System and method for delivering information using image code

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9010622-B2
Application number	US-201113303586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2011
Priority date	Nov 23, 2010
Publication date	Apr 21, 2015
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015

Abstract

A system and method for delivering information using an image code. A first system for handing over to a second system an operation being performed by the first system includes an image code generation unit to generate the image code using a uniform resource locator (URL) of a webpage; and a display control unit to control the image code to be displayed via a display device. The image code is photographed by the second system and input to the second system in the form of an image file, and the URL is extracted from the image code in the second system so that the webpage is displayed in the second system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for delivering information, the system comprising:
a first device comprising an image code generation unit and a display control unit, the first device being configured to access the Internet,
the image code generation unit is configured to generate an image code using a uniform resource locator (URL) of a webpage,
the image code is generated using information to identify an operation currently being performed by the first device to be executed by a second device and each of a plurality of levels of the operation for obtaining a service provided by the webpage, each of the plurality of levels indicating one or more steps required to complete the operation, each of the plurality of levels being specified by the first device, and
the image code indicates (i) the operation currently being performed by the first device to be executed by the second device, (ii) the each of the plurality of levels of the operation, and (iii) an application type to be used for performing the operation, and

the display control unit is configured to control the image code to be displayed,
the image code is transmitted to the second device in a form of an image file or photographed by the second device, and when the image code is transmitted to the second device the second device extracts the URL of the webpage and performs the operation according to a selected one of the plurality of levels,

wherein data associated with the service provided by the webpage is stored in a separate web storage space, and the operation is handed over between the first device and the second device using the data stored in the separate web storage space.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image code is generated to identify whether at least one information of a text, an image, an audio source, a video, and map information of the webpage to be displayed through the second device and stored in the separate web storage space associated with the second device.

3. The system of the claim 2 , wherein the image code is generated to identify whether to store the information of a text, an image, an audio source, a video, and map information in the second system or in the separate web storage space.

4. The system of the claim 1 , wherein image code generation unit is configured to generate the image code using information to identify content currently being accessed by the first device.

5. The system of the claim 1 , wherein each level of content associated with the URL comprises:
content or service information of the URL of the webpage accessed by the first device;
further information on the content or service information of the URL of the webpage currently used by the first device among content or service information used by the first device; and
a specific part of the content or service information of the URL of the webpage currently accessed by the first device and further including detailed information of the content or service information.

6. A system for delivering content or service information associated with a webpage from a first system to a second system, the first system comprising a first terminal receiving the content or the service and a second terminal to be handed over the content or the service information, the system comprising:
a photograph unit configured to generate an image photographed from an image code of the content or the service information in the form of an image file by using a uniform resource locator (URL), the image code being generated using information to identify an operation currently being performed by the first terminal to be executed by a second terminal and each of a plurality of levels of an operation for obtaining the content or service, each of the plurality of levels indicating one or more steps required to complete the operation, each of the plurality of levels being specified by the first terminal, the image code indicating (i) the operation currently being performed by the first terminal to be executed by the second terminal, (ii) the each of the plurality of levels of the operation, and (iii) an application type to be used for performing the operation;
an image code analysis unit configured to,
analyze the image code by extracting the URL from the image code, and
determine the information specifying each level of the operation; and

a webpage display unit configured to selectively display the at least one of the plurality of levels of the webpage corresponding to the URL to the second system, the selectively displaying including performing the operation according to a selected one of the plurality of levels,
wherein data associated with the content or service provided by the webpage is stored in a separate web storage space associated with the second terminal, and the operation is handed over between the first terminal and the second terminal using the data stored in the separate web storage space.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:
a data extraction unit configured to extract at least one data of a text, an image, an audio source, a video, and map information of the webpage; and
a storage control unit configured to control the at least one data to be stored in the separate web storage space associated with the second terminal.

8. A system to deliver information of a first terminal to a second terminal, the system comprising:
a non-transitory storage device;
an image code generation unit stored on the storage device and configured to generate an image code using a uniform resource locator (URL),
the image code being generated using information to identify an operation currently being performed by the first terminal to be executed by the second terminal and each of a plurality of levels of the operation for obtaining a service provided by the webpage, each of the plurality of levels indicating one or more steps required to complete the operation, each of the plurality of levels being specified by the first terminal, and
the image code indicates (i) the operation currently being performed by the first terminal to be executed by the second terminal, (ii) the each of the plurality of levels of the operation, and (iii) an application type to be used for performing the operation, and

wherein the image code is transferred to the second terminal in a form of an image file, and when the image code is transmitted to the second device the second device extracts the URL of the webpage and performs the operation according to a selected one of the plurality of levels, and
wherein data associated with the service provided by the webpage is stored in a separate web storage space, and the operation is handed over between the first terminal and the second terminal using the data stored in the separate web storage space.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
a transmission unit to transmit the image code to the second terminal.

10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
a display control unit configured to control the image code to be displayed via the first terminal,
wherein the image code displayed via the first terminal is transferred to the second terminal in a form of an image file to be captured by the second terminal.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the image code comprises at least one data of a text, an image, an audio source, a video, and map information to be stored in the separate web storage space.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
a photograph unit configured to capture the image code in a form of an image file, wherein the image code analysis unit is configured to extract the at least one data to analyze the image code stored in the image file.

13. The syst

Assignees

• Kim Dong Wook
• Nhn Corp

Inventors

• Kim Dong Wook

Classifications

• G06F17/30879 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/9554 Primary

  by using bar codes · CPC title