KR20060062114A - Display terminal having electronic tag and information providing system and method using same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal having an electronic tag reader by visually displaying contents requested for information from a client through an indicator provided in a display terminal, and recording and providing contents synchronized with the contents in an electronic tag. The present invention relates to a display terminal having an electronic tag and to an information providing system using the same, which can promote immediate or post-action of a user, thereby maximizing the purpose of providing information.

A display terminal according to an aspect of the present invention comprises an image display; An image display driver driving the image display; An electronic tag incorporating an electronic tag memory in which a record synchronized with content currently displayed on the image display is stored; An electronic tag recording unit for storing the recording in the electronic tag; A program storage unit for storing a program including a basic operating system of the terminal and a recording execution program for the electronic tag memory; The overall operation of the data storage unit and each component unit that stores a content file to be displayed, an executable file containing a display order, time or method of displaying a plurality of content files to be displayed on the image display, and a content file to be recorded in the electronic tag memory. It can be made including a control unit that collectively controls.

Electronic Tags, RF Tags, Information, Offers, Readers, Displays

Description

Display terminal with electronic tag and information providing system and method using therer

1 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal having a general electronic tag reader,

2 is an overall network diagram of an information providing system using an electronic tag according to the present invention;

3 is an electrical block diagram of a display terminal in an electronic tag information providing system of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information by an electronic tag according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100: display terminal, 102: image display,

104: speaker, 106: electronic tag,

110: control unit, 112: key input unit,

114: program storage unit, 116: data storage unit,

118: indicator drive unit, 120: electronic tag recording unit,                 

122: electronic tag memory, 124: communication control unit,

200: internet, 210: wireless network,

300: client, 400: information server,

410: web server, 420: database,

422: member DB, 424: content DB,

500: mobile communication terminal, 510: central processing unit,

520: tag reader, 522: transceiver,

524: antenna, 530: RF module,

540: memory, 550: key input,

560: display unit, 570: a microphone,

590: speaker

The present invention relates to a display terminal having an electronic tag, and an information providing system and method using the same. In particular, the content requested for information from the client is displayed visually on the display of the display terminal and synchronized with the content. The present invention relates to a display terminal having an electronic tag provided in an electronic tag, and an information providing system and method using the same.

RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) system is a technology that enables the exchange of information by sensing and recognizing it remotely using wireless, and has many application services not only in personal life but also in industry. There is a lot of research and development in recent years. Especially in Korea, RFID has established itself as a public transportation toll collection system.

Such RFID is a wireless communication system consisting of an RF reader (reading and decrypting) and an RF tag (or transponder; hereinafter referred to as an "electronic tag") for providing information. In addition to the memory, a CPU having a computing power may be further classified, and may be classified into an inductively coupled method and an electromagnetic wave method according to an interconnection connection method. The mutual inductive electromagnetic tag uses a coil antenna and operates by receiving power from the outside, while the electromagnetic wave uses a high frequency antenna and operates by its own power. It is used for short distance within [m], and the electromagnetic wave electromagnetic tag is used for medium to long distances of several to several tens [m].

On the other hand, Patent Publication No. 28834 in 2004 provides an electronic tag reader to a mobile communication terminal so that general consumers or users can easily identify, acquire, and utilize information of electronic tags attached to various objects anytime, anywhere in the ubiquitous computing era. Is proposed.

1 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal having a general electronic tag reader. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal 500 having an electronic tag reader has a general configuration of a mobile communication terminal, that is, inputs of various functions provided in the RF module 530 and the terminal 500 for mobile communication. Or a key input unit 550 for selection, a display unit 560 for outputting various information or guidance as text or video, a microphone 570 for voice input and a speaker 580 for voice output, a terminal driving program and various data. In addition to the configuration of the memory 540 and the central control unit 510 for controlling them collectively, the antenna (or coil) 524 that launches radio frequency for RFID communication into the air and receives a signal output from the electronic tag. And an electronic tag reader 520 formed by a transceiver 522 that generates a radio frequency signal to be transmitted via the antenna 524 and demodulates the signal received via the antenna 524. You can break them.

However, according to the prior art as described above, only a technique for simply combining a well-known electronic tag reader with a mobile communication terminal is proposed, but does not suggest a practical and specialized technique using the same.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and visually displays the content requested for information from the client through an indicator provided on the display terminal and at the same time recording the content synchronized with the content in an electronic tag Providing a display terminal having an electronic tag and an information providing system and method using the same to facilitate the immediate or follow-up of a user of a mobile communication terminal equipped with an electronic tag reader, thereby maximizing the purpose of providing the information. The purpose is to provide.

