Patent ID: 9455768
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communications device, comprising: a housing; a user interface carried by the housing; radio frequency (RF) circuitry comprising Bluetooth circuitry and a processor carried by the housing and coupled to the user interface and RF circuitry; a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit positioned in the housing and connected to the processor for communicating using an NFC communications protocol; and a magnetic sensor supported by the housing and connected to the processor for sensing a magnetic field from a NFC enabled device and generating a signal to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to switch on the NFC circuit and activate the NFC circuit and transmit or receive Bluetooth configuration data with the NFC enabled device using the NFC communications protocol in response to the signal to establish Bluetooth communications with the NFC enabled device, wherein the NFC circuit is in a lower power state when not switched on, the Bluetooth circuitry being activated after the NFC circuit receives the Bluetooth configuration data and receives into the processor from the NFC enabled device data regarding remote operation of the NFC enabled device using NFC communications, and the processor is operative with the Bluetooth circuitry to control the NFC enabled device using the Bluetooth communications, wherein the control of the NFC enabled device by the processor is based on priority rules that identify a first task of a first application of the communications device that is to be performed prior to a second task of a second application of the NFC enabled device.