KR20080020658A - Method for processing application(or data) post issues - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for processing post-issuance of applications is provided to enable a customer to download/apply desired post-issuance applications to a smart card anytime and offer a program flexibly managing a remaining storage space of the smart card by providing a small size smart card application to the smart card. A post-issuance smart card application searching or selecting interface is provided to a client terminal, and receives selection information and smart card information from the client terminal(225). It is determined whether the selected application can be issued to the smart card of a client by comparing a remaining storage space, which is checked by using the received smart card information, of the smart card with the size of the application corresponding to the received selection information(250). The selected application is issued to the smart card or a message representing that the selected application can be issued is transmitted to the client terminal depending on a determination result(280).

Description

Method for Processing Application (or Data) Post Issues}

1 is a preferred configuration for implementing the present invention.

2 is a simple flowchart for implementing the present invention.

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100: client terminal (device)

105: server (or device or terminal)

110: receiver

115: application (or data) extraction / generation unit

120: comparison unit 125: judgment unit

130: transmission unit 135: search unit

140: extracting / generating application (or data) information

145: encryption processing unit

150: storage medium (or database or server)

155: smart card (or IC card or IC chip)

The present invention relates to an application (or data) post-issuance processing method, which provides a client terminal with an application (or data) retrieval or selection interface for post-issuance to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), and the client Receiving application (or data) selection information and the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information to be post-issued to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) from a terminal; The remaining capacity of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) identified using the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information is compared with the capacity of the application (or data) selected by the client terminal. And corresponding to the comparison result, selected by the client terminal Determining whether the application (or data) can be post-issued to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) and in response to the determination result, the application (or data) selected by the client terminal is owned by the client. Processing to be post-issued to the smart card (or IC card or IC chip), or notifying the client terminal of the post-issuance impossibility.

A smart card is an IC (Integrated Circuit) card in the form of a credit card that can store and compute various digital information by embedding a central processing unit and various memory devices.The IC chip mounted on the smart card is a central processing unit, ROM ( It consists of Read Only Memory (RAM), Random Access Memory (RAM), and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), and functions as a small computer without input and output devices.

In addition, smart cards are classified into contact cards, contactless cards, hybrid cards, and combination cards, depending on the interface method. It can be classified into memory card and microprocessor card, and can be classified into single purpose card and multipurpose card according to the application purpose of smart card.

In addition, the smart card is a multi-purpose combi card equipped with a central processing unit, which is capable of executing a program regardless of the card manufacturer, and is aimed at an open platform that is independent of the platform and that can be installed and deleted even after the card is issued. Typical smart card open platforms include Javacard, MULTOS, Smart Card For Windows (SCFW), and SmartTEC OS.

In addition, smart cards support Post Issuance smart card application services after they are issued in addition to applications originally issued to smart card users through a card issuing agency, and an open smart card is an unlimited smart card application as described above. Can be mounted.

However, despite the above characteristics of the open smart card, the storage space on the IC chip capable of mounting the smart card application, that is, the capacity of the smart card application area is extremely limited.

Currently, about 16KB to 32KB of the storage capacity of IC chips installed in generalized smart cards, except for the smart card operating system (COS) and the open platform, smart card applications are actually installed. Smart card application areas can range from just a few kilobytes to tens of kilobytes.

Accordingly, when issuing and / or issuing an application (or data) with a smart card, there is a lack of storage space of the smart card, and smooth application (or data) issuance and / or post-issuance are hindered. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an application (or data) retrieval or selection interface for post-issuance of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) to a client terminal, and Receiving application (or data) selection information and the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information to be post-issued to a client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), and receiving the received client-owned smart card. Comparing the remaining capacity of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) identified using the card (or IC card or IC chip) information with the capacity of the application (or data) selected by the client terminal; In response to the comparison result, the application selected by the client terminal ( Or determining whether the data) can be post-issued to the client-owned smart card (or the IC card or the IC chip) and in response to the determination result, the application (or data) selected by the client terminal is the client-owned smart card. (Or an IC card or an IC chip) to be post-issued, or to notify the client terminal that the post-issuance is impossible.

