MOBILE, COMPACT COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING RFID

• US 20090287589A1
• Filed: 05/16/2008
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brightpoint Incorporated (HNA Technology Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Brightpoint Incorporated (HNA Technology Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Fivel, Steven E.
• Application Number:
  US12/122,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20090287589A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3805 with built-in auxiliary receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices

Abstract

A system and process including mobile communication devices having two RFID'"'"'s each, one with the device and another with the SIM. An assembly/packaging system and process is disclosed along with service provider communications network(s) including a retail distribution processing system is provided including RFID readers at selected points in the process and system.

Claims

1. In combination:

a mobile, compact communication device for allowing voice communication using a communication network;

said mobile communication device having a first RFID;

a subscriber identification module in said mobile communication device; and

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said subscriber identification module having a second RFID having an identifier that is different from an identifier of said first RFID.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein neither said first RFID nor said second RFID include transmittable information regarding said subscriber identification module.

3. The combination of claim 2 and further comprising at least one accessory for said mobile communication device, wherein said accessory has a third RFID attached to either it or its packaging and wherein said third RFID has an identifier that is different from identifiers of said first RFID and of said second RFID.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said subscriber identification module, with said second RFID, is physically mounted in and is removable from said mobile communication device.

5. The combination of claim 4 and further comprising, at a retail sale location, a first retail RFID reader in reading proximity to a retail check-out, said first retail RFID reader to read RFID identifiers from retail purchase selected from the group of:

(a) mobile communication device, (b) an accessory for a mobile communication device, or, (c) both a mobile communication device and an accessory.

6. The combination of claim 5 and further comprising, at retail sale locations, a second retail RFID reader in reading proximity to a retail display of accessories for mobile communication devices, said second retail RFID reader to read RFID identifiers from the addition to inventory and the removal from inventory of items selected from the group comprising:

(a) mobile communication device, (b) an accessory for a mobile communication device, or, (c) both a mobile communication device and an accessory.

7. The combination of claim 6 and further comprising at least one computer to forward from said retail locations RFID identifier data to a database to associate said purchase data with corresponding mobile communication device subscribers.

8. The combination of claim 7 wherein said mobile communication device is accompanied by a mailer for shipping of said mobile communication device, said mailer having a mailer RFID.

9. The combination of claim 8 and further comprising a computer system computer database, said database storing identifiers of said mobile communication device with associated first RFID'"'"'S, said database storing identities of said subscriber identification module with associated second first RFID'"'"'s, said database storing associations between said first RFID identifiers and said second RFID identifiers.

10. The combination of claim 1 and further comprising at least one accessory for said mobile communication device, wherein said accessory has a third RFID attached to either it or its packaging and wherein said third RFID has an identifier that is different from identifiers of said first RFID and of said second RFID.

11. The combination of claim 1 wherein said subscriber identification module, with said second RFID, is physically mounted in and is removable from said mobile communication device.

12. The combination of claim 1 and further comprising, at a retail sale location, a first retail RFID reader in reading proximity to a retail check-out, said first retail RFID reader to read RFID identifiers from retail purchase selected from the group of:

(a) mobile communication device, (b) an accessory for a mobile communication device, or, (c) both a mobile communication device and an accessory.

13. The combination of claim 12 and further comprising, at retail sale locations, a second retail RFID reader in reading proximity to a retail display of accessories for mobile communication devices, said second retail RFID reader to read RFID identifiers from the addition to inventory and the removal from inventory of items selected from the group comprising:

(a) mobile communication device, (b) an accessory for a mobile communication device, or, (c) both a mobile communication device and an accessory.

14. The combination of claim 13 and further comprising at least one computer to forward from said retail locations RFID identifier data to a database to associate said purchase data with corresponding mobile communication device subscribers.

15. The combination of claim 1 wherein said mobile communication device is accompanied by a mailer for shipping of said mobile communication device, said mailer having a mailer RFID.

16. The combination of claim 1 and further comprising a computer system computer database, said database storing identifiers of said mobile communication device with associated first RFID'"'"'S, said database storing identities of said subscriber identification module with associated second first RFID'"'"'S, said database storing associations between said first RFID identifiers and said second RFID identifiers.