A display terminal according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is an image display; An image display driver driving the image display; An electronic tag incorporating an electronic tag memory in which a record synchronized with content currently displayed on the image display is stored; An electronic tag recording unit for storing the recording in the electronic tag; A program storage unit for storing a program including a basic operating system of the terminal and a recording execution program for the electronic tag memory; The overall operation of the data storage unit and each component unit that stores a content file to be displayed, an executable file containing a display order, time or method of displaying a plurality of content files to be displayed on the image display, and a content file to be recorded in the electronic tag memory. It can be made including a control unit that collectively controls.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic tag information providing system includes: a plurality of clients requesting information provision; A web server that is connected by the client and a wired / wireless communication network to handle web documents between the client and a member DB that stores various member information about the client and a content file requested for display from the client. An image providing server including a database having a content DB storing the information and an image display unit connected to the information providing server by a wired / wireless communication network and displaying a content file received from the information providing server. And a display terminal having an electronic tag in which contents-synchronized records are stored in the displayed content file.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic tag information providing method includes: a plurality of clients requesting information provision; An information providing server comprising a web server connected to the client via a wired / wireless communication network and handling a web document between the client and a content database storing a content file requested for display from the client; In the information providing method by an electronic tag connected to the information providing server and a wired / wireless communication network, and comprising a display terminal having an electronic tag and an image display for displaying a content file received from the information providing server, ( a) requesting information provision by the client transmitting a content file to the information provision server; (b) the information providing server stores the received content file, generates an electronic tag file to be recorded in the electronic tag when the content file is synchronized with the content file, and displays the content file together with the content file. And transmitting (c) the display terminal to the terminal and recording the electronic tag file in the electronic tag at the same time.

Hereinafter, a display terminal having an electronic tag and an information providing system and method using the same according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is an overall network configuration of the information providing system by an electronic tag of the present invention. As shown in Figure 2, the overall network configuration of the information providing system by the electronic tag of the present invention is a number of clients 300 and information for requesting the information provided by the information providing server 400, an information providing agency The display terminal 100 may be connected to a wired communication network such as the Internet 200 or a wireless communication network 210 such as a mobile communication network.

In the above-described configuration, the information providing display terminal 100 may preferably be operated by the information providing server 400, which includes an image display 102 for visually displaying the information and contents displayed on the displayed information. Synchronized electronic tag 106 is provided, in addition to the speaker 104 for outputting information audibly may be further provided. On the other hand, CRT or LCD may be used as the image display 102 when the display terminal 100 is installed in a building or an outdoor bulletin board of a public office or various offline shopping malls, and in this case, the electronic tag 106 may be used as a near field. It is desirable to adopt a suitable mode of mutual induction. The display terminal 100 may also use the LED display board installed on the roof of a high-rise building as the image display 102. In this case, it is preferable that the electromagnetic tag 106 adopts an electromagnetic wave method suitable for medium to long distances.

 On the other hand, the content of the information provided through the display terminal 100 may be news, various advertisements or creations, guidance or promotional content, and the format of the information may be text or still image or video or audio alone or mutually appropriate. Can be combined content. Furthermore, the electronic tag 106 may record contents which are content-synchronized with information currently displayed through the image display 102, for example, all, some or a summary of the information content itself displayed. In addition, various information related to the client 300 that requested the information may be recorded, for example, the name or trade name of the client, a telephone number, an address, a map, an address of the operation website, or a callback URL information. Benefits (such as mileage or cyber money) for the user who receives the data may be recorded.

On the other hand, the information providing server 400 is a member DB 422 and the client (storing various member information related to the web server 410 and the client 300 in charge of the processing of the web document between the client 300 and the client ( It may include a database 420 consisting of a content DB 424, etc. that stores a content file, etc. received a display from the 300.

3 is an electrical internal configuration diagram of a display terminal in an electronic tag information providing system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, in the electronic tag information providing system of the present invention, the display terminal 100 is a key used to input or select various items necessary for itself, for example, a maintenance function. An input unit 112, an indicator driver 118 for driving an indicator (and a speaker), an electronic tag memory 122, and a display terminal 100 in which recordings stored in synchronization with the contents displayed in the electronic tag 106 are stored. A display sequence of a program storage unit 114 storing a basic operating system of the electronic operating system or the electronic tag memory 122, other application programs, and the like, a content file to be displayed, and a plurality of content files to be displayed on the image display 102 Data that stores an executable file containing a record such as a time, a time, or a method, and a content file to be recorded in the electronic tag 106 Communication with the electronic tag recording unit 120 and external wired / wireless communication networks 200 and 210 for recording information synchronized with the content currently displayed in the storage unit 114 and the electronic tag memory 122. It may include a control unit 110 for controlling the overall operation of the communication control unit 124 and the display terminal 100 in charge.