In addition, when issuing and / or issuing a new application (or data) to a smart card, the smart card application (or data) is provided to a storage medium (or database or server) located on a wired / wireless communication network. And by providing the smart card application (or data) information with a relatively small (or small) capacity (or size) to the smart card, providing users with a solution to flexibly cope with the remaining storage space of the smart card. The purpose is to promote the scalability of the smart card (or IC card) industry by applying the smart card application (or data) to the smart card at any time.

An application (or data) post-issuance processing method according to the present invention provides a client terminal with an application (or data) search or selection interface for post-issuance to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), and the client terminal. Receiving, from the application (or data) selection information and the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information to be issued to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) from the client; Comparing the remaining capacity of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) identified using the owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information with the capacity of the application (or data) selected by the client terminal. And an application selected by the client terminal in response to the comparison result. Determining whether the option (or data) can be post-issued to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip); and in response to the determination result, the application (or data) selected by the client terminal is owned by the client. Processing to be post-issued to the smart card (or IC card or IC chip), or notifying the client terminal of the post-issuance impossibility.

According to the present invention, a client terminal provides an application (or data) search or selection interface for post-issuance of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), and the client-owned smart card (or IC card) from a client terminal. Or an application (or data) selection information to be post-issued to the IC chip, remaining capacity of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), and capacity of the application (or data) selected by the client terminal. Comparing the step of determining, and in response to the comparison result, determining whether the client terminal can post-issue the selected application (or data) to the client owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) and the determination result Corresponding to the application selected by the client terminal (and Data) is characterized in that the treatment, or after a step of notifying the non-issued by the client terminal to be issued after the client owns the smart card (or an IC card or IC chip).

According to the present invention, when the application (or data) selected by the client terminal cannot be post-issued in response to the determination result, the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information, and storing the data in a storage medium on a communication network.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are shown in different drawings.

In addition, in the following description, in order to explain the embodiments of the present invention, specific details such as specific components are shown, which are provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a preferred configuration for implementing the present invention.

According to this figure, the components implementing the present invention are largely the client terminal (device) 100, the server (or device or terminal) 105, the storage medium (or database or server) 150, smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 or the like.

In more detail, the components implementing the present invention are connected to a server (or device or terminal) 105 that provides an application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155. Determine whether the client terminal (device) 100 and the smart card application (or data) to be provided to the client terminal can be provided to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155, and If it is determined that the smart card application (or data) is not provided to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155, the smart card application (or data) is provided to a predetermined storage medium (or Database or server) to store and store only the smart card application (or data) information on the client terminal. Storage server (or database or server) 150 and the smart card application for storing and managing the server (or device or terminal) 105 and the smart card application (or data) to be provided to the client terminal And / or the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 for storing (or data) information.

The server (or device or terminal) 105 stores the smart card application (or data) selection (or input) signal and / or smart card information (including storage capacity (or size) information) data provided from the client. An application (or data) extracting / generating unit 115 and the client extracting or generating a smart card application corresponding to the receiving unit 110 and the smart card application (or data) received by the receiving unit 110. A comparator 120 for comparing the owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 storage capacity (or size) with the capacity (or size) of the smart card application (or data) to be provided to the client; The client owns the smart card application (or data) to be provided to the client according to the comparison result. If the determination unit 125 determines whether the smart card can be provided and the determination result, the smart card application (or data) fails to provide the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155, Provide and store the smart card application (or data) to a storage medium (or database or server) 150 located on a wired / wireless communication network, and provide the smart card application (or data) information to the client. Comprising the transmission unit 130 is made.

Here, when the determination unit fails to provide the smart card application (or data) to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155, the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 may not accept the smart card application (or data) provided by the server (or device or terminal) 105 due to low (or small) storage capacity (or size). When the smart card application (or data) provided by the server (or device or terminal) 105 is stored in a storage area managed by a specific application of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155. The remaining storage capacity (or size) of the storage area managed by a specific application of the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 is small. (Or small) the server (or device or terminal) 105 cannot accept the application (or data) for the smart card provided by the server or the server (or device or terminal) 105 at the request of the client. At least one or more cases that can not accept the application (or data) for the smart card provided by).

