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

• US 9,779,348 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2015
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakatsugawa, Yasumasa, Ota, Toyokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THIEN MINH
• Application Number:
  US14/629,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20150170015A1
• Time in Patent Office: 953 Days
• Field of Search: 235375, 235380, 235492, 235486, 235487
• 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 apparatus connectable with an integrated circuit chip by a wired interface, the integrated circuit chip configured to receive an input and data sent from an external reader/writer device via near field communication and to store the received data, the information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to;

initiate a transmission, via the wired interface to the integrated circuit chip and in response to the received input, of a data transmission request signal, including a pull command, for beginning an ad-hoc mode for continuous communication;

receive, via the wired interface from the integrated circuit chip and in response to the transmitted data transmission request signal, the received data that has been stored in the integrated circuit chip;

initiate a storage of the received data into a non-transitory medium; and

terminate the ad-hoc mode, in response to a data transfer end command sent from the external reader/writer device via near field communication without waiting for any predetermined command.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry synchronizes with the integrated circuit chip after the integrated circuit chip receives the input from the external reader/writer device, and receives the data transmission request signal and the data from the integrated circuit chip in the ad-hoc mode.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit chip is configured to be wirelessly communicable with the external reader/writer device in a noncontact manner.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display whether data is being transmitted from the integrated circuit chip to the external reader/writer device,

wherein the display unit is implemented via at least one processor.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein electromagnetic wave energy is received from the external reader/writer device and the integrated circuit chip uses the received electromagnetic wave energy.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein additional data is transmitted from the external reader/writer device to the integrated circuit chip in the ad-hoc mode, prior to termination of the ad-hoc mode.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to initiate the transmission, via the wired interface to the integrated circuit chip and in response to the received input, of the data transmission request signal, including the pull command, for beginning the ad-hoc mode for continuous communication without waiting for any predetermined command.

8. An information processing method comprising the following operations performed by one or more processors:

receiving, via near field communication, an input and data sent from an external reader/writer device and storing the received data into an integrated circuit chip;

in response to the received input, transmitting to the integrated circuit chip, via a wired interface, a data transmission request signal, including a pull command, for beginning an ad-hoc mode for continuous communication;

in response to the transmitted data transmission request signal, receiving from the integrated circuit chip, via the wired interface, the received data that has been stored in the integrated circuit chip;

storing the received data into a non-transitory medium; and

terminating the ad-hoc mode, in response to a data transfer end command sent from the external reader/writer device via near field communication without waiting for any predetermined command.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein additional data is transmitted from the external reader/writer device to the integrated circuit chip in the ad-hoc mode, prior to termination of the ad-hoc mode.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receiving, via near field communication, an input and data sent from an external reader/writer device and storing the received data into an integrated circuit chip;

in response to the received input, initiate a transmission to the integrated circuit chip, via a wired interface, of a data transmission request signal, including a pull command, for beginning an ad-hoc mode for continuous communication;

terminating the ad-hoc mode, in response to a data transfer end command sent from the external reader/writer device via near field communication without waiting for any predetermined command.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 10, wherein additional data is transmitted from the external reader/writer device to the integrated circuit chip in the ad-hoc mode, prior to termination of the ad-hoc mode.