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Data carrier and data carrier system

US8497763B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 27, 2007
Grant dateJul 30, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/10297
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The data carrier has a communication protocol storage unit storing a communication protocol for communicating with an external communication device, an RF analogue receiver receiving an interrogation signal from the external communication device as an RF signal, a contact communication end terminal unit performing contact communication with the external communication device, a communication command controller controlling a command used in an RF communication protocol performed via said RF analogue receiver or a contact-type serial communication protocol performed via said contact communication end terminal unit, and a connection selector selectively connecting one of said RF analogue receiver and said contact communication end terminal unit with said communication command controller.

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