In addition, the receiving unit 110 receives the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 information (including storage capacity (or size) information) and / or personal information from the client. Is a member, the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 information (including storage capacity (or size) information) and / or personal information is extracted from the member database.

In addition, the receiving unit 110 serves to receive information about a storage medium (or database or server) 150 storing the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) from the client. do.

In this case, the client transmits the location information and the access authority information of the storage medium (or database or server) 150 in which the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) is stored. To the server (or device or terminal) 105.

In addition, the storage unit (or database or server) 150 for storing the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) is not received from the client through the receiver 110. In this case, the transmission unit 130, a storage medium for storing the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) in the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 ( Or database or server) 150 information (location information and / or access authority / authorization information, etc.) is extracted.

The server (or device or terminal) 105 includes a smart card application database that stores various smart card applications (or data) and a smart card application corresponding to the various smart card applications (or data). It further comprises an application information database for smart cards that stores (or data) information.

The server (or device or terminal) 105 further includes a search unit 135 that provides the client with an application (or data) search window or display window for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip). It is made.

The server (or device or terminal) 105 further includes a smart card application (or data) information extracting / generating unit 140 for extracting or generating the smart card application (or data) information. Is done.

In addition, the server (or device or terminal) 105, the process of performing data communication between the client terminal and the server (or device or terminal) 105 and the storage medium (or database or server) 150 In the above, it further comprises an encryption processing unit 145 for performing the encryption processing of the transmitted and received data, and in some cases used to receive a certificate from a certification authority for security and authentication of the transmitted and received data do.

In addition, the server (or device or terminal) 105 is a merchant terminal that is equipped with a CAD (Card Acceptance Device) to act as a smart card terminal, and a smart card slot or IC chip (Integrated Circuit Chip) is mounted A wireless terminal, a credit authorization terminal (CAT) that provides credit card payment in the form of a smart card, a point of sales (POS) that manages product sales information through CAD, and a CAD are installed. Characterized in that it is mounted or linked to a terminal device comprising at least one information guidance system (KIOSK).

The storage medium (or database or server) 150 is a storage medium (or database or server) 150 for wired / wireless communication for storing and managing the smart card application (or data). In order to facilitate implementation, the server (or device or terminal) 105 may be included in some cases.

In addition, the storage medium (or database or server) 150 and / or the server (or device or terminal) 105 may be located at a card company or VAN company or a mobile communication company for a more smooth implementation of the present invention. It is to be noted that, if necessary, it may be located in the merchant terminal or the affiliated store applying the smart card application (or data).

The client terminal (device) 100 includes a client PC and a smart card terminal when using a wired communication network, and a client-owned wireless communication device when using a wireless communication network.

The smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 includes at least one contact, contactless, hybrid, and combination card on which the IC chip is mounted. And at least one wireless smart card including a smart card and an IC chip (or IC card) mounted / removed in the wireless terminal, and the application (or data) is mounted or deleted even after the card is issued. It includes an open platform.

2 is a simple flowchart for implementing the present invention.

The smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 client connects to the server (or device or terminal) 105 that provides the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) (200). ).

At this time, if the client is not a member (205), the server (or device or terminal) 105, the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information (type, type, storage space, etc.) and / or individuals Provide information (210), or if the client is a member (215), the smart card information (format, type, storage space, etc.) and / or in the member information database at the server (or device or terminal) 105 Personal information is extracted (220).

In addition, the client owning the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 connects to a server (or device or terminal) 105 that provides an application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip). It is possible to connect using a wired communication network through a card acceptance device (CAD) and / or a smart card terminal, or the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 is mounted or detached from the wireless communication device. When the connection is established, the wireless communication device and the wireless communication network or short-range communication is characterized in that the connection.

In this case, the short-range communication may include at least one of infrared ray communication, RF (Radio Frequency) communication, Bluetooth (Blue Tooth), Wireless LAN (WiFi), and Wi-Fi (WiFi). .

