WO2004057890A2 - Dispositif de communication sans fil, carte a puce associee et procede pour faire fonctionner ce dispositif et cette carte - Google Patents

Dispositif de communication sans fil, carte a puce associee et procede pour faire fonctionner ce dispositif et cette carte Download PDF

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WO2004057890A2
WO2004057890A2 PCT/EP2003/050852 EP0350852W WO2004057890A2 WO 2004057890 A2 WO2004057890 A2 WO 2004057890A2 EP 0350852 W EP0350852 W EP 0350852W WO 2004057890 A2 WO2004057890 A2 WO 2004057890A2
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  • This invention relates to increasing the functionality of a wireless communication device.
  • the invention is applicable to, but not limited to, providing enhanced Smartcard functionality in a wireless communication device, such as a cellular phone.
  • Smartcards are used in a wide variety of applications. For example, it is known that Smartcards are used in electronic ticketing, time systems, and access control. Furthermore, the Smartcards are also used as a data storage function, for example containing biometric data, social security information or user profile information when used in a mobile phone. In addition, Smartcards are being increasingly used in electronic purse functions such as retail, public transport ticketing, ski passport, telephone, road-tolling, vending and parking.
  • Smartcards are known to have more functionality than just memory.
  • some Smartcards are designed to communicate with a Smartcard reader.
  • the Smartcard is designed to include a wireless interface to the reader.
  • the type of memory used in Smartcards is also varied.
  • Smartcards are known to include random access memory (RAM) and/or electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) , typically used for application related data such as soft-money, codes, etc. or read-only memory (ROM), typically used to store card personality data.
  • RAM random access memory
  • EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
  • ROM read-only memory
  • Smartcard Prior to a user being able to use functions or data provided by a particular Smartcard, the Smartcard must be initialised. Currently, Smartcards have to be purchased (or leased) . Additionally the customer may be forced to initialise such a card before use, e.g. by payment of a tax, fee, etc. At the point of sale (or lease), the Smartcards are programmed. A Smartcard reader may subsequently change the information that has been stored on the card after it has been used.
  • SIM subscriber identity module
  • OTA over-the-air
  • a wireless communication device as claimed in Claim 1.
  • the present invention provides for increased functionality of a wireless communication device, such as a mobile phone or two-way radio, by provision of an enhanced wireless Smartcard.
  • the increased functionality results from providing an interface and an additional wireless communication link to a wireless Smartcard located within or operably coupled to the wireless communication device.
  • a user is able to use the wireless communication device in a standard operational manner, as well as to configure the wireless communication device to function in an additional mode of operation to support Smartcard-related applications.
  • a first embodiment provides for a single re-programmable Smartcard to be located within, or operably coupled to, the wireless communication device, where the Smartcard is able to be re-programmed via the wireless communication device.
  • a second embodiment provides a wireless communication device, which is configured to include a Smartcard emulator that simulates the functionality of a multifunction (multi-application) Smartcard.
  • the Smartcard or simulated Smartcard is termed ⁇ wireless' as it is preferably configured to operate with its own antenna. In this manner, the limitations of the known technique of purchasing or leasing a pre-defined Smartcard are removed.
  • the enhanced wireless communication device may, for example, operate in the following manner. If a user wants to enter a secure building, a Smartcard reader would establish a link to the appropriate Smartcard to check if the required data contained in the Smartcard permits access.
  • the wireless communication device e.g. a phone
  • the appropriate secure key is preferably sent to the wireless communication device. The key is then preferably loaded into the Smartcard or Smartcard emulator, which would establish a wireless link to the smart card reader.
  • the Smartcard reader would then be able to provide the user with access to the building (assuming the access code is correct) , due primarily to the provision of the enhanced wireless communication device.
  • the alternate Smartcard communication link includes an additional air interface that allows the Smartcard a separate communication (to that of the primary wireless communications link) to a Smartcard system.
  • the additional air-interface enables the Smartcard or Smartcard emulator to create and/or change its data content over-the-air by using the communication device (cellular phone) as an interface.
