KR100899872B1 - Automated application-selective processing of information obtained through wireless data communication links - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for automated application-selective processing of data by a portable processor-based terminal device and a portable processor-based terminal device operative to perform the method. The data can be received wirelessly from an external counterpart data providing entity. One or more content data is extracted from the wirelessly received data. Then, if the application currently performed in the portable processor-based terminal device is checked whether the application is applicable or compatible with the one or more content data, and if the content data is applicable with the currently running application, the content data is supplied to the application, The application accordingly processes the supplied content data.

Description

Automated application-selective processing of information obtained through wireless data communication links}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the field of wireless data communication, and more particularly to processing information obtained by wireless data communication technology.

Today's widespread use of portable processor-based terminals capable of wireless data communication has prompted the provision of information over wireless data communication links and the appropriate prevention of information based on and using the capabilities of portable processor-based terminals. The information to be provided relates to any type of information content that may be related, as required or desired by the user of the portable processor based terminals, including, for example, product information, advertising information, auxiliary subject-related information, and the like. do.

For example, extended information services related to identification means for supply chain management, in particular based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, are obsolete in the state of the art. See also US 2002/0139859. In general, radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is primarily related to the field of local communication technology, in particular to local communication technology including electromagnetic and / or electrostatic coupling technology. Electromagnetic and / or electrostatic coupling is implemented in the radio frequency (RF) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, for example using techniques such as radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, which is primarily a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. Radio frequency identification (RFID) reader devices for acquiring data stored in the radio frequency transponders and radio frequency identification (RFID) reader devices, which are represented as Are indicated by radio frequency identification (RFID) readers. Radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders are now prepared to replace conventionally applied bar code identifications used to label certain types of products, such as goods, articles, commodities, etc., with specific serial numbers. One enterprising advantage of radio frequency identification transponders stems from their possibility of storing large storage capacity for data, which is retrieved wirelessly by radio frequency identification (RFID) readers. The serial numbers of the products once retrieved from radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders are labeled with the serial numbers and make it possible to retrieve additional information about the products referenced and / or identified. Such additional information may include product history information, auxiliary product information, presentation of ingredients, test reports, and the like. The above information can be retrieved from any data storage device with the help of the retrieved serial number; The serial number is correspondingly processed.

The prevalent use of multimedia-capable portable consumer electronic devices has prompted the need to use the functionality to provide enhanced information providing services and information retrieval services that take advantage of multimedia enhanced presentation. In particular, wireless data communication interfaces and possibly such multimedia-enabled portable consumer electronic devices allow for functionalizing wireless data communication capabilities for retrieving data of any content type.

However, the processing and presentation of data with different types of content requires the use of specific applications performed on the portable processor based terminals. This means that users of the portable processor based terminals are forced to manually associate the retrieved data of a particular type of content with a suitable application capable of processing and / or displaying the data of the particular type of content.

Nevertheless, considering that such manual manipulations operated by a user can increase rapidly, especially with the number of content types and requires technical knowledge of the exact associations of the content types with the corresponding applications, It is considered complicated and uncomfortable for the user. Usability requires the implementation and realization of operations that are understandable and permissible by users. Each manual user interaction requires a relatively high effort and may not be feasible in many places and environments. On the vendor side, user acceptance is often important because the implementation is cost intensive, especially when new technologies are introduced for information. In principle, the better the usability, the greater the acceptance of the users, so that the capital investment in the newly introduced technology is repaid within a satisfactory period.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for automating most of the processing and presentation of wirelessly presented data with different types of content by limiting manual user interaction to the minimum required.

The object of the present invention is solved by an automated application-selective processing of information obtained over wireless data communication links, which allows substantially automation of the selection operation without any user interaction.

Advantageously, the present invention provides a significant improvement in terms of user experience when compared to solutions that will only use a user interface that requires manual interaction of the user. In addition, the present invention eliminates the need for the end user to always browse the applications available at the terminal used by the end user in the search for the correct application, operable with the received data with the defined data content type. In principle, any type of manual interaction contradicts end user convenience and usability.

