A party that is not the source or originator of a QR code is enabled to provide a consumer a selection of related alternate content rather than content identified in the QR code. A method is implemented on a computer system to receive additional content information represented by a QR code extracted by a consumer's QR reader device from a media presentation containing the QR code. The QR code is generated by a source of the media presentation. A location of alternate content from a captive environment related to the additional content information is identified. The location of the alternate content may be identified based upon the decoded information from the QR code. The location of the alternate content is transmitted to the QR reader device.

Provision of alternate content in response to qr code

The invention discloses a WIFI (wireless fidelity) network access method, which is applied to a wireless access point, and comprises the steps that the wireless access point generates configuration information including a WIFI network access identifier and wireless access point information; and the wireless access point generates the configuration information into a bar code and displays the bar code, wherein the bar code is used for being read by a communication terminal for acquiring the configuration information including the WIFI network access identifier and the wireless access point information, and the configuration information is used for indicating the communication terminal to select a wireless access point according to the identification mark of the wireless access point, and accessing a WIFI network corresponding to the selected wireless access point according to a WIFI network access password corresponding to the wireless access point. In such a way, the communication terminal can automatically access the WIFI network without receiving input information of a user for multiple times or responding to a human-machine interaction request triggered by the user for multiple times, so that the process of accessing the WIFI network is simplified. The invention also discloses a WIFI network access device, electronic equipment and a communication system.

WIFI (wireless fidelity) network access method and device, electronic equipment and communication system

A system for accessing content corresponding to a matrix barcode, such as a video and/or audio content. The system may include a mobile computing device in communication with a content receiver. The mobile computing device may be configured to capture the matrix barcode, for example, via using an optical component and/or barcode scanner to record and/or scan the matrix barcode. The mobile computing device may also include a network interface component configured to transmit the matrix barcode to the content receiver. The content receiver may then receive the matrix barcode from the mobile computing device. The content receiver may include a processor to determine and/or access the content corresponding to the matrix barcode. The content receiver may then transmit the content to a display device.

Accessing content via a matrix code

An electronic device detects occurrence of an error condition and selects a matrix code to include in an error message to transmit to a display device based on the error condition. A reader device decodes the displayed matrix code to present information regarding resolution of the error condition. The electronic device may select the matrix code by looking up the error condition in a table or by dynamically generate the matrix code. In various implementations, the electronic device may determine that the information regarding resolution of the error condition has been utilized to unsuccessfully resolve the error condition. If so, the electronic device may select and transmit and additional matrix code that may be decoded by the reader device to access and present an additional set of information regarding resolution of the error condition or to initiate an electronic device support request.

Facilitating User Support of Electronic Devices Using Matrix Codes

An electronic device may derive information specific to the device, dynamically generate a matrix code that includes the information as well as user support information, and transmit the dynamically generated code to a display. When a user captures the matrix code with a reader device, the reader device may decode (or use a back end server to decode) the specific information specific and the user support information and initiate a user support request. Thus, user support for electronic devices may be facilitated utilizing dynamically generated matrix codes, such as (but not limited to) QR codes. In response to the initiated user support request, user support may then be provided for the user. Problems may be automatically taken care of for the user, tutorials may be provided for the user, one or more notifications may be provided to the user, service calls may be scheduled for the user, and so on.

Facilitating user support of electronic devices using dynamic matrix code generation

A communication system includes a first communication apparatus; and a second communication apparatus, wherein the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus communicate with each other by wireless. The first communication apparatus includes a first storage device for storing configuration information for rejecting unauthorized connection and for connecting only an authorized party, an encoding device for encoding the stored configuration information into two-dimensional codes, and a display control device for controlling display of the two-dimensional codes. The second communication apparatus includes an image-capture control device for controlling image capture of the displayed two-dimensional codes, a decoding device for decoding the image-captured two-dimensional codes into the configuration information, and a second storage device for storing the decoded configuration information.

Communication system, communication apparatus and method, recording medium, and program

An image recording system includes an image supply apparatus compatible with a first image recording service standard, an image recording apparatus compatible with a second image recording service standard, and a conversion apparatus connected, as a pseudo image recording apparatus compatible with the first standard, to the image supply apparatus via a communication medium compatible with the first standard and connected, as a pseudo image supply apparatus compatible with the second standard, to the image recording apparatus via a communication medium compatible with the second standard. The conversion apparatus converts a command received from the image supply apparatus into a command complying with the second standard before transmitting it to the image recording apparatus, and converts a command received from the image recording apparatus or event information relating to an image recording process into a message complying with the first standard before transmitting it to the image supply apparatus.

Hiroshi Sekiguchi

Papers

Communication system, communication apparatus and method, recording medium, and program

Image recording system

Communication system, communication device and method, recording medium, and program

Image recording system having a conversion apparatus