Patent ID: 8862052

Claim:
A mobile communication device with Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities, being operated by an operating system, wherein the operating system is configured to start software applications which are installed in the mobile communication device and are identifiable by application identifications, and the mobile communication device comprises: a secure memory device which comprises at least a first memory portion configured as a MIFARE memory with a plurality of memory sectors, wherein the plurality of memory sectors are protected against unauthorized access by sector keys; and an NFC chip, being configured to trigger a hardware interruption (INT) when the first memory portion has been accessed by an external RFID reader, wherein the hardware interruption is detected by the operating system and causes the operating system to access a pre-defined sector of the first memory portion of the secure memory device and to read information from the pre-defined sector which has been previously written by the external RFID reader, wherein the information is representative for an application identification, to retrieve and to start a software application associated to the application identification.