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US 12,743,688 B2Granted
Near-field communication device
AssigneesSTMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, STMicroelectronics (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
InventorsPierre Rizzo, Laurent Tricheur
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Abstract
A first near-field communication device detects the presence of a second near-field communication device located within range. In response to that detection, there is an initiation of a near-field communication between the first and second devices. In case of a failure of the initiation of the near-field communication, instead an initiation of a contactless bank transaction between the first and second devices occurs.
Claims7
A method, comprising:
- a) activating, by a first near-field communication device, a first near-field communication circuit in response to detecting that a second near-field communication device is located within range;
- b) initiating a near-field communication between the first and second near-field communication devices;
- c) verifying, by the first near-field communication device, that the second near-field communication device complies with a certain near-field communication technical specification;
- d) where the second near-field communication device does comply with the certain near-field communication technical specification device, exchanging data frames for a near-field communication between the first and second near-field communication devices;
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- e) where the second near-field communication device does not comply with the certain near-field communication technical specification device:
- e1) initiating, by the first near-field communication device, a contactless bank transaction between the first and second near-field communication devices;
- e2) detecting, by the first near-field communication device, whether the second near-field communication device is a contactless payment device;
- e3) where the second near-field communication device is not a contactless payment device, returning to step b);
- e4) where the second near-field communication device is a contactless payment device, launching, by the first near-field communication device, a contactless bank payment application;
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- e5) executing a bank transaction through the contactless bank payment application.
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