According to a first aspect of the invention, a method is provided for automated application-selective processing of data by a portable processor-based terminal device. The data can be received wirelessly from an external counterpart data providing entity. One or more content data is extracted from the wirelessly received data. Subsequently, if it is determined whether an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is compatible, applicable or consistent with the one or more content data and the content data is applicable to the currently running application, the content data is stored in the Supplied to the application, and thus the supplied content data is processed.

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, one or more data records are extracted from data obtained wirelessly. Each data record includes content data and an identifier, the identifier being associated with an application available at the portable processor based terminal device. Then, based on the identifier, it is checked whether the application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is compatible or applicable to the one or more content data.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the identifier is an identifier relating to a type of content of the content data. Alternatively, the identifier is an identifier relating to the content data and a predefined application applicable.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the association information is retrieved from the registration database with the aid of said identifier. The registration database maintains a plurality of association information, each association information associated with an association between an identifier and one or more applications available in the portable processor based terminal device. Subsequently, based on the retrieved association information, it is checked whether an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is applicable or compatible with the one or more content data.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the selection of options is presented to the user of the portable processor based terminal device. The options relate to a notification for the one or more content data. User-selection is received according to the indicated selection and an application is launched according to the user-selection. The application is applicable with the content data identified by the user-selection. The content data is then fed to the disclosed application for processing with the content data.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the indication of the selection is performed when the portable processor-based terminal device is currently operating in an idle mode; Or when an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is not applicable or compatible with the one or more pieces of content data.

According to an additional embodiment of the invention, the data is received via a local wireless data communication link operable with a local wireless data interface, or the data is received with the aid of an identification reading device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a computer program product for automated application-selective processing of data by a portable processor-based terminal device is provided. The computer program product may comprise the steps of the method according to the embodiment of the present invention described above when the program is executed on a computer, a terminal, a network device, a mobile terminal, a portable consumer electronic device, a mobile communication enabled terminal or an application specific integrated circuit. Contains program code parts for execution. Alternatively, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) may implement one or more instructions suitable for realizing the steps of the method of the embodiment of the present invention described above, which are the same as the computer program product described above.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the computer program product is executed on a computer, terminal, network device, mobile terminal, portable consumer electronic device or mobile communication capable terminal, the steps of the method according to the embodiment of the present invention described above are A computer program product is provided that includes program code portions stored on a machine-readable medium for execution.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a software tool is provided. The software tool includes program portions for performing the operations of the above methods when the software tool is implemented and / or executed in a computer program.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, there is provided a computer data signal implemented on a carrier and representing instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the steps of the method according to the embodiment of the invention described above to be performed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable processor-based terminal device which permits automated application-selective processing of data, the portable processor-based terminal device adapted to receive data wirelessly from an external counterpart data providing entity. do. The portable processor-based terminal device comprises a dispatcher module suitable for first extracting one or more content data from the wirelessly received data. The execution allocator module is then operative to determine whether an application currently running in the portable processor based terminal device is applicable with the one or more content data; And the execution dispatcher module may finally supply the applicable content data to the application for processing with the applicable content data.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the execution assigner module is further suitable for extracting one or more data records from data received wirelessly. Each data record includes content data and an identifier, the identifier being associated with an application available at the portable processor based terminal device. The execution assigner module may determine whether an application currently executed in the portable processor-based terminal device is applicable to one or more contents according to the identifier.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the identifier is an identifier regarding a type of contents of the content data. Alternatively, the identifier is an identifier for a predefined application applicable to the content data.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the portable processor-based terminal device includes a registration database including a plurality of association information. Each association information is associated with an association between an identifier and one or more applications available in the portable processor based terminal device. The execution dispatcher module may retrieve association information from the registration database according to the identifier, and determine whether an application currently running in the portable processor based terminal device is applicable with the one or more content data based on the retrieved association information. Can be.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the execution allocator module is suitable for displaying a selection of options related to the one or more content data; Suitable for receiving user-selection in accordance with the indicated selection; Suitable for launching an application according to the user-selection and for supplying the content data to the disclosed application for processing with the content data. The application is applicable with the content data identified by the user-selection.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the execution allocator module may include: when the portable processor-based terminal device is currently operating in an idle mode; Or if the application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is not applicable or compatible with the one or more pieces of content data.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the portable processor-based terminal device comprises a local wireless data interface for receiving the data over a local wireless data communication link or an identification reading device for receiving the data.

