Method and apparatus for using near field communication (NFC) to perform transactions on a mobile device

摘要

Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide method for initializing an extension device that acts as an extension of a communication device for communicating with a near field communication (NFC) device, wherein the NFC device operates in accordance with NFC standards, the method comprising discovering, by the communication device, the extension device over a first wireless communication link, wherein the first wireless communication link is a Bluetooth communication link; receiving, by the communication device, a default password associated with the extension device; and in response to receiving the default password associated with the extension device, configuring, by the communication device, the extension device such that the extension device communicates (i) with the communication device over the first wireless communication link and (ii) with the NFC device over a second wireless communication link. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; a first antenna; a second antenna; a near field communication (NFC) module coupled to the first antenna; and a Bluetooth module coupled to the second antenna, wherein the apparatus is configured to be discovered by a communication device over a Bluetooth wireless communication link, wherein subsequent to the apparatus being discovered by the communication device and in response to a user of the apparatus entering a default password in the communication device, the apparatus is configured by the communication device such that (i) the NFC module communicates with a NFC device via the first antenna over a NFC wireless communication link, and (ii) the Bluetooth module communicates with the communication device via the second antenna over the Bluetooth wireless communication link, wherein the apparatus maintains a list of authorized users of the apparatus, wherein the list of authorized users of the apparatus includes the user, wherein in response to the communication device receiving a command to remove the user from the list of authorized users of the apparatus, the communication device is configured to (i) prompt to enter a password in the communication device, (ii) receive a password in the communication device, and (iii) in response to the received password matching a stored password, transmit a request to the apparatus to remove the user from the list of authorized users of the apparatus, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive the request from the communication device to remove the user from the list of authorized users of the apparatus, and wherein in response to the apparatus receiving the request from the communication device to remove the user from the list of authorized users of the apparatus, the apparatus is configured to (i) remove a first finger print of the user from a memory of the apparatus, and (ii) delete the user from the list of authorized users of the apparatus.