Patent ID: 9524407
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06K,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of emulating a near-field-communication (NFC) chip over a network, the method comprising: (a) identifying over a wireless link, by a device intermediary to a reader device and a near-field-communication (NFC) server, a NFC chip of the reader device, the NFC chip configured with an identification code to uniquely identify the reader device; (b) sending, by the device, a signal over a network to the NFC server, the signal comprising the identification code; (c) establishing a secure communication link between the NFC server and the NFC chip through the device responsive to authenticating the device by the NFC server; (d) receiving, by the device via the secure communication link, data from the NFC server to provide to the NFC chip; and (e) providing, by the device via the secure communication link, the data to the NFC chip.