In the following, the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

1A schematically illustrates the implementation of a conventional electronic microprocessor-based device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

1B schematically illustrates possible data acquisition scenarios according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an operation sequence according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The same or similar components, units or devices will be referred to by the same reference numerals for clarity throughout the description and the accompanying drawings.

The block diagram of FIG. 1A illustrates the structural and functional components of the principle design of a cellular terminal, which is intended to illustrate by way of example any type of portable consumer electronic (CE) device 100 that may be used with the present invention. It was intended. It will be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to any particular type of portable consumer electronic device as shown. Performed as a processor-based terminal device, the illustrated portable consumer electronic device 100 typically includes a central processing unit (CPU) 110, a data store 120, an application store 130 and an audio input / output ( I / O) input / output means including means 150 (typically microphones and loudspeakers), a keyboard 160 with a keypad or (key) input controller (Ctrl) and a display with a display controller (Ctrl) ( 170).

Display and display controller (Ctrl) 170 are controlled by central processing unit (CPU) 110 and provide information to a user. The keypad and input controller (Ctrl) 160 is provided to allow a user to enter information and commands. Information / command input via a keypad is supplied to the CPU 110 via an input controller, which may be controlled according to the input information / command. The audio input / output (I / O) means 150 preferably comprises at least a speaker for reproducing the audio signal and a microphone for recording the audio signal. The central processing unit (CPU) 110 may control the conversion of audio data into an audio output signal and the conversion of audio input signals into audio data, for example the audio data may be suitable digital for transmission and storage. Has a format.

Additionally, portable consumer electronic device 100 in accordance with certain embodiments of the present invention may provide a cellular interface (I / F) 180 connected to a cellular antenna and operable with a corresponding subscriber identity module (SIM) 140. Optionally included. The cellular interface (I / F) 180 is configured as a cellular transceiver for receiving signals from the cellular antenna and decodes the signals, demodulates them and reduces them to baseband frequencies. The cellular interface 180 is over-the-air used in connection with a subscriber identity module (SIM) 140 for cellular communication with a corresponding radio access network (RAN) of a public land mobile network (PLMN). Provide an interface. Thus, the output of the cellular interface (I / F) 180 consists of a stream of data that may require further processing by the central processing unit (CPU) 110. The cellular interface (I / F) 180, configured as a cellular transceiver, also receives data from the central processing unit (CPU) 110, which transmits the data to the radio access network (RAN) via the broadcast interface. Will be. Therefore, the cellular interface (I / F) 180 encodes, modulates and converts the signal to a radio frequency to be used. The cellular antenna then transmits the resulting radio frequency signal to a corresponding radio access network (RAN) of the public land mobile network (PLMN).

The local (short-range) wireless (W / L) data interface or transceiver (I / F) 185 may further optionally select the portable consumer to provide local wireless data communication with the corresponding opposing network, base station and transceiver. It is implemented in the electronic device 100. A number of different technologies and standards are applicable to implement this local (short range) wireless (W / L) data interface (I / F) 185.

In general, the local wireless data interface (I / F) 185 is a Bluetooth transceiver, a wireless LAN (WLAN) transceiver, an ultra wideband (UWB) transceiver, or any other radio frequency transceiver that operates with, for example, the IEEE 802.xx standard. It can be realized by a low-power radio frequency (LPRF) transceiver such as. Moreover, the local wireless data interface (I / F) 185 may likewise be implemented respectively as an infrared-based interface such as an infrared direct access (IrDA) interface or any other proprietary radio frequency and optical interface.

