Method for providing a service based on tag information, and corresponding tag and tag reading device

• US 9,571,474 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2009
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Trappeniers, Lieven, Lou, Zhe, Van Broeck, Sigurd, Godon, Marc Bruno Frieda, Criel, Johan Georges Prosper
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O
• Application Number:
  US12/473,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20090303019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,820 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.1, 340/10.3, 340/10.41
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity

Abstract

A method for providing a service by a server to a reader device is disclosed, the provision being based on the readout information of a readout operation by the reader device of a tag, the tag comprising information relating to the unique tag-ID of the tag, comprising

• • reading out the unique tag-ID during the readout operation;
  • communicating the unique tag-ID to the server;
  • providing the service to the reader device, the service being determined at least partially based on the value of the unique tag-ID.

Corresponding tags and tag reader devices have further also been disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for providing a service by a server to a reader device, the service being based on the readout information of a readout operation by said reader device of a tag, said tag is adapted to store read-only information and modifiable information, said read-only information comprising a first unique tag-ID of said tag, and said modifiable information comprising a second unique tag-ID of said tag and service information, said method comprising:

reading out, by said reader device, said first unique tag-ID, said second unique tag-ID and said service information from said tag during said readout operation, wherein the first unique tag-ID comprises a read only serial number embedded in a header of the tag, and said service information comprises communication link information for contacting the server;

comparing, by said reader device, the unique tag IDs of the read-only information and modifiable information and based on the said comparison said unique tag-ID and said service information are sent to said server;

communicating, by said reader device and based on a match result of said comparing, said first unique tag-ID to said server using said service information;

receiving said service at said reader device, said service being determined based on the read only serial number.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising digitally signing said modifiable information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said service information comprises a telephone number.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service information comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service information comprises an IP address.

4. A tag reading system comprising:

a tag comprising read-only information having a first unique tag-ID, and modifiable information having a second unique tag-ID and service information;

a tag reading device configured to retrieve the unique tag-IDs and service information from the tag and to communicate said first unique tag-ID to a server corresponding with and using said service information, said service information comprises communication link information for contacting the server, wherein the first unique tag-ID comprises a read-only serial number embedded in a header of the tag, and said tag reading device is configured to receive a service from the server based on the read-only serial number;

wherein said tag reading device is further configured to;

compare the unique tag IDs of the read-only information and modifiable information, and

commence the communication of said first unique tag-ID to said server using said service information based on a matching result of the comparison.

7. The tag reading device of claim 4, further adapted to retrieve a digital signature and to determine whether said unique tag-ID matches a tag-ID stored in said digital signature.

10. The tag reading device of claim 4, wherein the service information comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

11. The tag reading device of claim 4, wherein the service information comprises an IP address.

5. A method of receiving a service based on radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag information, the method comprising:

reading an RFID tag with an RFID reader to obtain tag information, wherein said tag information includes read-only information and modifiable information;

extracting service information and a digital signature from said tag'"'"'s modifiable information and a read-only tag identification (ID) from said tag'"'"'s read-only information via the RFID reader, said service information comprising communication link information for contacting a server, and said read-only tag identification comprising a serial number embedded in a header of the RFID tag;

determining whether said read-only tag ID matches a unique tag ID in said digital signature via the RFID reader;

if said read-only tag ID matches said unique tag ID in said digital signature, assembling said service information and said unique tag ID to form a message and forwarding said message to said server via the RFID reader; and

receiving at the RFID reader said service based on said serial number of said RFID tag from the server; and

reading out service information from said tag and receiving said service at least partially based on said service information.

12. The method of claim 5, wherein the service information comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

13. The method of claim 5, wherein the service information comprises an IP address.

6. A method of receiving a service from a server at a reader device, the service being based on the readout information of a readout operation by said reader device of a tag, said tag comprising read-only information and modifiable information, said read-only information comprising a unique tag-ID of said tag, and said modifiable information comprising a digital signature of the tag and service information, said service information comprising communication link information for contacting the server, said method comprising:

reading out said digital signature and service information from modifiable information of the tag and said unique tag-ID from read-only information of the tag during said readout operation via said reader device, wherein the unique tag-ID comprises a read-only serial number embedded in a header of the tag;

determining whether said unique tag-ID matches a tag-ID stored in the digital signature via said reader device;

if said unique tag-ID matches the tag-ID stored in said digital signature, communicating said unique tag-ID to said server via said reader device using said service information; and

receiving said service at said reader device from the server as a response to said communicating, said service being determined based on the read-only serial number.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein the service information comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

15. The method of claim 6, wherein the service information comprises an IP address.