NFC-enabled digital apparatus and method of NFC-based information transmission

• US 9,671,995 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2016
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AQ Corporation
• Original Assignee: AQ Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Jin Hwa, Lee, Sang Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, Alan S
• Application Number:
  US15/265,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20170004538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 265 Days
• Field of Search: 705 711- 742
• 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 digital apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.

Claims

1. An NFC-enabled digital apparatus comprising:

a touch screen display;

a camera;

a plurality of selectable pieces of information and a plurality of tag data stored in the NFC-enabled digital apparatus, each tag datum corresponding to one of the plurality of selectable pieces of information; and

a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller,

wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured;

to capture an image using the camera,

to process the camera-captured image to obtain data comprising a management number and an expiration date,

to send, to at least one server, the data obtained from the camera-captured image, and

to receive, from the at least one server, a datum corresponding to the data obtained from the camera-captured image,

wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is further configured;

to display at least two selectable pieces among the plurality of selectable pieces of information on the touch screen display,

to receive, on the touch screen display, a user selection of a first selectable piece among the at least two selectable pieces displayed on the touch screen display,

in response to the user selection of the first selectable piece, to display a first image associated with the first selectable piece on the touch screen display to confirm the selection of the first selectable piece, and

to make a first tag datum corresponding to the first image available at the NFC module while the first image is displayed on the touch screen display such that the first tag datum is to be transmitted from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to a first external NFC-enabled terminal via an NFC communication channel established in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the first external NFC-enabled terminal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first tag datum corresponding to the first image is configured to cause the first external NFC-enabled terminal to communicate with the at least one server using the first tag datum for receiving additional data related to the first tag datum,

wherein each of the plurality of selectable pieces has a corresponding image for displaying on the touch screen display.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus further comprises a default setting configured for selecting a predetermined selectable piece among the plurality of selectable pieces in the absence of a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces,

wherein, in response to a tagging between the external NFC-enabled digital apparatus and a second external NFC-enabled terminal without a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured to cause a second tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece to be transmitted from the NFC module of the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the second external NFC-enabled terminal,

wherein the first tag datum comprises the datum received from the at least one server and corresponding to the data obtained from the camera-captured image.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus further comprises a default setting configured for selecting a predetermined selectable piece among the plurality of selectable pieces in the absence of a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces,

wherein, in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and a second external NFC-enabled terminal without a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured to cause the predetermined selectable piece to be selected in accordance with the default setting for transmitting a second tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

5. A method of NFC-based information transmission, the method comprising:

providing an NFC-enabled digital apparatus comprising a touch screen display, a camera, a near field communication (NFC) module, a plurality of selectable pieces of information, and a plurality of tag data, wherein each of the plurality of tag data corresponds to one of the plurality of selectable pieces of information;

capturing an image using the camera;

processing the camera-captured image to obtain data comprising a management number and an expiration date;

sending, to at least one server, the data obtained from the camera-captured image;

receiving, from the at least one server, a datum corresponding to the data obtained from the camera-captured image;

subsequent to receiving the datum, displaying at least two selectable pieces among the plurality of selectable pieces including a first selectable piece on the touch screen display;

receiving, on the touch screen display, a user selection of the first selectable piece among the at least two selectable pieces displayed on the touch screen display;

in response to the user selection of the first selectable piece, displaying a first image associated with the first selectable piece on the touch screen display to confirm the selection of the first selectable piece;

making a first tag datum corresponding to the first image available at the NFC module while the first image is displayed on the touch screen display; and

transmitting the first tag datum from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to a first external NFC-enabled terminal via an NFC communication channel established in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the first external NFC-enabled terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises receiving acknowledgement of the first external NFC-enabled terminal'"'"'s receipt of the first tag datum,

wherein subsequent to transmitting the first tag datum to the first external NFC-enabled terminal, the first external NFC-enabled terminal communicates with the at least one server using the first tag datum for receiving additional data related to the first tag datum from the at least one server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus further comprises a default setting configured for selecting a predetermined selectable piece among of the plurality of selectable pieces in the absence of a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces,

wherein, in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and a second external NFC-enabled terminal without a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled digital apparatus causes a second tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece to be transmitted from the NFC module of the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus further comprises a default setting configured for selecting a predetermined selectable piece among the plurality of selectable pieces in the absence of a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces,

wherein, in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and a second external NFC-enabled terminal without a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled digital apparatus causes the predetermined selectable piece to be selected in accordance with the default setting for transmitting a second tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first tag datum comprises the datum received from the at least one server and corresponding to the data obtained from the camera-captured image.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of selectable pieces has a corresponding image for displaying on the touch screen display in response to a user selection thereof.

