Patent ID: 6776339
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G05B,G06K,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A mobile cellular terminal (30) including a cellular telephone functionality for communication via a cellular communication network and having a terminal interface (32), characterized in that the mobile cellular terminal (30) includes a smart card application host (34) and also a smart card router (33), the smart card router (33) responsive to a radiofrequency (RF) communication signal (RF in air) issuing from a contactless smart card reader for (35), for demodulating the RF communication signal and (RF in air) and providing either a demodulated communication traffic signal (Sin) routed to the smart card application host (34) or a demodulated communication traffic signal (Uin) routed to the terminal interface (32), the smart card router (33) determining the routing based on information conveyed by the RF communication signal (RF in air).