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Shell for mobile telephone with NFC functionality

US9491273B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 23, 2011
Grant dateNov 8, 2016
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2250/04
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A shell for a mobile telephone able to comprise a subscriber identity card. The mobile telephone has, on the one hand, a front face exhibiting a user interface and, on the other hand, a rear face. The shell has an internal surface and an external surface. This shell has a suitable shape adapted for removably receiving the mobile telephone so that the rear face of the mobile telephone is held along the internal surface of the shell. The internal surface comprises: a first means adapted for holding a near-field communication device and an antenna associated therewith; and a second means adapted for guiding at least a portion of a wire-based interface intended to link the near-field communication device to the subscriber identity card.

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