Reader Device, Information Providing System, and Provided Information Acquisition Method

• US 20090014511A1
• Filed: 02/24/2006
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Morita, Kugo
• Granted Patent: US 8,376,216 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0886 the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1083 Counting of PIN attempts
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/125 Offline card verification

Abstract

To improve convenience of a data carrier system, a cellular phone (30) which is carried by a user and includes an RFID communication unit (36) reading identification information of an RFID from the RFID in the vicinity in a non-contact state contains a user correlation unit (311) counting the number of times of reading with respect to identification information which have been read, selecting at least one carrier identification information from the identification information which have been read, and correlating the at least one carrier identification information with the user.

Claims

1. A reader device which is carried by a user and includes a carrier identification information reader unit reading carrier identification information for identifying a data carrier in a non-contact state from the data carrier, comprising:

a reading time counting unit counting a number of times of reading by the carrier identification information reader unit with respect to the carrier identification information read by the carrier identification information reader unit; and

a user correlation unit selecting at least one carrier identification information from carrier identification information read by the carrier identification information reader unit according to the number of times counted by the reading time counting unit, and correlating the selected carrier identification information with the user.

2. The reader device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit storing at least a part of the data carriers as a data carrier to be transported or worn,

wherein the user correlation unit selects at least one carrier identification information from the carrier identification information read by the carrier identification information reader unit and used for identifying the data carrier stored in the storage unit as the data carrier to be transported or worn according to the number of times counted by the reading time counting unit.

3. The reader device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an information acquisition unit acquiring information selected based on the carrier identification information correlated with the user by the user correlation unit; and

an information output unit outputting the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

4. The reader device according to claim 1, further comprising an information transmission unit transmitting the carrier identification information correlated with the user by the user correlation unit to another device.

5. The reader device according to claim 1, further comprising a carrier identification information storage unit storing one or a plurality of carrier identification information,

wherein the user correlation unit avoids the selection when the one or the plurality of carrier identification information stored in the carrier identification information storage unit has/have been read by the carrier identification information reader unit.

6. The reader device according to claim 5, wherein:

the storage unit stores at least a part of the data carriers as a fixed data carrier;

the reader device further comprises a home correlation unit selecting at least one carrier identification information from the carrier identification information read by the information reader unit and used for identifying the data carrier stored in the storage unit as the fixed data carrier according to the number of times counted by the reading time counting unit, and correlating the selected carrier identification information with a home of the user; and

the carrier identification information stored in the carrier identification information storage unit is the carrier identification information correlated with the home of the user by the home correlation unit.

7. The reader device according to claim 1, further comprising a moving speed acquisition unit acquiring a moving speed of the reader device,

wherein the user correlation unit avoids the selection when the moving speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed.

8. The reader device according to claim 1, wherein the reading time counting unit counts a number of times the carrier identification information has been successively read by the carrier identification information reader unit.

9. An information providing system, comprising:

a reader device;

a database device; and

an information providing device, wherein;

the reader device which is carried by a user and includes carrier identification information reader unit reading carrier identification information for identifying a data carrier in a non-contact state from the data carrier, includes;

a reading time counting unit counting a number of times of reading by the carrier identification information reader unit with respect to the carrier identification information read by the carrier identification information reader unit;

a user correlation unit selecting at least one carrier identification information from carrier identification information read by the carrier identification information reader unit according to the number of times counted by the reading time counting unit, and correlating the selected carrier identification information with the user; and

an information transmission unit transmitting the carrier identification information correlated by the user correlation unit to the database device;

the database device includes a carrier identification information storage unit storing the carrier identification information transmitted from the information transmission unit in correlation with the user; and

the information providing device includes;

a carrier identification information reader unit reading at least one carrier identification information for identifying a data carrier in a non-contact state from the data carrier; and

an information providing unit performing predetermined information providing processing regarding the user when the carrier identification information stored in correlation with the user in the carrier identification information storage unit is contained in the read carrier identification information.

