JP2005099909A - Information processor incorporating information storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the identification and selection of a card function to be used, in a portable terminal that holds an IC card having a plurality of card functions and, in the state, uses the card functions. <P>SOLUTION: The portable terminal 60, which holds the IC card having a plurality of card functions and storing face data for displaying images of respective card faces, has face data reading means for reading out the face data from the IC card, displaying means for displaying a face image 22 with the face data read out, and controlling means for controlling the face data reading and the face image display. When the IC card executes processing by a selected card function over an external reader/writer 30, the displaying means display the face image 22 corresponding to the card function at least at the processing start. A user can intuitively identify each card function of the IC card to select a correct card function to be used. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus such as a mobile phone or a PDA that holds an information storage device such as an IC card having a plurality of card functions and uses the card function of the information storage device in that state, and makes it easy to select the card function It is to make.

Modern society is said to be a card society, and various magnetic cards and IC cards such as credit cards, cash cards, point cards, commuter passes, and IC telephone cards are widely used. Not a few.
The card face of these cards has a design unique to the card, and important data such as the name of the card holder and the expiration date of the card are described. Therefore, the type of card can be determined by simply looking at the card surface, and the cardholder's rights can be confirmed from the information displayed on the card surface. Also, on the back side of the card, notes on using the card, a self-signed signature for verifying the identity of a credit card, bar code information indicating a member identification number, etc. are written on a point card.

  Information on the magnetic card is read by a magnetic reader, and information on the IC card is read by a reader / writer. There are IC cards that perform information exchange with a reader / writer by non-contact communication and IC cards that perform contact communication. The following Patent Document 1 discloses an IC card capable of both contact communication and non-contact communication. Is mounted on a portable communication device, and a configuration is described in which recorded information is read and written by non-contact communication between the IC card and an external device, and is also performed by contact communication between the IC card and the portable communication device. ing.

  In recent years, a multi-function card (multi-application IC card) has been developed in which a plurality of card functions are mounted on a single IC card and can be used for, for example, a cash card or a commuter pass. With this multi-application IC card, the user does not have to carry many cards.

In addition, as a technology related to the present invention, the following Non-Patent Document 1 describes “a remote controller that can be operated by a personal computer by only“ shaking ”.” This remote controller has a built-in gyroscope and shakes upward. As a result, it is possible to increase the volume of a personal computer having a TV or DVD player function or to zoom up the screen.
JP 2002-345037 A {HYPERLINK "http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/technology/story/20030623302.html", http: //www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/technology/story/20030623302. html} "Remote control that can be operated with a computer only by shaking"

  However, if a regular card is spread on the hand or in the wallet, the available services can be seen at a glance from the face of those cards. Since there is only one ticket and only one ticket, there is an inconvenience that it is difficult to understand what service functions are stored inside and what services are available just by looking at the ticket. .

  When browsing a service stored in a multi-application IC card, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, a method of displaying a card service menu on a reader / writer screen is conceivable. In addition, complicated operations such as an operation of reading information on the multi-application IC card using a reader / writer and a necessary operation on the menu screen of the reader / writer are required.

  A method of displaying all available services by printing characters and symbols on the ticket surface of the multi-application IC card is also conceivable, but in this case, characters and symbols representing many services are displayed in a narrow area. It becomes difficult for the user to see. In addition, service providers who are particular about their mark and card design tend to dislike that the mark and design are displayed on the multi-application IC card in a form different from that of the individual card. , That is, the adoption of a multi-application IC card and the installation of applications are also a cause. Also, the printing method on the ticket surface cannot flexibly cope with the addition or change of services to the multi-application IC card. Further, even if the service name or the like is displayed on the ticket face, a complicated operation when selecting a service to be executed is unavoidable.

  The present invention solves such conventional problems, and is an information processing apparatus that uses an information storage device having a plurality of card functions and uses the card functions, and the card functions to be used are An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus that can be easily identified and easily selected.

