Communicating with near field communication device in stopped state

A method, comprising:

• initiating communication between a first device with a first near field communication device and a second device with a second near field communication device, wherein said second near field communication device is in a stopped state, said initiating comprising:
• sending a request from said first device at said second device via a local area network;
• and
• sending other information from said first near field communication device at said second near field communication device;
• and
• ending communication between said first near field communication and said second near field communication device.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-signal computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being executable by a processor and comprising:
• computer readable program code that initiates communication between a first device with a first near field communication device and a second device with a second near field communication device, wherein said second near field communication device is in a stopped state, said initiating comprising:
• sending a request from said first device to said second device via a local area network;
• wherein, responsive to receiving the request, said second device shifts said second near field communication device to an operational state;
• computer readable program code that sends other information from said first near field communication device to said second near field communication device;
• and
• computer readable program code that ends communication between said first near field communication and said second near field communication device.