ANTI-COLLISION COUPLING FOR CONTACTLESS CARDS
First Claim
1. A method of detecting at least one contactless device that has a unique identification code (UID), the method comprising:
- requesting transfer of a UID;
receiving at least one positive pulse indicative of a UID; and
detecting whether more than one UID was transferred if the number of positive pulses received exceeds the number expected for one UID.
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Abstract
Contactless cards and a corresponding anti-collision coupling method are provided, where the method includes requesting that the cards transmit their unique identifiers that each include a fixed number of bytes, receiving the unique identifiers simultaneously as byte-wise positive pulses, counting the received positive pulses, and determining that more than one card responded if the number of received positive pulses exceeds the fixed number of bytes; and where the contactless cards each include a unique identifier having a number of bytes, a receiver for receiving an anti-collision command indicative of a desired identifier byte, a comparator in signal communication with the receiver for comparing the desired identifier byte with a corresponding byte of the unique identifier, and a transmitter responsive to the comparator for transmitting the unique identifier as byte-wise positive pulses if the desired identifier byte matches the corresponding byte of the unique identifier.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of detecting at least one contactless device that has a unique identification code (UID), the method comprising:
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requesting transfer of a UID; receiving at least one positive pulse indicative of a UID; and detecting whether more than one UID was transferred if the number of positive pulses received exceeds the number expected for one UID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of identifying a contactless device having a unique identification code (UID) to a reader, the method comprising:
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receiving a UID call command from a reader; and transferring at least one positive pulse indicative of the UID to the reader. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A reader for detecting at least one contactless device that has a unique identification code (UID), the reader comprising:
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a UID call commander for requesting transfer of a UID; a receiver in signal communication with the UID call commander for receiving at least one positive pulse indicative of a UID; and a detector in signal communication with the receiver for detecting whether more than one UID was transferred if the number of positive pulses received exceeds the number expected for one UID. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A program storage device readable by a machine to execute program steps for detecting at least one contactless device that has a unique identification code (UID), the program steps comprising:
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requesting transfer of a UID; receiving at least one positive pulse indicative of a UID; and detecting whether more than one UID was transferred if the number of positive pulses received exceeds the number expected for one UID. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A program storage device readable by a machine to execute program steps for identifying a contactless device having a unique identification code (UID) to a reader, the program steps comprising:
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receiving a UID call command from a reader; transferring at least one positive pulse indicative of the UID to the reader; receiving an anti-collision command and at least one UID value from a reader; and if the at least one UID value from the reader matches a corresponding portion of the UID of the card, transferring at least one positive pulse indicative of the UID to the reader.
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19. A contactless card reader, comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting an anti-collision command indicative of at least one desired identifier byte; a receiver for receiving the unique identifier as byte-wise positive pulses if the at least one desired identifier byte matches the at least one corresponding byte of the unique identifier; and a detector in signal communication with the receiver for detecting a collision when the number of positive pulses exceeds the number of bytes in the unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An anti-collision coupling method for contactless cards, the method comprising:
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requesting that the cards transmit their unique identifiers, which each comprises a fixed plurality of bytes; receiving the unique identifiers simultaneously as byte-wise positive pulses; counting the received positive pulses; and determining that more than one card responded if the number of received positive pulses exceeds the fixed plurality of bytes. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform program steps for anti-collision coupling of contactless cards, the program steps comprising:
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requesting that the cards transmit their unique identifiers, which each comprises a fixed plurality of bytes; receiving the unique identifiers simultaneously as byte-wise positive pulses; counting the received positive pulses; and determining that more than one card responded if the number of received positive pulses exceeds the fixed plurality of bytes. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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