The client selects (or inputs) an application (or data) for a smart card provided by the server (or device or terminal) 105 (225).

Here, when the client selects (or inputs) a smart card application (or data) provided by the server (or device or terminal) 105, the server (or device or terminal) 105 sends the client to the client. An application (or data) search window or display window for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) may be provided.

The server (or device or terminal) 105 extracts or generates an application (or data) for the smart card selected (or input) by the client.

When extracting an application (or data) for the smart card selected by the client (or input) from the server (or device or terminal) 105, the server (or device or terminal) 105 is sent to the client. The smart card (or IC card or IC chip) for the application (or data) to prepare in advance to store in a predetermined database and the server (or device or terminal) 105 to be provided to the client to the smart The application (or data) for the card (or IC card or IC chip) is extracted from the predetermined database.

If the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) to be provided to the client is not stored in the predetermined database (230), the server (or device or terminal) 105 Create an application (or data) for a smart card (or IC card or IC chip) (235), and conversely, the application (or data) for a smart card (or IC card or IC chip) to be provided to the client is If it is stored in the database (240), it is extracted from the database (245).

In operation 250, the server (or device or terminal) 105 may provide the smart card application (or data) to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155.

The process of determining whether the server (or device or terminal) 105 can provide the smart card application (or data) to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 may be performed by the client. According to the subject that extracts the storage capacity (or size) information of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 can be divided into two cases as follows.

First, if the client extracts the storage capacity (or size) information of the client owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 from the client, the server (or device or terminal) 105 The process of determining whether the smart card application (or data) can be provided to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 may include the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) from the client. Receiving the storage capacity (or size) information of 155 and storing (or size) the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 in the server (or device or terminal) 105; Comparing the capacity (or size) of the smart card application (or data) to be provided to the client and the capacity (or Comprises the step of determining whether a group) to provide the comparison result to the application (or data) for the smart card to be provided to the client, the client owns the smart card in accordance with the.

In addition, when the server that extracts the storage capacity (or size) information of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 from the client is the server, the server (or device or terminal) 105 In the process of determining whether the smart card application (or data) can be provided to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155, the server may own the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip). Extracting the storage capacity (or size) information of the 155, and the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 of the server (or device or terminal) 105; Or size) and the capacity (or size) of the smart card application (or data) to be provided to the client and the capacity (or size) comparison result. Depending comprises the steps of: determining whether an application (or data) for the smart card to be provided to the client provided to the client owns the smart card.

If it is determined that the smart card application (or data) can be provided to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 (255), the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) is determined. 260, and if the smart card application (or data) is not provided to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 (265), the server In operation 270, the smart card application (or data) is provided to a storage medium (or a database or a server) 150 located on a wired / wireless communication network (or a device or a terminal).

In this case, when the determination result does not provide the smart card application (or data) to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155, the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip). 155) The storage capacity (or size) is low (or small) so that the application (or data) for the smart card provided by the server (or device or terminal) 105 cannot be accepted, or the server When the smart card application (or data) provided by the (or device or terminal) 105 is stored in a storage area managed by a specific application of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155, The remaining storage capacity (or size) of the storage area managed by a specific application of the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 is small (or small). May not accept an application (or data) for a smart card provided by the server (or device or terminal) 105, or at the server (or device or terminal) 105 at the request of the client. At least one or more cases in which the smart card application (or data) to be provided cannot be accepted.

In addition, the process of providing and storing the smart card application (or data) from the server (or device or terminal) 105 to a storage medium (or database or server) 150 located on a wired / wireless communication network may be used. The location information and / or access authority / authorization information of the storage medium (or database or server) 150 may be classified according to a subject providing the information.

First, when the subject providing the location information and / or access authority / authorization information of the storage medium (or database or server) 150 is the client, the client to the server (or device or terminal) 105 Providing information on a storage medium (or database or server) 150 storing the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) and in the server (or device or terminal) 105 And providing the smart card application (or data) to the storage medium (or database or server) 150 based on the storage medium (or database or server) 150 information provided by the client. .

