JP7031184B2 - IC card activation method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an IC card activation method.

Traditionally, IC cards have been applied to cards for specific purposes such as credit cards and cash cards, and it has been known that each user is issued in a valid state, then mailed, and used by the user who receives it. Has been done.

However, this method has a drawback that the IC card may be taken out during mailing and used illegally. There have also been cases where discarded IC cards that were left with customer information stolen were stolen and misused.

In addition, conventionally, the IC card is issued to each user in an invalid state and then mailed, and the information provided by the user who receives the IC card activates the IC card from the invalid state to the valid state (from the invalid state to the valid state). A method called activation, which is used by the user after being activated), is also known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

However, even the conventional activation method has a drawback that if the information necessary for activation is leaked, it may be illegally activated by a third party.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-62772

The present invention has been made in view of such drawbacks of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to make it difficult for a person other than a legitimate user of the IC card to activate the IC card.

In order to solve the above problems in the present invention, first, the invention of claim 1 is a method of activating an IC card using a terminal equipped with a GPS device and capable of communicating with the IC card, in which key data input to the terminal is used. And the key data stored in the IC card match, and the position information of the position where the terminal measured by the GPS device is currently located matches the position information stored in the IC card. This is an IC card activation method characterized by the IC card activating the IC card by sending an activation request from the terminal to the server and sending an activation permission from the server to the IC card . Is.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, the key data input to the terminal and the key data stored in the IC card are collated with the IC card, and the key data input to the terminal is obtained from the collation result. The IC card activation method according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the key data stored in the IC card matches.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the position information of the position where the terminal measured by the GPS device is currently placed and the position information stored in the IC card are collated with the IC card, and the collation result is used. The present invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein it is determined whether or not the position information of the position where the terminal measured by the GPS device is currently placed and the position information stored in the IC card match. This is the method of activating the IC card of.

In the invention according to claim 1, the key data input to the terminal and the key data stored in the IC card match, and the position information of the position where the terminal measured by the GPS device is currently placed. And, the IC card is activated only when the location information stored in the IC card matches, so that the IC card is passed to a person other than a legitimate user, and the key stored in the IC card for this person. Even if the data is leaked, the IC card cannot be activated unless the person brings the terminal together with the IC card to the position indicated by the position information stored in the IC card. Therefore, if the location information stored in the IC card is the address of a legitimate user, the IC card cannot be activated unless the terminal is taken with the IC card to the address of the legitimate user. Therefore, it becomes difficult for a person other than a legitimate user to activate the IC card.

In the invention according to claim 2, the key data input to the terminal and the key data stored in the IC card are collated with the IC card, and the key data input to the terminal and the IC are obtained from the collation result. Since it is determined whether the key data stored in the card matches, the key data stored in the IC card is not read by the terminal, and the IC card is passed to a person other than a legitimate user. Even so, the possibility that the key data stored in the IC card will be leaked to this person becomes low, and it becomes more difficult for a person other than a legitimate user to activate the IC card.

In the invention according to claim 3, the position information of the position where the terminal is currently placed measured by the GPS device and the position information stored in the IC card are collated with the IC card, and the collation result is used. Since it is determined whether the position information of the position where the terminal is currently placed measured by the GPS device and the position information stored in the IC card match, the position information stored in the IC card can be used as the position information. Even if the IC card is passed to a person other than the legitimate user without being read by the terminal, the possibility that the location information stored in the IC card will be leaked to this person is reduced, and the person other than the legitimate user. However, activating the IC card becomes even more difficult.

Further , in the invention according to claim 1 , the key data input to the terminal and the key data stored in the IC card match, and the terminal measured by the GPS device is located at the present position. Only when the location information and the location information stored in the IC card match, the terminal sends an activation request to the server, and the server sends the activation permission to the IC card so that the IC card becomes an IC card. Is activated, the IC card is passed to a person other than a legitimate user, the key data stored in the IC card is leaked to this person, and this person is in the position indicated by the position information stored in the IC card. Even if you bring the terminal with the IC card, if this terminal cannot connect to the server, the IC card cannot be activated, so it is even more difficult for anyone other than a legitimate user to activate the IC card. It will be difficult.

As described above, the present invention has an effect that it is difficult for a person other than a legitimate user of the IC card to activate the IC card.

The flowchart which shows the flow of the process of this invention method. The figure which shows the hardware configuration example which concerns on the method of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the method of the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a server 10, a terminal 30, and an IC card 40 are involved, the server 10 and the terminal 30 are connected to a network 20, and the IC card 40 is a terminal 30. It may be a contact type IC card capable of contacting and communicating, or a non-contact type IC card capable of contactless communication by holding it over the terminal 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, the server 10 includes a CPU 11, a memory 12, a communication unit 13, an input unit 14, and a display unit 15, and the CPU 11 is a central processing unit that executes processing according to a program. The memory 12 is a storage device for storing data and programs, the communication unit 13 is a communication device connected to the network 20, the input unit 14 is an input device for inputting data, and the display unit 15 is data. It is a display device that displays.