17. In combination:

a package from a distributor;

a mobile, compact communication device, for allowing voice communication using a communication network, said device within said first package;

a mailer for shipping of said mobile communication device back to said distributor, said mailer having a mailer RFID, said mailer within said first package.

18. A process comprising the acts of:

maintaining a bulk inventory of mobile, compact communication devices for allowing voice communication using a communication network, said mobile communication device devices having a first RFID;

maintaining a bulk inventory of subscriber identification modules installable in said mobile communication devices, said modules having a second RFID having an identifier that is different from an identifier of said first RFID;

installing subscriber identification modules in corresponding one of said communications devices;

radio frequency scanning said first RFID and said second RFID;

inputting to a computer system computer database identifiers from said scanning from said first RFID'"'"'s and said second RFID'"'"'S, said database storing associations between said first RFID identifiers and said second RFID identifiers.

19. The process of claim 18 and further comprising the acts of:

placing said communications device in a package; and

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placing at least one accessory for said mobile communication device in said package, wherein said accessory has a third RFID and wherein said third RFID has an identifier that is different from identifiers of said first RFID and of said second RFID.

20. The process of claim 19 and wherein the act of radio frequency scanning occurs after the act of placing said communications device in said package.

21. The process of claim 20 and further comprising the act of:

electronically transmitting to a service provider for said communications network data from said database including said identifiers for said first RFID'"'"'s and for said second RFID'"'"'s, and for said associations between said first RFID identifiers and said second RFID identifiers.

22. The process of claim 21 and further comprising the acts of tracking inventory of said communications devices based on scanning said first RFID and tracking inventory of said subscriber identification modules based on scanning said second RFID.

23. The process of claim 22 and further comprising the act of:

shipping communications devices to a retail sale location, wherein said retail sale location includes;

a first retail RFID reader in reading proximity to a retail check-out, said first retail RFID reader enabled to read RFID identifiers from retail purchase selected from the group of;

(a) mobile communication device, (b) an accessory for a mobile communication device, or, (c) both a mobile communication device and an accessory;

a second retail RFID reader in reading proximity to a retail display of accessories for mobile communication devices, said second retail RFID reader enabled to read RFID identifiers from the addition to retail inventory and the removal from retail inventory of items selected from the group comprising;

(a) mobile communication device, (b) an accessory for a mobile communication device, or, (c) both a mobile communication device and an accessory.

24. The process of claim 23 and further comprising the act of electronically transmitting from said retail locations RFID identifier data to a database to associate said purchase data with corresponding mobile communication device subscribers.

25. The process of claim 24 and further comprising the act of placing in said package a mailer for shipping of said mobile communication device, said mailer having a mailer RFID.

26. The process of claim 18 and further comprising the acts of:

placing said communications device in a package; and

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wherein the act of radio frequency scanning occurs after the act of placing said communications device in said package.

27. The process of claim 18 and further comprising the act of:

electronically transmitting to a service provider for said communications network data from said database including said identifiers for said first RFID'"'"'s and for said second RFID'"'"'s, and for said associations between said first RFID identifiers and said second RFID identifiers.

28. The process of claim 18 and further comprising the acts of tracking inventory of said communications devices based on scanning said first RFID and tracking inventory of said subscriber identification modules based on scanning said second RFID.

29. The process of claim 18 and further comprising the act of:

shipping communications devices to a retail sale location, wherein said retail sale location includes;

a first retail RFID reader in reading proximity to a retail check-out, said first retail RFID reader enabled to read RFID identifiers from retail purchase selected from the group of;

(a) mobile communication device, (b) an accessory for a mobile communication device, or, (c) both a mobile communication device and an accessory;

a second retail RFID reader in reading proximity to a retail display of accessories for mobile communication devices, said second retail RFID reader enabled to read RFID identifiers from the addition to retail inventory and the removal from retail inventory of items selected from the group comprising;

(a) mobile communication device, (b) an accessory for a mobile communication device, or, (c) both a mobile communication device and an accessory.

30. The process of claim 29 and further comprising the act of electronically transmitting from said retail locations RFID identifier data to a database to associate said purchase data with corresponding mobile communication device subscribers.

31. The process of claim 18 and further comprising the act of placing in a package with said communications device a mailer for shipping of said mobile communication device, said mailer having a mailer RFID.