JP2012050047A - Mobile phone with built-in card reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone with a built-in card reader which can offer a security against information leakage to solve the problem of the conventional mobile phones in which: a mobile phone used in business activities, although storing important confidential information of a company, is protected only with an arbitrary password using numerals as a security and those other than a mobile phone owner, who know the password, can use the mobile phone.SOLUTION: There is provided a mobile phone with a built-in non-contact card reader that uses an IC card, which is currently popular as a company ID card, as an authentication key. The mobile phone, which features a lock/unlock function, is available only when the IC card is authenticated.

Description

The present invention relates to mobile phone security.

There are many incidents where company confidential information and personal information are leaked due to accidents such as loss of mobile phones.

If a mobile phone used for corporate activities is lost, the confidential information of the company stored on the mobile phone will leak to the outside, and corporate trust will be lost. Will occur.

Although mobile phones used in corporate activities contain important company confidential information, the conventional mobile phone security measures can only be protected by setting an arbitrary password with numbers. It was. For this reason, the mobile phone terminal can be used by anyone other than the owner who knows the password.

In addition, there are a large number of business-use mobile phones that are used without setting a lock.

At present, IC cards are used as employee ID cards as personal proofs in many companies. Mobile phones used for business have important information stored as confidential company information, but for the security of mobile phones, only passwords with numbers were available. In addition, some mobile phones do not even set a numeric password on the mobile phone.

For this reason, a mobile phone with a numeric password setting is in a state where a mobile phone terminal can be used by anyone other than the owner of the mobile phone if the password is known.

The present invention is intended to solve the problems related to the security of a conventional mobile phone, and an IC card used by a company as an employee ID or identification card is used as an authentication key for a mobile phone, and a mobile phone with a built-in card reader. In this invention, settings such as lock and release can be implemented. Prior patents relating to mobile phones with built-in card readers as in the present invention are not allowed.

When a mobile phone with a built-in card reader is used, authentication can be performed with the mobile phone with a built-in card reader using a registered IC card previously carried as an employee ID card as an authentication key.

Since the mobile phone can be used only when the IC card authentication is confirmed, even if the mobile phone owner loses the mobile phone, other people cannot operate the mobile phone. Information and personal information can be prevented from leaking.

By using the mobile phone of the present invention configured as described above, even if it is lost, only the registered IC card is authenticated and the mobile phone functions cannot be operated. There is an effect to prevent.

A mobile phone with a built-in card reader can be used as an information security measure for the Personal Information Protection Act and the Japanese SOX Act, and has the effect of preventing data leakage from inside and unauthorized access from outside. It can be used as a business mobile phone.

Also, not only companies that are in a position to handle confidential information between companies as BtoB, but also businesses that handle personal information as BtoC gain the trust of corporate information management from customers by using mobile phones with built-in card readers. be able to.

The initial setting when using for the first time comes with a management IC card for initial setting registration issued by the manufacturer or mobile phone telecommunications company. By using the management IC card, the lock is released and the mobile phone owner's IC card for employee ID can be registered. Therefore, there is an effect of raising the personal information security awareness of the mobile phone owner.

When the IC card is not authenticated, it is possible to set all the functions of the mobile phone to be locked or to keep the screen display off, so that it can be prevented from being misused when lost.

Settings that allow you to send, receive, and send / receive calls and e-mails when the IC card is not authenticated, or settings that cannot be done individually, so detailed settings that comply with the rules for using mobile phones for business use by each company Can do.

Example of a built-in card reader on the battery pack surface of the folding mobile phone Flow chart of work showing schematic configuration of IC card authentication

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows an example in which a contactless card reader is built in a battery pack surface of a foldable mobile phone. A card reader may be built into either the display screen surface of the interior of the folding mobile phone, the folding surface (upper surface) of the folding mobile phone, or the number button surface of the interior of the folding mobile phone. . Other straight type mobile phones, smart phone type mobile phones, slide type mobile phones, and other shapes of mobile phones can be built in the battery pack as in the example of FIG. It may be built in any other surface.

As an authentication method described in the flowchart of the work showing the schematic configuration of IC card authentication in FIG. 2, when using a mobile phone with a built-in card reader, a mobile phone with a built-in non-contact card reader is used. If the IC card is applied to the surface and the IC card is registered, the mobile phone lock function is released and the mobile phone can be used.

As an initial setting of the mobile phone, it is possible to register an IC card that is used as an employee ID card of an individual who mainly uses the mobile phone by releasing the lock state using the management IC card. When using a mobile phone, the IC card of the mobile phone user can be registered by putting the IC card on the surface with a built-in card reader and releasing the lock.

IC card authentication settings for settings related to authentication for incoming and outgoing calls, settings for authentication for sending and receiving e-mails, and settings for using the Internet and using the functions that come with mobile phones while mobile phone operation is possible It can be done. If the IC card cannot be authenticated with the built-in card reader, the mobile phone can be set to remain locked.

In the setting of the function of the mobile phone, it is possible to set the time until the lock function is automatically activated at an arbitrary time after using the mobile phone. It is also possible to have a double security function by setting numerical password authentication after authentication of the IC card in FIG.

When the IC card is not authenticated, all mobile phone functions can be locked, or the mobile phone screen display can be turned off.

If the IC card has not been authenticated, settings that allow incoming and outgoing calls and e-mails, and settings that cannot be sent and received can be set individually. For mobile phone settings, companies that use mobile phones are stipulated in their respective rules. Setting specifications are possible.

1 Folding mobile phone main body 2 Folding mobile phone main body battery pack surface 3 Folding mobile phone main body battery pack surface built-in card reader (dotted line)

Claims (4)

A mobile phone characterized by a built-in card reader and card authentication function. Folding cell phone interior display screen surface, folding cell phone interior number button surface, folding cell phone folding surface (upper surface), folding cell phone exterior battery pack surface, straight type Mobile phone front, straight type mobile phone back, smartphone type mobile phone front, smartphone type mobile phone back, sliding mobile phone exterior display screen front, sliding mobile phone interior A card reader and a card authentication function are incorporated in any of the number button surface, the back surface of the display screen of the interior of the sliding mobile phone, and the surface of the battery pack of the exterior of the sliding mobile phone. The listed mobile phone. When using for the first time, a management IC card for initial setting registration issued by the manufacturer or mobile phone carrier is attached. By using the management IC card, a mobile phone with a built-in card reader can be used. It is possible to register an IC card that can be authenticated by the user as a use registration setting. Use the IC card after registration as an authentication key, and apply the IC card to the surface with the built-in contactless card reader. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone can be authenticated and locked / unlocked. 4. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone has a double security function by setting password authentication after IC card authentication.

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