NFC Smart Card Conflict-Free Configuration via Self-Service Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current NFC smart card configuration methods in mobile terminals are inefficient, leading to low interaction efficiency in wireless communication, as there is no effective high-efficiency configuration mode for NFC chips, resulting in restricted interaction efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that determine conflict-free cards within a card set, add the selected card and conflict-free cards to the NFC smart card, and maintain them in an activated state, allowing the electronic device to automatically invoke these cards for NFC interaction, thereby improving interaction efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual card selection and activation is used in NFC smart card configuration, then user control over card selection is maintained, but configuration efficiency and interaction efficiency are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconfiguration efficiencyVSAvoiduser operation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects conflict relationships between cards and configures the NFC smart card without requiring manual user intervention. The electronic device self-services by identifying compatible cards and activating them in the NFC smart card, eliminating the need for users to manually select and configure each card.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-determines conflict relationships between cards in the card set before NFC interaction occurs. By advance identifying which cards have no conflict relationships, the system prepares the configuration in advance, so that during actual NFC interaction, the appropriate cards are already ready and can be automatically invoked without delay.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple cards are added to NFC smart card without conflict detection, then card selection flexibility increases, but card conflict issues arise reducing system reliability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecard selection flexibilityVSAvoidsystem reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of conflict relationships between cards before adding them to the NFC smart card. By identifying and preventing potential conflicts in advance, the system avoids reliability issues during NFC interaction, while still allowing multiple compatible cards to be added for flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

3Productivity

If automated card invocation is implemented, then interaction efficiency improves, but configuration complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteraction efficiencyVSAvoidconfiguration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device automatically invokes cards from the NFC smart card based on the detected conflict relationships, without requiring complex user configuration. The system self-services by managing card selection and activation automatically, improving interaction efficiency while keeping the user interface simple.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3817414B1Method and device for configuring a NFC smart card
Publication Date: 2022.06.15 BEIJING XIAOMI PAYMENT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A method and device for configuring a Near Field Communication (NFC) smart card are provided. The method includes that: a card selected by a user is received, the card being included in a card set corresponding to the user; at least one card which has no conflict with the selected card in the card set is determined; the at least one card and the selected card are added in the NFC smart card, where each card in the NFC smart card is in an activated state.