  • FIG. 1 shows a wireless communication device, incorporating an enhanced wireless Smartcard in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a Smartcard Operating System Architecture provided by the Smartcard or Smartcard emulator device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a Smartcard transaction process in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • functionality of a wireless communication device is enhanced with the functionality of a wireless Smartcard.
  • this enhanced functionality is achieved by implementing a Smartcard chip, preferably including a Smartcard-specific (second) antenna operably coupled to the Smartcard chip, within the communication device.
  • a Smartcard emulator is incorporated into the communication device.
  • the term 'Smartcard' when applied to the wireless communication device, encompasses the first embodiment of a separate Smartcard chip and/or the second embodiment of a Smartcard emulator.
  • the hereinafter description of a second communication link using a second antenna encompasses any appropriate wireless communication link to the Smartcard, for example, an electromagnetic field arrangement in a wireless local loop (WLL) -based system.
  • WLL wireless local loop
  • the user interface of the communication device will also act as an interface between the Smartcard and a remote Smartcard reader.
  • the communication device facilitates the re- programming of the Smartcard utilising a processor within the Smartcard integrated circuit (IC) chip.
  • the communication device's signal processor, together with the device's user interface facilitates the (re-) programming of the Smartcard.
  • FIG. 1 a block diagram of a wireless communication device 100 is illustrated, for example a wireless cellular phone.
  • the wireless communication device 100 is adapted to support the inventive concepts of the present invention.
  • the wireless communication device 100 contains a primary antenna 102 for radiating signals to, or receiving electromagnetic signals from, a wireless remote communication unit, as known in the art.
  • the primary antenna 102 is preferably coupled to a duplex filter or antenna switch 104 that provides isolation between receive and transmit chains within the wireless communication device 100.
  • the receiver chain includes receiver front-end circuitry 106 (effectively providing reception, filtering and intermediate or baseband frequency conversion) .
  • the front-end circuit 106 scans signal transmissions from the wireless remote communication unit (not shown) .
  • the front-end circuit 106 is serially coupled to a signal processing function (processor, generally realised by a DSP) 108.
  • a signal processing function processor, generally realised by a DSP
  • the signal processing function 108 also preferably performs the final receiver operations including a baseband back-end processor function.
  • the signal processing function 108 is preferably operably coupled to a display 110 (as part of a user interface) to indicate Smartcard processing operations and/or a Smartcard status to a user.
  • the signal processing function 108 is operably coupled to a Smartcard 130.
  • the functionality and circuitry of a preferred Smartcard configuration is • illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the Smartcard 130 may be inserted via receptacle 135 into the wireless communication device 100.
  • a skilled artisan would appreciate that many configurations exist operably coupling a Smartcard to the wireless communication device's circuitry, and that the receptacle-based configuration is a preferred example only.
  • the signal processing function 108 is operably coupled to a Smartcard emulator module 140.
  • the Smartcard functionality of the Smartcard emulator is shown in FIG. 2.
  • the Smartcard emulator module 140 simulates the performance and functionality of a Smartcard.
  • the Smartcard emulator module 140 is operably coupled to the signal processor function 108 of the wireless communication device 100 to facilitate data transfer.
  • the Smartcard emulator module 140 is operably coupled to the communication device's user interface 120. In this manner, the Smartcard emulator module 140 may be programmed or re-programmed via the user interface 120.
  • the Smartcard emulator module 140 may be a stand-alone application, which resides external to the wireless communication device 100.
  • the Smartcard emulator module 140 is preferably still operably coupled to the wireless communication device, to benefit from its functionality.
  • the Smartcard 130 or Smartcard emulator module 140 is preferably programmed with each relevant application and/or Smartcard code required by the user. For example Smartcard key codes for parking, or Smartcard-based access codes and payment authorisation codes to effect ticketing purchases, etc will be programmed into the
  • Smartcard 130 or Smartcard emulator module 140 Once the Smartcard 130 or Smartcard emulator module 140 has been programmed in this manner, the Smartcard 130 or Smartcard emulator module 140 associated with the wireless communication unit 100 will effectively function as a multiple form of a standard Smartcard, each Smartcard application in the manner expected by the particular Smartcard system.
