Patent ID: 9621252
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04B,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for selecting an application on a first device having an NFC interface and comprising a plurality of installed applications capable of receiving and/or transmitting NFC messages, said method comprising the steps of: detecting a second device having a NFC interface via the NFC interface of the first device; obtaining via the NFC interface a message comprising a message type and a service identification; checking if an application is registered for that message type, and if an application is registered for the message type, establishing the communication between the registered application and the second device via the NFC interface of the first device, and if an application is not registered for the message type, selecting at least one application, from among the plurality of installed applications, matching the message type and the service identification; prompting a user of the first device to accept a communication between the second device and the selected application; if the user accepts the communication, establishing the communication between the selected application and the second device via the NFC interface of the first device; and registering the selected application with the message type.