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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Ravi Singh, Mississauga, CA;
Dinah Davis, Waterloo, CA;
Neil Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for facilitating communications between a computer device and a smart card reader having an associated smart card. The computer device includes a smart card resource manager and a smart card reader service, the smart card reader service acting as a relay for commands between the smart card resource manager and the smart card reader. The reader sends multiple commands based on the state of the smart card prior to receiving the commands.