AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC-TRANSMITTING SIGNAL BETWEEN EFID TAG AND MOBILE TERMINAL IN THE SAME

• US 20110234379A1
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AQ Company Limited
• Original Assignee: AQ Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Sang Hoon
• Application Number:
  US13/131,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20110234379A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An automatic transmission apparatus includes an RFID tag including a one-shot call command data signal, a one-shot SMS command data signal and/or a one-shot Internet access command data signal, and a mobile terminal that includes an RF antenna, a base band chip, and an NFC controller that performs NFC with the RFID tag, and transmits the command data signal received from the RFID tag to the base band chip. Once a mobile terminal is tagged on the RFID tag, the mobile terminal performs call connection by automatically linking to a telephone number stored in the RFID tag, automatically links an SMS stored in the RFID tag on the screen of the mobile terminal so that the SMS may be activated, and/or automatically links to a particular address by using the web browser of the mobile terminal according to an Internet address stored in the RFID tag.

Claims

1. An automatic transmission apparatus comprising:

at least one Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag including a command data signal comprised of at least one of a one-shot call command data signal, a one-shot Short Message Service (SMS) command data signal and a one-shot Internet access command data signal; and

a mobile terminal comprising;

a Radio Frequency (RF) antenna;

a base band chip; and

a Near Field Communication (NFC) controller electrically connected to the base band chip, the NFC controller configured to perform NFC with the RFID tag via the RF antenna, and to transmit the command data signal received from the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag to the base band chip.

2. The automatic transmission apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the NFC controller comprises:

a Read Only Memory (ROM) emulator for storing the command data signal received from the RFID tag via the RF antenna;

a contactless front end unit to transmit the command data signal contactlessly received via the RF antenna to the ROM emulator, and exchange information about response data transmitted from the base band chip via the RF antenna;

a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication unit to exchange information with another mobile terminal using a P2P method; and

a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card-contactless Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) unit including a communication interface input terminal and a communication interface output terminal which are connected to a USIM card in conformity with a Single Wired Protocol (SWP), the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card-contactless Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) unit transmitting the command data signal received from the RFID tag to the USIM card via the RF antenna and performing network authentication, electronic commerce, and global roaming communication service using the USIM card.

3. The automatic transmission apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the base band chip is electrically connected to the NFC controller, is driven in a one-shot call mode in response to the one-shot call command data signal transmitted from the NFC controller, is driven in a one-shot SMS mode in response to the one-shot SMS command data signal, and is driven in a one-shot Internet access mode in response to the one-shot Internet access command data signal.

8. The automatic transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein the NFC controller performs NFC with the RFID tag over a band of 13.56 MHz.

9. The automatic transmission apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the command data signal comprises the one-shot call command data signal.

10. The automatic transmission apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the command data signal comprises the one-shot SMS command data signal.

11. The automatic transmission apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the command data signal comprises the one-shot Internet access command data signal.

12. The automatic transmission apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a tag circuit unit to amplify the one-shot call or SMS command data signal received via the RF antenna, transmit the amplified command data signal to the contactless front end unit of the NFC controller, modulate response data transmitted from the NFC controller, and transmit the modulated response data to the RF antenna;

and

a receiver circuit unit to pass and amplify the one-shot Internet access command data signal which is read and received via the RF antenna, demodulate the amplified one-shot Internet access command data signal into a digital signal, and then transmit the demodulated one-shot Internet access command data signal to the NFC controller.

13. The automatic transmission system of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone.

4. A method of automatic transmitting a signal in an automatic transmission apparatus, the method comprising:

setting a command data signal in an external RFID tag, the command data signal selected from among a one-shot call command data signal, a one-shot Short Message Service (SMS) command data signal and a one-shot Internet access command data signal;

tagging a mobile terminal with the external RFID tag to receive the command data signal from the external RFID tag and transmit the command data signal to a base band chip;

selecting any one of a one-shot call mode, a one-shot SMS mode, and a one-shot Internet access mode in response to the command data signal transmitted from the NFC controller; and

driving the selected mode.

5. The method as set forth in claim 4, wherein the selected mode is the one-shot call mode, and the driving of the one-shot call mode comprises:

opening a session;

receiving telephone number information of the one-shot call command data signal from the RFID tag via an interrupt event signal of the NFC controller; and

extracting a telephone number from the telephone number information, and requesting a call.

6. The method as set forth in claim 4, wherein the selected mode is the one-shot SMS mode, and the driving of the one-shot SMS mode comprises:

opening a session;

receiving SMS information of the one-shot SMS command data signal from the RFID tag via an interrupt event signal of the NFC controller; and

requesting an SMS such that the SMS is linked to a display of the mobile terminal and then activated.

7. The method as set forth in claim 4, wherein the selected mode is the one-shot Internet access mode, and the driving of the one-shot Internet access mode comprises:

opening a session;

receiving Internet address information of the one-shot Internet access command data signal from the RFID tag via an interrupt event signal of the NFC controller; and

requesting Internet access such that a specific address is directly linked to using a web browser of the mobile terminal based on an Internet access address.

14. A mobile terminal performing Near Field Communication with an external Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, the mobile terminal comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) antenna;

a Near Field Communication (NFC) controller configured to perform NFC with the external RFID tag via the RF antenna, and to transmit a command data signal received from the external Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag to a base band chip, the command data signal comprising at least one of a one-shot call command data signal, a one-shot SMS command data signal, a one-shot Internet access command data signal and a combination thereof, and

the base band chip electrically connected to the NFC controller, the base band chip being driven in a one-shot call mode in response to the one-shot call command data signal transmitted from the NFC controller, in a one-shot SMS mode in response to the one-shot SMS command data signal, and in a one-shot Internet access mode in response to the one-shot Internet access command data signal.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the NFC controller comprises:

a Read Only Memory (ROM) emulator for storing the command data signal received from the external RFID tag via the RF antenna;

a contactless front end unit to transmit the command data signal contactlessly received via the RF antenna to the ROM emulator, and exchange information about response data transmitted from the base band chip via the RF antenna;

a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication unit to exchange information with another mobile terminal using a P2P method; and

a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card-contactless Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) unit including a communication interface input terminal and a communication interface output terminal which are connected to a USIM card in conformity with a Single Wired Protocol (SWP), the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card-contactless Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) unit transmitting the command data signal received from the external RFID tag to the USIM card via the RF antenna and performing network authentication, electronic commerce, and global roaming communication service using the USIM card.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, further comprising:

a tag circuit unit to amplify the one-shot call or SMS command data signal received via the RF antenna, transmit the amplified command data signal to the contactless front end unit of the NFC controller, modulate response data transmitted from the NFC controller, and transmit the modulated response data to the RF antenna; and

a receiver circuit unit to pass and amplify the one-shot Internet access command data signal which is read and received via the RF antenna, demodulate the amplified one-shot Internet access command data signal into a digital signal, and then transmit the demodulated one-shot Internet access command data signal to the NFC controller.

17. The automatic transmission system of claim 14, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone.