Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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  • G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
  • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
  • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
  • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
  • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
  • G06K19/077—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
  • G06K19/07749—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
  • G06K19/07758—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04B—TRANSMISSION
  • H04B5/00—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive loop type
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
  • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
  • H04M1/274—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc
  • H04M1/2745—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
  • H04M1/2753—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips providing data content
  • H04M1/2757—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips providing data content by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
  • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
  • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
  • H04M1/72409—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories
  • H04M1/72412—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
  • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
  • H04M1/274—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc
  • H04M1/2745—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
  • H04M1/275—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips implemented by means of portable electronic directories
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
  • H04W8/00—Network data management
  • H04W8/18—Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
  • H04W8/20—Transfer of user or subscriber data
  • H04W8/205—Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Definitions

• the field of the invention is that of mobile radio and more specifically relates to a contactless transfer system of personal data.
• mobile user terminals communicate with base stations forming part of the telecommunications network.
• Each mobile terminal conventionally comprises an antenna, a screen, a keyboard and a secure element such as a SIM card (GSM) or USIM (3G).
• GSM SIM card
• USIM USIM
• the (U) SIM card is controlled by the network operator who can read or write data to it.
• the user of the mobile terminal may also have access to the SIM card, in particular to store personal data, such as phone numbers and the names of persons or organizations associated with these phone numbers.
• This personal data may also be photos, videos or music tracks in MP3 format.
• This personal data can also, usually at the user's choice, be stored in a memory of the mobile terminal itself.
• the user wishes to change mobile terminal, he transfers his personal data from the memory of his old mobile terminal to his (U) SIM card which he can then insert into his new mobile terminal in order to continue to exploit his personal data. .
• EP-10634670 proposes a solution to this problem.
• This solution consists, on the initiative of the user, to transfer the personal data present on his SIM card to a remote server, for example by OTA. All his personal data are therefore stored on a remote server.
• the user after having bought a new SIM card and a new mobile terminal, can ask the network operator to transmit from the remote server to his new SIM card the personal data that were stored there. The user thus retrieves his personal data.
• the disadvantage of this solution is that the personal data storage service is billed by the operator to the user, either on a monthly basis or each time personal data is saved.
• Another disadvantage is that a personal computer may fail, be stolen or have to be reconfigured, for example following a computer virus. In such cases, personal data is usually lost.
• NFC Near Field Communication in English - Communication in the near field in French
• a first mobile terminal comprises for this purpose a first antenna coupled to a first chip cooperating with a first memory containing the business card of the first user.
• the mobile terminal of the second user comprises him, a second memory cooperating with a second chip, the second chip being coupled with a second antenna.
• a transmission of the business card of the terminal of the first user to the terminal of the second user can take place when by voluntary action of the first user, his business card is transmitted without contact to the terminal of the second user (in the second memory, via the second antenna).
• This solution does not have any interest in the case of backup of personal data because the second terminal is generally not the property of the first user and the second terminal is not intended to save the personal data of the first user .
• the present invention is intended to overcome these disadvantages.
• one of the objectives of the invention is to propose a simple, effective and very inexpensive system for backing up personal data included in a mobile terminal.
• a non-contact personal data transfer system between a mobile terminal comprising a first antenna coupled to a first chip cooperating with a first memory, and secondly a second memory cooperating with a second chip, the second chip being coupled with a second antenna.
• the second memory cooperating with the second chip and the second antenna are included on a passive radio frequency transponder powered by the electromagnetic field emitted by the first antenna during the transfer of personal data.
• a passive radio frequency transponder overcomes the problems mentioned above since it does not require external power supply, can be constituted by a compact element such as a tag or a contactless card.
• the tag preferably comprises an adhesive face so as to make it integral with a support. This makes it possible not to misplace the tag.
• the first memory includes the personal data.
• the personal data includes the contacts and associated telephone numbers stored in the mobile terminal.
• the second memory comprises the personal data.
• Figure 1 a first preferred embodiment of the system according to the invention
• FIG. 2 a second preferred embodiment of the system according to the invention.
• a mobile terminal 10 is intended to communicate in a mobile radiotelephone network.
• the terminal 10 conventionally comprises a keyboard and a screen (not shown), and a secure element 1 1 managed by the operator of the network.
• This secure element 1 1 is either a conventional SIM card (in the GSM system) or a USIM card (in the third generation system).
