METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATTERY WITH SECURE ELEMENT
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An mobile device, comprising:
- a battery;
a short-range wireless (SRW) communication chip set;
a secure element incorporated into the battery; and
wherein the SRW chip set is configured to sense proximity to a point of sales terminal and, in response, initiate bootup of the mobile device, and power up only the SRW chip set and the secure element.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, mobile device comprises a battery, a short-range wireless communication (SRW) chip set, a secure element incorporated into the battery, and a bootloader, wherein the SRW chip set is configured to sense proximity to a point of sales terminal and, in response, initiate bootup of the mobile device, and wherein the bootloader is configured to determine that bootup was initiated by the SRW chip set and, in response, power up only the SRW chip set and the secure element.
68 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. An mobile device, comprising:
-
a battery; a short-range wireless (SRW) communication chip set; a secure element incorporated into the battery; and wherein the SRW chip set is configured to sense proximity to a point of sales terminal and, in response, initiate bootup of the mobile device, and power up only the SRW chip set and the secure element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A method, comprising:
-
sensing proximity to a point of sales terminal; initiating bootup of a mobile device in response to sensing proximity to the point of sales terminal; and powering up only Trusted Execution Environment (TrEE) elements in the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
-
-
17. A method comprising:
-
monitoring reserve battery power in a mobile device having Trusted Execution Environment (TrEE) elements configured for executing secure transactions; disabling power to the mobile device and only providing power to the TrEE elements when the reserve battery power drops below a minimum threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 20)
-
Specification