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: It is described a method for protecting unauthorized data access from a memory area of a computing system operable in a first operating mode and in at least one second operating mode, the method comprising: requesting, in the first operating mode, payload data stored in a memory area from a memory controller; retrieving, by the memory controller, the payload data from the memory area; retrieving, by the memory controller, second check data associated with the payload data from the memory area; failing by checking the payload data using the second check data according to a first check mechanism, while a check of the payload data using the second check data according to a second check mechanism passes.

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: It is described a method for protecting unauthorized data access from a memory area (3) of a computing system (1) operable in a first operating mode and in at least one second operating mode, the method comprising: requesting (23), in the first operating mode, payload data stored in a memory area (3) from a memory controller (11); retrieving (25), by the memory controller (11), the payload data from the memory area (3); retrieving (27), by the memory controller (11), second check data associated with the payload data from the memory area (3); failing by checking the payload data using the second check data according to a first check mechanism, while a check of the payload data using the second check data according to a second check mechanism passes.

Abstract: There is described an RF communication device, the device comprising (a) a data memory for storing data, (b) an RF interface (112) for RF communication with an external RF device (130), (c) a host interface (111) for communication with a host device (120), (d) a host access memory unit (214, 215) comprising host interface access control data, the host interface access control data defining host access rules for accessing data in the data memory through the host interface (111), and (e) a host access control unit for, based on the host interface access control data, controlling access to data in the data memory through the host interface (111). There is also described a system and a method.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of transferring data using a tag, said tag comprising an RF interface unit, a host interface unit and a memory, the method comprising: the RF interface unit connects the tag to an RF device; the host interface unit connects the tag to a host device; the tag enters into a pass-through mode; in said pass-through mode, the tag transfers data, either in a first configured transfer direction, from the RF device to the host device, or, in a second configured transfer direction, from the host device to the RF device; in said pass-through mode, the tag buffers said data in the memory. Furthermore, a corresponding computer program product and a corresponding tag are disclosed.

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 method of transferring data using a tag, said tag comprising an RF interface unit, a host interface unit and a memory, the method comprising: the RF interface unit connects the tag to an RF device; the host interface unit connects the tag to a host device; the tag enters into a pass-through mode; in said pass-through mode, the tag transfers data, either in a first configured transfer direction, from the RF device to the host device, or, in a second configured transfer direction, from the host device to the RF device; in said pass-through mode, the tag buffers said data in the memory. Furthermore, a corresponding computer program product and a corresponding tag are disclosed.

Abstract: There is described an RF communication device, the device comprising (a) a data memory for storing data, (b) an RF interface (112) for RF communication with an external RF device (130), (c) a host interface (111) for communication with a host device (120), (d) a host access memory unit (214, 215) comprising host interface access control data, the host interface access control data defining host access rules for accessing data in the data memory through the host interface (111), and (e) a host access control unit for, based on the host interface access control data, controlling access to data in the data memory through the host interface (111). There is also described a system and a method.