摘要 |
A system, apparatus, and method for locating available information and services/applications via mobile terminals (100, 204) using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. A transponder(s) (102, 200) is provided, having at least an application identifier (301) and associated content (302) , at a location that is accessible to mobile terminal users. The transponder (102, 200) is activated via a wireless signal (702) transmitted by the mobil e terminal (100, 204). The application identifier (301) and content (302) from the activated transponder (102) are received at the mobile terminal (100, 20 4) when it is physically located within a wireless transmission range (120) of the transponder (102). In response, an application (306- 324) identified at least in part by the application identifier (301) is invoked on the mobile terminal (100, 204). Transponders (804, 904) may also be associated with visual representations (802, 902), such that communication functions (1408, 1410) may be automatically initiated by pointing/touching an RF reader- equipped mobile device 100 to the visual representation (902) and associated tag (904).
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