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US 8,136,731 B2Granted
Controlling connectivity of a wireless smart card reader
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsMichael K. Brown, Herbert Anthony Little, Neil P. Adams
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Abstract
A system includes a wireless-enabled smart card reader able to be connected concurrently to at least two devices and a mobile device able to be connected wirelessly to the smart card reader and to control connections of the smart card reader.
Claims10
A mobile device comprising:
- a wireless communication interface through which the mobile device is able to establish a direct wireless connection with a wireless-enabled smart card reader in order for the mobile device to be able to access a smart card that is coupled to the wireless-enabled smart card reader;
- a processor coupled to the wireless communication interface;
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- a memory to store executable code which, when executed by the processor while the direct wireless connection exists, controls establishment of direct connections of the wireless-enabled smart card reader to other devices while the direct wireless connection exists.
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A system comprising:
- a wireless-enabled smart card reader able to be coupled to a smart card;
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- a mobile device able to establish a direct wireless connection with the wireless-enabled smart card reader in order for the mobile device to be able to access the smart card,
- wherein the wireless-enabled smart card reader is able to be directly connected contemporaneously to the mobile device and to one or more other devices,
- wherein the mobile device is able, while the direct wireless connection exists, to control establishment of direct connections of the wireless-enabled smart card reader to other devices while the direct wireless connection exists,
- wherein the mobile device is able to receive input of an authorization password and is able to securely transmit the authorization password to the wireless-enabled smart card reader via the direct wireless connection, and
- wherein the wireless-enabled smart card reader is to require the authorization password from one of the other devices in order to successfully establish a direct connection between the one of the other devices and the wireless-enabled smart card reader.
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A method comprising:
- establishing, by a mobile device, a direct wireless connection to a wireless-enabled smart card reader in order for the mobile device to be able to access a smart card that is coupled to the wireless-enabled smart card reader;
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- while the direct wireless connection exists, controlling, by the mobile device, establishment of direct connections of the wireless-enabled smart card reader to other devices while the direct wireless connection exists,
- wherein controlling establishment of the direct connections comprises:
- enabling the mobile device to receive input of an authorization password;
- securely transmitting the authorization password from the mobile device to the wireless-enabled smart card reader over the direct wireless connection;
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- requiring the wireless-enabled smart card reader to receive the authorization password from one of the other devices in order to successfully establish a direct connection between the one of the other devices and the wireless-enabled smart card reader.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.