The network 20 may be, for example, the Internet.

As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 30 includes a CPU 31, a memory 32, a first communication unit 33, an input unit 34, a display unit 35, a GPS unit 36, and a second communication unit 37, and is a CPU 31. Is a central processing unit that executes processing according to a program, a memory 32 is a storage device that stores data and a program, a first communication unit 33 is a communication device connected to the network 20, and an input unit 14 is. , The display unit 15 is an input device for inputting data, the display unit 15 is a display device for displaying data, the GPS unit 36 receives radio waves from a plurality of stationary satellites, and the terminal 30 is currently placed. It is a GPS device that measures a position, and the second communication unit 37 is a device that communicates with the IC card 40 in contact with or without contact with the IC card 40 held over. Here, GPS is an abbreviation for Global Positioning System. The terminal 30 may be, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone.

As shown in FIG. 2, the IC card 40 includes a CPU 41, a memory 42, and a communication unit 43. The CPU 41 is a central processing unit that executes processing according to a program, and the memory 42 stores data and programs. The communication unit 43 is a device that communicates with the terminal 30 or without contact with the terminal 30 over which the IC card 40 is held.

The memory 42 of the IC card 40 stores a flag that takes two values, invalid and valid. Although the memory 42 of the IC card 40 stores an application program for applying the IC card 40 to a card for a specific purpose such as a credit card or a cash card, the memory 42 of the IC card 40 stores an IC card. The value of this flag is read for the CPU 41 of 40 before processing according to this application program, and if the value of this flag is invalid, this processing is not performed and if the value of this flag is valid. , The system program that performs this process is also stored, and if this flag takes an invalid value, the IC card 40 is in an invalid state, while if this flag takes a valid value, the IC card 40 is in an invalid state. It is in a valid state.

Further, the key data and the position information are stored in the memory 42 of the IC card 40.

Further, the memory 42 of the IC card 40 stores an activation program for the IC card. In this activation program for the IC card, the key data is received from the terminal 30 by the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40 for the CPU 41 of the IC card 40, and the received key data and the memory 42 of the IC card 40 are stored. If both key data match, the matching result of the key data indicating OK is generated, and if both key data do not match, the matching result of the key data indicating NG is generated. The result is created and transmitted to the terminal 30 by the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40, and the position information of the position where the terminal 30 is currently located is received from the terminal 30 by the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40 and received. The obtained position information is collated with the position information stored in the memory 42 of the IC card 40 from the terminal 30, and if both position information match, a collation result of the position information indicating OK is created. If the location information of both does not match, a collation result of the location information indicating NG is created, transmitted to the terminal 30 by the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40, and the activation permission is given from the server 10 via the network 20 and the terminal 30. This is a program that receives data from the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40 and executes an activation process for changing the value of the flag from invalid to valid.

Further, the memory 32 of the terminal 30 stores an activation program for the terminal. In the activation program for this terminal, the CPU 31 of the terminal 30 is displayed on the display unit 35 of the terminal 30 to urge the input unit 34 of the terminal 30 to input the key data, and the input key data is input to the terminal 30. The second communication unit 37 of the terminal 30 transmits the data to the IC card 40, the second communication unit 37 of the terminal 30 receives the collation result of the key data from the IC card 40, and the GPS unit 36 of the terminal 30 sets the terminal 30 at the present time. The position information of the position where the terminal 30 is located is measured, the position information of the position where the terminal 30 is currently located is transmitted to the IC card 40 by the second communication unit 37 of the terminal 30, and the position information is collated from the IC card 40. If the result is received by the second communication unit 37 of the terminal 30, and the collation result of the key data and the location information both indicate OK, the activation request is sent by the first communication unit 33 of the terminal 30 via the network 20. This is a program that causes the server 10 to perform a process of transmitting data.

Further, the activation program for the server is stored in the memory 12 of the server 10. The activation program for this terminal receives an activation request from the terminal 30 to the CPU 11 of the server 10 via the network 20 in the communication unit 13 of the server 10, and grants activation permission to the communication unit 13 of the server 10 via the network. This is a program for performing a process of transmitting to the IC card 40 via the 20 and the terminal 30.

The IC card 40 registers key data and position information and stores them in the memory 42 of the IC card 40, invalidates the value of the flag stored in the memory 42 of the IC card 40, and then provides the IC card 40 to the user. The location information to be registered is information on the place where the user activates the IC card 40, and may be the user's address. In addition, the registered key data is notified to the user.

