Patent ID: 8505826
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06K,H04B,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A portable consumer device comprising: a memory for storing information; a near field transmitting antenna coupled to the memory; a contact region coupled to the near field transmitting antenna, wherein the portable consumer device is capable of transmitting the stored information to an interrogation device using the near field transmitting antenna when a finger is on the contact region, but is not capable of transmitting the stored information to the interrogation device using the near field transmitting antenna when the finger is not on the contact region, wherein the contact region comprises an open portion of a circuit and two spaced apart contact points that are exposed on an outer surface of the portable consumer device, the exposed contact points capable of being bridged by the finger; and a trigger antenna coupled to the two spaced apart contact points of the contact region and capable of enabling activation of the transmitting antenna.