IP Library Granted Patent US 8,245,938
Granted Patent B2
US 8,245,938 · App. 12/140,930 · Granted Aug 21, 2012

Method for providing mobile service using code-pattern

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Patent No.
US 8,245,938
App. No.
12/140,930
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

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 locator (URL) information corresponding to the code information, transmitting a content information request message to a service provider server corresponding to the URL information, 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.

Claims (48)

1. A method of providing a transportation call service with the use of a code pattern, the method comprising:

receiving a transportation call message including code information from a user terminal, wherein the code information is obtained by reading a code pattern located at and corresponding to a specific region, and wherein the code pattern includes a service identifier for indicating a service type and location information for the specific region;

obtaining the service identifier and the location information regarding the specific region from the code information; and

obtaining information for at least one transportation service provider server corresponding to the service identifier;

transmitting the call message, including the location information for the specific region, to the at least one transportation service provider server,

wherein the at least one transportation service provider server detects present location information of transportation vehicles, which belong to the transportation service provider, and transmits the call message to a nearest transportation vehicle located from the specific region.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein there are a plurality of transportation service providers, the method further comprising:

receiving a transportation call acknowledgement message from one of the plurality of transportation service provider servers; and

transmitting a transportation call cancel message to the remaining transportation service provider servers.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

performing a billing process for charging predetermined fees to the transportation service provider server which transmitted the taxi call acknowledgement message.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the code pattern further comprises information regarding the transportation service provider server, and wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the transportation call message, corresponding to the transportation service provider server information obtained from the code pattern, to the transportation service provider server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the transportation service provider server is a website address of the transportation service provider server.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the code pattern is contained in a tourist guidebook or located at a regional transportation guideboard.

7. A method of providing a transportation call service with the use of a code pattern, the method comprising:

receiving a transportation call message including code information from a user terminal, wherein the code information is obtained by reading a code pattern located at and corresponding to a specific region, and wherein the code pattern includes a service identifier for indicating a service type and location information for the specific region;

obtaining the service identifier and the location information regarding the specific region from the code information;

obtaining present location information of transportation vehicles located in a predetermined distance from the specific region; and

detecting a nearest transportation vehicle located from the specific region and transmitting the transportation call message to the nearest vehicle.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the code pattern is contained in a tourist guidebook or located at a regional transportation guideboard.

9. A method of providing a transportation call service with the use of a code pattern, the method comprising:

receiving a transportation call message including code information from a user terminal, wherein the code information is obtained by reading a code pattern located at and corresponding to a specific region, and wherein the code pattern includes a service identifier for indicating a service type and location information for the specific region;

analyzing the service identifier and recognizing that the service type is a transportation call service;

obtaining location information for the specific region location and information regarding a transportation service provider server corresponding to the code information; and

transmitting the location information and the provider server information to the user terminal,

wherein if the user terminal transmits a transportation call message including the location information for the specific region to the transportation service provider server, the transportation service provider server detects present location information of transportation vehicles which belong to the transportation service provider and transmits a transportation call message to a nearest transportation vehicle located from the specific region.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving a transportation call acknowledgement message from the transportation service provider server; and

transmitting the received call acknowledgement message to the user terminal.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the transportation call acknowledgement message comprises scheduled arrival time information.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the code pattern is contained in a tourist guidebook or located at a regional transportation guideboard.

13. A method of calling transportation with the use of a code pattern in a user terminal, the method comprising:

reading a code pattern located at and corresponding to a specific region so as to obtain code information, wherein the code pattern comprises location information for the specific region and information regarding a transportation service provider server;

obtaining the location information and the provider server information from the code information; and

transmitting a transportation call message, including the region information, to the transportation service provider server,

wherein the transportation service provider server detects present location information of transportation vehicles which belong to the transportation service provider and transmits the transportation call message to a nearest transportation vehicle located from the specific region.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the code pattern is contained in a tourist guidebook or located at a regional transportation guideboard.

15. A method of calling transportation with the use of a code pattern in a user terminal, the method comprising:

reading a code pattern located at and corresponding to a specific region so as to obtain code information, wherein the code pattern comprises location information for the specific region and information regarding a transportation service provider server;

transmitting the obtained code information to a service provider server;

receiving the location information and the service provider server information; and

transmitting a transportation call message, including the region information, to the transportation service provider server,

wherein the transportation service provider server detects present location information of transportation vehicles which belong to the transportation service provider and transmits the call message to a nearest transportation vehicle located from the specific region.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving a transportation call acknowledgement message from at least one of the transportation vehicles and the transportation service provider server.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the transportation call acknowledgement message comprises scheduled arrival time information.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the transportation provider server information is a website address of the transportation service provider server.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the code pattern is contained in a tourist guidebook or located at a regional transportation guideboard.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2017
From: III HOLDINGS1, LLC
To: CODING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 042324/0061 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2017
From: LEE, JAE-JUN; SHIN, YOUNG-JUN
To: KTFREETEL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041642/0967 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2014
From: KT CORPORATION
To: III HOLDINGS 1, LLC
Reel/Frame 032148/0160 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 20, 2009
From: KTFREETEL CO., LTD.
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022976/0032 →