System and associated NFC tag using plurality of NFC tags associated with location or devices to communicate with communications device

摘要

A Near Field Communications (NFC) tag includes a housing and a magnet carried by the housing and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate an NFC circuit within the communications device to communicate using an NFC communications protocol. A data store stores data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet. The data store is configured to be read by the communications device using an NFC communications protocol after the NFC circuit had been activated.

主权项

1. A Near Field Communications (NFC) tag, comprising:
a housing; a processor carried by the housing; an NFC circuit carried by the housing and connected to the processor; a magnet carried by the housing and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate another NFC circuit within the communications device to communicate using an NFC communications protocol; a data store carried by the housing and connected to the processor that stores first data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet and second data regarding configuration options for a controllable device to be controlled by the communications device, wherein the NFC tag is coupled with the controllable device, and wherein the configuration options enable the communications device to initiate operations performed by the controllable device; and a data entry point connected to the data store that receives new data from the communications device, wherein the data entry point comprises a user interface carried by the housing that enables a user to manually provide third data for storage in the data store, wherein the data store is read by the processor after the NFC circuit had been activated and configured to upload the new data from the communications device, wherein the third data is read from the data store, by the another NFC circuit within the communications device using the NFC communications protocol, and wherein the user interface is selected from a scanner and a keypad.