Terminal, method and computer program product for interacting with a signaling tag
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1. A method in an apparatus, comprising:
- receiving information regarding a device over a radio frequency identification interface,determining whether an application is actively operating within the apparatus; and
when there is an actively operating application;
performing a predefined action based upon said application and a state of said application;
wherein said predefined action comprises at least initiating a wireless short-range communication connection with the other device based at least partly on said information received over the radio frequency identification interface.
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Abstract
A terminal for interacting with a signaling tag includes a controller capable of selecting a signaling tag and thereafter receiving a tag type from the signaling tag at least partially over an air interface. The controller is also capable of determining if the terminal is actively operating an application. In this regard, the controller is capable of performing a predefined action based upon the tag type, such as based upon a tag type of “Read Only,” “Read/Write” or “Transceiver in Show Mode.” And when the controller is actively operating an application, the controller is capable of performing the predefined action further based upon the application and a state of the application.
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17 Claims
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1. A method in an apparatus, comprising:
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receiving information regarding a device over a radio frequency identification interface, determining whether an application is actively operating within the apparatus; and
when there is an actively operating application;performing a predefined action based upon said application and a state of said application; wherein said predefined action comprises at least initiating a wireless short-range communication connection with the other device based at least partly on said information received over the radio frequency identification interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a radio frequency identification communication module; at least one processor; and at least one memory including executable instructions, the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; receive information regarding a device via the radio frequency identification communication module, determine whether an application is actively operating within the apparatus; and
when there is an actively operating application;perform a predefined action based upon said application and a state of said application; wherein said predefined action comprises at least initiation of a wireless short-range communication connection with the other device based at least partly on said information received via the radio frequency identification communication module. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:
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code configured for causing receiving information regarding a device over a radio frequency identification interface, code configured for causing determining whether an application is actively operating within the apparatus; and
when there is an actively operating application;code configured for performing a predefined action based upon said application and a state of said application; wherein said predefined action comprises at least initiating a wireless short-range communication connection with the other device based at least partly on said information received over the radio frequency identification interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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