Mechanism for generating a hybrid communication circuitry for facilitating hybrid communication between devices

• US 9,306,628 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Konanur, Anand S., Karacaoglu, Ulun, Lee, Kwan Ho, Takagi, Akihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Tan H
• Application Number:
  US14/129,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20150093988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/574, 455/343.1, 455/343.2, 455/343.4, 455/68, 719/320, 381/67, 235/492, 235/451, 235/449, 345/174, 345/169, 345/173, 324/318, 324/322, 324/42, 324/44, 324/51, 375/259, 375/316, 375/340, 375/219, 705/39, 705/76, 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/22 Capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• 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

A mechanism is described for facilitating hybrid communication between devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes coupling an inductive coil of a near proximity circuitry with a capacitive pad of a body area circuitry to form a hybrid circuitry, and facilitating, via the hybrid circuitry, the hybrid communication between a plurality of devices.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a near proximity circuitry coupled to a processor further coupled to a memory, the near proximity circuitry including an inductive coil; and

a capacitive pad of a body area circuitry, wherein the capacitive pad is coupled to the inductive coil to form a hybrid circuitry to facilitate the hybrid communication, wherein the coupling of the capacitive pad and the inductive coil comprises a parallel coupling and a wraparound coupling, wherein the wraparound coupling includes a single component having the capacitive pad on a first side of the component and the inductive coil on a second side of the component, wherein the first side includes a top side of the component, and a second side includes a bottom side of the component.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the near proximity circuitry comprises a near field communication (NFC) circuitry.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body area circuitry comprises a body area network (BAN) circuitry.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hybrid communication is facilitated between a first device and a second device via one or more bodies as facilitated by the capacitive pad, wherein the one or more bodies include one or more human bodies of one or more users associated with the first device or the second device, wherein the one or more bodies serve as one or more communication channels for the hybrid communication.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first and second devices comprise one or more computing devices or one or more smart wearable devices, wherein the one or more computing devices comprise mobile computing devices including one or more of a laptop computer, a smartphone, and a tablet computer, and wherein the one or more smart wearable devices comprise a smartcard, a key pad, a watch, and a piece of jewelry.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hybrid circuitry is integrated within a chassis of the apparatus, wherein the chassis includes a metal chassis, wherein the NFC circuitry further includes a circuit module to facilitate tuning to the inductive coil for maximum power transfer during the hybrid communication, wherein the hybrid communication includes receiving or transmitting of data, via the one or more bodies, between the first and second devices.

7. A method comprising:

coupling an inductive coil of a near proximity circuitry with a capacitive pad of a body area circuitry to form a hybrid circuitry; and

facilitating, via the hybrid circuitry, the hybrid communication between a plurality of devices, wherein the coupling of the capacitive pad and the inductive coil comprises a parallel coupling and a wraparound coupling, wherein the wraparound coupling includes a single component having the capacitive pad on a first side of the component and the inductive coil on a second side of the component, wherein the first side includes a top side of the component, and a second side includes a bottom side of the component.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the near proximity circuitry comprises a near field communication (NFC) circuitry.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the body area circuitry comprises a body area network (BAN) circuitry.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the hybrid communication is facilitated between a first device and a second device via one or more bodies as facilitated by the capacitive pad, wherein the one or more bodies include one or more human bodies of one or more users associated with the first device or the second device, wherein the one or more bodies serve as one or more communication channels for the hybrid communication.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first and second devices comprise one or more computing devices or one or more smart wearable devices, wherein the one or more computing devices comprise mobile computing devices including one or more of a laptop computer, a smartphone, and a tablet computer, and wherein the one or more smart wearable devices comprise a smartcard, a key pad, a watch, and a piece of jewelry.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising integrating the hybrid circuitry within a chassis of the apparatus, wherein the chassis includes a metal chassis, wherein the NFC circuitry further includes a circuit module to facilitate tuning to the inductive coil for maximum power transfer during the hybrid communication, wherein the hybrid communication includes receiving or transmitting of data, via the one or more bodies, between the first and second devices.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a request for facilitating the hybrid communication between the first device and the second device; and

authenticating the first device or the second device, wherein authenticating further comprises authenticating the one or more users associated with the first device or the second device.

14. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to carry out one or more operations comprising:

coupling an inductive coil of a near proximity circuitry with a capacitive pad of a body area circuitry to form a hybrid circuitry; and

facilitating, via the hybrid circuitry, the hybrid communication between a plurality of devices, wherein the coupling of the capacitive pad and the inductive coil comprises a parallel coupling and a wraparound coupling, wherein the wraparound coupling includes a single component having the capacitive pad on a first side of the component and the inductive coil on a second side of the component, wherein the first side includes a top side of the component, and a second side includes a bottom side of the component.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the near proximity circuitry comprises a near field communication (NFC) circuitry, wherein the body area circuitry comprises a body area network (BAN) circuitry.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the hybrid communication is facilitated between a first device and a second device via one or more bodies as facilitated by the capacitive pad, wherein the one or more bodies include one or more human bodies of one or more users associated with the first device or the second device, wherein the one or more bodies serve as one or more communication channels for the hybrid communication, and

wherein the first and second devices comprise one or more computing devices or one or more smart wearable devices, wherein the one or more computing devices comprise mobile computing devices including one or more of a laptop computer, a smartphone, and a tablet computer, and wherein the one or more smart wearable devices comprise a smartcard, a key pad, a watch, and a piece of jewelry.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more operations comprise integrating the hybrid circuitry within a chassis of the apparatus, wherein the chassis includes a metal chassis, wherein the NFC circuitry further includes a circuit module to facilitate tuning to the inductive coil for maximum power transfer during the hybrid communication, wherein the hybrid communication includes receiving or transmitting of data, via the one or more bodies, between the first and second devices.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more operations comprise:

receiving a request for facilitating the hybrid communication between the first device and the second device; and

authenticating the first device or the second device, wherein authenticating further comprises authenticating the one or more users associated with the first device or the second device.