  • the first embodiment with a re-programmable Smartcard module, or the second embodiment with a Smartcard emulator is operably coupled to a second antenna 150.
  • the second antenna provides the additional functionality of a second communication link between the Smartcard circuitry of the wireless communication device 100 and a remote Smartcard reader (not shown) .
  • the remote Smartcard reader operates in, and interfaces with, a remote Smartcard system.
  • all of the air- interface communication with the respective Smartcard reader of the Smartcard system may be performed via Smartcard based components and the second antenna 150 within the wireless communication device 100.
  • the Smartcard of the wireless communication device 100 is able to set up a supplementary communication channel to the wireless communication device's primary channel.
  • the additional communication circuitry that facilitates the Smartcard communication with a remote Smartcard reader is not shown.
  • standard Smartcard technology can be re-used in this regard within or operably coupled to the wireless communication device, i.e. wireless local loop (WLL) or Bluetooth TM technology.
  • the supplementary communication channel in the preferred embodiment of the present invention is a short-range Bluetooth TM communication channel.
  • the supplementary communication channel is configured to be operational at a distal operating frequency and at a significantly reduced power level to that of the primary communication channel. In this manner, the supplementary communication channel does not interfere with the primary communications of the wireless communication device 100.
  • the wireless communication device 100 further comprises a controller 114, which is preferably operably coupled to the front-end circuitry 106 so that the receiver can calculate receive bit-error-rate (BER) or frame-error-rate (FER) or similar link-quality measurement data from recovered information via a received signal strength indication (RSSI) 112 function.
  • the RSSI 112 function is operably coupled to the front- end circuit 106.
  • similar transceiver circuitry (not shown) and associated functionality may be coupled/provided to the Smartcard circuit and signal processor function 108, for example in a Bluetooth TM implementation.
  • a memory device 116 stores a wide array of device-specific data, such as decoding/encoding functions, timing details, neighbour and serving cell information relating to timing, channels, power control and the like.
  • a timer 118 is operably coupled to the controller 114 to control the timing of operations, namely the transmission or reception of time-dependent signals, within the wireless communication device 100.
  • the transmit chain of the wireless communication unit essentially includes a user input device 120, such as a keypad or keyboard.
  • the mobile phone provides, via the keypad, an interface between the user and the Smartcard.
  • a further advantage of the inventive concepts herein described is that enhanced Smartcard applications can be performed in an efficient and user-friendly manner. For example, Smartcard applications that entail the loading of data and/or electronic purchasing of goods over-the- air can be performed more effectively using the additional air-interface and user interface capabilities of the wireless communication device 100.
  • the user input device 120 is preferably coupled in series through the signal processor function 108, transmitter/ modulation circuitry 122 and a power amplifier 124.
  • the processor 108, transmitter/ modulation circuitry 122 and the power amplifier 124 are operationally responsive to the controller, with an output from the power amplifier coupled to the duplex filter or antenna switch 104, as known in the art.
  • transceiver circuitry is implemented for the Smartcard operations, albeit on a smaller scale due to the short-range (and hence lower power) nature of the preferred Bluetooth m communication.
  • the signal processor function 108 in the transmit chain may be implemented as distinct from the processor in the receive chain.
  • a single processor 108 may be used to implement processing of both transmit and receive signals, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the various components within the wireless communication device 100 can be realised in discrete or integrated component form, with an ultimate structure therefore being merely an arbitrary selection.
  • the adaptation of a wireless communication device 100 associated with the preferred embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in any suitable manner.
  • new apparatus may be added to a conventional wireless communication device 100, or alternatively existing parts of a conventional communication unit may be adapted, for example by reprogramming one or more processors therein.
  • the required adaptation may be implemented in the form of processor-implementable instructions stored on a storage medium, such as a floppy disk, hard disk, PROM, RAM or any combination of these or other storage multimedia.
  • a wireless communication device such as a cellular phone capable of operating in say, a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) or a global system for mobile communication (GSM) air-interface.