Hereinafter, the flow of processing performed by the CPU 11 of the server 10, the CPU 31 of the terminal 30, and the CPU 41 of the IC card 40 according to the activation programs for the server, the terminal, and the IC card will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

S (STEP) 1;
The CPU 31 of the terminal 30 displays a display urging the input unit 34 of the terminal 30 to input key data on the display unit 35 of the terminal 30.

S (STEP) 2;
The user inputs the notified key data into the input unit 34 of the terminal 30.

S (STEP) 3;
The CPU 31 of the terminal 30 transmits the input key data to the IC card 40 by the second communication unit 37 of the terminal 30.

S (STEP) 4;
The CPU 41 of the IC card 40 receives the key data from the terminal 30 by the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40, collates the received key data with the key data stored in the memory 42 of the IC card 40, and collates the received key data.
If both key data match, a collation result of the key data indicating OK is generated.
If both key data do not match, a collation result of the key data indicating NG is created.

S (STEP) 5;
The CPU 41 of the IC card 40 transmits the collation result of the key data to the terminal 30 by the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40.

S (STEP) 6;
The CPU 31 of the terminal 30 receives the key data collation result from the IC card 40 by the second communication unit 37 of the terminal 30.

S (STEP) 7;
The CPU 31 of the terminal 30 measures the position information of the position where the terminal 30 is currently located by the GPS unit 36 of the terminal 30, and the position information of the position where the terminal 30 is currently located is used for the second communication of the terminal 30. The unit 37 transmits to the IC card 40.

S (STEP) 8;
The CPU 41 of the IC card 40 receives the position information of the position where the terminal 30 is currently placed from the terminal 30 by the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40, and stores the received position information and the memory 42 of the IC card 40. Collate with the location information you are using
If both location information match, create a collation result of the location information indicating OK, and create a collation result.
If both position information do not match, a collation result of the position information indicating NG is created.

S (STEP) 9;
The CPU 41 of the IC card 40 transmits the collation result of the position information to the terminal 30 by the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40.

S (STEP) 10;
The CPU 31 of the terminal 30 receives the collation result of the position information from the IC card 40 by the second communication unit 37 of the terminal 30.

S (STEP) 11;
The CPU 31 of the terminal 30 reads the key data collation result and the position information collation result, and reads the key data collation result.
If both the key data collation result and the location information collation result indicate OK, proceed to STEP12 and proceed to STEP12.
If either or both of the key data collation result and the position information collation result indicate NG, the process returns to STEP1.

S (STEP) 12;
The CPU 31 of the terminal 30 transmits an activation request to the server 10 via the network 20 by the first communication unit 33 of the terminal 30.

S (STEP) 13;
The CPU 11 of the server 10 receives the activation request from the terminal 30 via the network 20 in the communication unit 13 of the server 10.

S (STEP) 14;
The CPU 11 of the server 10 transmits the activation permission to the IC card 40 via the network 20 and the terminal 30 in the communication unit 13 of the server 10.

S (STEP) 15;
The CPU 41 of the IC card 40 receives the activation permission from the server 10 via the network 20 and the terminal 30 in the communication unit 43 of the IC card 40.

S (STEP) 16;
The CPU 41 of the IC card 40 executes activation to change the value of the flag from invalid to valid.

10 ... Server 11 ... CPU
12 ... Memory 13 ... Communication unit 14 ... Input unit 15 ... Display unit 20 ... Network 30 ... Terminal 31 ... CPU
32 ... Memory 33 ... First communication unit 34 ... Input unit 35 ... Display unit 36 ... GPS unit 37 ... Second communication unit 40 ... IC card 41 ... CPU
42 ... Memory 43 ... Communication unit

Claims (3)

It is a method of activating an IC card using a terminal equipped with a GPS device and capable of communicating with the IC card.
The key data input to the terminal and the key data stored in the IC card match, and the position information of the position where the terminal is currently located measured by the GPS device and the position information stored in the IC card are stored. An IC card characterized in that the IC card activates the IC card by sending an activation request from the terminal to the server and sending an activation permission from the server to the IC card only when the existing location information matches. Activation method. The key data input to the terminal and the key data stored in the IC card are collated with the IC card, and the key data input to the terminal and the key data stored in the IC card are obtained from the collation result. The IC card activation method according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether and the data match. The IC card collates the position information of the position where the terminal measured by the GPS device is currently placed with the position information stored in the IC card, and from the collation result, the terminal measured by the GPS device is currently located. The IC card activation method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein it is determined whether or not the position information of the position placed in is matched with the position information stored in the IC card.

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