Near field communication (NFC) method, apparatus, and system employing a cellular-communications capable computing device
First Claim
1. A computing device, comprising:
- a touch screen display;
one or more processors;
at least one memory device;
a first near field communication (NFC) module and first NFC antenna configured to be communicatively coupled to a second NFC module and second NFC antenna of at least one electronic device; and
a network transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular communications network;
wherein the at least one memory device stores one or more applications configured to be executed by the one or more processors, andwherein the computing device is configured to transmit to the at least one electronic device a representation of one or more electronic credentials stored in the at least one memory device based on the first and second NFC antennas being within the same radio frequency (RF) field, and to wirelessly transmit data received from the cellular communications network to the at least one electronic device via NFC.
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Abstract
Cellular-capable computing device and a related system and methodology are disclosed. The computing device includes a touch screen display, one or more processors, a memory device, and a first near field communication (NFC) module and first NFC antenna configured to be communicatively coupled to a second NFC module and second NFC antenna of an electronic device. The computing device includes a network transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular communications network. The memory device stores one or more applications configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and the computing device is configured to transmit to the at least one electronic device a representation of one or more electronic credentials stored in the at least one memory device based on the first NFC antenna being within a radio frequency (RF) field of the second NFC antenna.
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66 Claims
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1. A computing device, comprising:
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a touch screen display; one or more processors; at least one memory device; a first near field communication (NFC) module and first NFC antenna configured to be communicatively coupled to a second NFC module and second NFC antenna of at least one electronic device; and a network transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular communications network; wherein the at least one memory device stores one or more applications configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and wherein the computing device is configured to transmit to the at least one electronic device a representation of one or more electronic credentials stored in the at least one memory device based on the first and second NFC antennas being within the same radio frequency (RF) field, and to wirelessly transmit data received from the cellular communications network to the at least one electronic device via NFC. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method, comprising:
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storing in at least one memory device of a computing device one or more applications configured to be executed by one or more processors of the computing device, the computing device including a touch screen display, a first near field communication (NFC) module and a first NFC antenna configured to be communicatively coupled to a second NFC module and second NFC antenna of at least one electronic device, and a network transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular communications network; and performing one or more transmitting to the at least one electronic device a representation of one or more electronic credentials stored in the at least one memory device based on the first and second NFC antennas being within the same radio frequency (RF) field, and to wirelessly transmit data received from the cellular communications network to the at least one electronic device via NFC. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computing system, comprising:
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a portable computing device including a touch screen display, one or more processors, at least one memory device, a first NFC module and a first NFC antenna, and a network transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular communications network; and at least one electronic device including a second near field communication (NFC) module and a second NFC antenna, wherein the first NFC module and the first NFC antenna are configured to communicate with the second NFC module and second NFC antenna of the at least one electronic device, wherein the at least one memory device stores one or more applications configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and wherein the portable computing device is configured to transmit to the at least one electronic device a representation of one or more electronic credentials stored in the at least one memory device based on the first NFC antenna of the portable computing device and the second NFC antenna of the at least one electronic device being within the same radio frequency (RF) field, and to wirelessly transmit data received from the cellular communications network to the at least one electronic device via NFC. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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