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`D°me1111111111111111111111111111111111111111
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`IJS008540159B2
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`(12) United States Patent
`US 8,540,159 B2
`(10) Patent N0.:
`Lee et al.
`
`(45) Date of Patent: Sep. 24, 2013
`
`(54) METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE
`SERVICE USING CODE-PATTERN
`
`(75)
`
`Inventors: Jae-Jun Lee, Seoul (KR); Young-Jun
`Shin, Seoul (KR)
`
`(73) Assignee: KT Corporation, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
`
`( * ) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
`
`(21) Appl.No.: 13/560,911
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`(22) Filed:
`
`Jul. 27, 2012
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2012/0286030 A1
`
`Nov. 15,2012
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`Related US. Application Data
`
`(60) Continuation of application No. 12/ 140,930, filed on
`Jun. 17, 2008, now Pat. No. 8,245,938, which is a
`division ofapplication No. 11/221 ,301, filed on Sep. 6,
`2005, now Pat. No. 7,419,097, which is a continuation
`ofapplication No. PCT/KR2004/000481 , filed on Mar.
`8, 2004.
`
`(30)
`
`Foreign Application Priority Data
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`Mar. 7, 2003
`Mar. 7, 2003
`Mar. 8, 2003
`Mar. 20, 2003
`Mar. 20, 2003
`
`(KR) ........................ 10-2003-0014419
`(KR) ........................ 10-2003-0014420
`(KR) .......... 10-2003-0014598
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`(KR) .......... 10-2003-0017468
`(KR) ........................ 10-2003-0017469
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`(51)
`
`Int. Cl.
`G06K 7/10
`(52) US. Cl.
`USPC .................. 235/462.45; 235/462.11; 379/910
`(58) Field of Classification Search
`USPC .................. 235/454, 462.01, 462.05, 462.08,
`
`(2006.01)
`
`235/235/462.09, 462.1, 462.11, 462.24, 462.41,
`235/462.43, 462.45
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`(56)
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`References Cited
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`(Continued)
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`Primary Examiner 7 Kristy A Haupt
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm IP Legal Services, LLC
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`A method and apparatus for providing a mobile service with
`the use of a code pattern is disclosed In one embodiment, the
`method comprising: taking a photograph of a code pattern
`image, decoding the photographed code pattern image so as
`to obtain code information, extracting uniform resource loca-
`tor (URL) information corresponding to the code informa-
`tion, transmitting a content information request message to a
`service provider server corresponding to the URL informa-
`tion, and receiving content information corresponding to the
`URL information from the service provider server. According
`to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to
`provide various and convenient mobile services to mobile
`terminal users using a mobile terminal, having a camera, and
`a code pattern containing the URL information.
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`17 Claims, 34 Drawing Sheets
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`1 330
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`1 340
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`1
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`COMMUNC 1 AT 1 ON
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`Sheet 4 of 34
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`FIG. 5
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`Sheet 5 of 34
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`FIG. 7
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`WEB SERVER
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`METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE
`SERVICE USING CODE-PATTERN
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`This application claims priority to and is a continuation of
`pending US. patent application Ser. No. 12/ 140,930 (filed in
`the US. Patent and Trademark Office on Jun. 17, 2008),
`which is a divisional ofU.S. application Ser. No. 11/221,301,
`filed Sep. 6, 2005 which is a continuation Application, and
`claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §§l20 and 365 of PCT
`Application No. PCT/KR2004/000481, filed on Mar. 8, 2004
`and published on Sep. 16, 2004, in English, which is hereby
`incorporated by reference.
`
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`1. Field of the Invention
`
`The present invention relates to a system and a method for
`providing mobile services using a code pattern, and specifi—
`cally, to a system and a method for providing mobile services,
`for example, a content providing service, a geographical
`information providing service, a product infonnation provid-
`ing service, a taxi call service, a personal contact information
`providing service, a payment service etc, using the code pat-
`tern.
`
`2. Description of the Related Technology
`Recently, mobile terminals have been widely used and
`mobile communication technologies are also being rapidly
`developed. Further, various mobile services using mobile
`terminals are being developed. However, there are still needs
`for a new mobile service to provide various content more
`conveniently and to allow users to use various services more
`easily.
`Now, it has been common that companies, which have their
`own websites, provide their URL information along with
`product information in advertising their products in a news-
`paper, magazine or catalog. This can be an effective market-
`ing method over a conventional advertisement method, which
`does not provide such website information, in that customers
`can visit the websites and obtain more information about the
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`products that they are considering purchasing.
`However, in reality, it is less likely that a person, who reads
`the advertisement having the URL information, remembers
`or writes down the URL, and visits the internet site and buys
`thc product from tho wcbsitc sincc it is not convcnicnt to
`memorize the website address. So, there has been a need to
`effectively induce a person who reads the advertisement hav-
`ing website information to actually buy the product.
`Travelers carry a guidebook when they travel. But, due to a
`limited space, guidebooks generally do not provide detailed
`and helpful information. Particularly, when those books con-
`tain certain foreign language information, travelers usually
`do not find those books very helpful.
