Mobile wireless communications device, method and system using magnetic sensor and activated NFC circuit for establishing communications between mobile wireless communications devices

摘要

A mobile wireless communications device (20) comprising a housing, radio frequency, RF, circuitry (102) and a processor (180) carried by the housing and operative with each other, a Near Field Communications, NFC, circuit (132) connected to the processor (180) and a magnetic sensor (26,134) supported by the housing and connected to the processor (180) and configured to sense a magnet (24,135) of another mobile wireless communications device (22) when the magnetic sensor (26) is aligned with the magnet (24) located on the other mobile wireless communications device (22) and generate a signal to the processor (180), wherein the processor (180) is configured to activate, in response to the signal, the NFC circuit (132) to transmit or receive data regarding a function of one of the communications devices (20,22) with the other mobile wireless communications device (22,20) using the NFC communications protocol.