METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING INTERACTION BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND ANOTHER DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of interacting between a mobile device and a further device, comprising:
- storing a data item in the mobile device,displaying a coding symbol on the further device, the coding symbol coding the location of a resource;
reading the displayed coding symbol in the mobile device;
transferring data of the data item from the mobile device to the location coded by the coding symbol; and
carrying out an action in the further device using or in dependence on the data-item data received at the location coded by the coding symbol or data derived therefrom.
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Abstract
A user acquires a data item 36 in a mobile device 2, the data item representing, for example, the right to a digital asset. A web page 34 including bar code symbol 40 is displayed on the display 26 of a further device such as a PC 14. The bar code symbol codes a location of a resource. The mobile device 2 reads the bar code symbol 40 and sends data from the data item to the resource at the location coded by the bar code symbol. The further device 14 subsequently carries out an action using the data-item data received at the resource, or associated data; for example, the further device uses the data to fetch a related digital asset. In one embodiment the location coded by the bar code symbol is that of a database record uniquely associated with the symbol. In another embodiment, the location coded by the bar code symbol is the address on a local network of the further device 14.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of interacting between a mobile device and a further device, comprising:
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storing a data item in the mobile device, displaying a coding symbol on the further device, the coding symbol coding the location of a resource; reading the displayed coding symbol in the mobile device; transferring data of the data item from the mobile device to the location coded by the coding symbol; and carrying out an action in the further device using or in dependence on the data-item data received at the location coded by the coding symbol or data derived therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating a web server to supply content to a further device, comprising:
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receiving a request for a web page from the further device; supplying a web page to the further device, the web page including with a bar code symbol representing a unique ID, the web page further including a script for polling the server that unique ID; receiving a message from a mobile device including the unique ID and first data; and updating a database with said first data for access by reference to said unique ID; determining, in response to being polled with said unique ID, whether the database has been updated with said first data and, in such case, returning second data comprising the first data or data dependent thereon.
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13. A method of operating a web-based application on a computer, comprising:
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requesting a web page from a server; receiving a web page from the server, the web page including a bar code symbol representing a unique ID, the web page further including a script for polling a server with that unique ID; displaying the symbol on the display of the PC so that the symbol can be read by a mobile device; running the script, to poll the server keyed by the unique ID and, receiving back access data, in response to said polling, and using the access data to acquire a digital asset.
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14. A system comprising:
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a mobile device having a barcode reader and a memory for storing data items; a further device having a display; and a server having a database and a means for supplying a display image to the further device with a bar code symbol representing a unique ID wherein the mobile device is arranged to read the bar code symbol in the mobile device and to send data from a corresponding data item from the mobile device to the location coded by the bar code symbol; and means for causing the further device to poll the database with the unique ID to determine whether the data-item data is received at the location coded by the coding symbol, and where such data-item data is received at the location coded by the coding symbol, to carry out an action in the further device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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