NFC-ENABLED APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS

• US 20150254722A1
• Filed: 05/20/2015
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AQ Corporation
• Original Assignee: AQ Corporation
• Inventors: LEE, SANG HOON, KIM, JIN HWA
• Granted Patent: US 9,129,310 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/70 specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

An NFC-enabled apparatus for providing contents is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display, a near field communication (NFC) module and a data module control for supplying contents to the display and for supplying data corresponding to the display to the NFC module for making them available for NFC transmission to an NFC-enabled mobile terminal.

Claims

1. An NFC-enabled content apparatus comprising:

a display configured for information display;

a near field communication (NFC) module configured for RF data communication according to an NFC protocol; and

a data module configured for supplying a plurality of contents to the display and further supplying a plurality of tag data to the NFC module such that the plurality of contents are displayed on the display and the plurality of tag data are made available at the NFC module for transmission to an NFC-enabled mobile terminal,

wherein the plurality of contents correspond to the plurality of tag data such that a first one of the plurality of tag data corresponds to a first one of the plurality of contents,

wherein the display and the NFC module are controlled to synchronize displaying the plurality of contents on the display with making the plurality of tag data available at the NFC module for transmission such that the first tag datum is available at the NFC module for transmission while the first content corresponding to the first tag datum is displayed on the display.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display is controlled to display the plurality of contents in sequence such that the first content is displayed at a time and a second one of the plurality of contents is displayed at another time.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive, from an external digital content management server, the plurality of contents and the plurality of tag data that correspond to the plurality of contents.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the apparatus is connected to the external digital content management server such that the apparatus and the external digital content management server communicate with each other for receiving the first content and the first datum corresponding to the first content together at the apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein two or more of the plurality of contents are simultaneously displayed on the display, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive a selection of one of the two or more of the plurality of contents, wherein the apparatus is further configured such that the NFC module provides a tag datum corresponding to the selected content.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display comprises a touch-active screen configured to display the two or more of the plurality of contents thereon and further configured to receive a selection of one of the two or more of the plurality of contents.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first tag datum corresponding to the first content is configured to cause the NFC-enabled mobile terminal receiving the first tag datum from the NFC module to display thereon the first content as displayed on the display.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first tag datum corresponding to the first content is configured to cause the NFC-enabled mobile terminal receiving the first tag datum from the NFC module to access additional data related to the first content.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first content comprises an image, wherein the first datum corresponding to the first content is configured for causing to display the same image of the first content on the NFC-enabled mobile terminal.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first content comprises an advertisement for a first commodity, wherein the first datum corresponding to the first content is configured for causing to display on the NFC-enabled mobile terminal a content other than the first content but related to the first commodity.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display, the NFC module and the data module are installed in an integrated body.

12. A system comprising:

the NFC-enabled content apparatus of claim 1; and

a digital content management server external to the apparatus and connected to the apparatus for supplying the plurality of contents and the plurality of tag data corresponding to the apparatus.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the display is controlled to display the plurality of contents in sequence such that the first content is displayed at a time and a second one of the plurality of contents is displayed at another time.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein two or more of the plurality of contents are simultaneously displayed on the display, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive a selection of one of the two or more of the plurality of contents, wherein the apparatus is further configured such that the NFC module provides a tag datum corresponding to the selected content.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the apparatus and the external digital content management server communicate are configured such that the first content and the first datum corresponding to the first content are received together at the apparatus.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the first content comprises an image, wherein the first datum corresponding to the first content is configured for causing to display the same image of the first content on the NFC-enabled mobile terminal.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the first content comprises an advertisement for a first commodity, wherein the first datum corresponding to the first content is configured for causing to display on the NFC-enabled mobile terminal a content other than the first content but related to the first commodity.

18. A method of distributing advertisements, the method comprising:

providing the apparatus of claim 1;

displaying a plurality of contents comprising a first content and a second content on the display such that the first content is displayed at a time and the second content is displayed at another time;

providing a plurality of data corresponding to the plurality of contents at the NFC module for NFC transmission such that a first one of the plurality of data corresponding to the first content is available for NFC transmission while the first content is displayed on the display and that a second one of the plurality of data corresponding to the second content is available for NFC transmission while the second content is displayed on the display;

in response to tagging on an NFC antenna of the NFC module with an NFC-enabled mobile terminal, transmitting at least part of the plurality of data to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal via the NFC channel such that the first datum corresponding to the first content is sent to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal if tagging is made while the first content is displayed on the display and that the second datum corresponding to the second content is sent to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal if tagging is made while the second content is displayed on the display.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving the first and second contents from an content management server that is external to the apparatus and connected to the apparatus; and

receiving the first and second data from the content management server, wherein the first datum and the first content are received together.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first content comprises an image, wherein the first datum corresponding to the first content is configured for causing to display the same image of the first content on the NFC-enabled mobile terminal.