Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an assembly of components; a battery that is not part of the assembly of components and is configured for assembly by a user of the apparatus with the assembly of components; and a radio frequency identification tag arranged to have operational characteristics automatically dependent upon whether the battery is assembled with the assembly of components, wherein the apparatus has a first configuration in which the battery is not assembled with the assembly of components and the radio frequency identification tag is fully operational and the apparatus has a second configuration in which the battery is assembled with the assembly of components and the radio frequency identification tag is not fully operational.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, comprising receiving patch data via contactless communication comprising a patch for a patchable firmware and patch identification information; and patching said firmware using said patch.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an assembly of components; a battery that is not part of the assembly of components and is configured for assembly by a user of the apparatus with the assembly of components; and a radio frequency identification tag arranged to have operational characteristics automatically dependent upon whether the battery is assembled with the assembly of components, wherein the apparatus has a first configuration in which the battery is not assembled with the assembly of components and the radio frequency identification tag is fully operational and the apparatus has a second configuration in which the battery is assembled with the assembly of components and the radio frequency identification tag is not fully operational.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for capturing and processing bar code and RFID data by a uniform architecture contained in a mobile device including a combined bar code and RFID reader. The bar code data is captured by a sensor included in the mobile device. The RFID data is received from a module after interrogation by a RFID reader. The signals from the sensor are translated into digitized data having a first data format and a first identifier indicative of the first data format. The reader translates the RFID data into a second data format including a second identifier indicative of the second data format. The digitized data in the first or second data format is parsed to match a record layout of a common data format. The matched digitized data in the first or second data format is re-formatted into the common data format and passed to an application in the mobile device or to an external application in a network.