Method for performing a service with an application when scanning an optical tag

A mobile terminal comprising a processing unit and a camera, the processing unit being configured to:

• extract a character sequence from an optical tag scanned with the camera, wherein the character sequence defines a service to be performed by a target application of the terminal, the target application being associated with a pair of a target rule and a corresponding target component;
• determine that the character sequence matches, among a plurality of pairs of a target rule and a target component associated with a target application, a target rule associated to the target application for performing the service;
• and
• have the target component processing the character sequence with a target component belonging to the same pair as the target rule determined as matching the character sequence, so as to trigger the target application to perform the service.

A method for operating a terminal, the method comprising performing by a processing unit of the terminal:

• extracting a character sequence from an optical tag scanned with a camera of the terminal, wherein the character sequence defines a service to be performed by a target application of the terminal, the target application being associated with a pair of a target rule and a corresponding target component;
• determining that the character sequence matches a target rule associated to the target application;
• and
• the target component processing the character sequence so as to trigger the target application to perform the service,
• wherein a camera application for acquiring photos using the camera is installed in the terminal, the extracting, determining and processing being implemented by the camera application, and wherein the target rule and the target component are hosted by the camera application, and
• wherein the method further comprises providing to the camera application the target rule and the target component from the target application or from a remote server, the providing further comprises authorizing the camera application to trigger launching the target application.

A mobile terminal comprising a processing unit and a camera, the processing unit being configured to:

• extract a character sequence from an optical tag scanned with the camera, wherein the character sequence defines a service to be performed by a target application of the terminal, the target application being associated with a pair of a target rule and a corresponding target component;
• determine that the character sequence matches a target rule associated to the target application;
• and
• have the target component processing the character sequence so as to trigger the target application to perform the service,
• wherein a camera application for acquiring photos using the camera is installed in the terminal, the extracting, determining and processing being implemented by the camera application, and wherein the target rule and the target component are hosted by the camera application, and
• wherein the processing unit is further configured to provide to the camera application the target rule and the target component from the target application or from a remote server, the providing further comprises authorizing the camera application to trigger launching the target application.