Information exchange for hand-held electronic devices

• US 10,057,744 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2014
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Magnolia Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Keller, Anton Werner, Megeid, Magdy
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Fayyaz
• Application Number:
  US15/313,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20170156022A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411- 413, 4555501, 4555751, 4555757, 455448
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/24 varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/088 using filters or firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method for a first electronic device having first and second antennas for communicating with a second device is disclosed. The method comprises determining which one of the first and second antennas of the first device is stimulated by an electromagnetic field generated by the second device; and transmitting one of first and second types of information according to which one of the first and second antennas is the determined antenna.

Claims

1. A method for a first device comprising:

transmitting a first type of information if a first antenna of the first device is stimulated by an electromagnetic field; and

transmitting a second type of information if a second antenna of the first device is stimulated by the electromagnetic field; and

transmitting a fourth type of information if a third antenna of the first device is stimulated by the electromagnetic field.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic field is a non-radiative field.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if a security element is enabled before transmitting the first or second type of information; and

if the security element is not activated, transmitting a third type of information without transmitting the first or second type of information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising

receiving a name and a password from a second device;

if the name and password exist in a database, transferring data stored in the data base relating to the received user name; and

if the name and password do not exist in the database, transmitting a third type of information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first type of information includes business card and private card information, the second type of information includes business card but no private card information, and third type information is a name stored in the first device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first, second, and third types of information are predefined by a user and stored in a memory of the first device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device has first and second faces and the first and second antennas are placed respectively at the first and second faces with a first electromagnetic shield placed between the first and second antennas.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first device further includes a third antenna placed in the second face along with the second antenna and a second electromagnetic shield is placed between the second and third antennas.

9. A first electronic device comprising:

a first antenna;

a second antenna; and

a microprocessor;

wherein the microprocessor is configured to transmit a first type of information if the first antenna is stimulated by an electromagnetic field and transmit a second type of information if the second antenna is stimulated by the electromagnetic field and further comprising a third antenna and the microprocessor being configured to transmit a fourth type of information if the third antenna is stimulated by the electromagnetic field.

10. The first electronic device of claim 9, wherein the electromagnetic field is a non-radiative field.

11. The first electronic device of claim 9, wherein the microprocessor is configured to receive a signal from a second electronic device, the signal including an identification of the second electronic device;

determine if the identification of the second electronic device exists in a database before transmitting the first or second type of information; and

if the identification does not exist in the database, terminate communication with the second electronic device or transmit a third type of information without transmitting the first or second type of information.

12. The first electronic device of claim 9, wherein the first type of information includes business card and private card information, the second type of information includes business card but no private card information, and third type information is a name stored in the first device.

13. The first electronic device of claim 9, wherein the first, second, and third types of information are predefined by a user and stored in a memory of the first device.

14. The first electronic device of claim 9, further comprising first and second faces and the first and second antennas are placed respectively at the first and second faces with a first electromagnetic shield placed between the first and second antennas.

15. The first electronic device of claim 14, further comprising a third antenna placed in the second face along with the second antenna and a second electromagnetic shield is placed between the second and third antennas.