The identification module and in particular the identification reader module 200 are operable with the portable consumer electronic device 100 described herein implemented as a cellular telephone terminal for illustration purposes. Different identification techniques may be applied in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, which allow the use of identification information to enable the inventive concept. An exemplary selection of applicable identification techniques for conveying identification information will be presented briefly below.

The identification reader module 200 may be implemented to be attached or connected to the portable consumer electronic device 100 according to embodiments of the present invention. For example, the identification reader module 200 may be provided outside of the portable consumer electronic device 100 or integrated into a detachable functional cover of the portable consumer electronic device 100. The latter means that when the cover is attached to the portable electronic device 100, it provides an identification technology function.

More generally, the identification reader module 200 is also connectable with the portable consumer electronic device 100 via a dedicated data interface (I / F) 190. The data interface (I / F) 190 is used to interface data and command communication between the identification reader module 200 and the portable consumer electronic device 100. The data interface (I / F) 190 may be established by any suitable hardware and / or software interfaces available in the state of the art or in the future.

First, the identification reader module 200 will be presented, which is implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology should be understood to include radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders and radio frequency identification (RFID) readers. Such RFID transponders are well known and the RFID transponders generally comprise an integrated circuit, connected to the antenna element. The integrated circuit includes a storage for storing data, conventionally designated as identification information. Usually, RFID transponders store some type of data content or some type of data. The integrated circuit includes transponder logic. RFID readers emit radio frequency query signals. Advantageously, the frequency of the interrogation signal interferes with other wireless data interfaces (I / F), such as the local wireless data interface (I / F) 185 or the cellular interface (I / F) 180. Is selected to prevent. The inquiry signal each constitutes a magnetic field that magnetically couples to the antenna to energize the integrated circuit and the transponder logic. Thus, the battery or power source is optional for RFID transponders. When energy is supplied to an RFID transponder, its integrated circuit collects a radio frequency response signal carrying the stored transponder data, in particular the stored identification information. The radio frequency response signal is supplied to the antenna, which causes the antenna to emit the radio frequency response signal carrying the stored transponder data, which is receivable by the interrogating RFID reader. Thus, the RFID reader can obtain data stored in the RFID transponder. It should be understood that any alternative embodiment of the RFID transponder and RFID reader is applicable to alternative embodiments of the present invention.

The identification reader module 200 may be implemented based on alternative identification techniques, in particular including visual identification techniques and self identification techniques, outlined below. It will be understood that the visual identification technique includes one-dimensional and two-dimensional visible codes such as barcodes and optical scanning means suitable for detecting the visible codes, which visually allow to encode the information, ie the identification information. . The optical scanning means typically implement laser diodes operable at different frequencies for illuminating the visible codes and optical photodiodes for detecting the visible code patterns. The characteristics of the photodiodes are adapted to the frequency characteristics of the illuminating laser diodes. These one-dimensional or two-dimensional visible codes typically allow encoding certain data contents based on standard encoding techniques for alphanumeric information. Magnetic identification techniques will be understood to include magnetic media, such as magnetic strips, and magnetic reader devices suitable for reading information stored on the magnetic media, which magnetically allow storing information, ie identification information.

Consequently, the portable consumer electronic device 100 may be a cellular terminal, personal digital assistant, pocket personal computer, electronic organizer, portable personal computer, communicator terminal, or any other consumer electronic device with processing capability in a non-limiting manner. Skilled readers should understand that they can graphically represent any of a plurality of devices including CE) based on the above description. The portable consumer electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes suitable data communication means for acquiring data wirelessly, the communication means comprising a local wireless data interface 185 and an identification reader module 200. do. According to the above description, those skilled in the art should likewise note that the identification device 200 is generally adapted for obtaining data from the other party providing the data.

