×

Devices, systems and methods for identification through a mobile device

  • US 9,002,418 B2
  • Filed: 10/16/2012
  • Issued: 04/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A cover for a mobile device, the cover comprising:

  • a housing plate;

    a laminate disposed over the housing plate, the laminate sealing a secure element, a transceiver, and an antenna on the housing plate;

    a plurality of cutouts corresponding to a plurality of elements of the mobile device, the plurality of cutouts extending through the housing plate and the laminate;

    the secure element disposed in between the plurality of cutouts and between the housing plate and the laminate, the secure element comprising a processor and a memory storing authentication information;

    the transceiver coupled to the secure element and disposed in between the plurality of cutouts and between the housing plate and the laminate; and

    the antenna coupled to the transceiver and disposed between the housing plate and the laminate, the antenna looped around a perimeter of the plurality of cutouts, wherein the secure element communicates the authentication information through the transceiver subsequent to being powered, and wherein the secure element is powered through induction generated in the antenna looped around the perimeter of the plurality of cutouts when the cover is introduced to a magnetic field such that the secure element is powered independently of a power source of the mobile device.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×