Method for displaying a reference relating to protective rights which protect a product

• US 20070035400A1
• Filed: 10/25/2006
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Swisscom AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Original Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Inventors: Lauper, Eric
• Application Number:
  US11/586,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20070035400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2462 Asset location systems combined with EAS inventory, tracking, logistic G06Q10/00; entrance control systems G07C9/00

Abstract

A method is disclosed for displaying on a product (1) a reference (30) relating to protective rights that protect a product (1). According to the method, an RFID element (10) is linked to a product (1) and the RFID element (10) contains data on the basis of which at least one protective right indication (30) can be determined. The protective right indication (30) can be downloaded from a remote server (7) over a telecommunication network. The invention also relates to a system having at least one server (7) where protective right indications (30) are stored that correspond to said products (1) and to a database system where one or several protective right indications (30) are stored corresponding to said products (1) and to a database system where one or several protective right indications (30) are linked to at least some of said codes.

Claims

1. Method for disclosing a reference to protective rights that protect a product, with the following method steps:

an RFID element is linked with the product, with the RFID element containing data on the basis of which at least one protective right indication relating to said product can be determined with a RFID reader device connected with a user'"'"'s mobile device, and with at least one part of the protective right indication in said RFID element being stored or said data including a code and said protective right indication being determined on the basis of said code from a server in a telecommunication network, and

the mobile device then reproduces to the user the determined protective right indications.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said code is transmitted to a name service server in which links between several electronic codes and several electronic addresses of pages in said telecommunication network are recorded, and

wherein said protective right indication is downloaded from the page stored at the address corresponding to said code.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said data a read in the RFID element with the RFID reader device,

the RFID reader device being connected with the mobile device or being built as part of the mobile device,

said mobile device being connected to a remote telecommunication network,

and said protective right indication being downloaded from said remote telecommunication network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said protective right indication is reproduced by said mobile device visually and/or acoustically.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said protective right indication is transmitted as data message to the mobile device and is displayed on a display of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said protective right indication is transmitted as WEB and/or WAP page and is reproduced accordingly with a WEB and/or WAP browser by the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said protective right indication is spoken by the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the protective right indication concerns at least one of the following said protective rights:

reference to one or several patents, patent applications or utility model,

reference to one or several trademarks,

reference to one or several designs respectively ornamental designs,

reference to one or several protected semiconductor topographies.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the protective right indication includes at least one reference to copyright protection.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the protective right indication includes General Business Terms of the manufacturer of the product.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the protective right indication includes a list of references to several protective rights applying to the product,

and wherein more information about a particular protective right is displayed when a particular protective right is selected from said list.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the protective right title is displayed in image format.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein an abstract of the protective right title is displayed.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the legal status of the protective right is displayed.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the WEB page is generated dynamically from a database with several protective rights when a particular protective right is selected from said list.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said protective right indication is location-dependent.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said protective right indication is adapted depending on a predetermined user profile.

18. The method of claim 1,

wherein said code designates individually each individual product,

and wherein said protective right indication is adapted individually to each product.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said protective right indication includes indications to licenses that have been acquired or that are to be acquired for said individual product.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said indications depend on the product, the user and/or the location.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the user acquires a license for at least one of said protective rights with said mobile device.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein said product is blocked and unblocked when said protective right indications have been determined.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein data are written in said RFID element after a change in the license status has occurred.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein data are transmitted to a server in said telecommunication network after a change in the license status has occurred.

25. The method of claim 2, wherein said server is located within the infrastructure of the telecommunication network,

and wherein said name service server is located outside the infrastructure of the telecommunication network and is accessible to several network operators.

26. System with the following features:

a plurality of products provided with RFID elements in which codes are stored,

at least one server where protective right indications are stored that correspond to said products, these references being stored at an address that can be derived from said codes.

27. The system of claim 26, with a name service server in which links between several electronic codes and several electronic addresses of pages are recorded.

28. The system of claim 26, with a plurality of RFID reader devices that are each connected with a mobile device or are built as part of a mobile device.

29. The system of claim 26, with location determining means for determining the location of the RFID element and for adapting said reference to said location.

30. Database system with the following features:

a plurality of codes that univocally designate the products,

one or several protective right indications linked with at least certain said codes,

an interface for receiving queries from a telecommunication network and for answering these queries with a corresponding protective right indication.