Two things that are guaranteed to mess with your brain: playing the oboe and reading dense Apple patent applications. You do find the
occasional gem, but often you'll read scores of pages only to discover that the so-called invention has already been
put to use by others. In this instance, Apple has successfully patented the idea of using NFC to establish a master/slave relationship between two smartphones, as a prelude to making a fully-fledged WiFi connection that allows the sharing of contact details or more complicated sequences of actions. Now, this is a smart idea, especially since the patent specifically talks about retail applications (shown above), but is the end result so wildly different to
Android Beam or even
Bump? Even Fujitsu came up with a similar concept for using NFC to trigger
location-relevant workflows. Either there's some significant overlap here, or we've spent too long playing reed instruments.
Apple patents workflow sharing using NFC, because it's never too late originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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