JP2005092785A - Provided service determining apparatus and method, program thereof, provided service determining system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the usability of a wireless tag by making it possible to use various services from one wireless tag and to guide the user to an arbitrary website.
A service determination processing unit is provided to a mobile terminal possessed by a user using service information included in a user profile and service information included in tag reader related information, which is acquired by a profile acquisition unit. By determining the service to be performed, a common platform function for selecting a service provider from the tag and its reader is realized.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a service provision determination apparatus and method, a program therefor, and a service provision determination system for determining a service that can be provided based on a wireless tag added to a mobile terminal and an ID assigned to each tag reader.

Wireless tags have a track record of use in all fields centered on manufacturing, logistics, and distribution, and social infrastructure is being developed for that purpose. However, normally, one wireless tag can be used only for one service, and therefore it is necessary to distribute a new wireless tag for each service, which is very inconvenient for users. .
By the way, a wireless tag is an RF-ID (Radio Frequency-ID), a so-called electronic tag that can read information from a position that is somewhat distant, and a tag having an IC chip integrated with a minute antenna, Unique information is stored in this IC chip. This IC chip operates by generating its own power supply voltage when radio waves are received via the antenna, and transmits stored information via the antenna. Thereby, the tag reader can read information only by transmitting a radio wave to the wireless tag at a position about 1 m away from the wireless tag.

By the way, as a utilization example of the above-described wireless tag, a tag management server that can acquire information on a desired product regardless of a place, and an information acquisition and utilization system using the tag management server have been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1). .
According to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, in response to an inquiry using tag information read from a wireless tag, the tag management server acquires tag management information corresponding to tag information, and corresponds to each ID. Provides a database based on tag information, determines whether the query is legitimate based on tag information corresponding to the ID tag to be managed, and queries tag management information corresponding to the tag information for which there is a legitimate query This is what we originally provided.
JP 2003-157477 A

According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, the information read from the wireless tag is sent to the tag management server and the tag management server is asked to make a decision. Therefore, even if it is possible to obtain information on a desired product regardless of the location, the wireless tag that is required for each service is not unnecessary, and the user is allowed to use any Web site. It is not intended to improve the usability of the wireless tag.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a common platform function capable of selecting a content provider that provides a service from a wireless tag and a tag reader, so that various services can be used from a single wireless tag. An object of the present invention is to provide a service determining apparatus and method, and a program thereof, which can improve usability of a wireless tag and can guide a user to an arbitrary Web site.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a service provision determining apparatus in which a mobile terminal, a user profile management server, a tag reader related information management server, and a plurality of service provision servers are connected via a communication network. And when the wireless tag added to the mobile terminal is brought close to the tag reader, the tag ID and the ID capturing unit that captures the reader ID output from the tag reader, and each captured ID, , A user profile obtained by accessing the user profile management server and the tag reader related information management server and a profile capturing unit for acquiring tag reader related information, service information included in the user profile, and included in the tag reader related information Using the service information Characterized in that it comprises a service determination processing unit for determining a service to be provided to the terminal.

  According to the present invention, the service determination processing unit uses the service information included in the user profile and the service information included in the tag reader related information captured by the profile capturing unit, to the mobile terminal possessed by the user. By deciding the service to be provided, a common platform function for selecting a content provider from the tag and its reader can be realized, and therefore various services can be used from one tag (distributed for each service) No tag is required), and various services can be provided from a single tag reader, and the user can be directed to any Web site.

  The present invention further includes a service data selection output unit that selects and transfers information necessary for providing the service for the determined service.

  In the present invention, when there are a plurality of the selected services, the service data selection / output unit (1) all of the selected services, (2) an arbitrary number of randomly selected services, ( 3) It is characterized in that information necessary for providing at least one of an arbitrary number of services according to a preset priority order is transferred.

  In the present invention, the service determination processing unit performs a logical operation on service information included in the user profile and service information included in the tag reader related information to determine a service to be provided. .

  In the present invention, the service determination processing unit further determines a service that provides at least one of time and position information included in each of the user profile and the tag reader related information as a target of the logical operation. It is characterized by that.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a service provision determination method for determining a service that can be provided based on a wireless tag added to a mobile terminal and an ID assigned to each of the tag readers. The process of capturing the tag ID and reader ID output from the tag reader by bringing the wireless tag attached to the terminal closer to the tag reader, and the user profile management server and the tag reader related based on each captured ID Using the process of acquiring the user profile and tag reader related information obtained by accessing the information management server, and the service information included in the user profile and the service information included in the tag reader related information to the mobile terminal The process of determining the services to be provided. .