In addition, when the server that provides location information and / or access authority / authorization information of the storage medium (or database or server) 150 is the server, the server (or device or terminal) 105 owns the client. Extracting information on the storage medium (or database or server) 150 storing the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) from the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 And storing the smart card application (or data) on the storage medium (or database or server) based on the extracted storage medium (or database or server) 150 information from the server (or device or terminal) 105. 150) the process of providing and storing.

In addition, when the server that provides location information and / or access authority / authorization information of the storage medium (or database or server) 150 is the server, the server (or device or terminal) 105 owns the client. Extracting information on the storage medium (or database or server) 150 storing the application (or data) for the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) from the smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155. The smart card application (or data) is stored on the storage medium (or database or server) based on the storage medium (or database or server) 150 information set in the server (or device or terminal) 105 without any process. Provided at 150 and stored.

The server (or device or terminal) 105 generates / extracts only the smart card application (or data) information (275) and provides it to the client (280), and provides the provided smart card application (or data) information. The client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 is mounted (285).

In this case, before the server (or device or terminal) 105 provides only the application (or data) information for the smart card to the client, the server (or device or terminal) 105 application for the smart card ( Or data) extracting or generating information.

The server (or device or terminal) 105 provides only the application (or data) information for the smart card to the client and mounts the information on the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155. The server (or device or terminal) 105 loads the smart card application (or data) information into the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 through the smart card terminal. Or, mounted on a smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 that is mounted / detached on the client-owned wireless communication device through a wireless communication network or a local area communication. (Infrared Ray) communication, RF (Radio Frequency) communication, Bluetooth (Blue Tooth), wireless LAN (Wireless LAN), and at least one Wi-Fi (WiFi) The.

The server (or device or terminal) 105 provides only the application (or data) information for the smart card to the client and mounts the information on the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155. Provides the smart card application (or data) information from the (or the device or the terminal) to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) 155 using a wired Internet communication network, or a wireless communication network. It provides to the client owned wireless communication device using.

According to the present invention, in the process of the client data communication with the server (or device or terminal) 105, the client may further include a process of encrypting the transmitted and received data, the client In the process of performing data communication with the server (or device or terminal) 105, it is noted that the method may further include issuing a certificate from a certification authority for security and authentication of the transmitted and received data.

According to the present invention, when issuing and / or issuing a new application (or data) to a smart card, a storage medium (or database or server) for placing the smart card application (or data) on a wired or wireless communication network. By providing a smart card application (or data) information having a relatively small (or small) capacity (or a small amount) to the smart card, thereby providing a way to flexibly cope with the remaining storage space of the smart card. At the same time, it is intended to promote the scalability of the smart card (or IC card) industry by allowing users to apply the smart card application (or data) to the smart card at any time.

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Provide a client terminal with an application (or data) search or selection interface for post-issuance to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), and from the client terminal to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip). Receiving application (or data) selection information to be post-issued and the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information; Remaining capacity of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) identified using the received client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information and capacity of the application (or data) selected by the client terminal. Comparing the; In response to the comparison result, determining whether the client terminal can post-issue the selected application (or data) to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip); And In response to the determination result, processing an application (or data) selected by the client terminal to be post-issued to a client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), or notifying the client terminal of no post-issuance possibility; Application (or data) post-issuance processing method comprising a. Provide a client terminal with an application (or data) search or selection interface for post-issuance to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), and from the client terminal to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip). Receiving application (or data) selection information to be post-issued; Comparing the remaining capacity of the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) with the capacity of the application (or data) selected by the client terminal; In response to the comparison result, determining whether the client terminal can post-issue the selected application (or data) to the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip); And In response to the determination result, processing an application (or data) selected by the client terminal to be post-issued to a client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip), or notifying the client terminal of no post-issuance possibility; Application (or data) post-issuance processing method comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In response to the determination result, if the application (or data) selected by the client terminal is not post-issued, the application (or data) selected by the client terminal is associated with the client-owned smart card (or IC card or IC chip) information. Connecting to and storing in a storage medium on a communication network.

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