1B, a portable consumer electronic device 100 and a plurality of data providing entities are shown, the functions of which are well known in the art. The illustrated data providing entities, including an RFID transponder, a Bluetooth transceiver (T / R) 310 and a WLAN transceiver (T / R) 320, represent an exemplary selection of data providing entities in accordance with the present invention. Generally, the data providing entities shown represent entities, from which data can be obtained wirelessly via the illustrated wireless data transmission path 10 and the wireless data communication links 11 and 12.

The inventive concept is that of the portable consumer electronic device 100 described above with a local wireless data communication interface (I / F) 185 or identification reader module 200 for wirelessly obtaining data of any type of content. It will be described below with reference to the examples. It will be noted that the invention is not limited to this particular embodiment. Nevertheless, those skilled in the art will understand the general functions and capabilities provided by the inventive concepts described above. If appropriate or required, reference will be made to FIGS. 1A and 1B and the description with reference to the drawings.

In operation S100, a method for automated application-selective processing of information begins.

In operation S110, data is received wirelessly via any of the means described above for enabling wireless acquisition of data, the means being at least one of the identification reader module 200 and the local wireless data communication interface 185. It includes. Specifically, the data includes one or more individual data records, each having a content type. The content types of the data records may or may not be different. The content type is not limited to any particular type or selection of specific types.

In general, the data includes at least one or more individual data records, each containing content data. The received data is preferably configured to enable extraction of the one or more individual data records or to enable separation into the one or more individual data records.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, each data record containing the content data additionally comprises an identifier. The identifier operates to identify an application, which application is suitable for processing the content data. For example, the identifier may be implemented as an application identifier referring to a predefined application or the identifier may be realized as a content identifier identifying a type of the contents of the content data, in accordance with the content identifier. An application suitable for processing the identities is identifiable. This means that the application identifier refers directly to a predefined application suitable for the processing of content data contained in the data record comprising the identifier. The content identifier refers directly to the type of contents, with a predefined application associated with the content type. This means that the content identifier indirectly references a predefined application suitable for the processing of content data contained in the data record containing the identifier.

Referring to FIG. 1B, the data may be exemplified by the Bluetooth transceiver 310 or the WLAN transceiver (eg, by a local wireless data interface 185 implemented as a Bluetooth interface and a WLAN interface in the portable consumer electronic device 100, respectively). Is received over some wireless communication link. Alternatively, the data is retrieved from the illustrated RFID transponder, which stores data for retrieval by an identification reader module 200 implemented as an RFID reader in the portable consumer electronic device 100. It will be noted that other wireless data transmission techniques are applicable; That is, the present invention is not limited to any particular data transfer technique. It will be further noted that the wirelessly received data may be received in accordance with a data pull service or a data push service. That means that the data is transmitted by the portable consumer electronic device 100 at the other data providing entity or automatically without this request issued by the portable consumer electronic device 100.

The wirelessly acquired data is supplied to an execution dispatcher module 400, which is preferably implemented in the portable consumer electronic device 100 and more preferably in the practice of the present invention. According to an example, the following operations are performed. The execution dispatcher module 400 is allowed to access the registration database 410 and is supplied with an operating state 420 of the portable consumer electronic device 100.

The execution dispatcher module 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention interacts to enable the functionality of the execution dispatcher module 400, a software-based module, a hardware-based module or a software-based module and a hardware-based module. It can be implemented as both modules. The software-based module or part of the module is constituted by one or more program code portions, where the one or more program code portions are performed in the portable consumer electronic device 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Enables the operation and function of the execution dispatcher module described below.

The registration database 410 is used for associations between applications suitable for processing of content data included in a data record including the identifier and content data included in the data record. For example, each application implemented in the portable consumer electronic device 100 registers (at install time) with the registration database 410, and the registration database 410 is associated with one or more registration databases 410. Maintain the registration by including them. As mentioned above, the association of content data with applications suitable for processing of the content data may be performed based on an identifier, which identifier, when formed as an application identifier, identifies a predefined application or identifies a content identifier. And when formed as identifies the type of contents of the content data.

