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NFC-enabled apparatus and method of operation thereof

  • US 10,642,565 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2019
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An NFC-enabled apparatus comprising:

  • a display;

    a camera;

    at least one memory configured to store a plurality of selectable pieces of information; and

    a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller,wherein the NFC-enabled apparatus is configured;

    to capture an image using the camera,to process the camera-captured image to obtain data relating to the camera-captured image,to send, to at least one server, the data relating to the camera-captured image, andto receive, from the at least one server, a datum corresponding to the data relating to the camera-captured image,wherein the display is configured to display two or more of the selectable pieces thereon,wherein the NFC-enabled apparatus is further configured to receive a user selection of one of the selectable pieces while being displayed on the display,wherein the at least one memory further configured to store a default setting for selecting a predetermined one of the selectable pieces without involving a user selection of one of the selectable pieces,wherein in response to selection of one of the selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled apparatus is configured to display on the display an image corresponding to the selected one of the selectable pieces and further configured to make a tag datum corresponding to the selected one of the selectable pieces available at the NFC module for NFC communication,wherein, upon detecting an NFC tagging made between the NFC-enabled apparatus and a first external NFC-enabled terminal, and without a user selection of one of the selectable pieces, the NFC-enabled apparatus is configured;

    to cause the predetermined one of the selectable pieces to be selected in accordance with the default setting, andto make a first tag datum corresponding to the predetermined one of the selectable pieces available at the NFC module such that the first tag datum is transmitted from the NFC-enabled apparatus to the first external NFC-enabled terminal via an NFC communication channel established in response to the NFC tagging between the NFC-enabled apparatus and the first external NFC-enabled terminal.

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