Method, system and apparatus for identifying an object

1. A method comprising:

receiving by a capacitive touch screen an object code pattern associated with an object, said object code pattern comprising a physical pattern of a predetermined shape with at least one conductive part, so that, upon receiving, an electric field changes within an area of the capacitive touch screen that interacts with said at least one conductive part;

electrically connecting the at least one conductive part of the object code pattern to a received pulsed signal within the area of the capacitive touch screen that interacts with the conductive part;

detecting the predetermined shape of the object code pattern based on the changes in the electric field to produce a virtual object code comprising an identifier code relating to the object;

recognizing the object by comparing the identifier code to a list of identifier codes;

providing application data based on the object; and

performing using the touch screen at least one application based on the application data,

wherein the object code pattern faces the capacitive touch screen, and the at least one conductive part is electrically connected to at least one of another conductive part of the object code pattern, and a connection point to the object,

the pulsed signal is supplied by an electronic circuit of the object connected to the connection point,

the virtual object code further comprises a time-variant component based on the pulsed signal, and

the identifier code comprises additional application data, which is used together with the application data to perform the at least one application.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the object code pattern that faces the capacitive touch screen further comprises a non-conductive part that surrounds the conductive part and through which the conductive part is electrically connected to at least one of the other conductive part of the object code pattern, and the connection point to the object.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the object code pattern has a predetermined shape comprising conductive and non-conductive parts, said conductive parts being electrically connected to each other.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said pulsed signal comprises at least one of predetermined variables, the predetermined variables including a number of pulses, a length of pulses, a pause between pulses and duration of said pulsed signal, said variables determining at least partly the object code pattern associated with the object.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving by the capacitive touch screen the object code pattern comprises one of the following:

the object code pattern touches the capacitive touch screen or approaches the capacitive touch screen to a certain distance,

the object code pattern moves on the capacitive touch screen, and

the capacitive touch screen touches the object code pattern or approaches the object code pattern to a certain distance.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein a material layer that protects the capacitive touch screen without interfering electric field properties is disposed between the capacitive touch screen and the object code pattern.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing the application comprises one or more of:

presenting information based on received application data,

performing applications based on received application data,

updating current applications using new features based on received application data, and

providing information to the object based on received application data.

8. The method according to claim 1 , comprising maintaining a list of identifier codes, where each identifier code relates to the object.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising a computer program, where the memory and the computer program together with the processor causing the apparatus to perform the method of claim 1 .

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a computer program comprising program code configured to cause a computer perform the method of claim 1 , when said program is run on the computer.

11. An object code pattern for an object, comprising:

at least one conductive part configured to interact with the apparatus that performs the method of claim 1 .

12. An arrangement comprising:

an apparatus comprising

a processor, and

a memory comprising a computer program,

the memory and the computer program together with the processor cause the apparatus to perform the method of claim 1 ; and

an object comprising an object code pattern including at least one conductive part configured to interact with the apparatus.

13. The arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein the object further comprises a switching circuit electrically connected to the connection point of the object code pattern and configured to transmit the pulsed signal with predetermined variables to the conductive part of the object code pattern.

14. The arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein the object further comprises a receiving means configured to receive information based on detected changes in the touch screen.