Method for providing information on a product
AssigneeSwisscom AG
InventorEric Lauper
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Abstract
A method for obtaining information on a product (1), said method comprising the following steps: the product (1) is marked with several codes (100, 101) that are stored in one or several RFID tags (11, 11′); at least one of said codes is read contactlessly by means of an RFID reader device (2); said reader device (2) sends a set of one or several read codes to a name service server (6) over a telecommunication network (4); said name service server (6) answers with the address of one or several hypertext pages; and the sought information (7) is accessed by means of said hypertext pages. The invention is characterized in that not all codes (100, 101) read by the RFID reader device are contained in the set sent, and in that the code or codes (100, 101) contained in said set are selected in said reader device (2).
Claims26
Method for obtaining information on a product, comprising the following steps:
- marking the product with several codes that are stored in one or several RFID tags;
- reading a plurality of said codes contactlessly by an RFID reader device;
- selecting one or more codes for said plurality of said read codes by the RFID reader device, wherein said selecting is automatically performed by a process unit of the RFID reader device depending on previously known criteria;
- creating a package of said set of selected one or more codes by the process unit of the RFID reader device;
- said reader device sending said package to a name service server over a telecommunication network;
- the name service server responding with an address of one or several hypertext pages based on said package, wherein
- said information is provided by means of said hypertext pages.
An RFID device for obtaining information on a product, comprising:
- an RFID tag having a read-only memory area;
- and
- an RFID reader device having a process unit;
- wherein several different codes are stored in said read-only memory area,
- wherein each one of said codes have an equal number of bits and can be selected by the process unit of the RFID reader device depending on previously known criteria thereby serve as an indicator for a name service server, and
- wherein all of said codes can be read from said RFID reader device over the same RFID interface.
Method for obtaining information on a product, said method comprising the steps of:
- marking the product with several codes that are stored in one or several RFID tags;
- reading a plurality of said codes contactlessly by an RFID reader device;
- selecting one or more codes for said plurality of said read codes by the RFID reader device, wherein said selecting is automatically performed by a process unit of the RFID reader device depending on previously known criteria;
- sending said set of codes, using the RFID reader device, to a server over a telecommunication network;
- requesting transmission of a password;
- and
- in response to receiving said password and said set of codes, providing the information on the product via one or several hypertext pages.
Method for obtaining information on a product using a reader device comprising user identification means, said method comprising the steps of:
- marking the product with several codes that are stored in one or several RFID tags;
- reading a plurality of said codes contactlessly by an RFID reader device;
- selecting one or more codes for said plurality of said read codes by the RFID reader device, wherein said selecting is automatically performed by a process unit of the RFID reader device depending on previously known criteria;
- wherein said selected code or codes in said set of codes depend on either the identity of the user or depend on information stored in an identification unit of the RFID reader device;
- sending said set of codes, using said reader device, to a name service server over a telecommunication network;
- and
- providing an address of one or several hypertext pages using the name service server, wherein said information is provided by means of said hypertext pages.
Method for obtaining information on a product, comprising the steps of:
- marking the product with several codes that are stored in one or several RFID tags;
- reading a plurality of said codes contactlessly by an RFID reader device;
- selecting one or more codes for said plurality of said read codes by the RFID reader device, wherein said selecting is automatically performed by a process unit of the RFID reader device depending on previously known criteria;
- wherein a profile of the user is accessible to said reader device, and wherein the selected code or codes depend on said profile;
- sending said set of codes, using said RFID reader device, to a name service server over a telecommunication network;
- providing the address of one or several hypertext pages using the name service server, wherein said information is provided by means of said hypertext pages.
Method for obtaining information on a product, comprising the steps of:
- marking the product with several codes that are stored in one or several RFID tags;
- reading a plurality of said codes contactlessly by an RFID reader device;
- selecting one or more codes for said plurality of said read codes by the RFID reader device, wherein said selecting is automatically performed by a process unit of the RFID reader device depending on previously known criteria;
- wherein the selected code or codes depend on location of a user and/or a money account accessible by the mobile reader device;
- said reader device sending said set of codes, using the RFID reader device, to a name service server over a telecommunication network;
- providing the address of one or several hypertext pages using the name service server, wherein said information is provided by means of said hypertext pages.
Method for a user to obtain information on a product, comprising the following steps:
- marking the product with several codes that are stored in one or several RFID tags;
- reading a plurality of said codes contactlessly using an RFID reader device;
- displaying said plurality of said read codes to the user by the RFID reader device;
- manually selecting, by the user, one or more codes from said plurality of said displayed codes using the RFID reader device;
- creating a package of said set of selected one or more codes by the RFID reader device;
- said reader device sending said package to a name service server over a telecommunication network;
- the name service server responding with an address of one or several hypertext pages based on said sent package, wherein
- said information is provided by means of said hypertext pages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.