11. An NFC-enabled digital apparatus comprising:

a touch screen display;

a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller;

a plurality of selectable pieces of information and a plurality of tag data stored in the NFC-enabled digital apparatus, each tag datum corresponding to one of the plurality of selectable pieces of information, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured for displaying the plurality of selectable pieces on the touch screen display; and

a default setting stored in the NFC-enabled digital apparatus, wherein the default setting is configured to select a predetermined selectable piece among the plurality of selectable pieces in the absence of a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces,

wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured to operate in a default mode at a time and a user selection mode at another time,

wherein, when operating in the default mode, in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and a first external NFC-enabled terminal without a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured to cause the predetermined selectable piece to be selected in accordance with the default setting for transmitting a first tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the first external NFC-enabled terminal,

wherein, when operating in the user selection mode, in response to a user selection of a second selectable piece among the plurality of selectable pieces displayed on the touch screen display, the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured to make a second tag datum corresponding to the second selectable piece available at the NFC module such that the second tag datum is transmitted from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to a second external NFC-enabled terminal in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece is configured to cause the first external NFC-enabled terminal to communicate with at least one remote server using the first tag datum for receiving additional data related to the first tag datum from at least one server.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of selectable pieces has a corresponding image for displaying on the touch screen display, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is further configured to receive acknowledgement of the first external NFC-enabled terminal'"'"'s receipt of the first tag datum.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus further comprises a camera and is further configured:

to capture an image using the camera;

to process the camera-captured image to obtain data comprising a management number and an expiration date;

to send, to at least one server, the data obtained from the camera-captured image; and

to receive, from the at least one server, a tag datum corresponding to the data obtained from the camera-captured image.

15. A method of NFC-based information transmission, the method comprising:

providing the NFC-enabled digital apparatus of claim 11;

detecting the tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the first external NFC-enabled terminal without a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces on the NFC-enabled digital apparatus;

in response to detecting the tagging, selecting the predetermined selectable piece in accordance with the default setting and making the first tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece available at the NFC module; and

subsequently transmitting the first tag datum from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the first external NFC-enabled terminal via an NFC communication channel established by the tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the first external NFC-enabled terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying at least two selectable pieces among the plurality of selectable pieces including the second selectable piece on the touch screen display;

receiving, on the touch screen display, the user selection of the second selectable piece among the at least two selectable pieces displayed on the touch screen display;

in response to the user selection of the second selectable piece, displaying a second image associated with the second selectable piece on the touch screen display to confirm the selection of the second selectable piece;

making the second tag datum corresponding to the second selectable piece available at the NFC module while the second image is displayed on the touch screen display; and

transmitting the second tag datum from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the second external NFC-enabled terminal in response to the tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the first tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece is configured to cause the first external NFC-enabled terminal to communicate with at least one remote server using the first tag datum, wherein subsequent to transmitting the first tag datum to the first external NFC-enabled terminal, the first external NFC-enabled terminal communicates with the at least one remote server using the first tag datum and receives additional data related to the first tag datum from the at least one remote server,

wherein the method further comprises:

capturing an image using a camera of the NFC-enabled digital apparatus;

processing the camera-captured image to obtain data comprising a management number and an expiration date;

sending, to the at least one remote server, the data obtained from the camera-captured image; and

receiving, from the at least one remote server, a datum corresponding to the data obtained from the camera-captured image.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first tag datum comprises the datum received from the at least one remote server.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying at least two selectable pieces among the plurality of selectable pieces including the second selectable piece on the touch screen display;

receiving, on the touch screen display, the user selection of the second selectable piece among the at least two selectable pieces displayed on the touch screen display;

in response to the user selection of the second selectable piece, displaying a second image associated with the second selectable piece on the touch screen display to confirm the selection of the second selectable piece;

making the second tag datum corresponding to the second selectable piece available at the NFC module while the second image is displayed on the touch screen display; and

transmitting the second tag datum from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the second external NFC-enabled terminal in response to the tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of selectable pieces has a corresponding image for displaying on the touch screen display, wherein the first tag datum comprises the datum received from the at least one remote server.

