Processing device for the contactless communication with a data carrier which is detachably connected to the processing device

• US 8,538,481 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2012
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Breakwaters Innovations LLC
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Meindl, Reinhard, Posch, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Assistant Examiner(s): Navar, Erica
• Application Number:
  US13/422,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20120178498A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 455/551, 455/558
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3805 with built-in auxiliary receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/47 using near field communication [NFC] or radio frequency identification [RFID] modules

Abstract

A processing device having a housing includes first communication device for receiving and/or transmitting an information signal and processor for processing the information signal received and/or to be transmitted, as well as second communication device for the contactless retrieval of control information stored in a data carrier which is detachably connected to the of the processing device, which processing of the information signal by the processing device can be influenced with the aid of the retrieved control information.

Claims

1. A processing device for the processing of a telephone signal, the device comprising:

a housing;

a first communication device disposed within the housing that is configured to receive or transmit the telephone signal;

a processor that is configured to process the received or transmitted telephone signal with the aid of control information;

a second communication device, disposed within the housing, that is configured to contactlessly retrieve the control information from a data carrier, wherein the data carrier is a SIM card, disposed completely outside of the housing, adhesively attached to the housing of the processing device, and configured to communicate wirelessly with the second communication device through a wall of the housing, and the retrieved control information identifies either a telephone number of a user of the processing device or calling credit information.

2. The processing device as claimed in claim 1, in which the adhesive attachment of the data carrier to the housing is an adhesive joint.

3. The processing device as claimed in claim 1, in which the second communication device is configured to generate a high frequency signal which can be utilized by the data carrier to generate an internal supply voltage and communicate with the control information.

4. The processing device as claimed in claim 1, in which the housing of the processing device has a recess, in which recess the data carrier can be connected detachably to the housing.

5. The processing device as claimed in claim 4, in which the first communication device is configured to operate in accordance with the GSM standard and/or the UMTS standard.

6. The processing device as claimed in claim 1, in which the processing device is a reproducing device for the reproduction of an encrypted information signal, whose first communication device is configured to receive the encrypted information signal and whose processor is configured to decrypt the received encrypted information signal, and in which the control information retrieved from the detachably connected data carrier by the second communication device includes key information for decrypting the received encrypted information signal.

7. The processing device as claimed in claim 6, in which the first communication device can be connected to a data network in order to retrieve the encrypted information signal.

8. A data carrier embedded in an adhesive label, wherein the adhesive label can be connected detachably to a processing device, the data carrier includes a third communication device configured for communication with the second communication device of the processing device as claimed in claim 1, and a memory configured for storing control information which can be processed by the processing device as claimed in claim 1.

9. The data carrier as claimed in claim 8, in which the data carrier is configured to provide contactless communication in accordance with the ISO14443 standard.

10. The processing device of claim 1, wherein the data carrier is detachably connected by a magnetic field.

11. The processing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second data carrier detachably connected to the housing of the processing device.

12. The processing device of claim 1, wherein the housing of the processing device does not have an opening.

13. The processing device of claim 1, wherein the housing of the processing device does not have a cover.

14. The processing device of claim 1, wherein the housing of the processing device is watertight.

15. The processing device of claim 1, wherein the data carrier is embedded in an adhesive label, and the adhesive label is attached to the housing of the processing device at a location on the housing that provides optimum protection against damage to the data carrier.

16. The processing device of claim 15, wherein the adhesive label is attached to a rear wall of the housing of the processing device.

17. The processing device of claim 16, wherein the rear wall has a recess, and the adhesive label is attached to the rear wall in the recess such that a surface of the adhesive label does not extend over the rear wall beyond the recess.

18. The processing device of claim 17, wherein the data carrier is attached directly opposite the second communication device with respect to the rear wall of the housing.

19. The processing device of claim 18, wherein the processing device is a DVD player, a CD player, or a computer.

20. The processing device of claim 1, wherein the data carrier is disposed completely outside of the housing of the processing device while the first communication device receives and transmits the telephone signal.