METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LABEL IDENTIFICATION Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G06K7/00 

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: in the method, the label format is determined by the host device on the NFC terminal, which allows the label to be processed quickly, while the NFC controller (contactless communication in the near zone) reads the label type; the NFC controller determines, whether the label format is an NFC data exchange format (NDEF), according to the label type; and the NFC controller sends a notification message to the host device, when the NFC controller determines that the label format is a NDEF, where the notification message includes information that the label format is a NDEF.

EFFECT: increasing the speed of the label identification.

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