Method for selecting desired item information in mobile terminal

• US 20070080785A1
• Filed: 08/21/2006
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Pyo, Cheol-Sig, Son, Myung-Hee, Lee, Yong-Joon
• Granted Patent: US 7,894,771 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10079 the collision being resolved in the spatial domain, e.g. temporary shields for blindfolding the interrogator in specific directions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Provided is a method for selecting only desired item information in a mobile terminal. The method includes the steps of: a) setting up an item category desired and selected by a user in the mobile terminal; b) reading item information stored in tags attached to items with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader loaded in the mobile terminal; and c) performing filtering and displaying only the item information of an item that belongs to the selected item category among the item information acquired by the RFID reader of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method for selecting only desired item information in a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

a) setting up an item category desired and selected by a user in the mobile terminal;

b) reading item information stored in tags attached to items with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader loaded in the mobile terminal; and

c) performing filtering and displaying only the item information of an item that belongs corresponding to the selected item category among the item information acquired by the RFID reader of the mobile terminal.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step a), an item category desired and selected by the user through the menu is selected and setup by manipulating.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal stores a mapping table mapping item categories to codes.

4. A method for selecting only desired item information in a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

a) reading item information stored in tags attached to items with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader loaded in the mobile terminal;

b) setting up an item category desired and selected by the user; and

c) performing filtering and displaying only item information corresponding to the selected item category among the item information acquired by the RFID reader of the mobile terminal.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein in the step b), an item category desired and selected by the user is selected and setup by manipulating the menu.

6. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the mobile terminal stores a mapping table mapping item categories to codes.