Device for and Method of Providing Operating Data and/or Data Associated with Playback Data to a Remote Device

• US 20080187292A1
• Filed: 01/12/2006
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Graeber, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 9,183,489 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag

Abstract

The invention is related to a device (DEV) for applying operating data (OPDAT) of said device (DEV) and/or data associated (ASDAT) with playback data (PLDAT) played by said device (DEV) to a remote device (RD). The device (DEV) comprises a memory (MEM) and a power supply (POW, BAT) arranged to power said device (DEV) and said memory (MEM). Operating data (OPDAT) and/or said associated data (ASDAT) are stored in said memory (MEM) during operation of said device (DEV). Subsequently said data (OPDAT, ASDAT) can be read by means of said remote device (RD) being in the proximity of device (DEV). According to the invention said memory (MEM) is designed to be powered by means of radio waves emitted by the remote device (RD). Hence data (OPDAT, ASDAT) can even be read if the power supply (POW, BAT) is not available, because it is switched off or broken for example .

Claims

1. Method of applying operating data of a device and/or data associated with playback data played by said device to a remote device, comprising the steps of:

storing said operating data and/or said associated data in a memory of said device during operation of said device, wherein said device and said memory are powered by means of a power supply and

contactlessly applying said operating data and/or said associated data to said remote device, which contactlessly powers said memory when said power supply is not available.

2. Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said operating data and/or said associated data are contactlessly stored in said memory and wherein said memory is contactlessly powered by said device.

3. Method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said playback data and said associated data are received by said device via a broadcast channel and/or read from a data carrier, which is loaded into said device.

4. Device for applying operating data of said device and/or data associated with playback data played by said device to a remote device comprising:

a memory,

a power supply adapted to power said device and said memory,

means for storing said operating data and/or said associated data in said memory during operation of said device, and

means for contactlessly applying said operating data and/or said associated data to said remote device, wherein said memory is adapted to be powered contactlessly by said remote device when said power supply is not available.

5. Device as claimed in claim 4, comprising means for contactlessly storing said operating data and/or said associated data to said memory, wherein said memory is arranged to be powered contactlessly by said device.

6. Device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said means for contactlessly storing and/or providing said operating data and/or said associated data are adapted for the standard for Near Field Communication, NFC for short.

7. Device as claimed in claim 4, comprising means for receiving said playback data and said associated data via a broadcast channel and/or means for reading them from a data carrier, which is loaded into said device.

8. Device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said memory is detachable.

9. Device as claimed in claim 4, which is one of a domestic appliance or a consumer electronics device.

10. Device as claimed in claim 4, which is one of a washing machine, a dish washer, an oven, a mixer, or a coffee machine in case of storing/providing operating data or one of a TV set, a radio, a CD player, a DVD player/recorder, a video tape recorder, a hard disk recorder, a set top box, or a personal computer in case of storing/providing operating data and/or associated data.