US 10,318,950 B2Granted

Mobile communications device providing near field communication (NFC) security features and related methods

AssigneeBlackBerry Limited

InventorsNeil Patrick Adams, Ravi Singh, Vincenzo Kazimierz Marcovecchio

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Abstract

A mobile communications device includes a near field communication (NFC) device, a movement determining device, and a processor coupled with the NFC device and the movement determining device. The processor performs operations for selectively switching between a first operating mode, in which the NFC device is enabled for NFC communication, and a second operating mode. When switched to the unsecure operating mode, the processor performs operations for enabling the NFC device for NFC communication until the mobile communications device moves beyond a threshold distance based upon the movement determining device.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A mobile communications device comprising:

a memory that stores instructions;
a first near field communication (NFC) device;
a movement determining device;
and
a processor coupled with the memory, the first NFC device, and the movement determining device, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising:
initiating a first operating mode, wherein, during the first operating mode, the first NFC device is unconditionally enabled for NFC communication;
presenting a display menu for selecting a trigger event for disabling NFC communication in a second operating mode;
receiving a user selection of the triggering event via the display menu;
receiving a request to switch from the first operating mode to the second operating mode;
switching to the second operating mode responsive to the receiving of the request to switch, wherein the first NFC device is conditionally enabled for NFC communication during the second operating mode;
sensing, via the first NFC device, a second NFC device in near proximity during the second operating mode;
and
responsive to the sensing of the second NFC device in near proximity during the second operating mode:
detecting the triggering event according to the movement determining device;
if the triggering event is not detected, transmitting a first NFC message to the second NFC device via the first NFC device to facilitate a first transaction;
and
if the triggering event is detected, disabling further NFC communication during the second operating mode.

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A communications system comprising:

a first near field communication (NFC) device;
and
a mobile communications device comprising:
a memory that stores instructions;
a second NFC device;
and
a processor coupled with the memory and the second NFC device, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising:
presenting a display menu at the second NFC device for selecting a trigger event for disabling NFC communication in a second operating mode;
receiving a user selection of the triggering event via the display menu;
receiving a request to switch the second NFC device from a first operating mode, wherein the second NFC device is unconditionally enabled for NFC communication with the first NFC device in the first operating mode, to a second operating mode, wherein the second NFC device is conditionally enabled for NFC communication with the first NFC device in the second operating mode;
switching the second NFC device to the second operating mode responsive to the receiving of the request to switch operating modes;
sensing, via the second NFC device, the first NFC device in near proximity during the second operating mode;
and
responsive to the sensing of the first NFC device in near proximity during the second operating mode:
detecting the triggering event according to a movement determining device;
if the triggering event is not detected, transmitting an NFC message to the first NFC device via the second NFC device to facilitate a transaction;
and
if the triggering event is detected, disabling further NFC communication during the second operating mode.

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A method, comprising:

presenting, by a processing system comprising a processor, a display menu for selecting a trigger event for disabling near field communication (NFC) in a second operating mode;
receiving, by the processing system, a user selection of the triggering event via the display menu;
detecting, by the processing system, a request to switch from a first operating mode, wherein a first NFC device is unconditionally enabled for NFC communication in the first operating mode, to the second operating mode, wherein the first NFC device is conditionally enabled for NFC communication in the second operating mode;
switching, by the processing system, to the second operating mode responsive to the detecting of the request to switch operating modest;
sensing, by the processing system, via the first NFC device, a second NFC device in near proximity during the second operating mode;
and
responsive to the sensing of the second NFC device in near proximity during the second operating mode:
detecting, by the processing system, the triggering event according to a movement determining device;
if the triggering event is not detected, transmitting, by the processing system, an NFC message to the second NFC device via the first NFC device to facilitate a transaction;
and
if the triggering event is detected, disabling, by the processing system, further NFC communication during the second operating mode.

8 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for a mobile communications device comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving a user selection of a triggering event for disabling near field communication (NFC) in a second operating mode via a display menu;
detecting a request to switch from a first operating mode, wherein a first NFC device is unconditionally enabled for NFC communication, to the second operating mode, wherein the first NFC device is conditionally enabled for NFC communication;
switching to the second operating mode responsive to the detecting of the request to switch operating modes;
sensing, via the first NFC device, a second NFC device in near proximity during the second operating mode;
and
responsive to the sensing of the second NFC device in near proximity during the second operating mode:
detecting the triggering event according to a movement determining device;
if the triggering event is not detected, transmitting an NFC message to the second NFC device via the first NFC device to facilitate a transaction;
and
if the triggering event is detected, disabling further NFC communication during the second operating mode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/339,863Filed 29 Dec 2011
Published: US 2013/0173455 A14 Jul 2013
Granted: 11 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06Q 20/3278
Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices: rFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
G06Q 40/00
Finance
H04B 5/20
Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems: characterised by the transmission technique; characterised by…
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…

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