Abstract: There is disclosed a toy comprising a central unit and at least one peripheral unit which is operatively coupled to said central unit, wherein the central unit is arranged to establish Near Field Communication (NFC) with the peripheral unit, and wherein the central unit is further arranged to control one or more functions of the peripheral unit in dependence on control data received, via NFC, from said peripheral unit. Furthermore, a corresponding method for controlling a toy and a corresponding computer program product are disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed an NFC device comprising an NFC communication unit and a memory unit; the NFC device being arranged to receive, through the NFC communication unit, a device identifier of a computing device and to store said device identifier in the memory unit; the NFC device further being arranged to send, upon or after storing said device identifier, at least one software installation key through the NFC communication unit to the computing device. Furthermore, a corresponding software installation method, software uninstallation method, computer program and article of manufacture are disclosed.

Abstract: A gesture recognition device (100) for recognising gestures made by a user is disclosed. The device comprises a gesture detector for detecting a gesture made be a user and a gesture analysis block, the gesture analysis block comprising a memory configured to store known gestures, and a pattern recognition block configured to associate a gesture detected by the gesture detector with a known gesture stored in the memory. The device (100) further comprises a magnetic field generator for interacting with a wearable tag (200), the magnetic field generator configured to provide a magnetic force (202) on the wearable tag (200) when a particular gesture is recognised by the gesture analysis block.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present disclosure there is provided a game board being arranged to accommodate at least one game piece, said game board comprising at least one NFC device and a plurality of NFC antennas which are operatively coupled to said NFC device, wherein said NFC device is arranged to activate a function of said game piece by establishing NFC with the game piece through one of said antennas. According to a second aspect of the present disclosure a corresponding method for activating at least one game piece on a game board is provided. According to a third aspect of the present disclosure there a corresponding computer program product is provided.

Abstract: There is disclosed a media player comprising a playing unit being arranged to play at least one media element, and a processing unit being arranged to identify at least one data element in said media element, to extract said data element from the media element, and to make said data element available to an external NFC device. Furthermore, there is disclosed a corresponding method for playing media, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding article of manufacture.

Abstract: A gesture recognition device (100) for recognising gestures made by a user is disclosed. The device comprises a gesture detector for detecting a gesture made be a user and a gesture analysis block, the gesture analysis block comprising a memory configured to store known gestures, and a pattern recognition block configured to associate a gesture detected by the gesture detector with a known gesture stored in the memory. The device (100) further comprises a magnetic field generator for interacting with a wearable tag (200), the magnetic field generator configured to provide a magnetic force (202) on the wearable tag (200) when a particular gesture is recognised by the gesture analysis block.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present disclosure there is provided a game board being arranged to accommodate at least one game piece, said game board comprising at least one NFC device and a plurality of NFC antennas which are operatively coupled to said NFC device, wherein said NFC device is arranged to activate a function of said game piece by establishing NFC with the game piece through one of said antennas, According to a second aspect of the present disclosure a corresponding method for activating at least one game piece on a game board is provided. According to a third aspect of the present disclosure there a corresponding computer program product is provided.

Abstract: There is disclosed a toy comprising a central unit and at least one peripheral unit which is operatively coupled to said central unit, wherein the central unit is arranged to establish Near Field Communication (NFC) with the peripheral unit, and wherein the central unit is further arranged to control one or more functions of the peripheral unit in dependence on control data received, via NFC, from said peripheral unit. Furthermore, a corresponding method for controlling a toy and a corresponding computer program product are disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a media player comprising a playing unit being arranged to play at least one media element, and a processing unit being arranged to identify at least one data element in said media element, to extract said data element from the media element, and to make said data element available to an external NFC device. Furthermore, there is disclosed a corresponding method for playing media, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding article of manufacture.

Abstract: There is disclosed an NFC device comprising an NFC communication unit and a memory unit; the NFC device being arranged to receive, through the NFC communication unit, a device identifier of a computing device and to store said device identifier in the memory unit; the NFC device further being arranged to send, upon or after storing said device identifier, at least one software installation key through the NFC communication unit to the computing device. Furthermore, a corresponding software installation method, software uninstallation method, computer program and article of manufacture are disclosed.