US 9,794,321 B2Granted

System, method and a tag for mapping tagged objects to context-aware applications

AssigneeEVRYTHNG Ltd

InventorsVlad Trifa, Dominique Guinard, Niall Murphy

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Abstract

There is provide a computing system configured to receive an object identifier and contextual information from an end-user, to compute the object identifier and contextual information based on pre-defined set of rules, to map said object identifier and contextual information to an entry point associated with a specific computer application among a plurality of applications, and to provide access to said specific computer application to said end-user. There is also provided a method to do the same, and a tag for use with a physical object, the tag comprising a redirection identifier embodying a unique identifier of the object and an HTTP address of a server permitting to redirect or provide access to the user to a specific computer application about the object.

Claims29

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method, in a network comprising a plurality of objects, each of said objects having an object identifier associated therewith, each object comprising a tag, wherein the tag associated with each particular object in said network encodes:

(i) said object identifier for said particular object, and (ii) an address or identifier resolvable to a location in said network, the method comprising:
(A) a context-aware redirection server maintaining in a rules database, a set of rules comprising, for each object identifier of a plurality of object identifiers, a corresponding mapping to a plurality of entry points for a corresponding plurality of independent computer applications;
(B) receiving, from a user device via a data network, and at said context-aware redirection server, a request comprising:
(i) a particular object identifier, and (ii) contextual information from said user device, said context-aware redirection server and said particular object identifier having been determined from a specific object of said plurality of objects, said particular object identifier comprising an identifier associated with the specific object;
(C) determining, at said context-aware redirection server, a specific entry point of said plurality of entry points associated with said particular object identifier, said determining being based on:
(i) the particular object identifier, and said contextual information associated with the request, and (ii) said set of rules in said rules database, said specific entry point corresponding to a specific computer application of said plurality of independent computer applications associated with said particular object, wherein said particular object identifier and said contextual information associated with the request are mapped by said set of rules to said specific entry point;
and then
(D) said context-aware redirection server redirecting said user device or providing said user device access to said specific computer application via said specific entry point.

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A computer-implemented method in a network comprising a plurality of objects, each of said objects comprising a tag, wherein the tag associated with each particular object in said network encodes:

(i) a object identifier for said particular object, and (ii) an address or identifier resolvable to a location in said network, and wherein said object identifier for each said object is unique within the network, the method comprising:
(A) receiving, at a context-aware redirection server in said network, via a data network, and from a user device, a request comprising:
(i) a particular object identifier, and (ii) contextual information, said particular object identifier and said context-aware redirection server having been determined from a particular object of said plurality of objects, said particular object identifier comprising a unique identifier associated with the particular object;
(B) determining, at said context-aware redirection server, a specific entry point of a plurality of entry points associated with said particular object identifier, said specific entry point corresponding to a specific computer application of a plurality of independent computer applications associated with said particular object, said determining being based on:
(i) the particular object identifier, and (ii) said contextual information associated with the request, and (iii) pre-defined rules from a set of rules mapping object identifiers and contextual information to entry points and corresponding computer applications of said plurality of independent computer applications, said pre-defined rules being in a rules database operatively accessible by said context-aware redirection server;
and
(C) said context-aware redirection server redirecting said user device or providing said user device access to said specific computer application via said specific entry point.

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An article of manufacture, comprising non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the instructions readable from the media by at least one processor on a server, and, when read and executed, for causing the at least one processor to:

(A) maintain in a rules database, a set of rules comprising, for each object identifier of a plurality of object identifiers, a corresponding mapping to a plurality of entry points for a corresponding plurality of independent computer applications, wherein each object identifier is associated with an object of a plurality of objects in a network, each of said plurality of objects having an object identifier associated therewith, each object of said plurality of objects comprising a tag, wherein the tag associated with each particular object in said network encodes:
(i) said object identifier for said particular object, and (ii) an address or identifier resolvable to a location in said network;
(B) receive, at said server and via a data network and from a user device, a request comprising:
(i) a particular object identifier, and (ii) contextual information from the user device, said particular object identifier and said server having been determined from a particular object of said plurality of objects, said particular object identifier comprising an identifier associated with the particular object;
(C) determine, at said server, a specific entry point of said plurality of entry points associated with said particular object identifier, said determining being based on:
(i) the particular object identifier and contextual information associated with the request, and (ii) said set of rules in said rules database, said specific entry point corresponding to a specific computer application of said plurality of independent computer applications associated with said particular object, wherein said particular object identifier and said contextual information associated with the request are mapped by said set of rules to said specific entry point;
and
(D) redirect said user device or provide said user device access to said specific computer application via said specific entry point.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/095,603Filed 3 Dec 2013 · us provisional application
Priority: 23 Dec 2012
Published: US 2014/0181256 A126 Jun 2014
Granted: 17 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04L 67/54
Network services: presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
H04L 67/563
Provisioning of proxy services: data redirection of data network streams
H04L 67/63
Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and…: routing…