WO2000011557A1 - Method for noting communication address such as url or electronic mail address, and printed matter and seal on which communication address is written by the method - Google Patents

Abstract

A communication address noting method characterized by noting a communication address such as of a home page or an electronic mail in the form of two-dimensional codes together with a text, a printed matter (A) on which a communication address such as of a home page or an electronic mail and a text are written in the form of a set of two-dimensional codes (2), and a seal (B) on which a communication address such as of a home page or an electronic mail and a text are written in the form of a set of two-dimensional codes.

Description

 Specification

 Notation method of communication address such as URL, e-mail address, etc., and printed materials and seals describing communication address using this method

 The present invention relates to a method of indicating a communication address of a homepage or an e-mail, and a printed matter and a sticker indicating a communication address by the method. Background art

 In recent years, the Internet has become widespread as one of the computer communication networks, and many companies and organizations have published their websites and conducted various PRs such as corporate advertisements.

 Individuals also disclose their personal information by opening their homepage for hobbies.

 Such a homepage is created in an HTTP language or the like, and images, characters, audio data, and the like are stored as one file on a WWW server, and URLs and URIs are assigned to each of them, and magazines and brochures are provided. Print に!

 By the way, in order to browse such a homepage, it is necessary to start up a browser (homepage viewing software), enter the URL or URI by operating the numeric keypad, etc., and access the corresponding server. The URI must be entered in half-width alphanumeric characters. For URLs that indicate pages in the lower layer of the homepage, the number of characters is large, and most of them are character strings that cannot be understood as characters. Therefore, it is difficult to memorize it, and it usually takes time to input data.

Fig. 11 shows a communication address that belongs to the lower layer of a specific homepage, but it is composed of a number of character strings whose meaning is difficult to understand, making it almost impossible to operate the numeric keypad for input. ing. Also, printed materials such as magazines and pamphlets often include the URL of the homepage, as well as the e-mail address of a company or individual, as shown in Fig. 12. Entering this address when sending an e-mail to an individual, such as an individual, is also time-consuming and difficult.

 By the way, for the company that owns the homepage, when publishing an advertisement for a specific product in a newspaper or magazine, directly introduce the URL or URI of the homepage that contains detailed information on the product. Although it is desirable, certain products and services are listed on the lower layer pages compared to the company information page, so their URLs and URIs are necessarily complicated and the number of characters is large.

 Therefore, even if a specific product is published in newspapers or magazines, posting the URL or URI of the homepage that directly posts the product in character notation is complicated and cumbersome. Only the homepage where the information is posted is introduced, so it is not possible to introduce the product or service by posting the URL or URI of the page where the product information is posted, and if it is seen as an advertisement, it will have no impact I hated it.

 On the other hand, various types of search engines are available for searching the homepage by entering a search word and searching for the homepage. However, even if customers try to know detailed information about a specific product, However, it is often difficult to know whether such information exists as a homepage or what search words should be used to browse it, which takes time to search. It is almost impossible to quickly retrieve the information you want to know.

 Under these circumstances, the Internet homepage of INN Yuichi Net, which is widely used today, can be accessed by unspecified customers with curiosity at first. Since it is almost impossible to open and browse with a web browser, there is too much information, and even if a complicated website is produced, it is not possible to expect so much advertising effect at present.

The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to open a necessary homepage at a bin point simply by reading and scanning a two-dimensional code using a scanner or a code reader. URL, e-mail, etc. The purpose is to provide a dress notation method, and a printed matter or seal in which address information is written by this method. Disclosure of the invention

 In order to achieve the above object, the present invention proposes a communication address notation method as described below, and a printed matter and a sticker indicating the communication address by the method.

 That is, claim 1 is characterized in that a communication address such as a homepage and an e-mail is displayed by a two-dimensional code together with a character notation.

 Claim 2 proposes a printed matter in which communication addresses such as a homepage and an e-mail are displayed in a two-dimensional code together with a character notation. It proposes a sticker that displays the communication address of the two-dimensional code as a set together with the character notation.

