Method of preselecting at least one application in a mobile communication device comprising an NFC system

• US 8,744,348 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2010
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thales DIS France SAS (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Fine, Jean-Yves, Rhelimi, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US13/263,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20120034868A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,526 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/418, 455/419, 455/41.2, 455/552.1, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/558
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• 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: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10198 setting parameters for the interrogator, e.g. programming parameters and operating modes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10237 the reader and the record carrier being capable of selectively switching between reader and record carrier appearance, e.g. in near field communication [NFC] devices where the NFC device may function as an RFID reader or as an RFID tag
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the preselection of at least one application hosted in a secure or non-embedded element in a mobile communication device comprising an NFC system, the said device being capable of accessing and reading data stored in a target NFC system, of the contactless tag or card type, the said NFC system being capable of operating in at least two communication modes including a reader mode, and a card emulation mode, or a Peer-to-Peer mode. When the NFC system is in the reader mode, an application is preselected during a stage wherein data stored in the said target NFC system are read.

Claims

1. A method for the preselection of at least one application in a NFC capable mobile communication device, wherein

a. the said NFC capable mobile communication device being capable of accessing and reading information stored in an NFC target,

b. the said NFC capable mobile communication device being capable of operating in at least two communication modes including a card emulation mode and another mode selected from a reader mode, and a Peer-to-Peer mode, the method comprising:

continuously switching between the card emulation mode and the another mode;

when the NFC capable mobile communication device is in reader mode or in Peer-to-Peer mode, reading information stored in the NFC target said information containing an application identifier; and

when in card emulation mode, preselecting an application corresponding to the application identifier.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising detecting the presence of the NFC target by means of the automatic continuous switching of operating modes.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising during the stage wherein data stored in the NFC target are read, extracting data that are capable of identifying the application and a period of validity of the application.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the period of validity of the application is automatically temporary by default.

5. The method according to claim 3 further comprising defining a stage wherein the period of validity is confirmed by a user.

6. The method according to claim 5 further comprising operating a means of the user interface of the said mobile communication device to select the period of validity.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the formatted application data of the contactless tag comprise data capable of locating a remote server.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein a remote server is located so as to download an application when the application is missing from the mobile communication device or is incomplete or obsolete.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the contactless electronic tag contains the application to host in the mobile communication device.

10. An NFC capable mobile communication device comprising:

an NFC system, the device being capable of accessing and reading data stored in an NFC target of the contactless electronic tag or card type, the said NFC system being capable of operating in at least two communication modes including a card emulation mode and a reader mode, or a card emulation mode, and a Peer-to-Peer mode;

means to, when the NFC system is in reader mode or Peer-to-Peer mode, read information stored in the NFC target said information containing an application identifier; and

means to, when in card emulation mode, preselect an application corresponding to the application identifier.

11. The mobile communication device according to claim 10 further comprising means to detect the presence of the NFC target by means of the automatic switching of operating modes.

12. The mobile communication device according to claim 10 further comprising means to, during the stage wherein data stored in the NFC target are read, extract data that are capable of identifying the said at least one application and the period of validity of the said at least one application.

13. The mobile communication device according to claim 12 wherein the period of validity of the application is automatically temporary by default.

14. The mobile communication device according to claim 10 further comprising means to define a stage wherein the period of validity is confirmed by a user.

15. The mobile communication device according to claim 14 comprising means of the user interface of the said mobile communication device to select the period of validity.

16. The mobile communication device according to claim 10 wherein the formatted application data of the contactless tag comprise data capable of locating a remote server.

17. The mobile communication device according to claim 16 wherein a remote server is located so as to download an application when the application is missing from the mobile communication device or is incomplete or obsolete.

18. The mobile communication device according to claim 10 wherein the contactless electronic tag contains the application to host in the mobile communication device.