Radio Frequency Identification Data Processing System

• US 20080197975A1
• Filed: 05/19/2006
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jin Tae, Min, Sang Cheol, Kim, Hee Seung, Ryoo, Seung Hyup, Park, Jae Joon
• Application Number:
  US11/914,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20080197975A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

Provided is a system for processing an RFID tag data. Also, provided are an application layer framework of a mobile terminal to which an RFID technology is applied, and a system for processing an RFID data based on the application layer framework. The system processes RFID data such that a mobile terminal reads and processes various kinds of RFID tags when various kinds of RFID tags are received.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

an RFID (radio frequency identification) reader for recognizing RFID tag data;

a middleware for processing data between the RFID reader and an application within the mobile terminal;

a user interface handler for interfacing between a user and a terminal;

a command handler for processing a command to control the RFID reader; and

a tag data handler for processing the RFID tag data recognized by the RFID reader.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the command handler calls an API (Application Programming Interface) provided by the middleware to execute a corresponding command.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the tag data handler determines an actuation for corresponding tag data according to actuation information provided by the command handler.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a tag data actuation mapping table for providing information determining, at the tag data handler, actuation for tag data.

5. A method of controlling execution of an RFID application of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

recognizing a user'"'"'s command regarding RFID data processing;

controlling an RFID reader according to the user'"'"'s command through a middleware;

determining actuation required for tag data recognized by the RFID reader; and

executing a corresponding application according to the determined actuation.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof is one of configuration, tag registration, and tag reading.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof determine option parameters regarding tag data processing.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof map a predetermined tag to a desired actuation.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof automatically read data of a tag.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof manually read data of a tag.

11. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof map a predetermined tag to a desired actuation, which stores mapped actuation information.

12. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof map a predetermined tag to a desired actuation, which loads actuation information suitable for a tag from mapped actuation information.

13. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof map a predetermined tag to a desired actuation, which is an actuation command request directed to the middleware.

14. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof map a predetermined tag to a desired actuation, which is a display request.

15. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof map a predetermined tag to a desired actuation, which is an operation that executes a corresponding application.

16. The method according to claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s command regarding the RFID data processing and an application thereof map a predetermined tag to a desired actuation, which is an operation of executing an Internet browser, a scheduling program, and an audio file reproduction program mounted in the mobile terminal.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

an RFID reader for recognizing RFID tag data of a multi-code type;

a multi-tag decoder for converting a structure of the RFID tag data of the multi-code type recognized by the RFID reader; and

a middleware for processing data between the multi-tag decoder and an application inside a terminal.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 17, wherein a format of the RFID tag data conforms to a code format based on one of EPC (Electronic Product Code) and ISO (International Standards Organization).

19. The mobile terminal according to claim 17, wherein the multi-tag decoder converts a code format based on one of EPC and ISO into a generalized form.