 Claims 4 and 5 propose that the printed matter of claim 2 and the sticker of claim 3 additionally include owner information for identifying the owner such as a company's trade name and trademark. ing.

 As the two-dimensional code, there are a stack type, a matrix type and the like.

 Further, in claim 6, the communication address of the homepage and the communication address of the e-mail are simultaneously incorporated into the two-dimensional code and described, and claim 7 uses such a method to describe the communication address of the homepage, A printed matter in which the communication address of the e-mail and is embedded in a two-dimensional code, claim 8 proposes a seal at the same time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

 FIG. 1 is an enlarged view of a main part showing an embodiment of the notation method of the present invention applied to printed matter. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the notation method of the present invention applied to an e-mail address.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the present invention in which owner information and a two-dimensional code are combined and described. 1

 FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the notation method of the present invention applied to a seal.

 FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the present invention in which a communication address of a homepage and an e-mail address are incorporated in one two-dimensional code and are described.

 FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a two-dimensional code.

 Fig. 7 is a procedure diagram for explaining an example of a method of embedding a communication address and an e-mail address of a homepage in a two-dimensional code.

 Figure 8 shows an example of the communication address of the homepage.

 FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail address.

 FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure for using the catalog.

 Figure 11 is a diagram showing a conventional notation example of a communication address on a homepage.

 FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional notation of an e-mail address. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

 Fig. 1 shows a printed material A in which URL and URI indicating the communication address of the homepage are displayed by a character string and a two-dimensional code.

 Printed material A is a catalog of personal computer, 1 is a character notation indicating the communication address of the homepage that contains detailed information of personal computer, 2 is a two-dimensional code incorporating this communication address, 3 is a product Is shown. The user can know the communication address of the homepage by looking at the character notation 1, and when browsing the homepage on which detailed information of the product 3 is posted, open the browser and code the 2D code 2 What is necessary is just to read and scan with a reader and a scanner (not shown).

 In this way, the scanned two-dimensional code 2 is converted into a character code and input to the personal computer, so that the home page indicated by the read URL or URI can be directly accessed.

At this time, the two-dimensional code converted to the character code is input to the input and display section of the URL or URI of the browser, and if it is displayed, the URL and URI can be visually confirmed. When browsing the home page that contains detailed information on product 3, you may open the browser and directly enter the information by referring to the character description 4.

 Also, the communication address 1 written in characters and the communication address written in 2D code 2 do not necessarily mean the same homepage. In particular, if the communication address represented by the two-dimensional code 2 belongs to the lower layer of the home page indicated by the communication address represented by the letter, more detailed information on the product 3 advertised to the customer And access to service information etc. with pinpoints, which is also favorable for publicity and advertising.

 FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the present invention in which an electronic mail address is described as a communication address.

 Here, the two-dimensional code 2 is described as a set along with the character notation 4 indicating the e-mail address.When sending an e-mail, the two-dimensional code 2 can be read and scanned with a code reader or scanner. Good.

 In this way, the read two-dimensional code 2 is converted into a character code and is input to the personal computer, so that it is not necessary to directly input an e-mail address.

 Note that, as described above, the e-mail address may be input on the convenience store screen with reference to the character description 4.

 FIG. 3 shows a combination of a two-dimensional code 2 and a company mark that is the owner information 5 of URL. As the owner information 5, for example, a company name, a trade name, a trademark, a symbol, and the like are indicated.

 In the case of such advertising, if the URL or URI indicated by the two-dimensional code 2 indicates the address of the homepage where detailed information of a specific product is posted, unspecified This can be highly effective because it allows customers to access the page screen with a pinpoint.

 In addition, the unspecified number of customers who accessed at the bin point can then be directed to their own homepage to show other product information linked to that page, which is a secondary sales promotion. The effect can be expected.

