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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Sebastiaan Hoeksel, Maastricht, NL;
Nicholas Bone, Berkshire, GB;
Anita Döhler, Mettmann, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vodafone Holding GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/3226 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3229 (2013.01); G06Q 20/32 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject innovation relates to a device for contactless short range communication. An exemplary device comprises a contactless communication module enabled for contactless short range communication with an external target. A processor of the device is configured to execute at least one contactless application. The exemplary device includes a smart card external to the processor and connected to the contactless communication module. The smart card provides an interface used by the contactless application to access functions of the contactless communication module via the smart card.