Method of operating an rfid-enabled mobile telephone, mobile telephone, remote unit and application program product
AssigneeIdp Invent AG
InventorMatthias SCHÜTZ
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Abstract
A method is disclosed of operating a RFID-enabled mobile telephone for indicating information of at least one portable object (e.g. key, passport, glasses or medical box). The mobile telephone has an RFID communication unit and the method includes operating the RFID communication unit for receiving an RFID signal from an RFID tag that is attached to the at least one portable object; evaluating the received RFID signal for determining tag information; and presenting the tag information to the user of the mobile telephone for indicating current information of the at least one portable object. This way, up-to-date information of the portable objects is available precisely when needed.
Claims20
A method of operating a mobile telephone for indicating information of at least one portable object, the mobile telephone having an RFID communication unit and the method comprising of:
- operating the RFID communication unit for receiving an RFID signal from an RFID tag that is attached to at least one portable object;
- evaluating the received RFID signal for determining tag information;
- and
- presenting the tag information to a user of the mobile telephone for indicating current information of the at least one portable object.
A mobile telephone for indicating information of at least one portable object, the mobile telephone comprising:
- an RFID communication unit for receiving an RFID signal transmitted from an RFID tag that is attached to at least one portable object;
- and
- an evaluation unit for evaluating the received RFID signal to determine tag information,
- wherein the mobile telephone is configured to present the tag information via a user output interface for indicating current information of the at least one portable object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.