Apparatus for sensing smart-card in dual mode portable terminal and method thereof
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1. An apparatus for sensing a smart card of a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of smart card modules comprising identification information for receiving a specific wireless communications protocol; and
at least two communications modules, each communication module having a smart card module among the smart card modules connected and performs wireless communications according to the connected smart card module,wherein one of the at least two communications modules connected to a smart card module having identification information corresponding to preset identification information is set as a master device,wherein one of the at least two communications modules is selected by a user as a master device, when a communications module connected to a smart card module for storing preset identification information does not exist.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for sensing a smart card in a dual mode portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of smart card modules including identification information for receiving a specific wireless communications protocol, and at least two communications modules for performing wireless communications according to a connected smart card module among the plurality of smart card modules, wherein any one of the at least two communications modules connected to a smart card module having preset identification information is set as a master device.
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1. An apparatus for sensing a smart card of a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of smart card modules comprising identification information for receiving a specific wireless communications protocol; and at least two communications modules, each communication module having a smart card module among the smart card modules connected and performs wireless communications according to the connected smart card module, wherein one of the at least two communications modules connected to a smart card module having identification information corresponding to preset identification information is set as a master device, wherein one of the at least two communications modules is selected by a user as a master device, when a communications module connected to a smart card module for storing preset identification information does not exist. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for sensing a smart card of a portable terminal comprising at least two communications modules, the method comprising:
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confirming a smart card module connected to each of the at least two communications modules when a power supply of the portable terminal is turned on; determining whether a smart card module having identification information corresponding to preset identification information exists among the connected smart card modules; setting a communication module connected to the smart card module having the identification information corresponding to the preset identification information as a master device; and setting a communications module selected by a user as a master device, when a communication module connected to a smart card module for storing preset identification information does not exist. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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