Patent ID: 9560146
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing services using data tags, comprising: acquiring a first data tag from an object-to-object (OTO) access-point router by a first user terminal, wherein the first data tag is attached to an outer surface on the OTO access-point router or displayed on a display device, wherein the first data tag is encoded with an OTO service activation ID, wherein the first data tag is used to activate the OTO access-point router; obtaining from the first data tag a product serial number that uniquely identifies the OTO access-point router; obtaining the OTO service activation ID from the first data tag; sending the product serial number and the OTO service activation ID from the first user terminal to one or more data-tag servers; activating, by the one or more data-tag servers, the OTO access-point router to fulfill OTO application services, in part based on the OTO service activation ID encoded in the first data tag; acquiring a second data tag by a second user terminal in communication with the OTO access-point router and the one or more data-tag servers, wherein the second data tag provides service and function information for an application service; obtaining service and function information related to an application service from the second data tag, wherein the service and function information defines tasks required to fulfill the application service as well as target servers to conduct the respective tasks; enabling the second user terminal to directly communicate with a group of distributed target servers about the application service; and enabling the group of distributed target servers to conduct the tasks defined in the service and function information to fulfill the application service.