Devices, systems and methods for identification through a mobile device

摘要

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to a smart cover for a mobile communications device. The smart cover includes a housing plate, a secure element coupled to the housing plate, a transceiver in communication with the secure element, and an antenna coupled to the transceiver. The transceiver and the antenna are coupled to the housing plate as well. The housing plate couples to the mobile communications device. A user having a mobile communications device with a smart cover may enter secure areas, pay funds from an account, or anything else requiring positive identification by holding the mobile communications device up to a smart cover reader. The smart cover reader communicates with the smart cover to identify the user. The user may allow others to use the smart cover by decoupling the smart cover from the user's mobile communications device and coupling it to the other's mobile communications device.

主权项

1. A cover for a mobile device, the cover comprising:
a housing plate; a laminate disposed over the housing plate, the laminate sealing a secure element, a transceiver, and an antenna on the housing plate; a plurality of cutouts corresponding to a plurality of elements of the mobile device, the plurality of cutouts extending through the housing plate and the laminate; the secure element disposed in between the plurality of cutouts and between the housing plate and the laminate, the secure element comprising a processor and a memory storing authentication information; the transceiver coupled to the secure element and disposed in between the plurality of cutouts and between the housing plate and the laminate; and the antenna coupled to the transceiver and disposed between the housing plate and the laminate, the antenna looped around a perimeter of the plurality of cutouts, wherein the secure element communicates the authentication information through the transceiver subsequent to being powered, and wherein the secure element is powered through induction generated in the antenna looped around the perimeter of the plurality of cutouts when the cover is introduced to a magnetic field such that the secure element is powered independently of a power source of the mobile device.