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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2007
Dave Ta-wu Liao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Steven Donald Edelson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Dave Ta-Wu Liao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Steven Donald Edelson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention presents a chipset for a mobile wallet system in a communication terminal having a SIM socket and a RFID antenna. The chipset includes a wallet module and a controller module. The wallet module has a contactless interface port coupled to the RFID antenna and a wallet memory for storing wallet applications. The controller module, connected to the SIM socket of the communication terminal, has a controller memory stored with SIM function software, mobile wallet application software and software to control the wallet module. The controller module is powered through the SIM socket, and the wallet module is powered through the SIM socket and the RFID antenna.