METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE SERVICE USING CODE-PATTERN

• US 20080245870A1
• Filed: 06/17/2008
• Published: 10/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coding Technologies, LLC (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Original Assignee: KT Freetel Co., Ltd. (KT Corporation)
• Inventors: Shin, Young-Jun, Lee, Jae-Jun
• Granted Patent: US 7,748,630 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10722 Photodetector array or CCD scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2755 by optical scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/68 Payment of value-added services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0196 Payment of value-added services, mainly when their charges are added on the telephone bill, e.g. payment of non-telecom services, e-commerce, on-line banking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00334 with an apparatus processing barcodes or the like arrangements for sensing record carriers G06K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 : Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 : Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 379/91 : Bar code or optical character reader with telephone

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a mobile service with the use of a code pattern is disclosed In one embodiment, the method comprising: taking a photograph of a code pattern image, decoding the photographed code pattern image so as to obtain code information, extracting uniform resourse locator (URL) information corresponding to the code information, transmitting a content information request message to a service provider server corresponding to the URL information, and receiving content information corresponding to the URL information from the service provider server. According to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide various and convenient mobile services to mobile terminal users using a mobile terminal, having a camera, and a code pattern containing the URL information.

Claims

1. A method of providing personal contact information with the use of a code pattern, the method comprising:

receiving a code pattern issue request message including user contact information from a user terminal;

generating code information corresponding to the user contact information;

generating a code pattern image corresponding to the code information;

transmitting the generated code pattern image to the user terminal;

receiving a personal contact information request message, including the code pattern image, from a predetermined terminal, wherein the code pattern image is obtained from a bar code contained in a business card;

obtaining user contact information corresponding to the code pattern image; and

transmitting the contact information to the predetermined terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining comprises:

analyzing the code pattern image so as to obtain code information corresponding to the code pattern image; and

obtaining user contact information corresponding to the code information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user contact information comprises at least one of the following:

telephone number, home address, office address, e-mail address and website address.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the generated code information in a code information database.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the code pattern is a two-dimensional barcode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user contact information request message further comprises a service identifier for indicating a service type.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

analyzing the service identifier; and

recognizing that the service type is a service for providing personal contact information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user contact information updating request message including the changed user contact information from the user terminal; and

updating user contact information stored in a memory in connection with the code information to the changed user contact information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a user contact information request message from a predetermined terminal;

obtaining the updated user contact information; and

transmitting the obtained user contact information to the predetermined terminal.