System and method for collecting and/or retrieving information relating to objects

1. A system for collecting and/or retrieving information relating to objects, the system comprising:

an information storage device to at least receive and store an access code associated with and assigned to a user;

a terminal device connected to the information storage device;

radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that are placed in different physical locations, wherein each one of the RFID tags:

contains information relating to a corresponding object, the information including at least identification information of the corresponding object; and

is provided at a physical location which facilitates access to the information relating to the corresponding object by a user interested in the corresponding object;

a mobile device configured to:

select one or more objects of interest by establishing communication with one or more of the RFID tags corresponding to the one or more objects of interest;

extract information relating to the one or more objects of interest from the one or more of the RFID tags corresponding to the one or more objects of interest; and

send the extracted information to the information storage device via a wireless network,

wherein the information storage device is configured to store the extracted information relating to the one or more objects of interest in association with the access code associated with and assigned to the user, the access code to enable access to the extracted information relating to the one or more objects of interest; and

wherein the terminal device is configured to, responsive to a request from the user, initiate printing, on a physical medium, the extracted information relating to the one or more objects of interest stored in the information storage device in association with the access code, wherein the request comprises the access code.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the RFID tags are near field communication, NFC, tags.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is further configured to:

receive user input to modify the information relating to the one or more objects of interest stored in the information storage device in association with the access code; and

update, in the information storage device according to the received user input, the information relating to the one or more objects of interest stored in the information storage device in association with the access code.

4. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a server device connected to the information storage device, the server device being configured to:

retrieve, from the information storage device, in response to a data request including the access code, the information relating to the one or more objects of interest stored in association with the access code; and

output the information retrieved from the information storage device.

5. The system according to claim 4 , further comprising:

an object information database configured to store object information for each object;

wherein the server device is further connected to the object information database; and

wherein the server device is further configured to:

retrieve, from the object information database, using the identification information of the one or more objects of interest, included in the information retrieved from the information storage device, the object information stored for the one or more objects of interest; and

output the retrieved object information stored for the one or more objects of interest.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the terminal device is further configured to:

retrieve, from the object information database, using the identification information of the one or more objects of interest, included in the extracted information relating to the one or more objects of interest, the object information stored for the one or more objects of interest; and

provide to the user the retrieved object information stored for the one or more objects of interest.

7. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the terminal device is configured to provide the access code to the user by printing the access code on the physical medium in a computer-readable format and/or in a human-readable format; and

wherein the system further comprises a client device configured to:

read the access code printed on the physical medium; and

send the data request including the access code to the server device.

8. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising another mobile device configured to:

select one or more objects of interest by establishing communication with one or more of the RFID tags corresponding to the one or more further objects of interest;

extract information relating to the one or more further objects of interest from the one or more of the RFID tags corresponding to the one or more further objects of interest; and

send the extracted information to the information storage device via the wireless network,

wherein the information storage device is further configured to store the extracted information sent from the other mobile device in association with the access code.

9. A method for collecting and/or retrieving information relating to objects, the method comprising:

providing radio-frequency identification, RFID, tags in different physical locations, wherein each one of the RFID tags:

contains information relating to a corresponding object, the information including at least identification information of the corresponding object; and

is provided at a physical location which facilitates access to the information relating to the corresponding object by a user interested in the corresponding object;

selecting, by a mobile device, one or more objects of interest by establishing communication with one or more of the RFID tags corresponding to the one or more objects of interest;

extracting, by the mobile device, information relating to the one or more objects of interest from the one or more of the RFID tags corresponding to the one or more objects of interest;

sending, by the mobile device, the extracted information to an information storage device via a wireless network;

storing, in the information storage device, the extracted information relating to the one or more objects of interest in association with an access code associated with and assigned to the user, the access code to enable access to the extracted information relating to the one or more objects of interest; and

initiating printing, on a physical medium by a terminal device connected to the information storage device, in response to a request from the user, the extracted information relating to the one or more objects of interest stored in the information storage device in association with the access code, wherein the request comprises the access code.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the RFID tags are near field communication, NFC, tags.

11. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, user input to modify the information relating to the one or more objects of interest stored in the information storage device in association with the access code; and

updating, by the terminal device, in the information storage device according to the received user input, the information relating to the one or more objects of interest stored in the information storage device in association with the access code.

12. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

retrieving, from the information storage device by a server device connected to the information storage device, in response to a data request including the access code, the information relating to the one or more objects of interest stored in association with the access code; and

outputting, by the server device, the information retrieved from the information storage device.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the server device is further connected to an object information database configured to store object information for each object; and

wherein the method further comprises:

retrieving, from the object information database by the server device, using the identification information of the one or more objects of interest, included in the information retrieved from the information storage device, the object information stored for the one or more objects of interest; and

outputting, by the server device, the retrieved object information stored for the one or more objects of interest.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

retrieving, from the object information database by the terminal device, using the identification information of the one or more objects of interest, included in the extracted information relating to the one or more objects of interest, the object information stored for the one or more objects of interest; and

provide to the user, by the terminal device, the retrieved object information stored for the one or more objects of interest.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the terminal device provides the access code to the user by printing the access code on the physical medium in a computer-readable format and/or in a human-readable format; and

wherein the method further comprises:

reading, by a client device, the access code printed on the physical medium; and sending, by the client device, the data request including the access code to the server device.