Management of near field communications using low power modes of an electronic device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAhmer A. Khan, Joakim Linde, Joseph Hakim, Zachary A. Rosen
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing near field communications during a low power management mode of an electronic device are provided that may make credentials of a near field communication (“NFC”) component appropriately secure and appropriately accessible while also limiting the power consumption of the NFC component and of other components of the electronic device.
Claims19
A method of operating an electronic device comprising:
- detecting a low power mode initiation event;
- in response to the detection of the low power mode initiation event, disabling an input component of the electronic device;
- while the input component is disabled, identifying an authentication initiation event with the electronic device, wherein the identifying the authentication initiation event comprises detecting a near field communication terminal with the electronic device;
- and
- in response to the identification of the authentication initiation event, re-enabling the input component of the electronic device.
A method of operating an electronic device comprising:
- detecting a low power mode initiation event;
- in response to the detection of the low power mode initiation event, disabling an input component of the electronic device;
- while the input component is disabled, identifying an authentication initiation event with the electronic device;
- in response to the identification of the authentication initiation event, re-enabling the input component of the electronic device;
- after the re-enabling, receiving authentication information with the re-enabled input component;
- and
- enabling a near field communication component of the electronic device using the received authentication information, wherein:
- the identifying the authentication initiation event comprises receiving a user input with another input component of the electronic device;
- the other input component is a button;
- and
- the input component is a biometric sensor.
An electronic device comprising:
- a near field communication component;
- an input component;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- detect a low power mode initiation event;
- disable the input component in response to the detection of the low power mode initiation event;
- when the input component is disabled, detect a near field communication terminal with the near field communication component;
- and
- in response to the detection of the near field communication terminal with the electronic device, re-enable the input component.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions recorded thereon for:
- detecting a low power mode initiation event on an electronic device;
- and
- in response to the detecting the low power mode initiation event:
- disabling an input component of the electronic device;
- detecting a near field communication terminal with the electronic device while the input component is disabled;
- and
- in response to the detecting the near field communication terminal, re-enabling the input component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.