System for providing advertisement information

• US 8,965,785 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2014
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AQ Corporation
• Original Assignee: AQ Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Sang Hoon, Kim, Jin Hwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, Alan S
• Application Number:
  US14/281,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20140252083A1
• Time in Patent Office: 281 Days
• Field of Search: 705 711- 742, 705/14.64, 705/26.1, 705/14.1, 705/14.58, 705/14.26, 705/14.27, 705/14.38, 705/14.65, 705/21, 705/14.23, 705/14.25, 705/14.4, 705/14.42, 705/14.45, 705/14.51, 705/14.66, 705/14.69, 705/14.73, 705/16, 705/17, 705/1.1, 705/24, 705/26.61, 705/40, 705/41, 455/41.1, 455/414.1, 455/41.2, 455/456.3, 455/406, 455/410, 455/418, 455/41.3, 455/456.1, 455/466, 455/558, 455/3.05, 455/411, 455/414.2, 455/452.1, 455/550.1, 455/556.1, 455/557, 455/73, 709201-219
• US Class Current: 705/14.4
• 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

A system for providing advertisement information is disclosed. The system includes a display device, at least one near field communication (NFC) antenna and a control for controlling the display device for displaying advertisement contents and NFC antenna for providing data related to the advertisement contents displayed on the display device. The system may include as advertisement management server to supply the advertisement contents and data related to the advertisement contents.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display device configured to display a plurality of contents comprising a first content and a second content;

a near field communication (NFC) module comprising at least one NFC antenna configured to provide data related to the plurality of contents for sending to an NFC-enabled mobile terminal when the NFC-enabled mobile terminal tags the at least one NFC antenna and establishes an NFC channel between the NFC-enabled mobile terminal and at least one NFC antenna; and

an operation control connected to the display device and the NFC module for providing the plurality of contents to the display device and further for providing the data related to the plurality of contents to the NFC module,

wherein the apparatus is configured to allow selection of one of the first and second contents while both the first and second contents are being displayed on the displayed device,

wherein upon selection of the first content, the operation control is further configured to cause the NFC module to send, to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, the first data related to the first content in response to tagging on the at least one NFC antenna with the NFC-enabled mobile terminal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation control is configured to control the display device and the NFC module such that the at least one NFC antenna is to send, to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, second data related to the second content when the NFC-enabled mobile terminal tags the at least one NFC antenna while the display device is displaying the second content.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation control is configured to receive the plurality of contents and the data related to the plurality of contents from a content management server that is external to the apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation control is further configured to control the display device and the NFC module such that the display device and the NFC module are synchronized with each other in displaying the plurality of contents and in providing the data related to the plurality of contents.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a touch-active screen configured to allow selection of one of the plurality of contents by touch, wherein the operation control is further configured to control the display device and the NFC module such that the NFC module is to send, to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, the first data related to the first content in response to tagging with the NFC-enabled mobile terminal after the first content is selected by touch while the display device is displaying the plurality of contents comprising the first content.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display device comprises a touch-active screen configured to allow selection of one of the plurality of contents by touch, wherein the operation control is further configured to control the display device and the NFC module such that the NFC module is to send, to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, second data related to the second content in response to tagging with the NFC-enabled mobile terminal in case no content is selected while the display device is displaying the plurality of contents comprising the first content.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one NFC antenna comprises a first NFC antenna and a second NFC antenna, wherein the first NFC antenna is configured to be loaded with the first data related to the first content for sending upon tagging with an NFC-enabled mobile terminal, wherein the second NFC antenna is configured to be loaded with second data related to the second content for sending upon tagging with an NFC-enabled mobile terminal.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display device, the at least one NFC antenna and the operation control are installed in an integrated body.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one NFC antenna is provided adjacent to the display device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a code display configured to display at least one code related to at least one of the plurality of contents displayed on the display device, wherein the operation control is further configured to control the display device and the code display such that the code display is to display a first code related to the first content when the display device displays the first content.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first content comprises a moving image, wherein the first data related to the first content comprises data configured for causing to display the same moving image of the first content on the NFC-enabled mobile terminal.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first content comprises a multimedia content.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first content comprises an advertisement for a first commodity, wherein the first data related to the first content further comprises data configured for causing to display another content related to the first commodity.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the NFC module is configured to operate in a card mode and in a read mode, wherein the NFC-enabled mobile terminal is configured to operate in a card mode and in a read mode, wherein the NFC module is programmed to send a mode change request to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal when tagging of the NFC-enabled mobile terminal with the at least one NFC antenna is made while the NFC-enabled mobile terminal is in its card mode and the NFC module is in its read mode, wherein the NFC module is further programmed to change from its read mode to its card mode upon receipt, from the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, of a mode change confirmation indicating that the NFC-enabled mobile terminal has changed its mode from its card mode to its read mode.

