Controlling connectivity of a wireless smart card reader
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1. A mobile device comprising:
- a wireless communication interface through which the mobile device is able to establish a direct wireless connection with a wireless-enabled smart card reader in order for the mobile device to be able to access a smart card that is coupled to the wireless-enabled smart card reader;
a processor coupled to the wireless communication interface; and
a memory to store executable code which, when executed by the processor while the direct wireless connection exists, controls establishment of direct connections of the wireless-enabled smart card reader to other devices while the direct wireless connection exists.
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Abstract
A system includes a wireless-enabled smart card reader able to be connected concurrently to at least two devices and a mobile device able to be connected wirelessly to the smart card reader and to control connections of the smart card reader.
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10 Claims
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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a wireless communication interface through which the mobile device is able to establish a direct wireless connection with a wireless-enabled smart card reader in order for the mobile device to be able to access a smart card that is coupled to the wireless-enabled smart card reader; a processor coupled to the wireless communication interface; and a memory to store executable code which, when executed by the processor while the direct wireless connection exists, controls establishment of direct connections of the wireless-enabled smart card reader to other devices while the direct wireless connection exists. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system comprising:
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a wireless-enabled smart card reader able to be coupled to a smart card; and a mobile device able to establish a direct wireless connection with the wireless-enabled smart card reader in order for the mobile device to be able to access the smart card, wherein the wireless-enabled smart card reader is able to be directly connected contemporaneously to the mobile device and to one or more other devices, wherein the mobile device is able, while the direct wireless connection exists, to control establishment of direct connections of the wireless-enabled smart card reader to other devices while the direct wireless connection exists, wherein the mobile device is able to receive input of an authorization password and is able to securely transmit the authorization password to the wireless-enabled smart card reader via the direct wireless connection, and wherein the wireless-enabled smart card reader is to require the authorization password from one of the other devices in order to successfully establish a direct connection between the one of the other devices and the wireless-enabled smart card reader. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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establishing, by a mobile device, a direct wireless connection to a wireless-enabled smart card reader in order for the mobile device to be able to access a smart card that is coupled to the wireless-enabled smart card reader; and while the direct wireless connection exists, controlling, by the mobile device, establishment of direct connections of the wireless-enabled smart card reader to other devices while the direct wireless connection exists, wherein controlling establishment of the direct connections comprises; enabling the mobile device to receive input of an authorization password; securely transmitting the authorization password from the mobile device to the wireless-enabled smart card reader over the direct wireless connection; and requiring the wireless-enabled smart card reader to receive the authorization password from one of the other devices in order to successfully establish a direct connection between the one of the other devices and the wireless-enabled smart card reader. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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