Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for providing dynamic product information in short-range communication
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1. A method for providing dynamic product information to a terminal, the method comprising:
- reading at least a portion of information communicated from a short-range communication tag;
automatically selecting and invoking a terminal application based on the information read from the tag, wherein the terminal application defines the type of product information that will be provided to the terminal;
decoding, via the terminal application, the information communicated from the short-range communication tag;
retrieving a network resource locator based on the decoded information; and
retrieving product information by initiating communication with the network resource.
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods for providing dynamic tailored product information to mobile terminals as a result of reading short-range wireless communication tags, such as RFID tags. The invention is able to provide consumer related product information to consumer operated terminals and retailer related product information to retailer or employee operated terminals, without requiring separate transponders or unique reading devices. In addition, the invention is able to accomplish providing dynamic information in a highly efficient and user-friendly manner and without requiring additional memory at the tag level.
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1. A method for providing dynamic product information to a terminal, the method comprising:
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reading at least a portion of information communicated from a short-range communication tag; automatically selecting and invoking a terminal application based on the information read from the tag, wherein the terminal application defines the type of product information that will be provided to the terminal; decoding, via the terminal application, the information communicated from the short-range communication tag; retrieving a network resource locator based on the decoded information; and retrieving product information by initiating communication with the network resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing dynamic product information to a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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reading at least a portion of information communicated from a short-range communication tag to provide midlet application selection criteria; automatically selecting a midlet application based on the information; reading a standardized product identifier from the short-range transponder communication; decoding, via the midlet application, the standardized product identifier; initiating, via the midlet application, communication with a data source, wherein the communication includes the decoded standardized product identifier; selecting a corresponding servlet application at the data source in response to the initiation of communication; retrieving, via the servlet application, a network resource based on the decoded standardized product identifier; communicating the network resource to the midlet application; and retrieving mobile terminal-specific product information by initiating communication with the network resource. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for providing dynamic product information to a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
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a short-range communication tag including a memory unit that stores at least two information fields, wherein one of the information fields includes a standardized product identifier; a mobile terminal device that includes, a processor that executes one of one or more midlet applications that is automatically selected based on reading at least a portion of the tag information, wherein the selection of the midlet application defines the type of product information that will provided to the mobile terminal; and a network node in communication with the mobile terminal and includes, a processor that executes one of one or more servlet applications, wherein a servlet application is invoked by a corresponding midlet application to retrieve a network resource identifier associated with the midlet application and tailored to the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A system for providing dynamic product information to a mobile terminal, the system comprising:
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a short-range communication tag including a memory unit that stores at least two information fields, wherein one of the information fields includes a standardized product identifier; and a mobile terminal device that includes, a processor that executes one of one or more midlet applications for retrieving a network resource locator associated with the standardized product identifier and initiating communication with the network resource, wherein the midlet application is automatically selected based on reading at least a portion of the tag information. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A midlet application for providing dynamic tailored product information to a mobile terminal based on short-range wireless communications, the application having computer-readable program instructions, the computer readable program instructions comprising:
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first instructions for decoding a standardized product identifier that has been read from a short-range wireless communication with a short-range communication tag; second instructions for retrieving a product-specific network resource locator based on the decoded standardized product identifier; and third instructions for initiating communication with a product-specific network resource, wherein the midlet application is automatically selected based on reading at least a portion of the tag information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A mobile terminal device, the device comprising:
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a memory unit that stores one or more midlet applications; a processor in communication with the memory unit that automatically selects one of the midlet applications based on information read from a short-range wireless communication, wherein the selection of the midlet application defines the type of short-range wireless communication information that will be presented to the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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