The operating state 420 is configured to define a current operation of the portable consumer electronic device 100, wherein the current operation may include idle modes, operating modes relating to currently performed applications performed in the portable electronic device 100. Include. This means that the operating state 420 according to an embodiment of the present invention reflects an idle mode or one of a plurality of operating modes each representing an application currently being executed.

In operation S120, data records of data obtained wirelessly are separated from each other or the data records are extracted from data obtained wirelessly. Moreover, specific applications suitable for processing the data content of the data records are identified. As mentioned above, the identification of the particular applications may be based on the data records and the identifiers included in the registration database 410, where the registration database 410 is configured for the portable consumer electronic device 100. Associations between the applications and the identifiers available at. In the case of content identifiers, the registration database 410 includes associations between several content identifiers and applications, each designated to process content data of one or more registered content identifiers. In the case of application identifiers, the registration database 410 similarly includes associations between several application identifiers and specific applications available in the portable consumer electronic device 100, each application comprising the one or more registered application identifiers. Is specified for processing the content data.

Moreover, the execution dispatcher module 400 may be adapted to analyze the content data of the data records to obtain identifiers of the type defined above. The analysis capability of the execution dispatcher module 400 enables the processing of the data records by a suitable application, eliminating the requirement to include an identifier in the data record. Identifiers generated as a result from the analysis operation are subsequently processed as described in detail above.

In operation S130, whether the operation state 420 of the portable consumer electronic device 100 corresponds to a current idle mode or corresponds to a specific operation mode indicating a specific application currently performed in the portable consumer electronic device 100. Is checked. When the operating state corresponds to a specific operation mode, that is, when a specific application is currently performed in the portable consumer electronic device 100, the operation sequence continues to operation S140. Otherwise, that is, when the operating state corresponds to the idle mode, the operation sequence branches to operation S150.

In operation S140, it is checked whether an application currently executed in the portable consumer electronic device 100 matches to process content data of one of the data records obtained in operation S120. Preferably the matching operation is performed. If the currently running application is suitable for processing content data of one of the data records, the operation sequence branches to operation S180. Otherwise, that is, if the currently executing application is not suitable for processing the content data of any of the data records, the operation sequence continues to operation S150.

In operation S150, a notification is displayed to the user informing the user about data records received with the data obtained wirelessly. The notification may also indicate to the user which applications are suitable for processing, which applications are registered for processing, and / or what types of content are associated with the content data contained by the data records.

In operation S160, a user is allowed to select a data record to instruct the portable consumer electronic device 100 to process content data of the selected data record. Alternatively, the user may also be operated to cancel the operation sequence, such that the operation sequence branches to operation S200.

In operation S170, the user instructed to process content data of one or the data records. Correspondingly, a particular application is disclosed that is suitable for processing user-selected data content. The particular application is determined by the analysis operation of operation S120 and selected by the identifier associated with the content data or with the aid of an identifier included in the data record. The registration database 420 associates the identifier with a particular application that is available on the portable consumer electronic device and suitable for processing the content data.

In operation S180, the executed application is configured to receive the content data, which is handed over to the application in operation S190. The application processes the content data, which may include displaying the content data and instructing by the content data to perform further operations. The contents of the content data are not specific and the present invention is not limited to any particular operation of the application that processes the content data.

At operation S200, the method for automated application-selective processing of information ends.

It will be noted that the execution dispatcher module 400 as described herein may implement additional functions. For example, the execution dispatcher module 400 that accesses the registration database 410 may have all registered applications available in the portable consumer electronic device 100 and associated types of content operable with the registered applications. Will be notified. Thus, the execution dispatcher module 400 is operative to identify content data of types of contents that are not supported by any registered application. This means that the execution dispatcher module 400 may not consider this content data or the execution dispatcher module 400 may notify the user about the detected incompatibility, the notification supporting one of the types of content. It may include a proposal for the above applications.

The following use cases will facilitate understanding of the principle concepts of the present invention.

