Spatially enabled secure communications
AssigneeFreelinc Technologies Inc.
InventorsDouglas Howard Dobyns, Michael Scott Abrams
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Abstract
Spatially Enabled Communication technologies are disclosed. A proximity boundary can be defined by a communication range of one or more SRC devices configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI) using at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity. A data block can be securely communicated by interspersing the data between an short range communication (SRC) device for near field magnetic induction (NFMI) communication within the proximity boundary and a radio frequency (RF) radio for RF communication. Data received on the SRC device and the RF radio can be reassembled to form the data block.
Claims25
1-20. (canceled)
An apparatus of a Short Range Communication (SRC) device, the apparatus configured to:
- define a proximity boundary with dimensions defined by a selected communication range of the SRC device, wherein the SRC device is configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI), wherein the SRC device and a radio frequency (RF) radio are configured to be coupled to a mobile computing device;
- transmit a proximity signal in the proximity boundary, wherein the SRC device includes at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity;
- form a spatially secure NFMI data link with a second SRC device and an RF data link with a second RF radio;
- identify a data block to be transmitted within the proximity boundary;
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- intersperse data in the data block between the RF radio and the SRC device of the mobile computing device for transmission to the second RF radio and the second SRC device, respectively, of a second mobile computing device on the spatially secure NFMI data link and the RF data link.
An apparatus of a Short Range Communication (SRC) device, the apparatus configured to:
- define a proximity boundary with dimensions defined by a selected communication range of the SRC device, wherein the SRC device is configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI), wherein the SRC device and a radio frequency (RF) radio are configured to be coupled to a mobile computing device;
- receive a proximity signal in the proximity boundary, wherein the SRC device includes at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity;
- form a spatially secure NFMI data link with a second SRC device and an RF data link with a second RF radio,
- identify an interspersed data to be received within the proximity boundary on the spatially secure NFMI data link and the RF data link;
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- reassemble the interspersed data that is received on the spatially secure NFMI data link and the RF data link.
At least one machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for performing spatially enabled secure communications, the instructions when executed by a mobile computing device perform the following:
- define a proximity boundary with dimensions defined by a selected communication range of the SRC device, wherein the SRC device is configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI), wherein the SRC device and a radio frequency (RF) radio are configured to be coupled to a mobile computing device;
- transmit a proximity signal in the proximity boundary, wherein the SRC device includes at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity;
- form a spatially secure NFMI data link with a second SRC device and an RF data link with a second RF radio;
- identify a data block to be transmitted within the proximity boundary;
- and
- intersperse data in the data block between the RF radio and the SRC device of the mobile computing device for transmission to the second RF radio and the second SRC device, respectively, of a second mobile computing device on the spatially secure NFMI data link and the RF data link.
At least one machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for performing spatially enabled secure communications, the instructions when executed by a mobile computing device perform the following:
- define a proximity boundary with dimensions defined by a selected communication range of the SRC device, wherein the SRC device is configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI), wherein the SRC device and a radio frequency (RF) radio are configured to be coupled to a mobile computing device;
- receive a proximity signal in the proximity boundary, wherein the SRC device includes at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity;
- form a spatially secure NFMI data link with a second SRC device and an RF data link with a second RF radio,
- identify an interspersed data to be received within the proximity boundary on the spatially secure NFMI data link and the RF data link;
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- reassemble the interspersed data that is received on the spatially secure NFMI data link and the RF data link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.