15. A digital signage system comprising:

the apparatus of claim 1;

a content management server external to the apparatus and configured to supply, to the apparatus, the plurality of contents and the data related to the plurality of contents.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising a first NFC-enabled mobile terminal configured to receive, from the at least one NFC antenna, the first data related to the first content upon tagging with the at least one NFC antenna while the display device is displaying the first content.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal is configured to operate in a card mode and in a read mode, wherein the NFC module is configured to operate in a card mode and in a read mode, wherein the NFC module is programmed to send a mode change request to the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal when tagging of the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal with the at least one NFC antenna is made while the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal is in its card mode and the NFC module is in its read mode, wherein the NFC module is further programmed to change from its read mode to its card mode upon receipt, from the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal, of a mode change confirmation indicating that the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal has changed its mode from its card mode to its read mode.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the operation control is further configured to control the display device and the NFC module such that the display device and the NFC module are synchronized with each other in displaying the plurality of contents and in providing the data related to the plurality of contents.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the display device comprises a touch-active screen configured to allow selection of one of the plurality of contents by touch, wherein the operation control is further configured to control the display device and the NFC module such that the NFC module is to send, to the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal, first data related to the first content in response to tagging with the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal after selection of the first content by touch while the display device is displaying the first content.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the display device comprises a touch-active screen configured to allow selection of one of the plurality of contents by touch, wherein the operation control is further configured to control the display device and the NFC module such that the NFC module is to send, to the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal, first data related to the first content in response to tagging with the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal even if no content is selected via the touch-active screen while the display device is displaying the first content.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one NFC antenna comprises a first NFC antenna and a second NFC antenna, wherein the first antenna is configured to be loaded with the first data related to the first content for sending upon tagging with the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal, wherein the second antenna is configured to be loaded with second data related to the second content for sending upon tagging with the first NFC-enabled mobile terminal.

22. 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 device, wherein the first content is displayed on the display device while the second content is also displayed on the display device;

receiving an input of selecting one of the first and second contents while both the first content and the second content are being displayed on the display device;

providing data related to a selected one of the first and second contents to the NFC module such that the first data becomes available on the at least one NFC antenna when the first content is selected by the input and that the second data becomes available on the at least one NFC antenna when the second content is selected by the input;

in response to tagging on the at least one NFC antenna with an NFC-enabled mobile terminal, establishing an NFC channel between the at least one NFC antenna and the NFC-enabled mobile terminal; and

sending the data related to the selected content to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal via the NFC channel, wherein the first data is sent to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal when the first content is selected by the input whereas the second data is sent to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal when the second content is selected by the input.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

receiving the first and second contents from a content management server; and

receiving the first and second data from the content management server.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

supplying the plurality of contents to the apparatus; and

supplying data related to the plurality of contents to the apparatus.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the operation control controls the display device and the NFC module such that the display device and the NFC module are synchronized with each other in displaying the plurality of contents and in providing the data related to the plurality of contents.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein the display device comprises a touch-active screen configured to allow selection of one of the plurality of contents by touch, wherein the operation control controls the display device and the NFC module such that the NFC module is to send, to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, the first data in response to tagging with the NFC-enabled mobile terminal when the first content is selected by touch and that the NFC module is to send, to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, the second data in response to tagging with the NFC-enabled mobile terminal when the first content is selected by touch.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the display device comprises a touch-active screen configured to allow selection of one of the plurality of contents by touch, wherein the operation control controls the display device and the NFC module such that the NFC module is to send, to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, data related to a predetermined one of the plurality of contents in response to tagging with the NFC-enabled mobile terminal when no content is selected while the display device is displaying the plurality of contents.

28. The method of claim 22, wherein the at least one NFC antenna comprises a first NFC antenna and a second NFC antenna, wherein the first antenna is loaded with the first data and the second antenna is loaded with the second data while the first and second contents are displayed on the display device.

29. The method of claim 22, wherein the first data related to the first content comprises data configured for causing to display the same first content on the NFC-enabled mobile terminal.

30. The method of claim 22, wherein the NFC module is configured to operate in a card mode and in a read mode, wherein the NFC-enabled mobile terminal is configured to operate in a card mode and in a read mode, wherein establishing the NFC channel comprises:

detecting tagging on the at least one NFC antenna with the NFC-enabled mobile terminal;

sending, from the apparatus, a mode change request to the NFC-enabled mobile terminal when the tagging is made while the NFC-enabled mobile terminal is in its card mode and the NFC module is in its read mode;

receiving, from the NFC-enabled mobile terminal, a mode change confirmation indicating that the NFC-enabled mobile terminal has changed its mode from its card mode to its read mode; and

changing the NFC module'"'"'s mode from its read mode to its card mode.