Patent ID: 8965281
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile device comprising: a user interface comprising an output device and an input device; a short-range wireless RF communication module for wireless communication with an external communication device when said mobile device is brought in proximity of said external communication device; a secure chip; and a processor controlling the operation of said mobile device including the activation and deactivation of said secure chip; said processor being configured to activate or deactivate said secure chip in accordance with a plurality of activation levels, wherein said activation levels comprise at least one activation level in which the processor prompts a user to confirm activation of said secure chip, wherein a confirmation input by the user via said input device is a non-password confirmation, and wherein the processor activates the secure chip in said activation level upon the confirmation input by the user via said input device.