; and

a wireless tag providing unit for writing the necessary information received with the communication unit into the wireless tag to provide the wireless tag that stores the necessary information, and

the terminal comprising;

a short-distance wireless communication unit for reading the necessary information stored in the wireless tag; and

a communication unit that transmits/receives data to/from the server device based on the necessary information read by the short-distance communication unit to receive the electronic service from the server device through the network line.

2. The electronic service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the necessary information includes identification information of the electronic service provided by the server device.

3. The electronic service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the necessary information includes identification information or a password of the electronic service provided by the server device.

4. A terminal that transmits/receives data to/from a server device to receive an electronic service from the server device through a network line, comprising:

a short-distance wireless communication unit for reading necessary information for receiving an electronic service provided by the server device from a wireless tag that stores the necessary information; and

a communication unit that transmits/receives data to/from the server device based on the necessary information read by the short-distance communication unit to receive the electronic service from the server device through the network line.

5. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein the necessary information includes identification information of the electronic service provided by the server device.

6. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein the necessary information includes identification information or a password of the electronic service provided by the server device.

7. A wireless tag providing apparatus that transmits/receives data to/from a server device to provide necessary information for receiving the electronic service provided by the server device with the information stored in the wireless tag,

an input unit for sending a request for an electronic service to the server device through key entry;

a communication unit for sending the request for the electronic service entered with the input unit to the server device and receiving the necessary information transmitted from the service device; and

a wireless tag providing unit for writing the necessary information received with the communication unit into the wireless tag to provide the wireless tag that stores the necessary information.

8. The wireless tag providing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the necessary information includes identification information or a password of the electronic service provided by the server device.

9. The wireless tag providing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the necessary information includes identification information or a password of the electronic service provided by the server device.

10. A server device that transmits/receives data to/from a terminal capable of transmitting/receiving data to/from a wireless tag to provide an electronic service to the terminal and transmits/receives data to/from a wireless tag providing apparatus that provides necessary information for receiving the electronic service with the information stored in the wireless tag, comprising:

a communication unit that receives a request for an electronic service from the wireless tag providing apparatus, transmits the necessary information for receiving the electronic service to the wireless tag providing apparatus, and provides the electronic service to the terminal that transmits/receives data to/from the wireless tag that stores the necessary information, based on the necessary information transmitted from the terminal through the network line.

11. The server device according to claim 10, wherein the necessary information includes identification information or a password of the electronic service provided by the server device.

12. The server device according to claim 10, wherein the necessary information includes identification information or a password of the electronic service provided by the server device.