FIG. 4 shows one embodiment of the present invention embodied as seal B. On the surface of the seal B, a two-dimensional code 2 is written in addition to the character notation 1 indicating a URL or a URI, and further, owner information 5 is written. Such a seal B can be used as a promotional product, and can be used by sticking it anywhere, such as a pamphlet or wrapping paper, by peeling off the release paper 6 on the back surface. Note that the character notation 1 indicating a URL or a URI may be omitted as necessary.

 In the case of such a seal B, it can be pasted at any location such as an existing catalog, product guide, service guide, magazine advertisement page, etc., and the URL or URI of the home page that contains more detailed information on the product or service can be used. If displayed using dimension code 2, the page screen can be accessed in a pinpoint manner, and a higher advertising effect can be obtained.

 Note that the same applies to the e-mail address, and a description thereof will be omitted. Here, the two-dimensional code 2 can also be described by incorporating the communication address of the home page and the e-mail address at the same time. The two-dimensional code 2 incorporating these is described with reference to FIG.

 This two-dimensional code 2 incorporates the communication address of the homepage and the e-mail address at the same time, and below that, the character notation “URL” indicating the communication address of the homepage and “MA IL” indicating the e-mail address Is added.

 Such a two-dimensional code 2 must also be written directly on the product, written at the place where product information or service information is posted, or used as a sticker at the place where product information or service information is posted. Can be.

 When this two-dimensional code 2 is scanned by a code reader or handy scanner, the URL or URI is decrypted by a personal computer or a web TV device, and the URL is read to the homepage specified by the URL or URI. You can access and access the relevant product and service information.

 In addition, since the e-mail address is also decrypted from the two-dimensional code 2, it is easy to specify the e-mail address of the owner of the home page and send e-mail. Become.

In the above description, the two-dimensional code 2 is shown as a matrix type and a stack type. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples, and may be a mode called “smart code” as shown in FIG.

 Such a smart code is composed of a combination of many very fine white and black squares, and can incorporate a larger amount of data than a matrix-type / stack-type code.

 For example, if the area is for two business cards, about four minutes of audio data can be incorporated.

 Therefore, in addition to the homepage address information and e-mail address, detailed information and service information of product 3 can be embedded in the 2D code 2 as image data and audio data. High effect.

 Next, an example of a method of embedding a communication address or an e-mail address of a homepage in the two-dimensional code 2 described above will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

 Here, the procedure for creating the personal computer catalog A described above and expressing the two-dimensional code 2 shown in Fig. 5 is shown. First, the product provider plans to produce Then, a home page on which detailed information and service information are described for each product 3 is created (100 to 101).

 At this time, a page showing the product order format and the questionnaire format is prepared in the lower layer of the page where detailed information and service information of product 3 are described, and it is necessary to wait for the user's order or response to the questionnaire. By doing so, users who browsed the home page will be able to order products 3 and respond to questionnaires on the spot.

 If the homepage is completed for each product 3, for each completed homepage, for example, as shown in Fig. 8, the product code U pre-assigned to the product 3 (here, AXP12000OA). A URL or URI is set as a user and registered in a WWW server installed in a provider or the like (102).

Next, as an information window regarding the product 3, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, a product code U (here, AX P1200OA) assigned to the product 3 is assigned to the user. Set the e-mail address as the name on the mail server, or P

 -8-Obtain from Bida (103).

 Then, start the 2D code creation software from the personal computer and enter the communication address of the set homepage and the e-mail address.The 2D code conversion software converts the character code to 2D code 2 (104).

 Then, using the converted two-dimensional code 2, create a catalog A in which the communication address of the homepage and the e-mail address are represented by the two-dimensional code 2, and provide it to the user (105).

 After providing such a catalog A to the user, the merchandise provider compiles the sales according to the order of the merchandise 3 by the user (106, 107), or orders the merchandise 3 and actually orders the merchandise 3. In response to receiving e-mail from the user who is using the product or the user who wants to make an inquiry about product 3, the opinions and trends of the user 3 regarding product 3 may be totaled (108, 109).

