US 8,275,862 B2Granted

RFID tag information service system

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKazutaka Yamamoto

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Abstract

A single unified server transmits/receives information in a common interface format with respect to a plurality of service servers and a portable terminal and has a common database in a data format corresponding to the common interface format, and the plurality of service servers connects to clients in a specific interface format to provide services by individual applications, respectively, and coverts a data format between higher-rank data transmitted/received in the common interface format and lower-rank data transmitted/received in the specific interface format. The portable terminal transmits/receives information in the common interface format using the application.

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An information service system comprising:

a plurality of service servers configured to carry out services, each of said service servers carrying out an individual service by a corresponding individual application;
a single unified server provided in common to said plurality of service servers via network connection;
and
a terminal device using data held in said unified server,
said unified server including:
a first transmission/reception portion capable of practicing information transmission/reception with respect to each of said plurality of service servers and said terminal device using a common interface format;
and
a common database in a data format corresponding to said common interface format;
each of said plurality of service servers including:
a second transmission/reception portion capable of practicing information transmission/reception by means of using said common interface format with respect to said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server;
a third transmission/reception portion capable of practice information transmission/reception with respect to a plurality of service terminals by means of using an interface format specific to said individual application, said plurality of service terminals using the individual application in common;
and
a data format conversion processing portion configured to carry out data format conversion processing between higher-rank data transmitted/received with respect to said unified server by means of using said common interface format through said second transmission/reception portion and lower-rank data transmitted/received with respect to said plurality of service terminals by means of using said specific interface format through said third transmission/reception portion;
and
said terminal device including:
a fourth transmission/reception portion capable of practicing information transmission/reception with respect to said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server by means of using said common interface format;
wherein said common database is an XML database using an XML format as said data format corresponding to said common interface;
said second transmission/reception portion of said service server carries out information transmission/reception with respect to said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server by means of using said common interface format corresponding to the XML format;
said data format conversion processing portion of said service server carries out said data format conversion processing between said higher-rank data in the XML format and said lower-rank data in the data format specific to said individual application;
and
said fourth transmission/reception portion of said terminal device carries out information transmission/reception with respect to said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server by means of using aid common interface format corresponding to the XML format;
and wherein
the information service system further comprises:
an apparatus for producing RFID tags connected to said service server, said apparatus for producing RFID tags being configured to produce a RFID tag in which tag identification information corresponding to said lower-rank data is written via radio communication, wherein:
said data format conversion processing portion coverts said lower-rank data in said specific data format corresponding to said tag identification information into said higher-rank data in said XML format in a form corresponding to the tag identification information;
said common database stores and holds said higher-rank data in said XML format corresponding to said tag identification information;
and
said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server transmits, when receiving an inquiry signal including said tag identification information from said fourth transmission/reception portion of said terminal device or said second transmission/reception portion of said service server, a response signal to said fourth transmission/reception portion or said second transmission/reception portion, said response signal including said higher-rank data corresponding to said tag identification information.

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Abstract

An information service system comprising:

a plurality of service servers configured to carry out services, each of said service servers carrying out an individual service by a corresponding individual application;
a single unified server provided in common to said plurality of service servers via network connection;
and
a terminal device using data held in said unified server,
said unified server including:
a first transmission/reception portion capable of practicing information transmission/reception with respect to each of said plurality of service servers and said terminal device using a common interface format;
and
a common database in a data format corresponding to said common interface format;
each of said plurality of service servers including:
a second transmission/reception portion capable of practicing information transmission/reception by means of using said common interface format with respect to said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server;
a third transmission/reception portion capable of practice information transmission/reception with respect to a plurality of service terminals by means of using an interface format specific to said individual application, said plurality of service terminals using the individual application in common;
and
a data format conversion processing portion configured to carry out data format conversion processing between higher-rank data transmitted/received with respect to said unified server by means of using said common interface format through said second transmission/reception portion and lower-rank data transmitted/received with respect to said plurality of service terminals by means of using said specific interface format through said third transmission/reception portion;
and
said terminal device including:
a fourth transmission/reception portion capable of practicing information transmission/reception with respect to said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server by means of using said common interface format;
wherein said common database is an XML database using an XML format as said data format corresponding to said common interface;
said second transmission/reception portion of said service server carries out information transmission/reception with respect to said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server by means of using said common interface format corresponding to the XML format;
said data format conversion processing portion of said service server carries out said data format conversion processing between said higher-rank data in the XML format and said lower-rank data in the data format specific to said individual application;
and
said fourth transmission/reception portion of said terminal device carries out information transmission/reception with respect to said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server by means of using aid common interface format corresponding to the XML format;
and wherein
the information service system further comprises:
an apparatus for producing RFID tags connected to said service server, said apparatus for producing RFID tags being configured to produce a RFID tag in which tag identification information corresponding to said lower-rank data is written via radio communication, wherein:
said data format conversion processing portion coverts said lower-rank data in said specific data format corresponding to said tag identification information into said higher-rank data in said XML format in a form corresponding to the tag identification information;
said common database stores and holds said higher-rank data in said XML format corresponding to said tag identification information;
and
said first transmission/reception portion of said unified server transmits, when receiving an inquiry signal including said tag identification information from said fourth transmission/reception portion of said terminal device or said second transmission/reception portion of said service server, a response signal to said fourth transmission/reception portion or said second transmission/reception portion, said response signal including said higher-rank data corresponding to said tag identification information.

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