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is a program used for a service providing determination device that determines a service that can be provided based on a wireless tag attached to a mobile terminal and an ID assigned to each tag reader. The wireless tag attached to the mobile terminal is brought close to the tag reader, so that the tag ID and the reader ID output from the tag reader are fetched, and the user profile management is performed based on the fetched IDs, respectively. A server, a user profile obtained by accessing the tag reader related information management server and processing for obtaining tag reader related information, service information included in the user profile, and service information included in the tag reader related information Determine a service to be provided to the mobile terminal Characterized in that to execute a sense, to the computer.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a provided service determination system according to the present invention includes one or more service providing servers that provide content, a tag ID detected by bringing a wireless tag attached to a mobile terminal close to a tag reader, and Based on the reader ID, a user profile management server that outputs each of a user profile and tag reader related information, a tag reader related information management server, and receives the user profile and the tag reader related information and provides them to the mobile terminal A service providing apparatus that determines a service to be performed and outputs information necessary for the determined service to one of the service providing servers, is connected to each other via a communication network.

According to the present invention, since a common platform function for selecting a content provider from a wireless tag and a tag reader can be provided, a user can use various services from a single wireless tag. Can provide various services using one tag reader.
Furthermore, the user can be guided to an arbitrary website through a portal site dedicated to the user, and the usability can be improved. Note that the above-described common platform can be used for any service using wireless tags, such as department store sales promotion mail, electronic ticket, electronic entry, point service, electronic poster, and the like.

Prior to the description of the embodiment, an outline of the common service platform function using the wireless tag provided by the present invention will be briefly described with the utilization scene in mind. Here, we consider the use scenes in schools, homes, convenience stores, and department stores.
For example, in schools, students have a batch with a built-in wireless tag, and a tag reader is embedded in a desk or wall. The teacher confirms attendance and reflects the contents on the personal portal, so that the parent can confirm the child's attendance at school. At home, the tag reader is linked to the entrance lock, and by allowing the child to carry the wireless tag built-in key, the parent can confirm the child's return home from the outside.
Furthermore, at convenience stores and department stores, you can access a personal portal site by simply holding the wireless tag over a mobile phone that has a wireless tag attached and a built-in tag reader. Alternatively, it is possible to search for a certain store sales place selection.

  In this way, various services can be used from one wireless tag, and various services can be provided via one tag reader. According to the former, it is not necessary for the user to have a wireless tag for each service, and according to the latter, it is possible to provide a tag reader that can be used in common by content providers. Can be directed to any website.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a connection configuration of a provided service determination system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a wireless tag and 2 is a tag reader. The wireless tag 1 is an IC chip that converts received radio waves into electric power and transmits an ID. Here, the wireless tag 1 is attached to a strap of the mobile terminal 10 such as a mobile phone with a built-in browser. Further, the tag reader 2 is a receiving device that reads an ID wirelessly from the wireless tag 1, and here, it is assumed that the tag reader 2 is installed in any place where services such as school, home, convenience store, department store can be provided or enjoyed. Note that the mobile phone can have not only the wireless tag 1 but also the function of the tag reader 2.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a provided service determining apparatus according to the present invention. The provided service determination device 3 provides a common service platform using the wireless tag 1. Specifically, the user profile and tag reader related information are respectively obtained from the user profile management server 4 and the tag reader related information server 5 based on the tag ID and the reader ID detected when the wireless tag 1 is brought close to the tag reader 2. A service provided to the user is determined from the received information, and information necessary for the determined service is output to one of the service providing servers 7.
4 is a user profile management server (UPS), 5 is a tag reader related information management server (RPS), 6 is an address search server (TNS: Tag Name Server), 7 is a service providing server (CPS), both IP (Internet) Protocol) is connected to the provided service determination device 3 via the network 8.
Here, the address search server 6 is a server that searches for an address (domain name, FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name, IP address, etc.) from the tag ID and the tag reader ID.

