Patent ID: 9306632
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing data between an application operating on an electronic device and an external Near Field Communication (NFC) reader device having an antenna, the method comprising: generating a NFC interrogation signal with the external NFC reader device; detecting the NFC interrogation signal having data with the electronic device, having an NFC interface including an NFC controller and antenna, when the electronic device's antenna is within a predetermined range of the external NFC reader device's antenna; routing the interrogation signal data received by the NFC interface of the electronic device to a processor in the electronic device; communicating the received data to the application operating on the electronic device; with the operating application, responding to the received data by generating response data and communicating the response data to the NFC controller of the electronic device via the processor; and transmitting the response data from the NFC controller and the antenna of the electronic device to the external NFC reader device's antenna.