• the (U) SIM card comprises a first unrepresented memory containing particular personal data of the holder of the terminal 10.
• This personal data includes the contacts and associated telephone numbers of the holder of the terminal 10.
• the terminal 10 may also include a memory 12 in which are stored the contacts and associated telephone numbers of the holder of the terminal 10.
• the memories 1 1 and 12 are connected by buses to a first chip 13, typically an NFC chip.
• the chip 13 is coupled to an antenna 14 in order to send and / or receive data, including the personal data stored in the memories 1 1, 12 to an element outside the terminal 10.
• these personal data can be stored on a passive radio frequency transponder powered by the electromagnetic field emitted by the antenna 14 during the transfer of personal data.
• the transponder 15 comprises a second memory 16 cooperating with a second chip 17, this second chip 17 being coupled with a second antenna 18, preferably also of the NFC type.
• the transponder 15 may consist of a tag or a contactless card for example.
• a tag is a very inexpensive, autonomous item, which can be pasted on many media, for example on an address book, in a drawer office or an entrance to a dwelling. It does not need power, has no commercial value and therefore has little risk of being stolen, and the probability that it stops working is much less than that of a personal computer.
• Each member of a family or each employee of a company can therefore have at a very low cost, of the order of a few Euros, a tag. It is the same with a contactless card which is not immediately positionable on any support (preferably non-metallic) and can therefore be lost.
• the tag according to the invention is of the electronic tag type and comprises an adhesive face so as to make it integral with a support.
• the tag is RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) type and operates according to an NFC approach.
• Electronic tags are small objects, such as self-adhesive labels, that can be glued or embedded in objects or.
• the radio tags include an antenna associated with an electronic chip that allows them to receive and respond to radio requests transmitted from the transceiver, consisting of the mobile terminal of the user.
• the electromagnetic field emitted by the antenna 14 of the mobile terminal 10 makes it possible to feed the chip 17 and the memory 16 during the transfer of the personal data from the memory 1 1 or 12 to the memory 16.
• the chips 13 and 17 handle the readings and write these memories using appropriate software.
• Such software is, for the writing of the terminal 10 to the tag 15, embedded in the chip 13 or in the memory 1 1 or 12.
• the software is activated by the user during a backup of his personal data, from the same way he would do for a sync as evoked previously.
• the human-machine interface constituted by the keyboard and the screen of the terminal 10 allows the user to perform this transfer.
• a typical use case of the system according to the invention is as follows: When the user of the terminal 10 wishes to make a backup of the personal data present in his mobile terminal, he activates the function of backup on his terminal 10 and the approach 15. Automatically, his personal data will be transferred in a few seconds in the memory 16 and it will only have to move away to end the procedure of backup.
• the safeguarding of the personal data may be global or partial, that is to say that all or part of the personal data that he has previously selected (all or part of his photos, all or part of his phone book, the last phone numbers he has stored in his terminal, or a voice message or SMS that he wants to leave to a family member or a colleague), will be copied into memory 16.
• the tag 15 can therefore act as an electronic post-it (trademark). It is possible to imagine that the user alone will be entitled to access the personal data stored in the tag 15, or that this data may be shared between several users, for example members of a family. Access to the stored data can be conditioned by the positive verification of a password, for example by a PIN code of the person who wishes to read data present in the tag 15.
• the chip 17 may include a microprocessor to limit access to the information stored in the memory 16. A password may then be required to access it. It is then also possible to allow several users of mobile terminals to write data in the memory 16 and read data, using different codes. Each user will use for example his own PIN to write data in a part of the memory 16 or to read previously stored data.
• the tag 15 can operate in UHF (900 MHz) or RFID (13.56 MHz), the operating frequency important little.
• the personal data stored in the tag 15 may or may not be secure. When they are, they can be by the mobile terminal 10 which encrypts the stored personal data, for example using the PIN of the user, or by the tag 15 itself, if it comprises a microprocessor (the tag encrypts the data transferred from a previously transferred PIN during an initialization or learning phase).
• FIG. 2 represents a second preferred embodiment of the system according to the invention.
• the mobile terminal is constituted by a personal computer 20 cooperating with a reader 21 of the NFC type, for example via a USB link 22.
• the reader 21 comprises the first antenna coupled to the first chip cooperating with the first memory .
• the first memory is included in the personal computer 20.
• the reader 21 communicates with the tag 15 in order to read and write personal data.

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