Patent ID: 9021164
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,H01L,H02S,H04B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An information handling system comprising: a housing; a processor disposed in the housing and operable to process information; memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor to store information; a wireless device disposed in the housing operable to communicate wirelessly with a peripheral using configuration information; an NFC device disposed in the housing and having memory, the memory storing configuration information, the NFC device operable to obtain peripheral configuration information from the peripheral and provide the peripheral configuration information to the wireless device to support wireless communication with the peripheral; and a mimic device separate from the housing and the peripheral, the mimic device operable to read the peripheral configuration information from the peripheral with a first NFC antenna, to communicate the peripheral information through a cable coupled with the first NFC antenna and coupled with a second NFC antenna, and to communicate with the NFC device by mimicking the peripheral using communications from the second NFC antenna to the NFC device.