RETRIEVING/AUTHORIZING CONTENT ON USER EQUIPMENT BASED ON INFORMATION FROM CONNECTABLE ACCESSORY WITH NFC CIRCUIT

摘要

An accessory for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed that includes a housing configured to be connected to the UE and accessory near field communication (NFC) circuit attached to the housing. The accessory NFC circuit includes an antenna, a charging circuit, and a transceiver circuit. The antenna is configured to inductively couple to signals emitted by a UE NFC circuit within the UE. The charging circuit is configured to output power provided by the inductive coupling through the antenna to the signals emitted by the UE NFC circuit. The transceiver circuit is configured to be powered by the charging circuit to transmit information to the UE NFC circuit that will be used by the UE to retrieve content stored on a content server and/or to authorize use of content stored on the UE. Related UEs and methods are disclosed.

主权项

1. An accessory for a user equipment (UE), the accessory comprising:
a housing configured to connect to the UE; and an accessory near field communication (NFC) circuit attached to the housing and comprising:
an antenna configured to inductively couple to signals emitted by a UE NFC circuit within the UE;a charging circuit configured to output power provided by the inductive coupling through the antenna to the signals emitted by the UE NFC circuit;a transceiver circuit configured to be powered by the charging circuit to transmit information to the UE NFC circuit that will be used by the UE to retrieve content stored on a content server and/or to authorize use of content stored on the UE.