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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2014
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei, TW;
Neng-Wen Yeh, New Taipei, TW;
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A near field communication (NFC) extending method and an extension apparatus are provided. The method includes the following steps: controlling a first NFC unit to perform a matching operation with a second NFC unit of a host device through an NFC function to establish a first wireless connection between a second communication unit in the host device and a first communication unit of the extension apparatus based on a wireless communication protocol; determining whether a matching data has been received from an electronic device through the NFC function; if yes, determining whether the first wireless connection is valid; and if yes, transmitting the matching data to the host device through the first wireless connection.