Data communications system, information processing terminal, IC card, reader/writer, and program

• US 8,960,531 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2011
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Inventors: Nakatsugawa, Yasumasa, Ota, Toyokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THIEN MINH
• Application Number:
  US13/012,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20110114720A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,492 Days
• Field of Search: 315/375, 340/500, 235/375, 235/380
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0709 the source being an interrogation field
• 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 19/073 Special arrangements for circuits, e.g. for protecting identification code in memory protection against unauthorised use of computer memory G06F12/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a data communications system configured to execute data communication between three parties of a reader/writer, an integrated circuit card wirelessly communicable with the reader/writer in a non-contact manner, and an information processing terminal connected to the intergraded circuit card via a wired interface, the data communications system including: the reader/writer having a read/write wireless control block; the integrated circuit card having an integrated circuit card wireless control block; and the information processing terminal having a request acceptance block, a data storage block, and a data transmission block.

Claims

1. An information processing terminal, comprising:

a data transmission unit;

a data storage unit configured to store data; and

an integrated circuit chip connected to the data transmission unit via a wired interface, wherein the integrated circuit chip is configured to be wirelessly communicable with a device in a noncontact manner, the integrated circuit chip comprising;

an integrated circuit wireless control block configured to;

start wireless communication with the device according to a signal carrier outputted from the device, and

upon reception of a data transfer request signal, switch a communication mode of the integrated circuit chip to a continuous communication mode in which data can be continuously transmitted or received, thereby allowing data to be transmitted from the storage unit to the device without waiting for a predetermined command from the device.

2. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, comprising:

a display unit configured to display whether data is being transmitted from the integrated circuit chip to the device.

3. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein electromagnetic wave energy is received from the device, and the integrated circuit chip uses the received electromagnetic wave energy.

4. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, comprising:

a request reception unit configured to receive an input, wherein the data transfer request signal is transmitted according to the input.

5. The information processing terminal according to claim 4, wherein the data transmission unit transmits the data transfer signal to the integrated circuit chip via the wired interface.

6. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit transmits the data stored in the storage unit to the integrated circuit chip via the wired interface.

7. An integrated circuit chip configured to be connected to a data transmission unit via a wired interface and to be wirelessly communicable with a device in a noncontact manner, the integrated circuit chip comprising:

an integrated circuit wireless control block configured to;

start wireless communication with the device according to a signal carrier outputted from the device, and

upon reception of a data transfer request signal, switch a communication mode of the integrated circuit chip to a continuous communication mode in which data can be continuously transmitted or received, thereby allowing data to be transmitted from a storage unit to the device without waiting for a predetermined command from the device.

8. The integrated circuit chip according to claim 7, wherein electromagnetic wave energy is received from the device, and the integrated circuit chip uses the received electromagnetic wave energy.

9. The integrated circuit chip according to claim 7, wherein the data transfer request signal is received via the wired interface.

10. The integrated circuit chip according to claim 7, wherein the data is received via the wired interface.

11. A data transmission method, comprising:

starting wireless communication with a device according to a signal carrier outputted from the device;

switching a communication mode to a continuous communication mode in which data can be continuously transmitted or received; and

transmitting data from a storage unit to the device without waiting for a predetermined command from the device.

12. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing a program which, when executed by a processor, causes an information processing terminal to perform a method comprising:

starting wireless communication with a device according to a signal carrier outputted from the device;

switching a communication mode to a continuous communication mode in which data can be continuously transmitted or received; and

transmitting data from a storage unit to the device without waiting for a predetermined command from the device.