Mobile ticket virtual sensor for context detection
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1. A method for providing context-aware functions in response to scanning a barcode, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile terminal, a message including the barcode and metadata corresponding to the barcode;
extracting the metadata from the message;
storing the metadata in a storage unit of the mobile terminal;
determining, by the mobile terminal, that the barcode displayed on the mobile terminal has been scanned;
retrieving the metadata from the storage unit when the barcode has been scanned; and
automatically triggering a context-aware action in the mobile terminal based on at least one of information contained in the barcode obtained from the scanning and the retrieved metadata,wherein the triggering of the context-aware function comprises executing an application stored in the mobile terminal.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for are provided. The method includes determining that a barcode displayed on a mobile terminal has been scanned, retrieving metadata corresponding to the barcode when the barcode has been scanned, and triggering a context-aware action in the mobile terminal based on the barcode and/or the retrieved metadata.
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1. A method for providing context-aware functions in response to scanning a barcode, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile terminal, a message including the barcode and metadata corresponding to the barcode; extracting the metadata from the message; storing the metadata in a storage unit of the mobile terminal; determining, by the mobile terminal, that the barcode displayed on the mobile terminal has been scanned; retrieving the metadata from the storage unit when the barcode has been scanned; and automatically triggering a context-aware action in the mobile terminal based on at least one of information contained in the barcode obtained from the scanning and the retrieved metadata, wherein the triggering of the context-aware function comprises executing an application stored in the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a communication unit operable to receive a message including a barcode and metadata corresponding to the barcode; a display unit operable to display the barcode; a mobile code reader operable to extract the metadata from the message; a storage unit operable to store the barcode and the metadata; a mobile ticket virtual sensor operable to determine whether the barcode has been scanned while the display unit is displaying the barcode; and a context-aware engine operable to automatically perform a predetermined action when the barcode has been scanned, based on at least one of information contained in the barcode obtained from the scanning and the stored metadata, wherein the context-aware engine performs the predetermined action based on the stored metadata, and wherein the predetermined action comprises executing an application of the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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