21. An NFC-enabled digital apparatus comprising:

a touch screen display;

a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller;

a plurality of selectable pieces of information and a plurality of tag data stored in the NFC-enabled digital apparatus, each tag datum corresponding to one of the plurality of selectable pieces of information, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured for displaying the plurality of selectable pieces on the touch screen display; and

a default setting stored in the NFC-enabled digital apparatus, wherein the default setting is configured to select a predetermined selectable piece among the plurality of selectable pieces,

wherein, in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and a first external NFC-enabled terminal without a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured to cause a first tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece to be transmitted from the NFC module of the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to the first external NFC-enabled terminal via an NFC communication channel established in response to the tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the first external NFC-enabled terminal.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first tag datum corresponding to the predetermined selectable piece is configured to cause the first external NFC-enabled terminal to access additional data related to the predetermined selectable piece from at least one server, wherein each of the plurality of selectable pieces has a corresponding image for displaying on the touch screen display.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is further configured to operate in a user selection mode that does not use the default setting in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable pieces displayed on the touch screen display,

wherein, when operating in the user selection mode, in response to a user selection of a second selectable piece among the plurality of selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled digital apparatus is configured to make a second tag datum corresponding to the second selectable piece available at the NFC module such that the second tag datum is transmitted from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to a second external NFC-enabled terminal via an NFC communication channel established in response to a tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the NFC-enabled digital apparatus further comprises a camera and is further configured:

to capture an image using the camera;

to process the camera-captured image to obtain data comprising a management number and an expiration date;

to send, to at least one server, the data obtained from the camera-captured image; and

to receive, from the at least one server, a datum corresponding to the data obtained from the camera-captured image, wherein the first tag datum comprises the datum received from the at least one server.

25. A method of NFC-based information transmission, the method comprising:

providing the NFC-enabled digital apparatus of claim 21;

detecting a tagging between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the first external NFC-enabled terminal;

in response to detection of the tagging, selecting the predetermined selectable piece in accordance with the default setting;

upon selection of the predetermined selectable piece in accordance with the default setting, displaying a first image associated with the predetermined selectable piece on the touch screen display to confirm the selection in accordance with the default setting; and

transmitting the first tag datum corresponding to the first image to the first external NFC-enabled terminal via an NFC communication channel established by the tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the first external NFC-enabled terminal.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying at least two selectable pieces among the plurality of selectable pieces including the second selectable piece on the touch screen display;

receiving, on the touch screen display, the user selection of the second selectable piece among the at least two selectable pieces displayed on the touch screen display;

in response to the user selection of the second selectable piece, displaying a second image associated with the second selectable piece on the touch screen display to confirm the selection of the second selectable piece;

making the second tag datum corresponding to the second selectable piece available at the NFC module while the second image is displayed on the touch screen display; and

transmitting the second tag datum from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to a second external NFC-enabled terminal via an NFC communication channel established in response to the tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the first tag datum corresponding to the first image is configured to cause the first external NFC-enabled terminal to communicate with at least one server using the first tag datum, wherein subsequent to transmitting the first tag datum to the first external NFC-enabled terminal, the first external NFC-enabled terminal communicates with the at least one server using the first tag datum and receives additional data related to the first tag datum from the at least one server.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises:

capturing an image using a camera of the NFC-enabled digital apparatus;

processing the camera-captured image to obtain data comprising a management number and an expiration date;

sending, to at least one server, the data obtained from the camera-captured image; and

receiving, from the at least one server, a datum corresponding to the data obtained from the camera-captured image.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying at least two selectable pieces among the plurality of selectable pieces including the second selectable piece on the touch screen display;

receiving, on the touch screen display, the user selection of the second selectable piece among the at least two selectable pieces displayed on the touch screen display;

in response to the user selection of the second selectable piece, displaying a second image associated with the second selectable piece on the touch screen display to confirm the selection of the second selectable piece;

making the second tag datum corresponding to the second selectable piece available at the NFC module while the second image is displayed on the touch screen display; and

transmitting the second tag datum from the NFC-enabled digital apparatus to a second external NFC-enabled terminal in response to the tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the second external NFC-enabled terminal.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein each of the plurality of selectable pieces has a corresponding image for displaying on the touch screen display, wherein the first tag datum comprises the datum received from the at least one server.