# US 2014/0191041 A1 · Mobile devices with rfid capabilities and corresponding memory write methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191041 A1 - Document ID: US20140191041A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/759,455 - Filed: 2013-02-05 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Assignees: Motorola Mobility LLC - Applicants: Motorola Mobility LLC - Inventors: Hong Zhao; Naveen Aerrabotu; Douglas A. Lautner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191041A1 ## CPC - G06K 19/0723: {the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs} - G06F 9/4401: Bootstrapping (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - G06F 11/0742: {in a data processing system embedded in a mobile device, e.g. mobile phones, handheld devices} - G06F 11/3065: {Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in reporting the monitored data (error or fault reporting or logging G06F11/0766)} - G06F 11/3476: {Data logging (G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence)} - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04M 2250/04: including near field communication means, e.g. RFID - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An electronic device (100) includes a control circuit (108) that is operable with a memory or storage device (120). The electronic device includes an RFID tag (113) having a second memory (118). The RFID tag can be read from, or written to, by a RFID communication device (114) when the electronic device is OFF. Device personalization can be achieved when the control circuit accesses the second memory to retrieve the device configuration data during a boot sequence and configures the electronic device in accordance with the device configuration data retrieved from the second memory during the boot sequence. Device information can be made available when the electronic device is OFF by writing the device information to the second memory. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a first memory; a control circuit to execute a operating instructions for the electronic device retrieved from the first memory; an RFID tag embedded in the electronic device and comprising a second memory to store data readable from an RFID communication interface when the electronic device is OFF; and a communication bus coupling the control circuit and the second memory, the control circuit to write device information to the second memory in response to a trigger. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the trigger comprising a detected operating malfunction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising one or more device sensors operable with the control circuit, the trigger comprising the one or more device sensors detecting a condition exceeding a predefined device sensor threshold. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the one or more device sensors comprise a temperature sensor, a moisture sensor, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a pressure sensor, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the operating instructions to cause the control circuit to write the device information to the second memory in response to an interrupt. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the interrupt comprises a device sensor output responsive to a device condition. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the interrupt comprises user input. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the interrupt comprises an interrupt signal received from the communication bus in response to a query received from the RFID communication interface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the device information comprises one or more of comprises one of a user name, a user wallpaper preference, a user ringtone preference, a user home screen arrangement preference, a device name, a device model number, a device manufacturing date, a software version number, a hardware version number, a device serial number, a device purchase date, a device purchase place, a warranty expiration date, a hardware failure code, a hardware time of failure, a software crash code, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the control circuit to assign an access the device information prior to writing the device information to the second memory. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the second memory being partitioned into sections requiring different credentials for access thereto, the control circuit to select one of the sections prior to writing the device information to the second memory. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the device information comprises emergency information associated with a device user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the device information comprises barcode information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the device information comprises service information. ### Claim 15 A method of making device information available from an electronic device when the electronic device is OFF, comprising: detecting the device information with a control circuit operable with a first memory; and writing the device information to a second memory of an RFID tag embedded within the electronic device and operable with an RFID communication interface, the second memory readable through the RFID communication interface when the electronic device is OFF. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, the detecting comprising detecting an occurrence of a predefined operating condition. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, the device information being detected from user input. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising reading the device information with an RFID communication device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, the reading occurring while the electronic device is disposed within packaging. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising writing the device information to a second electronic device with the RFID communication device.