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Apparatus, system and method of establishing communication between an application operating on an electronic device and a near field communication (NFC) reader

  • US 9,306,632 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2014
  • Issued: 04/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing data between an application operating on an electronic device and an external Near Field Communication (NFC) reader device having an antenna, the method comprising:

  • generating a NFC interrogation signal with the external NFC reader device;

    detecting the NFC interrogation signal having data with the electronic device, having an NFC interface including an NFC controller and antenna, when the electronic device'"'"'s antenna is within a predetermined range of the external NFC reader device'"'"'s antenna;

    routing the interrogation signal data received by the NFC interface of the electronic device to a processor in the electronic device;

    communicating the received data to the application operating on the electronic device;

    with the operating application, responding to the received data by generating response data and communicating the response data to the NFC controller of the electronic device via the processor; and

    transmitting the response data from the NFC controller and the antenna of the electronic device to the external NFC reader device'"'"'s antenna.

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