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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Iii Holdings 1, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jae-Jun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young-Jun Shin, Seoul, KR;
III Holdings 1, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a mobile service with the use of a code pattern is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprising: taking a photograph of a code pattern image, decoding the photographed code pattern image so as to obtain code information, extracting uniform resource locator (URL) information corresponding to the code information, transmitting a content information request message to a service provider server corresponding to the URL information, and receiving content information corresponding to the URL information from the service provider server. According to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide various and convenient mobile services to mobile terminal users using a mobile terminal, having a camera, and a code pattern containing the URL information.