Antenna shield for proximity-based communication devices
AssigneesBlackBerry Limited, Certicom Corp.
InventorsNevine Maurice Nassif Ebeid, Yevgeny Bondar, Shirook M. Ali
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Abstract
A shielding article is provided, for shielding a device enabled for proximity-based communications, for example, NFC-enabled devices. The shielding article comprises a shielding component configured to prevent operation of an antenna of the device used for conducting proximity-based communications, without preventing operation of at least one other antenna of the device when the shielding component is aligned with the antenna used for conducting proximity-based communications. The shielding article may be separate from, or included in an accessory or carrying article and may be fixed or detachably coupled thereto.
Claims24
A shielding article for shielding a device enabled for proximity-based communications, the shielding article comprising a shielding component configured to prevent operation of an antenna of the device used for conducting proximity-based communications, without preventing operation of at least one other antenna of the device when the shielding component is aligned with the antenna used for conducting proximity-based communications.
An accessory for a device enabled for proximity-based communications, the accessory comprising a shielding article for shielding the device, the shielding article comprising a shielding component configured to prevent operation of an antenna of the device used for conducting proximity-based communications, without preventing operation of at least one other antenna of the device when the shielding component is aligned with the antenna used for conducting proximity-based communications.
A carrying article comprising a shielding article for shielding a device enabled for proximity-based communications, the shielding article comprising a shielding component configured to prevent operation of an antenna of the device used for conducting proximity-based communications, without preventing operation of at least one other antenna of the device when the shielding component is aligned with the antenna used for conducting proximity-based communications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.