Mobile device, transaction system including the mobile device, and method of signal transmission in a mobile device
OwnerIrene Tsai, Yi-Fen Chouinventors
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Abstract
A mobile device includes a baseband module, an electronic card slot and a control module. A control unit of the control module is configured to control a switching unit to operate in a first transmission mode, such that the baseband module is able to communicate with an electronic card that is connected to the electronic card slot, based on a baseband signal received from the baseband module. The control unit is further configured to control the switching unit to operate in a second transmission mode, such that the control unit that executes an executable program is able to communicate with the electronic card that is connected to the electronic card slot.
Claims22
A mobile device, comprising:
- a first baseband module;
- an electronic card slot to be connected to an electronic card;
- and
- a control module including
- a first input/output (I/O) port coupled to said first baseband module,
- a second I/O port coupled to said electronic card slot,
- a switching unit connected electrically to said first and second I/O ports,
- a control unit coupled to said switching unit, and
- a storage unit coupled to said control unit and having at least one executable program stored therein,
- wherein said control unit is configured to control said switching unit to operate in a first transmission mode, in which said first I/O port and said second I/O port are electrically interconnected such that said first baseband module is able to communicate with the electronic card that is connected to said electronic card slot, based on a baseband signal received from said first baseband module via said first I/O port and said switching unit,
- wherein said control unit is further configured to control said switching unit to operate in a second transmission mode, in which said second I/O port and said control unit are electrically interconnected such that said control unit that executes said at least one executable program stored in said storage unit is able to communicate with the electronic card that is connected to said electronic card slot.
A transaction system comprising:
- a network platform including a security application management system that includes a plurality of programs, and a communication interface;
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- a mobile device including
- a baseband module configured to communicate with said network platform via said communication interface,
- an electronic card slot to be connected to an electronic card, and
- a control module including
- a first input/output (I/O) port coupled to said baseband module,
- a second I/O port coupled to said electronic card slot,
- a switching unit connected electrically to said first and second I/O ports,
- a control unit coupled to said switching unit, and
- a storage unit coupled to said control unit;
- wherein said control unit is configured:
- to download at least one of the programs from said security application management system;
- to store said at least one of the programs in said storage unit;
- to control said switching unit to operate in a first transmission mode, in which said first I/O port and said second I/O port are electrically interconnected such that said baseband module is able to communicate with the electronic card that is connected to said electronic card slot, based on a baseband signal received from said baseband module via said first I/O port and said switching unit;
- and to control said switching unit to operate in a second transmission mode, in which said second I/O port and said control unit are electrically interconnected such that said control unit that executes said at least one of the programs in said storage unit is able to communicate with the electronic card that is connected to said electronic card slot.
A method of signal transmission to be implemented by a control module of a mobile device, the control module including a first input/output (I/O) port to be coupled to an input module, a second I/O port to be coupled to an electronic card slot, a switching unit connected electrically to the first and second I/O ports, and a control unit coupled to the switching unit, said method comprising the following steps of:
- configuring the control unit to control the switching unit to operate in a first transmission mode, in which the first I/O port and the second I/O port are electrically interconnected, when a flag of an input signal received from the input module using the first I/O port conforms with a corresponding flag in the control unit;
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- configuring the control unit to open a specific channel and to temporarily stop transmission within other channels when a multi-channel management instruction indicating the specific channel is received from the input module via the first I/O port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.