  The user profile management server 4 and the tag reader related information management server 5 are provided based on the tag ID and the reader ID detected by bringing the wireless tag 1 attached to the strap of the mobile phone as the user terminal close to the tag reader 2 Each of the user profile and tag reader related information is output to the service determination device 3. In addition, the address search server 6 responds to a host name search request issued from the provided service determination device 3 with the addresses (domain name, FQDN, FQDN) of the user profile management server 4, the tag reader related information management server 5, and the service provision server 7. IP address etc.). The service providing server 7 is a server that distributes various contents provided by the service provider, and provides various services to the user in various scenes described below under the management of the provided service determining device 3.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the function of the internal configuration of the provided service determining apparatus according to the present invention.
The provided service determining apparatus of the present invention includes an ID capturing unit 31, an address search (request / answer) transmission / reception unit 32, a profile capturing unit 33, a reader ID recognition unit 34, a service determination processing unit 35, and service data selection. And a service data output unit 37.

The ID capturing unit 31 captures the tag ID and the reader ID when the wireless tag 1 added to the mobile terminal 10 is brought close to the tag reader 2 and supplies the tag ID and the reader ID to the address search transmission / reception unit 32. The reader ID recognizing unit 34 can recognize the relationship between the tag reader and the reader ID based on a table in which the built-in tag reader is associated with the reader ID. Further, the address search (request / reply) transmission / reception unit 32 receives the addresses (domain name, FQDN, FQDN) of the user profile management server 4 and the tag reader information related management server 5 from the address search server 5 based on the captured tag ID and reader ID. IP address) is obtained and notified to the profile fetching unit 33.
Based on the notified address, the profile fetching unit 33 receives the user profile and tag reader related information obtained by accessing the user profile management server 4 and the tag reader related information management server 5, respectively, as a service determination processing unit 35 and service data. It supplies to the selection part 36.

On the other hand, the service determination processing unit 35 performs, for example, a logical product operation on the service information included in the user profile and the service information included in the tag reader related information, and determines a service to be provided to the mobile terminal 10. Is supplied to the service data selector 36. The service determination processing unit 35 can also determine a service that provides at least one of time and position information included in each of the user profile and tag reader related information as a target of the logical product operation.
The service data selection unit 36 selects information necessary for providing the service determined by the service determination processing unit 35, and obtains the service providing server 7 obtained via the address search (request / answer) transmission / reception unit 32. Are transferred via the service data output unit 37.
Note that, when there are a plurality of selected services, the service data selection unit 36 selects a provided service according to an arbitrary rule defined in advance by programming. For example, all the selected services, any number of randomly selected services, any number of services according to a preset priority, and the information necessary to provide the selected services Forward. Needless to say, the interface is not limited to the above-described three types, and an interface for allowing a user or the like to be selected can be provided.

3 and 4 are sequence diagrams cited for explaining the operation of the provided service determination system according to the present invention, in which the wireless tag 1 attached to the mobile phone as the mobile terminal 10 is held over the tag reader 2. (FIG. 3) shows an operation sequence in each case where the tag reader 2 mounted on the mobile phone is held over the wireless tag 1 (FIG. 4).
3 and 4, the wireless tag 1, tag reader 2, provided service determination device 3, address search server 6 (TNS), user profile management server 4 (UPS), tag reader related information management server 5 (RPS), service provision An operation sequence between the servers 7 (SP # A to SP # n) is shown.
The operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS.

(Figure 3: Hold the wireless tag 1 attached to the mobile phone over the tag reader 2)
First, the detected tag ID and reader ID are transmitted to the provided service determination device 3 via the IP network 8 by holding (approaching) the wireless tag attached to the strap of the mobile phone over the tag reader 2 (S31). . The ID capturing unit 31 of the provided service determining device 3 captures these IDs, and the address search (request / answer) transmission / reception unit 32 manages the tag information with respect to the address search server 6 and the tag reader related information. The tag reader related information management server 5 that manages the address is issued, and an answer (domain name, FQDN, IP address, etc.) is obtained (S32, S34).
Subsequently, the profile fetching unit 33 accesses the user profile management server 4 and the tag reader related information management server 5 based on each obtained address (domain name, FQDN, IP address, etc.) and fetches each profile instance ( S33, S35), and supply these profile instances to the service determination processing unit 35.

