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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Klaus Finkenzeller, Unterfohring, DE;
Rainer Schmidtke, Unterhaching, DE;
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for communicating with a portable data carrier comprises a first communication interface, based on wireless data transfer technology, for receiving and/or transmitting data via a first communication channel, and a second communication interface, based on different contactless data transfer technology, for receiving and/or transmitting data via a second communication channel. A first software interface to the first communication interface via which an application program stored in the apparatus can communicate with the first communication interface. The apparatus has a second software interface via which the application program can communicate with the second communication interface, with the communication from the first software interface to the first communication interface, and vice versa, being passed via the second software interface.