In the present invention, a plurality of pieces of card information (card application, card magnetic information, etc.) for performing processing relating to an arbitrary card and card surface data for displaying an image of a card surface of the card corresponding to the card information are held. An information processing device equipped with an information storage device has a ticket surface data reading means for reading the ticket surface data from the information storage device, a display means for displaying the image of the ticket surface using the read ticket surface data, and a ticket surface data reading means and a display. Control means for controlling the means and processing related to the card information is provided.
This information processing apparatus reads the ticket surface data from the information storage device mounted or embedded, and sequentially displays images on the card surface representing each of the card functions built in the information storage device on the display means. The user can identify the card function to be used from the ticket image.

  In addition, the information storage device that "installs" the information storage device can be connected to the information storage device in various connection forms, such as a fixed connection type terminal embedded with an IC chip and a removable connection type terminal having a card slot. Terminal to be included.

In the information processing apparatus of the present invention, when the information storage device performs processing related to the card information selected by communication with an external device, the display means displays the card face corresponding to the card information at the start of the processing. Display an image.
The processing with the selected card is started by holding the information processing device on which the card face image of the card information to be used is held over a POS terminal or the like.

In addition, the information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a lock application designating unit that designates all card information other than the card information corresponding to the ticket surface displayed on the display unit, and instructs the start and stop of the designated card information. Provided.
For this reason, the card processing performed by the information storage device in response to an instruction from the external reader / writer is limited to processing with a card function corresponding to the ticket image displayed on the display screen of the information processing device.

Further, the lock application designating means of the information processing apparatus of the present invention instructs the information storage device to reject the selection of an external device for the designated card information only once.
For this reason, the card function designated by the lock application designation means is locked only once against the selection of the external reader / writer.

Further, the control means of the information processing apparatus of the present invention displays the image of the ticket face displayed on the display means at the time of starting the processing relating to the card information of the information storage device until a certain time has elapsed after the end of this processing. Control to continue.
Therefore, the user can easily identify which card function provides the service.

  The information processing apparatus of the present invention can display a ticket face image representing each card function of an information storage device having a plurality of card functions, and the user can select an information processing apparatus on which a ticket face image of the card function to be used is displayed. It is possible to cause the information storage device to perform processing by the card function. Therefore, the user can intuitively identify each card function included in the information storage device, and can select the card function to be used without making a mistake.

(First embodiment)
The information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS with a built-in information storage device (referred to as a “secure device”), and accesses the secure device by contact communication. .
On the other hand, the secure device has a plurality of card functions, and holds individual card face image data (referred to as “ticket face data”) corresponding to each card function. The secure device includes a contact communication unit and a non-contact communication unit, receives an instruction from the portable communication terminal through the contact communication unit, and returns an instructed processing result. Further, through a non-contact communication means, for example, an instruction is received from an external reader / writer such as a ticket gate, a POS terminal, a credit terminal, etc., and processing by a predetermined card function is executed.

  As schematically shown in FIG. 1, when the mobile communication terminal 60 to which the secure device is mounted is shaken sideways (in the direction of arrow 1), one of the card functions of the secure device is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 60. When the ticket surface image 21 is displayed and the portable communication terminal 60 is further shaken, the next ticket surface image 22 is displayed. As described above, each time the mobile communication terminal 60 is shaken, the ticket image representing the card function of the secure device is sequentially displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 60. When the mobile communication terminal 60 is shaken vertically (in the direction of the arrow 2), the display of the ticket surface image is stopped and the communication standby state is restored.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the user displays a ticket face image 22 corresponding to the card function to be used on the display screen, and brings the mobile communication terminal 60 closer to the external reader / writer 30. When the secure device attached to the portable communication terminal 60 reaches the non-contact communication area of the external reader / writer 30, it communicates with the external reader / writer 30 through the non-contact communication means, and the card function of the displayed card face image 22 is used. Start processing.

  FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the mobile communication terminal 60 and the secure device 10. The secure device 10 includes a card application storage unit 37 provided in a secret area in which a card application (referred to as “IC card application”) 371 for executing a card function is stored, and a card function executed by the IC card application 371. Are provided with a card surface data storage means 36 provided in a secret area in which the card surface data 361 of the individual card corresponding to each of the cards is stored, and a card manager 39 as a common library.