Here, the elements of the profile instance as the tag information 1 are a mobile phone user name, a telephone number, an e-mail address, a validity period of the wireless tag, a list of contracted service IDs, and the like. The elements of the profile instance as tag reader information are the name of the tag reader 2 installer, the installation location, a list of service IDs that can be provided, an e-mail address, and the like.
Of these profile instances, the service determination processing unit 35 performs an AND operation on a list of contracted service IDs and a list of IDs that can be provided, and determines a service (service provider) that can be provided (S36). In the profile instance described above, time information and position information can be included in association with each of the wireless tag 1 and tag reader 2, and in this case, not only the service ID but also time and / or position. It is also possible to determine a service to be provided as a target of logical operation.

Then, the service data selection unit 36 searches for the type of data required by the service provider, selects the corresponding data from the tag information and tag reader information, and is determined via the service data output unit 37. Send to.
By the way, the service determination conditions by the service determination processing unit 35 include, in addition to the above-described AND operation, sequentially, random, free setting, user setting, and the like. Therefore, the service data selection output unit 36, when there are a plurality of services, (1) all the selected services, (2) any number of randomly selected services, (3) a preset priority order The information necessary for providing at least one of any number of services according to the above is transferred. It is also possible to provide an interface for the user to select.
After service determination by the service determination processing unit 35, prior to transmitting necessary information to the service provider, the address search (request / reply) transmission / reception unit 32 causes the server address (domain name, FQDN, IP) of the corresponding service provider to be transmitted. Address etc. are searched (S37).

  If it is a department store, the service provider who has received information required for searching such as floor guidance, bargains, restaurant information, and a convenience store, such as campaigns, tickets (concerts, travel, movies, etc.) A delivery service can be provided.

(Fig. 4: Hold the tag reader 2 mounted on the mobile phone over the wireless tag 1)
Here, the tag ID and the reader ID read by the tag reader 2 installed in the mobile phone are transmitted to the provided service determining device 3 via the IP network 8 (S41). The subsequent operation is the same as the example shown in FIG. 3, and after the service provider is selected, the distribution service addressed to the user's mobile phone can be provided for the hot spring, travel, concert, coupon, etc. from the poster information affixed to the bulletin board. become. The same applies to navigation and unknown guidance.
In addition to information distribution by e-mail, the service is used for home security related to condominium delivery lockers, house entrance keys, etc., when a person without a wireless tag passes the school gate, It can also be applied to school gate security applications, such as sending a confirmation e-mail to a parent when a student has passed the school gate. Moreover, in a store, it is applicable also to the service which registers the frequency | count of store visit and converts into privilege, such as points.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart cited for explaining the operation of the provided service determining apparatus in the present invention, and specifically shows the processing procedure of the program of the present invention.
The operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the user holds (closes) the wireless tag 1 to the tag reader 2. Here, a mobile phone is equipped with a wireless tag attached to a mobile phone (embedded in a strap) over a tag reader installed in a convenience store or department store, and a wireless tag 1 attached to a poster or the like. Two types of reading by an ID reader can be considered. Here, the read tag ID and reader ID are transmitted to the provided service determination device 3 via the IP network 8 (Yes in S51).
The ID capturing unit 31 of the provided service determining device 3 captures these IDs (S52), and the address search (request / reply) transmission / reception unit 32 manages the tag information with respect to the address search server 6, and the user profile management server 4; An address search request (search request for domain name, FQDN, IP address, etc.) of the tag reader related information management server 5 that manages tag reader related information is issued (S53). Then, the answer is obtained, and the profile fetching unit 33 accesses the user profile management server 4 and the tag reader related information management server 5 based on the obtained addresses to fetch the profile instances (S54). ).

The service determination processing unit 35 performs an AND operation on a contracted service ID list and a list of available IDs of the profile instances held in the profile instance DB 34, and provides a service (service provider) that can be provided. Determine (S56). After the service determination by the service determination processing unit 35, prior to transmitting necessary information to the service provider, the address search (request / reply) transmission / reception unit 32 causes the server address (domain name, FQDN, Request transmission for search is performed (S58).
The service data selection unit 36 searches for the type of data required by the service provider (S57), selects corresponding data from the tag information and tag reader information held in the profile instance DB 34, and the service data output unit It transmits to the service provider determined via 37 (S59).
As described above, the service can be determined and necessary information can be provided to the service provider. Thereafter, the service provider starts a content service unique to the service provider toward a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone.

