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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Schiphol, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V., Schiphol, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04B 5/0025 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a method can be performed by a first active near-field communication (NFC) device. The method includes assuming a field detection mode, generating an advertisement pulse, and checking whether a predefined condition is fulfilled. If the checking determines that the predefined condition is fulfilled, the method includes assuming an active mode and communicating with an adjacent active NFC device, and, if the checking does not determine that the predefined condition is fulfilled, the method includes staying in the field detection mode and generating another advertisement pulse.