 Next, the user's procedure for using Catalog A is explained with the procedure diagram in Figure 10.

 First, the user refers to the catalog A (200), finds the product 3 of interest, and turns on the personal computer or the web television device (201). Then, when the browser is started (202) and the two-dimensional code 2 is read and scanned by a code reader or a handy scanner (203), the personal communication unit or the live TV device obtains the communication address of the homepage from the two-dimensional code 2 using the two-dimensional code 2. The e-mail address is entered, the homepage specified by the entered communication address is accessed by pinpointing (204), and Nula is automatically started up and entered in the input display section of Nura. The e-mail address and the user's e-mail address are displayed, and the system is in a state of waiting for e-mail transmission (205).

The user then browses the accessed home page (206) and, if necessary, accesses the order format / questionnaire format page provided in the lower layer of this page to order product 3, or Responding to questionnaires (207) or sending inquiries about product 3 to product providers. What is necessary is just to send a child mail (208).

 【The invention's effect】

 As can be understood from the above description, according to the notation method of the present invention, communication addresses such as URLs and e-mails are described in pairs with two-dimensional codes. Simply by reading and scanning with a code reader, etc., it can be easily input to a personal computer or web TV device, and a specific homepage can be accessed with a pinpoint.

 In addition, the two-dimensional code does not take up any space even when the URL of the individual page belonging to the lower layer of the homepage having a long character string is used, and there is no complexity. For this reason, if you have a handy scanner or code reader, you can pinpoint access to a specific website that contains detailed information on products and services. High effect.

 Furthermore, if the character notation and the two-dimensional code are combined and displayed with the owner information added as necessary, the design is excellent and it can be used as an advertising label.

 In addition, if the address information of the homepage and the address information of the e-mail are embedded in one two-dimensional code, when the two-dimensional code is read and scanned, the address information is transmitted to a personal computer or web TV. Since the information is input to the device at the same time, a specific homepage can be easily accessed and an e-mail can be easily sent to the product provider.

 According to the printed matter of the present invention, if the address information of the home page that describes the product or service information related to the advertisement is displayed in a two-dimensional code on a product guide, an advertisement page, etc., the design is excellent and the design is excellent. The product's homepage can be easily accessed, and higher advertising effects can be obtained.

 In addition, if the communication address of the homepage and the e-mail address of the product provider are incorporated in one two-dimensional code, when the two-dimensional code is read and scanned, the address information is transferred to a personal computer or a personal computer. Since the information is input simultaneously to the Web TV device, a specific homepage can be easily accessed and an e-mail can be easily transmitted to the product provider.

The seal of the present invention can be attached to any location such as existing catalogs, product guides, and magazines. High sales promotion effect because it can be used together.

 URLs E-mail addresses and other printed materials and stickers with additional owner information are clearly displayed, so they can be used as advertising labels and have even higher advertising effectiveness.

Claims

Billing; 1. A communication address notation method characterized by displaying communication addresses such as homepages and e-mails with two-dimensional codes (2) together with character notation. 2. Printed materials that display communication addresses, such as homepages and e-mails, in two-dimensional codes (2) as well as letters.  3. A sticker that displays the communication address of the homepage, e-mail, etc., in a two-dimensional code (2) as well as a letter.  4. Printed materials that display communication addresses for websites, e-mails, etc., in two-dimensional codes as well as letters, and further include owner information (5).  5. A sticker characterized by displaying communication addresses for websites, e-mails, etc. in two-dimensional codes (2) as well as letters, and with owner information (5).  6. A method of expressing communication addresses, characterized in that the communication address of the homepage and the communication address of the e-mail are written in one two-dimensional code (2).  7. Printed material characterized in that the communication address of the homepage and the communication address of the e-mail are written in the two-dimensional code (2).  8. A sticker characterized in that the communication address of the homepage and the communication address of the e-mail are displayed in a two-dimensional code (2).