The conference poster holds a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder that provides a uniform resource locator (URL) or uniform resource identifier (URI) to the conference's web page, a vCard record of the contact person, and a vCal record of the time schedule of the conference. do. The portable consumer electronic device 100 implements a corresponding radio frequency identification (RFID) reader that wirelessly obtains information stored in the RFID transponder when the RFID transponder and the RFID reader are in proximity. The following scenarios are possible:

The mobile phone is in a dormant mode of operation, ie no application is currently running on the portable consumer electronic device. A notification is displayed to the user informing the user of a set of options based on data obtained from the RFID transponder. The notification includes, for example, "web page browsing", calendar entry formation, "contact entry formation", "telephone" and the like.

The calendar application is currently performed on the portable consumer electronic device 100. Using vCal data extracted from data wirelessly obtained from the RFID transponder, a new calendar entry is automatically registered.

The contact application is currently performed on the portable consumer electronic device 100. Using vCard data extracted from data obtained wirelessly from the RFID transponder, a new contact entry is automatically registered. Moreover, the user may be notified of the possibility of making a phone call or sending an email or short message if the portable consumer electronic device implements a cellular interface (I / F) 180, for example.

The browser application is currently executed in the portable consumer electronic device 100. Based on the URL extracted from the data wirelessly obtained from the RFID transponder, the web page of the conference is automatically opened and, of course, a correspondingly adapted communication-enabled portable consumer electronic device 100 to the web page. Require access to allow. The data communication interface that allows access may be a cellular interface (I / F) 180, a local wireless (W / L) data interface (I / F) 185, or some other data communication interface.

The application currently running in the portable consumer electronic device 100 is not applicable or compatible with any content types of data records obtained from the RFID transponder. A notification is displayed to the user informing the user about the set of options based on the data obtained from the RFID transponder and the data records contained therein. The notification includes, for example, "web page browsing", "calendar entry formation", "contact entry formation" "telephone", and the like. The option "Web Page Browsing" relates to the URL / URI of the web page of the conference, the option "Form Calendar Entry" relates to a vCal data record, and the options "Form Contact Entry" and "Telephone" are vCards. Is associated with a data record. Depending on the capabilities of the operating system operating on the portable consumer electronic device 100, it may be necessary to terminate the currently running application in order to start a new application.

A similar use case relates to a poster showing a movie advertisement, which is likewise equipped with an RFID transponder. The RFID transponder downloads, for example, an address identifier record for downloading a movie trailer, an address identifier record for obtaining time information indicating when and at which cinema the advertised movie is being played and auxiliary information for the movie. Stores an address identifier for future use. The following scenarios are possible:

The mobile phone is in a dormant mode of operation. That is, there are no applications currently running on the portable consumer electronic device 100. A notification is displayed to the user, informing the user about a set of options based on data obtained from the RFID transponder. The notification includes, for example, "movie trailer playback", "schedule information display", "movie web page browsing", and the like.

The multimedia application is currently performed on the portable consumer electronic device 100. The multimedia application is suitable for playing multimedia data such as video data. The multimedia application is supplied with an address identifier for downloading the movie trailer, and then downloads the movie trailer and displays the movie trailer to the user.

The calendar application is currently performed on the portable consumer electronic device 100. The calendar application is supplied with an address identifier for obtaining time and place information. The information is automatically obtained, for example, from a dedicated movie information service and the show time and cinemas are displayed by the calendar application. The user can now choose to register the movie at a selected showtime and cinema with the calendar application as a new calendar entry.

The application currently running in the portable consumer electronic device 100 is not applicable with any content types of data records obtained from the RFID transponder. A notification is displayed to the user informing the user about a set of options based on the data obtained from the RFID transponder and the data records contained therein. The notification includes, for example, "playing a movie trailer", displaying schedule information, "browsing a web page", and the like.

As technology advances, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the inventive concept can be implemented in a number of ways. Accordingly, the invention and its embodiments are not limited to the examples described above but may vary within the scope of the claims.