`Furthermore, when travelers try to visit, e. g., a specific
`building, certain publicly available directions, for example,
`shown at a subway station, to the building, may not be suffi-
`cient for them to find the place. Thus, there has been a demand
`for conveniently providing sufficient travel information to
`travelers.
`
`Recently, according to the development ofmobile commu-
`nication technology and the spread of mobile terminals, a
`transportation calling service using a mobile terminal is being
`used. However, a user cannot use this service if he does not
`know the telephone number of a calling service company.
`Even if a user (traveler) knows the contact information, he
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`may have difficulty in explaining his location if he is a
`stranger in that area. Thus, there has been a demand for
`conveniently providing a taxi calling service with the use of a
`mobile terminal.
`
`Meanwhile, a bar code has been extensively used in many
`places, such as retail stores and book stores. Recently, a
`business card, containing a bar code for, e. g., telephone num-
`ber, has been developed. The bar code can be used to call or
`store the telephone number in a mobile terminal. However, to
`do so, a bar code reader is required to be either embedded in
`or comrected to a mobile terminal.
`Korean patent No. 0414523 discloses “apparatus and
`method of acquiring data through codes to be extracted from
`the pattern.” This patent relates to obtaining certain informa-
`tion from a code pattern.
`
`SUMMARY OF CERTAIN INVENTIVE ASPECTS
`
`One aspect of the present invention provides a method and
`apparatus for providing content by using a code pattern where
`a mobile terminal reads the code pattern (barcode) having
`prescribed information and is connected to inteme site or
`server according to the information recorded in a barcode and
`can get a desired content conveniently.
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`and apparatus for providing a taxi call service with the use of
`a code pattern, for the purpose of allowing a user to call a taxi
`easily although he does not know the telephone number or a
`web site address.
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`and apparatus for providing personal connection information
`by using a code pattern, for the purpose of conveniently
`obtaining the contact information of others by using a code
`pattern.
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`and apparatus for payment by using a code pattern, for the
`purpose of paying bills conveniently through the Internet so
`that there is no need to use a paper bill (giro) through paying
`the bill by using a code pattern.
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`ofproviding a content using a code pattern in a user terminal,
`the method comprising: taking a photograph of a code pattern
`image, decoding the photographed code pattern image to
`obtain code information, extracting URL information corre-
`sponding to the code information, transmitting a content
`information request message to a service provider server cor-
`rcsponding to thc URL information, and rccciving contcnt
`information corresponding to the URL information from the
`service provider server.
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`ofproviding a content using a code pattern in a user terminal,
`the method comprising: taking a photograph of a code pattern
`image in which URL information ofthe web page is recorded,
`transmitting a content information request message including
`the photographed code pattern image to a service provider
`server, receiving a web page content including the content
`information from the service provider server, wherein the
`service provider server analyzes the code pattern image to
`obtain code information corresponding to the code pattern
`image and extract the web page corresponding to the code
`information.
`
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`of providing a content using a code pattern in a service pro-
`vider server, the method comprising: generating code infor-
`mation corresponding to web page address information
`including predetermined content information, generating a
`code pattern image corresponding to the code information,
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`receiving a content information request message from a user
`terminal, wherein the user terminal comprises a decoder for
`decoding the code pattern image, and the user terminal takes
`photograph the code pattern image and decodes the photo-
`graphed code pattern image to obtain the web page address
`information including the content information to connect the
`service provider server, and obtaining web page content
`including the content information corresponding to the code
`information and transmitting the web page content to the user
`terminal.
`
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`of providing a content using a code pattern, the method com-
`prising: taking a photograph of a code pattern image by a
`camera installed in a mobile terminal, transmitting a content
`information request message including the photographed
`code pattern image to a service provider server, by the mobile
`terminal, and analyzing the code pattern image to obtain code
`information, by the service provider server, analyzing the
`code information to obtain at least one web page information
`corresponding the code information, by the service provider
`server, and transmitting the obtained web page information to
`the mobile terminal, by the service provider server.
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`ofproviding a transportation call service using a code pattern,
`the method comprising: receiving a transport call message
`including code information obtained by analyzing a code
`pattern installed at one side of a specific region, from a user
`terminal, wherein the code pattern includes a service identi-
`fier for indicating a service type and location information
`about the specific region, obtaining the service identifier and
`the location information about the specific region from the
`code information included in the received taxi call message,
`and obtaining information about at least one transportation
`service provider server corresponding to the service identifier
`to transmit the taxi call message including the location infor-
`mation about the specific region to the transportation service
`provider server, wherein the transportation service provider
`server detects present location information of transport ter-
`minal belonged to the transportation service provider and
`transmits the taxi call message to a transport terminal which
`is the nearest from the specific region.
`Another aspect of the present invention provides a method
`ofproviding a transportation call service using a code pattern,
`the method comprising: receiving a transportation call mes-
`sage including code information obtained by analyzing a
`code pattern installed at one side of a specific region, from a
`user tcrminal, wherein the code pattcrn comprises scrvicc
`identifier for indicating a service type and location informa-
`tion about the specific region, obtaining the service identifier