A newly discovered Microsoft patent hints at the long-rumored Surface Phone, or at least a next-generation Surface device.
According to Let’s Go Digital, Microsoft filed a patent for an upgraded standard of Near-Field Communication (NFC), which makes it difficult for eavesdroppers to tap into exchanges between two devices. This type of radio communication works only between devices that are in very close proximity, just like Bluetooth and WiFi.
What the tech giant applied for, however, is much stricter. The Secure Near-Field Communication (SNFC) encodes all transmitted data with a hidden key, which could only be decoded by the intended recipient’s device. This hidden key is usually a random set of codes, used once and then discarded, so that a third party will not have a chance to use it later on.
The report said the patent was filed back in January 2017 and published on Jan. 30, 2018.
There is, if course, no confirmation that this would be a part of the highly rumored Surface Phone, or if that device would materialize at all.
According to Digital Trends though, Microsoft also recently filed another patent that has been the topic of many Surface Phone rumors in the past — a live hinge.
The hinge works three ways. It allows one of the screens to be…
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