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Providing an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device; Extracting one or more content data from data wirelessly received from a data providing entity, the wirelessly received data including one or more records with content data; Determining whether an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is compatible with the one or more content data; And And automatically supplying the compatible content data to an application currently executed at the portable processor-based terminal device to be selectively processed with the currently executed application. The method of claim 1, Extracting one or more data records each including the content data and an identifier, the identifier being related to an application available at the portable processor-based terminal device; And Determining whether an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is compatible with the one or more content data according to the identifier. The method of claim 2, wherein the identifier is an identifier for a content type of the content data or the identifier is an identifier for a predefined application that is compatible with the content data. The method according to claim 2 or 3, Retrieving association information from a registration database according to the identifier, the registration database including a plurality of association information for associations between identifiers and applications available at the portable processor based terminal device; And Determining whether an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is compatible with the one or more content data according to the association information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, Indicating a selection of options, the options associated with the one or more content data; Receiving a user-selection according to the displayed selection; Initiating an application according to the user-selection, the application being compatible with the content data identified by the user-selection; And Supplying the content data to the disclosed application to be processed with the disclosed application. The method of claim 5, wherein the marking of the selection comprises: The portable processor-based terminal device is currently operating in an idle mode; or Characterized in that the application is performed when the application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is incompatible with the one or more content data. The method of claim 5, Receiving the data via a local wireless data communication link operable with a local wireless data interface; or Receiving said data with the aid of an identification reading device. A program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 when the program is executed in a computer, a microprocessor-based device, a terminal, a network device, a mobile terminal, a portable consumer electronic device, or a mobile communication capable terminal. A computer readable medium containing a computer program comprising code portions. delete A program implemented as a computer program for execution on a microprocessor-based device, processing device, terminal device, network device, mobile terminal, portable consumer electronic device, or mobile communication enabled terminal, the method of claim 1. A computer readable medium comprising a computer program comprising program portions for performing the method. A computer readable medium comprising computer data signals indicative of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the method of any one of claims 1 to 3 to be performed. A portable processor-based terminal device comprising an application and execution dispatcher module currently executed in the portable processor-based terminal device, The execution dispatcher module, Is configured to extract one or more content data from data wirelessly received from a data providing entity, And determine whether the application currently running in the portable processor based terminal device is compatible with the one or more content data, Is configured to automatically supply the compatible content data to an application currently executed in the portable processor-based terminal device to be selectively processed with the currently executed application, And wherein said wirelessly received data comprises one or more records with content data. The system of claim 12, wherein the execution dispatcher module comprises: Is further configured to extract one or more data records, each containing the content data and an identifier, Further determine whether an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is compatible with the one or more content data according to the identifier, And the identifier is related to an application available in the portable processor based terminal device. The portable processor-based terminal device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the identifier is an identifier regarding a type of contents of the content data or the identifier is an identifier regarding a predefined application compatible with the content data. 15. The mobile terminal of claim 13 or 14, wherein the portable processor-based terminal device further comprises a registration database comprising a plurality of association information for associations between identifiers and applications available in the portable processor-based terminal device; The execution dispatcher module, Further retrieve the association information from the registration database according to the identifier; And determine whether an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is compatible with the one or more content data according to the association information. 15. The system of any of claims 12-14, wherein the execution dispatcher module is Further configured to indicate a selection of options, Further configured to receive a user-selection according to the indicated indication; Further configured to launch an application according to the user-selection, Further supply the content data to the disclosed application to be processed with the disclosed application, The options relate to the one or more content data, The application is compatible with the content data identified by the user-selection. 15. The system of any of claims 12-14, wherein the execution dispatcher module is The portable processor-based terminal device is currently operating in an idle mode; or And are configured to indicate the selection if an application currently running in the portable processor-based terminal device is incompatible with the one or more content data. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, A local wireless data interface for receiving the data over a local wireless data communication link; or And an identification reading device for receiving said data.

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