10. A reader device which recognizes a data carrier capable of receiving and transmitting a radio wave from among a plurality of data carriers set at a plurality of locations respectively, for reading provided information from provided information storage unit which stores data carrier identification information for identifying the data carrier in correlation with the provided information and providing the read provided information to a user, comprising:

an adjacent data carrier identification information storage unit storing adjacent data carrier identification information indicating a data carrier set at a location adjacent to a location at which the each of the data carriers is set, in correlation with each of the data carriers;

a destination data carrier identification information acquisition unit acquiring destination data carrier identification information for identifying a data carrier set at a destination of the user;

a data carrier series acquisition unit acquiring a plurality of data carrier series containing a plurality of data carrier identification information indicating a route of the user from a current location to the destination based on a data carrier actually recognized, the data carrier indicated by the destination data carrier identification information, and the adjacent data carrier identification information stored in the adjacent data carrier identification information storage unit; and

a provided information acquisition unit acquiring the provided information stored in the provided information storage unit in correlation with the data carrier identification information indicating at least a part of the plurality of data carriers contained in the plurality of data carrier series.

11. The reader device according to claim 10, further comprising a arrival time acquisition unit acquiring, with respect to the plurality of data carrier series, a time required for the user to arrive at the destination using the route indicated by the data carrier series, and a time required for the user to arrive at each of at least a part of the plurality of data carriers contained in the data carrier series,

wherein the provided information acquisition unit determines a data carrier acquiring the provided information among the plurality of data carriers contained in each of the plurality of data carrier series, based on the times acquired by the arrival time acquisition unit.

12. The reader device according to claim 11, wherein:

the adjacent data carrier identification information storage unit stores the adjacent data carrier identification information indicating the data carrier set at the location adjacent to the location at which each of the data carriers is set in correlation with each of the data carriers, and stores time information indicating a time required for moving between the adjacent locations; and

the arrival time acquisition unit acquires each of the times through calculation based on the time information stored in the adjacent data carrier identification information storage unit.

13. The reader device according to claim 12, further comprising a vicinal data carrier specifying unit specifying a data carrier in the vicinity of the data carrier contained in each of the data carrier series based on the time information stored in the adjacent data carrier identification information storage unit,

wherein the provided information acquisition unit adds the data carrier specified by the vicinal data carrier specifying unit to the data carriers contained in each of the data carrier series, and acquires the provided information stored in correlation with the data carrier identification information indicating at least a part of the data carriers in the provided information storage unit.

14. The reader device according to claim 10, wherein the adjacent data carrier identification information storage unit stores data carrier identification information indicating a data carrier that has been recognized subsequent to the data carrier actually recognized as the adjacent data carrier identification information indicating the data carrier set at the location adjacent to the location at which the data carrier actually recognized is set.

15. The reader device according to claim 10, further comprising a schedule information storage unit storing schedule information indicating a schedule of a user,

wherein the destination data carrier identification information acquisition unit acquires the destination data carrier identification information for identifying the data carrier set at the destination of the user based on the schedule information stored in the schedule information storage unit.

16. A provided information acquisition method of acquiring provided information regarding a moving destination prior to a movement of a user, which uses a reader device which recognizes a data carrier capable of receiving and transmitting a radio wave from among a plurality of data carriers set at a plurality of locations respectively, for reading provided information from provided information storage unit which stores data carrier identification information for identifying the data carrier in correlation with the provided information and providing the read provided information to the user, the method comprising:

a destination data carrier identification information acquisition step of acquiring destination data carrier identification information for identifying a data carrier set at a destination of the user;

a data carrier series acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of data carrier series containing a plurality of data carrier identification information indicating a route of the user from a current location to the destination based on a data carrier actually recognized, the data carrier indicated by the destination data carrier identification information, and adjacent data carrier identification information indicating a data carrier set at a location adjacent to a location at which each of the data carriers is set; and

a provided information acquisition step of acquiring the provided information stored in the provided information storage unit in correlation with the data carrier identification information indicating at least apart of the plurality of data carriers contained in each of the plurality of data carrier series.