COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES
First Claim
1. A communications device, comprising:
- a housing;
radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor carried by the housing and operative with each other;
a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit positioned in the housing and connected to the processor for communicating using an NFC communications protocol; and
a magnetic sensor supported by the housing and connected to the processor for sensing a magnetic field and generating a signal to the processor and in response to the signal, the processor is configured to activate the NFC circuit and transmit or receive data using the NFC communications protocol.
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Abstract
A device, method, and system are disclosed for establishing wireless communications between communications devices comprising respective magnets and magnetic sensors each located on first and second communications device and aligned such that a magnet on the first communications device is aligned with a magnetic sensor on the second communications device and a magnet on the second communications device is aligned with a magnetic sensor on the first communications device. In response, a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit contained in each of the first and second communications devices is activated and data exchanged between the first and second communications devices using a NFC communications protocol.
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21 Claims
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1. A communications device, comprising:
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a housing; radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor carried by the housing and operative with each other; a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit positioned in the housing and connected to the processor for communicating using an NFC communications protocol; and a magnetic sensor supported by the housing and connected to the processor for sensing a magnetic field and generating a signal to the processor and in response to the signal, the processor is configured to activate the NFC circuit and transmit or receive data using the NFC communications protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for establishing wireless communications between communications devices, the method comprising:
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aligning respective magnets and magnetic sensors each located on first and second communications devices such that a magnet on the first communications device is aligned with a magnetic sensor on the second communications device and a magnet on the second communications device is aligned with a magnetic sensor on the first communications device; activating a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit contained in at least one of the first and second communications devices in response to sensing the magnet on the respective other communications device; and exchanging data between the first and second communications devices using a NFC communications protocol. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for communicating, comprising:
first and second communications devices and each having a processor and a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit connected to the processor for communicating using a NFC communications protocol and a magnet and magnetic sensor connected to the processor for sensing a magnetic field and generating a signal to the processor and in response, the processor configured to activate the NFC circuit for transmitting or receiving data using the NFC communications protocol, wherein respective magnets and magnetic sensors are aligned for activating the NFC circuit to exchange data between the devices using the NFC communications protocol.
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21. A computer readable medium having a computer readable program embodied therein, said computer readable program adapted to be executed to implement a method for establishing wireless communications between communications devices after respective magnets and magnetic sensors that are each located on first and second communications devices are aligned wherein the method further comprising activating a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit contained in a communications device in response to sensing the magnet on the respective other communications device and exchanging data between the first and second communications devices using a NFC communications protocol.
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