Wireless card reader and method for storing data

• US 9,792,467 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2014
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lu, Haizhao, Rong, Qingan
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Carlos E
• Application Number:
  US14/514,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20150029004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• Field of Search: 340 56, 340 561, 340 564
• 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 19/07741 comprising a first part operating as a regular record carrier and a second attachable part that changes the functional appearance of said record carrier, e.g. a contact-based smart card with an adapter part which, when attached to the contact card makes the contact card function as a non-contact card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0013 by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers connectors in general H01R13/00; connectors for SIM cards used in mobile phones or the like H04B1/3816
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves

Abstract

A wireless card including a wireless power receiving module configured to receive wireless power supply from a first wireless user equipment in a first time period, to obtain first power; a wireless communications module, electrically connected to the wireless power receiving module, and configured to use the first power in the first time period and use ultra-wideband impulse radio to perform wireless communication with the first wireless user equipment; a contact-type power supply module, electrically connected to the wireless power receiving module, and configured to use the first power in the first time period to supply power to an inserted memory card; a first contact-type communications module, electrically connected to the wireless power receiving module, in communication connection with the wireless communications module, and configured to use the first power in the first time period to perform contact-type communication with the memory card.

Claims

1. A wireless card reader comprising:

a wireless power receiver configured to receive wireless power supply from a first wireless user equipment in a first time period to obtain first power;

a wireless communications module electrically connected to the wireless power receiver and configured to use the first power in the first time period and use ultra-wideband impulse radio to perform wireless communication with the first wireless user equipment, so as to transmit a first read or write instruction from the first wireless user equipment and first data that needs to be read or written according to the first read or write instruction;

a contact-type power supply electrically connected to the wireless power receiver and configured to use the first power in the first time period to supply power to an inserted memory card; and

a first contact-type communications module electrically connected to the wireless power receiver, in communication connection with the wireless communications module, and configured to use the first power in the first time period to perform contact-type communication with the memory card, so as to transmit the first read or write instruction and the first data, such that the first wireless user equipment reads the first data from or writes the first data in the memory card.

2. The wireless card reader according to claim 1, further comprising a controller connected to the wireless power receiver and the wireless communications module, wherein the controller is configured to control actions of the wireless power receiver and the wireless communications module.

3. The wireless card reader according to claim 2, wherein when a second read or write instruction from a user equipment except the first wireless user equipment is received before data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction is completed, the controller is configured to perform data transmission according to the second read or write instruction after data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction is completed.

4. The wireless card reader according to claim 2, wherein when a second read or write instruction from a user equipment except the first wireless user equipment is received before data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction is completed, the controller is configured to pause data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction, and continue data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction after data transmission corresponding to the second read or write instruction is completed.

5. The wireless card reader according to claim 2, wherein when a second read or write instruction from a user equipment except the first wireless user equipment is received before data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction is completed, the controller is configured to cancel data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction, and perform data transmission according to the second read or write instruction.

6. The wireless card reader according to claim 2, wherein when a second read or write instruction from a user equipment except the first wireless user equipment is received before data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction is completed, the controller is configured to:

send a first operation indication request to the first wireless user equipment;

receive a first operation indication response sent by the first wireless user equipment; and

perform data transmission according to the first operation indication response.

7. The wireless card reader according to claim 1, wherein the contact-type power supply and the first contact-type communications module can be connected to the memory card using at least one interface, and wherein the at least one interface comprises one or more of:

a secure digital (SD) card interface, a compact flash (CF) card interface, a multimedia card (MMC) interface, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, a 1394 interface, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card interface, a user identity module (UIM) card interface, and a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) card interface.

8. A method for storing data, comprising:

receiving wireless power supply from a first wireless user equipment in a first time period, to obtain first power;

performing wireless communication with the first wireless user equipment using the first power in the first time period and using ultra-wideband impulse radio, so as to transmit a first read or write instruction from the first wireless user equipment and first data that needs to be read or written according to the first read or write instruction;

supplying power to an inserted memory card using the first power in the first time period; and

performing contact-type communication with the memory card using the first power in the first time period, so as to transmit the first read or write instruction and the first data, so that the first wireless user equipment reads the first data from or writes the first data in the memory card.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein when a second read or write instruction from a user equipment except the first wireless user equipment is received before data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction is completed, performing the contact-type communication with the memory card comprises:

performing data transmission according to the second read or write instruction after data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction is completed;

pausing data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction, and continuing data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction after data transmission corresponding to the second read or write instruction is completed;

canceling data transmission corresponding to the first read or write instruction, and performing data transmission according to the second read or write instruction;

or

sending a first operation indication request to the first wireless user equipment, receiving a first operation indication response sent by the first wireless user equipment, and performing data transmission according to the first operation indication response.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving contact-type power supply from a first contact-type user equipment in a second time period, to obtain second power;

performing contact-type communication with the first contact-type user equipment using the second power in the second time period, so as to transmit a third read or write instruction and second data that needs to be read or written according to the third read or write instruction;

supplying power to the memory card using the second power in the second time period; and

performing contact-type communication with the memory card using the second power in the second time period, so as to transmit the third read or write instruction and the second data, so that the first contact-type user equipment reads the second data from or writes the second data in the memory card.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

prohibiting a wireless power receiver from receiving, in the second time period, power supply from a second wireless user equipment when the second power is first detected in the second time period; and

prohibiting a wireless communications module to perform contact-type communication with the second wireless user equipment.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein when a fourth read or write instruction from a user equipment except the first contact-type user equipment is received before data transmission corresponding to the third read or write instruction is completed, performing the contact-type communication with the first contact-type user equipment comprises:

performing data transmission according to the fourth read or write instruction after data transmission corresponding to the third read or write instruction is completed;

pausing data transmission corresponding to the third read or write instruction, and continuing data transmission corresponding to the third read or write instruction after data transmission corresponding to the fourth read or write instruction is completed;

canceling data transmission corresponding to the third read or write instruction, and performing data transmission according to the fourth read or write instruction;

or

sending a second operation indication request to the first contact-type user equipment, receiving a second operation indication response sent by the first contact-type user equipment, and performing data transmission according to the second operation indication response.

13. A method according to claim 8, wherein a wireless power receiver of a wireless card reader is configured to receive the wireless power supply from the first wireless user equipment in the first time period in order to obtain the first power,

wherein a wireless communications module of the wireless card reader is electrically connected to the wireless power receiver and configured to perform wireless communication with the first wireless user equipment using the first power in the first time period and using ultra-wideband impulse radio, so as to transmit the first read or write instruction from the first wireless user equipment and first data that needs to be read or written according to the first read or write instruction,

wherein a contact-type power supply module of the wireless card reader is electrically connected to the wireless power receiving module and configured to supply power to the inserted memory card using the first power in the first time period,

wherein the inserted memory card is inserted into the wireless expansion card, and

wherein a first contact-type communications module of the wireless card reader is electrically connected to the wireless power receiver, in communication connection with the wireless communications module, is configured to perform contact-type communication with the inserted memory card using the first power in the first time period, so as to transmit the first read or write instruction and the first data, so that the first wireless user equipment reads the first data from or writes the first data in the inserted memory card.