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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Ming-li Liu, Foster City, CA (US);
Pradeep Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
William S. Johnson, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ming-Li Liu, Foster City, CA (US);
Pradeep Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
William S. Johnson, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vivotech, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products for supporting multiple applications and multiple instances of the same application on a wireless smart device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a system for supporting multiple instances of the same application. The system includes a wireless smart device for communicating with a wireless reader. The wireless smart device includes multiple instances of the same application for performing wireless transactions with an external device. The wireless smart device also includes an application manager for identifying one of the instances as active, for detecting a request from a wireless reader for performing a wireless transaction, and for communicating the request to the active instance.