  On the other hand, the mobile communication terminal 60 includes a first acceleration sensor 781 that detects horizontal swing, a second acceleration sensor 782 that detects vertical swing, a display unit 61 that displays a bill image, and access to the secure device 10. Secure device management means 35 for managing the ticket, bill face data reading means 64 for reading the bill face data 361 from the secure device 10, control means 63 for controlling the bill face display operation, and a standby state for managing the communication standby state of the portable communication terminal 60 Management means 77.

  The secure device management means 35 requests the card manager 39 of the secure device 10 to verify the PIN (Personal Identification Number) input by the user (owner of the secure device 10) by operating the key of the mobile communication terminal 60. In addition, mutual authentication between the mobile communication terminal 60 and the secure device 10 is performed with the card manager 39.

The user who has received the PIN verification shakes the mobile communication terminal 60 to instruct the display of the ticket image. The first acceleration sensor 781 that has detected this “lateral swing” transmits a display instruction for the ticket face image to the control means 63, and the control means 63 instructs the ticket face data reading means 64 to read the ticket face data. In order to read the first ticket data 361, the ticket data reading means 64 sends a command to the secure device 10 through the secure device management means 65, and sends the first ticket face to the IC card application 371 that knows the storage location of the ticket data. The data 361 is read out. After the secure device management means 65 asks the corresponding IC card application 371 for authentication of the ticket face data reading means 64, the secure device management means 65 sends a command of the ticket face data reading means 34, and the IC card application 371 sends the designated ticket face data. 361 is read and sent to the portable communication terminal 60.
The control means 63 sends the read ticket surface data to the display means 61, and the ticket face image is displayed on the display means 61 of the mobile communication terminal 60.

In this way, each time the user shakes the mobile communication terminal 60, the ticket image corresponding to the card function built in the secure device 10 is sequentially read and displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 60 in order. Therefore, the user can intuitively grasp the card function of the secure device 10 from the ticket surface image displayed on the display unit 61.
On the other hand, when the second acceleration sensor 782 detects the “vertical swing” of the mobile communication terminal 60, the second acceleration sensor 782 transmits this to the control means 63, and in response to this, the control means 63 stops the display of the display means 61, The standby state management unit 77 is instructed to shift to the communication standby state.

  Here, the secure device 10 in the format in which each sheet data 361 is read by the corresponding IC card application 371 has been described. However, as shown in FIG. For example, in the case of a magnetic card, a file of card magnetic information 381 for storing information (referred to as card magnetic information) corresponding to magnetic data (name of owner, expiration date, credit number, etc.) and a file of the bill face data 361 are stored. It may be of a type that is held in association. The file structure of the secure device 10 has a DF (Dedicated File) set for each card application and an EF (Elementary File) set under the DF. The card magnetic information 381 and the bill face data 361 are EF. Each EF can be accessed by following the path from the DF.

In this case, the mobile communication terminal 60 includes data storage path management means 66 for managing the path to each ticket surface data 361. The data storage path management means 66 is secured from the secure device 10 for which mutual authentication has been completed. Through the device management means 65, the path information to all the bill data 361 is acquired and held.
In addition, the sheet data reading unit 64 that has received the instruction to read the sheet data from the control unit 63 acquires a path to the sheet data 361 managed by the data storage path management unit 66, and through the secure device management unit 65, The desired ticket surface data 361 is read out by the pass. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in FIG.

Also, here, the case where the display operation of the ticket image of the mobile communication terminal 60 is linked to the user action of shaking the mobile communication terminal 60 has been described, but this display operation can also be linked to other actions of the user. It is.
For example, FIG. 5 shows a configuration of the mobile communication terminal 60 in which a ticket image is displayed when the mobile communication terminal 60 is shaken while pressing any button or a dedicated button. The mobile communication terminal 60 includes button state monitoring means 79 that monitors the pressing of the button. The button state monitoring means 79 controls the control means 63 when the button of the mobile communication terminal 60 is pressed. To tell. When the first acceleration sensor 781 detects “sideways swing” while the button is pressed, the control means 63 accepts the instruction to display the face image and reads the face data to the face data reading means 64. Instruct. On the other hand, even if the first acceleration sensor 781 detects “lateral swing” when the button is not pressed, it is ignored. When the control means 63 performs such control, it becomes possible to sequentially display the ticket image on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 60 in conjunction with the user action of shaking the mobile communication terminal 60 while pressing the button. .

