Method and system for managing data in a near field communication network

A method for managing data between a first electronic device and a second electronic device in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network, the method performed at the first electronic device and comprising the steps of:nreceiving a request at the first electronic device from the second electronic device to send context data when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are in close proximity to one another, wherein the context data changes based on an environment of a user of the first electronic device by updating, by the first electronic device, the context data with information of sensors received from an aggregator which aggregates the information from the sensors;representing the context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context RTD is used to define context data in the NFC network;exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device; andencapsulating the context data with control parameters in the context RTD prior to exchanging the context data with the second electronic device.

A system for managing data between a plurality of electronic devices in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network comprising:na first electronic device for receiving a request from a second electronic device to send context data when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are in close proximity to one another, wherein the context data changes based on an environment of a user of the first electronic device by updating, by the first electronic device, the context data with information of sensors received from an aggregator which aggregates the information from the sensors, for representing the context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context RTD is used to define context data in the NFC network, for exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device, and for encapsulating the context data with control parameters in the context RTD prior to exchanging the context data with the second electronic device; andthe second electronic device for sending the request to send the context data, to the first electronic device.

A first electronic device in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network comprising:na processor for representing context data in accordance with a context Record Type Definition (RTD), wherein the context data changes based on an environment of a user of the first electronic device by updating, by the first electronic device, the context data with information of sensors received from an aggregator which aggregates the information from the sensors, wherein the context RTD is a record type definition used for defining a context data in the NFC network and for encapsulating the context data with control parameters in the context RTD prior to exchanging the context data with the second electronic device; anda transceiver for receiving a request from the second electronic device to send the context data when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are in close proximity to one another, and exchanging the context data that is represented in accordance with the context RTD with the second electronic device.