SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED NFC TAG USING PLURALITY OF NFC TAGS ASSOCIATED WITH LOCATION OR DEVICES TO COMMUNICATE WITH COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
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1. A Near Field Communications (NFC) tag, comprising:
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a magnet carried by the housing and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate an NFC circuit within the communications device to communicate using an NFC communications protocol; and
a data store that stores data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet, wherein the data store is configured to be read by the communications device using an NFC communications protocol after the NFC circuit had been activated.
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Abstract
A Near Field Communications (NFC) tag includes a housing and a magnet carried by the housing and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate an NFC circuit within the communications device to communicate using an NFC communications protocol. A data store stores data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet. The data store is configured to be read by the communications device using an NFC communications protocol after the NFC circuit had been activated.
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30 Claims
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1. A Near Field Communications (NFC) tag, comprising:
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a housing; a magnet carried by the housing and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate an NFC circuit within the communications device to communicate using an NFC communications protocol; and a data store that stores data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet, wherein the data store is configured to be read by the communications device using an NFC communications protocol after the NFC circuit had been activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A sticker for attachment to a surface to initiate communications, the sticker comprising:
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a support; a magnet carried by the support and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate an NFC circuit within the communications device to communicate using an NFC communications protocol; and a data store that stores data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet, wherein the data store is configured to be read by the communications device using an NFC communications protocol after the NFC circuit had been activated. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communications system, comprising:
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a plurality of Near Field Communications (NFC) tags dispersed throughout a work space, each NFC tag comprising; a housing; a magnet carried by the housing and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate an NFC circuit within the communications device and communicate using an NFC communications protocol; and a data store that stores data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet, wherein the data store is configured to be read by the communications device using an NFC communications protocol after the NFC circuit had been activated, wherein each NFC tag is mounted within the work space to interact based on instructions stored within the data store regarding the function of the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for initiating communications at a communications device, the method comprising:
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magnetically coupling the communications device to a Near Field Communications (NFC) sticker; in response to the magnetically coupling to the NFC sticker, activating an NFC circuit contained in the communications device for subsequent communications using the NFC communications protocol; and receiving stored data from the NFC sticker regarding a function of the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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