  Now, as shown in FIG. 2, when the user displays a ticket face image 22 corresponding to the card function to be used on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 60 by the user action, the mobile communication terminal 60 is displayed on the external reader / writer 30. , The secure device performs non-contact communication with the external reader / writer 30. FIG. 6 illustrates this situation. The IC card application of the secure device 10 corresponding to the ticket image 22 displayed on the mobile communication terminal 60 executes processing by the corresponding card function according to a command given from the external reader / writer 30 by non-contact communication.

At this time, it is necessary to hide other than the IC card application corresponding to the displayed ticket image 22 from the external reader / writer 30 so that no other IC card application is selected by the external reader / writer 30. Normally, an IC card is activated by designating the IC card application from an external reader / writer. However, for example, when making payments, if there are multiple credit card applications in the IC card and the external reader / writer supports multiple credit card applications, which credit card application is used by the user You need to specify what to do. This means that other than the IC card application to be used is hidden from the external reader / writer and is not selected by the external reader / writer.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the mobile communication terminal 60 includes a lock application designating unit 81 for locking an IC card application other than the IC card application corresponding to the displayed ticket image.

The lock application designating unit 81 designates an IC card application other than the IC card application corresponding to the displayed ticket image to the card manager 39 of the secure device 10 and rejects (locks) activation of the card application. The instructing card setting command is transmitted through the secure device management means 65. The secure device management unit 65 sends a card setting command to the card manager 39 after requesting authentication of the lock application specifying unit 81.
The card manager 39 that has received this card setting command operates the card so that an error is returned only once (locked only once) when the external reader / writer 30 selects the locked IC card application.

For example, it is assumed that the secure device 10 includes a credit application of company A and a credit application of company B, and the face of a credit card of company B is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 60. When the portable communication terminal 60 is “held” over the external reader / writer 30 of the credit terminal, the external reader / writer 30 selects a command to be operated by itself from among applications installed in the secure device 10. To the secure device 10.
When the external reader / writer 30 throws a command for selecting the company A credit application, the card manager 39 of the secure device 10 responds with an error, and then the external reader / writer 30 selects the company B credit application. When the command is thrown, the card manager 39 returns a response indicating that the command has been selected, and the process proceeds between the external reader / writer 30 and the B company credit application.

Here, when a new ticket face is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 60, the IC card application to be locked is newly set by the lock application designating means 81. , One time will be enough.
With such an operation, processing using a card function in which a ticket image is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 60 is performed.

Therefore, the user can easily select and use a desired card function from a secure device having a plurality of card functions. This selection can be easily operated with one hand.
Although the operation of shaking the secure device has been described here, the ticket surface is displayed according to the other owner's actions, for example, the operation of hitting the secure device with a fingertip or touching the display screen. May be updated.

  In addition, here, a case has been described in which the secure device performs contact communication with the mobile communication terminal 60 and directly performs non-contact communication with the external reader / writer 30. A contact communication I / F with the secure device and a non-contact communication I / F with the external reader / writer 30 are provided so that the mobile communication terminal 60 mediates communication between the secure device and the external reader / writer 30. Anyway.

(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal that continues to display a ticket image corresponding to a used card function until a predetermined time has elapsed after completion of card processing in the secure device will be described.
As shown in FIG. 8, the mobile communication terminal 60 that performs this process includes a process start / end notification receiving unit 82 that obtains information on the start and end of the non-contact communication process from the secure device 10, and timer monitoring that counts elapsed time. Means 83. Other configurations are the same as in FIG.

When the first acceleration sensor 781 detects “sideways swing”, the control means 63 receives the instruction for displaying the face image, instructs the face data reading means 64 to read the face data, and displays the face image on the display means 61. indicate. The timer monitoring means 83 counts the elapsed time from the time point when the first acceleration sensor 781 detects “lateral swing”. When the first acceleration sensor 781 detects “lateral swing” again before a certain time has elapsed from the start of counting, the timer monitoring means 83 resets the previous measurement time and counts the elapsed time again. Try again. In addition, since the first acceleration sensor 781 detects the “sideways swing”, the control unit 63 instructs the ticket surface data reading unit 64 to read the next sheet surface data, and displays the next sheet surface image on the display unit 61. .
If the measurement time of the timer monitoring unit 83 reaches a certain time without shaking the mobile communication terminal 60, the timer monitoring unit 83 notifies the control unit 63 to that effect, and the control unit 63 notifies the process start / end. When no notification is received from the receiving means 82, the display of the ticket image on the display means 61 is stopped.

