Communication terminal i.e. electronic payment terminal, has contactless communication unit, where part of communication unit is placed on keyboard guard that is mounted on terminal, where communication unit is arranged with antenna

• Main Author: SARRADIN JEAN-LOUIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.03.2014
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

The terminal (10) i.e. electronic payment terminal, has a contactless communication unit, where a part of the contactless communication unit is placed on a keyboard guard (101) that is mounted on the terminal. The contactless communication unit is arranged with a contactless antenna that is able to be deactivated when a keyboard guard is an opening position, and the contactless antenna is able to be activated when the keyboard guard is in a closing position. The keyboard guard is able to be folded back in the closing position. An independent claim is also included for a method for operating a communication terminal. L'invention concerne un terminal de communication (10) comprenant des moyens de communication sans contact. Selon l'invention, au moins une partie desdits moyens de communication sans contact est disposée sur un cache clavier (101) monté mobile sur ledit terminal.