As a result, a common platform function for selecting a service provider from the wireless tag and the tag reader can be provided, and the user can use various services from one wireless tag. Various services can be provided using a single tag reader. Furthermore, the user can be guided to an arbitrary website through a portal site dedicated to the user, and the usability can be improved.
Note that the above-described common platform can be used for any service using wireless tags, such as department store sales promotion mail, electronic ticket, electronic entry, point service, electronic poster, and the like.

  Further, the ID capturing unit 31, the address search (request / reply) transmission / reception unit 32, the profile capturing unit 33, the service determination processing unit 35, the service data selection unit 36, and the service data output unit 37 shown in FIG. The provided service determining apparatus and system of the present invention can also be realized by recording the procedure executed in each computer-readable recording medium, causing the computer system to read and execute the program recorded in the recording medium. Can do. The computer system here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design and the like within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows an example of the connection structure of this invention system. It is the block diagram which expanded the function and showed the internal structure of this invention apparatus. It is an operation | movement sequence diagram of this invention system. It is an operation | movement sequence diagram of this invention system. It is an operation | movement flowchart of this invention apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Wireless tag, 2 ... Tag reader, 3 ... Provided service determination apparatus, 4 ... User profile management server (UPS), 5 ... Tag reader related information management server (RPS), 6 ... Address search server (DNS), 7 ... Service Provision server (SPS), 8 ... IP network, 10 ... mobile terminal, 31 ... ID acquisition unit, 32 ... address search (request / response) transmission / reception unit, 33 ... profile acquisition unit, 34 ... reader ID recognition unit, 35 ... Service determination processing unit, 36 ... service data selection unit, 37 ... service data output unit

Claims (8)

A provided service determining device in which a mobile terminal, a user profile management server, a tag reader related information management server, and a plurality of service providing servers are connected via a communication network,
An ID capturing unit that captures a tag ID and a reader ID by bringing a wireless tag attached to the mobile terminal closer to the tag reader;
A profile capturing unit that acquires the user profile and tag reader related information obtained by accessing the user profile management server and the tag reader related information management server based on the captured IDs;
A service determination processing unit that determines a service to be provided to the mobile terminal using service information included in the user profile and service information included in the tag reader related information;
A service providing determination device comprising: For the determined service, a service data selection output unit that selects and transfers information necessary for providing the service;
The provided service determining apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: The service data selection output unit includes:
3. The provided service according to claim 2, wherein when there are a plurality of the selected services, a service is selected according to an arbitrary preprogrammed rule, and information necessary for providing the service is transferred. Decision device. The service determination processing unit
4. The service to be provided is determined by performing a logical operation on service information included in the user profile and service information included in the tag reader related information. Provided service decision device. The service determination processing unit
The service provided according to claim 4, further comprising: determining a service that provides at least one of time and position information included in each of the user profile and the tag reader related information as a target of the logical operation. Decision device. A service providing determination method for determining a service that can be provided based on an ID assigned to each of a wireless tag attached to a mobile terminal and a tag reader,
A process of capturing a tag ID and a reader ID by bringing a wireless tag attached to the mobile terminal closer to the tag reader;
Obtaining a user profile and tag reader related information obtained by accessing the user profile management server and the tag reader related information management server, respectively, based on each captured ID;
Determining service to be provided to the mobile terminal using service information included in the user profile and service information included in the tag reader related information;
A service providing determination method comprising: A program used for a service providing determination device that determines a service that can be provided based on an ID assigned to each of a wireless tag added to a mobile terminal and a tag reader,
A process of capturing a tag ID and a reader ID by bringing a wireless tag attached to the mobile terminal closer to the tag reader;
A process for obtaining a user profile and tag reader related information obtained by accessing the user profile management server and the tag reader related information management server based on each captured ID,
A process of determining a service to be provided to the mobile terminal using service information included in the user profile and service information included in the tag reader related information;
A program that causes a computer to execute. One or more service providing servers for providing the service;
User profile management server that outputs each of a user profile and tag reader related information based on a tag ID detected by bringing a wireless tag attached to a mobile terminal close to the tag reader and a reader ID, and a tag reader related information management server When,
A providing service determining device that receives the user profile and the tag reader related information, determines a service to be provided to the mobile terminal, and outputs information necessary for the determined service to one of the service providing servers;
Provided service determination system each connected via a communication network.

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