On the other hand, the processing start / end notification receiving unit 82 monitors the processing state of the secure device 10, and the user holds the portable communication terminal 60 over the external reader / writer 30 to cause the secure device 10 to perform card processing. When the secure device 10 starts contactless communication with the external reader / writer 30 and when the contactless communication ends, the secure device 10 obtains information and transmits this information to the control means 63.
After receiving the notification of the start of the non-contact communication from the processing start / end notification receiving unit 82, the control unit 63 displays the same sheet image on the display unit 61 even if the timer monitoring unit 83 receives a notification that a predetermined time has elapsed. Continue to display.

Further, when the control means 63 receives a notification of the end of non-contact communication from the processing start / end notification receiving means 82, the control means 63 instructs the timer monitoring means 83 to measure for a certain period of time, and displays it until the certain time has elapsed. When the same bill image is continuously displayed on the means 61 and a notification that a certain time has elapsed from the timer monitoring means 83 is received, the display of the bill image on the display means 61 is stopped.
Here, the operation of shaking the secure device has been explained, but the ticket surface is displayed and updated according to other owner actions, for example, the operation of hitting the secure device with a fingertip or touching the display screen. You may make it do.

  As described above, in the portable communication terminal 60, when the non-contact communication process of the secure device 10 is performed, the card image of the card function used for the process is stored until the process ends and a predetermined time elapses. Since it is displayed, it is possible to easily identify which card function provides the service. In addition, when the user simply displays the ticket image on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 60 and confirms the card function of the secure device 10, the display of the ticket image automatically disappears after a certain period of time. Can be omitted.

  The information processing apparatus of the present invention is widely applied to various apparatuses such as a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), and a PDA in which an IC card and various secure devices are mounted or a chip-like one is embedded. be able to.

The figure which shows typically display switching of the ticket surface image in the portable terminal in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows typically the form which uses the card function of a secure device using the portable terminal in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal and secure device in the 1st Embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the other structure of the secure device in the 1st Embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the other structure of the portable terminal in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the state in which the secure device in the 1st Embodiment of this invention is performing non-contact communication with an external reader / writer The block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal which has a lock application designation | designated means in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The figure explaining the card menu of a multi application IC card

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Secure device 21 Ticket surface image 22 Ticket surface image 30 External reader / writer 35 Secure device management means 36 Ticket surface data storage means 37 Card application storage means 38 Card magnetic information storage means 39 Card manager 60 Portable communication terminal 61 Display means 63 Control means 64 Ticket face Data reading means 77 Standby state management means 79 Button state monitoring means 81 Lock application designation means 82 Processing start / end notification receiving means 83 Timer monitoring means 361 Card surface data 371 IC card application 381 Card magnetic information 781 First acceleration sensor 782 Second acceleration Sensor

Claims (5)

An information processing apparatus including an information storage device that holds a plurality of pieces of card information for performing processing related to an arbitrary card and ticket surface data for displaying an image of the card surface of the card corresponding to the card information. ,
Ticket surface data reading means for reading the ticket surface data from the information storage device;
Display means for displaying an image of the ticket surface using the read ticket surface data;
An information processing apparatus comprising a ticket surface data reading means, a display means, and a control means for controlling processing relating to card information.   When the information storage device performs processing related to card information selected by communication with an external device, the display means displays an image of the ticket surface corresponding to the card information at the start of the processing. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.   3. The lock application designation means for designating all card information other than the card information corresponding to the ticket surface displayed by the display means and instructing activation / deactivation of the designated card information. The information processing apparatus described.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the lock application designating unit instructs the information storage device to reject the selection of an external device for the designated card information only once. The control means controls to continuously display the image of the ticket face displayed on the display means at the time of starting the process relating to the card information of the information storage device until a predetermined time has elapsed after the end of the process. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2.

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