In the above-described configuration, the display terminal 100 may be implemented in the configuration of a typical computer main body, and in this case, the data storage unit 116 may be implemented in a large capacity hard disk. The electronic tag memory 122 may be implemented as a flash memory capable of reading / writing. In such a configuration, the control unit 110 instructs the electronic tag recording unit 120 to record the content indicated by the information providing server 400, the electronic tag recording unit 120 is so directed to the electronic tag memory 122 By recording the contents, the contents stored in the electronic tag memory 122 are changed from time to time in accordance with the currently displayed contents.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information through an electronic tag of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the arbitrary client 100 transmits a content file containing information to be displayed through the display terminal 100 to the information providing server 400 and requests information provision. When the content itself or the order for the content to be recorded in the electronic tag 106 may be transmitted together (step S10). Then, the information providing server 400 checks the various member information for the client 100 requested to provide the information, and writes the order for recording the received content file or electronic tag into its own content DB 424. Save (step S12). Next, the information providing server 400 generates an executable file containing the display order, time and method of displaying the content file (step S14), and the content file according to its own plan or the order requested from the client 100. Is generated, the electronic tag file to be recorded in the electronic tag 106 is generated (step S16), and then the generated content file, the executable file, and the electronic tag file are transmitted to the corresponding display terminal 100 (step S18). do.

Next, the display terminal 100 receiving these files from the information providing server 400 stores them in the data storage unit 116 (step S20), reads the executable file, and then displays the contents according to the contents indicated in the executable file. The file is displayed by the indicator, and in synchronism with this, the electronic tag file is recorded in the tag memory 106 (step S22).                     

Meanwhile, the user operates the tag reader operation button in a state in which the mobile communication terminal he is carrying is close to the electronic tag 106 of the display terminal 100 (in the case of a display induction type interactive terminal) and the tag reader 520. After reading the contents recorded in the electronic tag by the operation, it stores them in its own memory 540 (step S24). Next, the read content is displayed on the display unit 560 according to a user's command. When the content of the electronic tag includes a callback UEL containing the address of a site operated by the client 100, the call button is clicked. It is also possible to connect to the site operated by the client 100 (step S26).

The information providing system and method using the electronic tag of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope allowed by the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the display terminal having the electronic tag of the present invention as described above, and an information providing system and method using the same, the information requested from the client is visually displayed on the display terminal and simultaneously synchronized with the currently displayed content. By recording in an electronic tag, it is possible to more simply and easily transmit information desired to be transmitted to a mobile communication terminal having a tag reader, thereby maximizing the efficiency of information provision.

Claims (12)

Image indicators; An image display driver driving the image display; An electronic tag incorporating an electronic tag memory in which a record synchronized with content currently displayed on the image display is stored; An electronic tag recording unit for storing the recording in the electronic tag; A program storage unit for storing a program including a basic operating system of the terminal and a recording execution program for the electronic tag memory; A data storage unit for storing a content file to be displayed, an execution file including a display order, time or method of displaying a plurality of content files to be displayed on the image display device, and a content file to be recorded in the electronic tag memory; Display terminal having an electronic tag comprising a control unit for controlling the overall operation of each component unit. The display terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal further comprises a speaker and a voice processing unit for driving the speaker. The display terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the image display device is made of a CRT or LCD, and the electronic tag is implemented in a mutually inductive manner. The display terminal having an electronic tag according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the image display device comprises an LED image display device, and the electronic tag is implemented by an electromagnetic wave method. A plurality of clients requesting information provision; A web server that is connected by the client and a wired / wireless communication network to handle web documents between the client and a member DB that stores various member information about the client and a content file requested for display from the client. Information providing server comprising a database having a content DB that stores the The image display server is connected to the information providing server by a wired / wireless communication network, and has an image display displaying a content file received from the information providing server, and an electronic tag storing contents-synchronized recordings in the content file displayed on the image display. An information providing system using an electronic tag including a display terminal. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the record stored in the electronic tag is a whole, a part, or a summary of the content currently displayed on the image display. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the contents of the record stored in the electronic tag are various types of information related to the client that has requested information. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the contents of the record stored in the electronic tag are callback URL information of a site operated by the client that has requested the information. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the format of the recording stored in the electronic tag is composed of a single text, a still picture, a moving picture, or a voice. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the contents of the record stored in the electronic tag are benefit information given to a receiving user. A plurality of clients requesting information provision; An information providing server comprising a web server connected to the client via a wired / wireless communication network and handling a web document between the client and a content database storing a content file requested for display from the client; In the information providing method by an electronic tag connected to the information providing server and a wired / wireless communication network, and comprising a display terminal having an electronic tag and an image display for displaying a content file received from the information providing server, (a) the client requesting to provide information by transmitting a content file to the information providing server; (b) the information providing server stores the received content file, generates an electronic tag file to be recorded in the electronic tag when the content file is synchronized with the content file, and displays the content file together with the content file. Transmitting to the terminal and (c) the display terminal displaying the received content file and simultaneously recording the electronic tag file in the electronic tag. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein in step (b), the information providing server transmits an executable file including a display condition of the content file together, and in step (c), the display terminal is recorded in the received executable file. And providing the content file according to a condition.

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