Methods and systems for controlling NFC-capable mobile communications devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9020428-B2
Application number	US-201313939734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2013
Priority date	Jul 11, 2013
Publication date	Apr 28, 2015
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015

Abstract

NFC-capable systems and devices, and related methods, for controlling operation of an NFC-capable mobile device are disclosed. Through NFC communication, the NFC-capable mobile device detects a load associated with a surface proximate the NFC-capable mobile device. Based at least partly on a determined sustained intensity of the load, the NFC-capable mobile device triggers operation of a camera of the NFC-capable mobile device to capture an image of the surface proximate the NFC-capable mobile device. Based at least partly on a determined correspondence of the captured image with stored image data, the NFC-capable mobile device executes a device control command, such as to control some aspect of the NFC-capable mobile device based on the detected surface, which may be part of a holster for holstering the NFC-capable mobile device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by at least one processor of a NFC-capable mobile device, the NFC-capable mobile device comprising a camera and at least one NFC subsystem, the method comprising:
upon insertion of the NFC-capable mobile device into a holster, detecting a load upon the at least one NFC subsystem of the NFC-capable mobile device, the load being associated with a surface proximate the NFC-capable mobile device;
based at least partly on a determination of s…

Assignees

• Blackberry Ltd

Inventors

• Meunier Marc Élis
• Moosavi Vahid
• Orr Kevin Howard

Classifications

• H04N23/80

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72454 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06V10/56

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06V10/17

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N5/23229

  Electricity · mapped topic