METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DATA IN A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• US 20090325484A1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: DASARATH RAO, Deepak, LELE, Abhijit Madhukar, NANIYAT, Arun, WON, Eun-Tae, ARUNAN, Thenmozhi
• Granted Patent: US 8,892,032 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/06 Notations for structuring of protocol data, e.g. abstract syntax notation one [ASN.1]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method and system for managing data between a plurality of electronic devices in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network are provided. The method is performed at a first electronic device. A request is received from a second electronic device to send context data. The context data is then represented in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD). The context RTD is used for defining context data in the NFC network. The context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD is exchanged with the second electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for managing data between a plurality of electronic devices in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network, the method performed at a first electronic device and comprising the steps of:

receiving a request a the first electronic device from a second electronic device to send context data;

representing the context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context RTD is used to define context data in the NFC network; and

exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein exchanging the context data comprises interchanging one or more NFC RTDs with the second electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising encapsulating the context data with control parameters in the context RTD prior to exchanging the context data.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising managing Bluetooth applications based on the context data represented using context RTD and one or more Bluetooth profiles.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving context data from a plurality of the electronic devices through at least one of a plurality of wireless communication networks; and

aggregating the context data received from the plurality of electronic devices based on the context data received from each of the plurality of electronic devices.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising initiating a communication network between the first electronic device and the second electronic device based on at least one of a peer-to-peer mode of communication and reader/writer mode of communication.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the communication network comprises establishing one or more short range wireless communication networks.

8. A system for managing data between a plurality of electronic devices in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network comprising:

a first electronic device for receiving a request from a second electronic device to send context data, representing the context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context RTD is used to define context data in the NFC network, and exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device; and

a second electronic device for sending a request to send context data to the first electronic device.

9. A first electronic device comprising:

a processor for representing context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context RTD is a record type definition used for defining a context data in the NFC network; and

a transceiver for receiving a request from a second electronic device to send the context data, and exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device.