  • UMTS universal mobile telecommunication system
  • GSM global system for mobile communication
  • the aforementioned wireless communication device in the preferred embodiment of the present invention may, for example in alternative embodiments, be any one of: a cellular phone, a portable or mobile radio, a personal digital assistant, a laptop computer or a wirelessly networked personal computer (PC) .
  • the wireless Smartcard is distinct and functionally very different from the subscriber identity module (SIM) card currently used in cellular phones to store user profiles.
  • SIM subscriber identity module
  • the Smartcard is a standalone device that communicates/interacts in its own right with a remote communication Smartcard system.
  • the information interchange with a Smartcard is notably contact-less, which is either emulated by a first embodiment of the present invention, or physically installed within the mobile phone/radio in a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the Smartcard is able to influence the remote Smartcard system.
  • current SIM technology provides a limited portable memory function. Indeed, a SIM card is not intended for use, say, as a pass for entering a building.
  • BluetoothTM is used in the preferred embodiment as it offers a high date rate and fast response protocol that is suited to some of the embodiments described.
  • the Smartcard function may be active or passive.
  • the Smartcard functionality may be configured to be available when the wireless communication unit is switched on or switched off.
  • the user of the wireless communication device does not need to switch on the wireless communication device to benefit from the wireless communication device's enhanced Smartcard capabilities. For example, a user wishing to gain access to a building where authorisation is required is able to obtain and authenticate a key code using the Smartcard function on, say a cellular phone, without switching on the cellular phone.
  • a wireless communication device In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a wireless communication device's
  • Smartcard Architecture 200 is also described, as shown in relation to FIG. 2.
  • the Smartcard Architecture 200 functions as the re-programmable Smartcard 130 of FIG. 1, or as the Smartcard emulator 140 of FIG. 1.
  • the Smartcard architecture 200 may be implemented on an integrated circuit (IC), for example an application (Smartcard) - specific IC (ASIC) .
  • IC integrated circuit
  • ASIC application specific IC
  • the Smartcard Architecture is preferably divided into two distinct areas:
  • the Smartcard OS Core 202 includes hardware resources 206 that comprise a processing unit 208.
  • the processing unit 208 is operably coupled to one or more memory modules, such as a Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NV-RAM) , Random Access Memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM) 210.
  • NV-RAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • ROM read-only memory
  • the one or more memory modules are preferably coupled to a crypto engine 212, to provide for secure communication to a Smartcard reader.
  • the Smartcard OS Core 202 also preferably includes hardware interfaces 214, which comprise a physically- contacted interface 216 and a physically-contactless interface 218.
  • the Smartcard OS Core 202 includes platform low-level drivers 220 having transmission protocol 224 and anti-collision functions 226.
  • Platform middleware level (card application) services 230 are also provided, including an application manager and interface 232 and an ISO secure messaging layer 234, as- known to those skilled in the art.
  • the aforementioned Smartcard configuration forms the Smartcard OS core and provides the following services:
  • Middleware made of an optional message ciphering/deciphering layer and a message routing that directs data to/from the proper application to/from the Smartcard.
  • the Smartcard OS Application 204 includes a platform native application (Card management) function 240.
  • This platform native application function 240 includes an initialisation function 242, an easy entry function 246 and an administration function 248.
  • Custom application (product specific) functions 250 are provided, including E-purse 252 and Transport 254.
  • the Smartcard Operating System 200 ensures the administration and the security of the secured file system mapped in the Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NV-RAM) 210.
  • the Operating System Core features the services used by the various applications that are implemented on top of the Smartcard OS core and that use its resources.
  • a transaction using a Smartcard is basically a succession of elementary read and write operations/ instructions on data stored in the NV-RAM 210 of the Smartcard 200.
  • FIG. 3 one example of a transaction mechanism utilising the inventive concepts of the present invention is described.
  • the preferred example is illustrated by means of a flowchart 300.
  • a user of a wireless communication device accesses a remote database, say the Internet, to obtain details of a ticket-based 'pass' , in step 310.
  • ticket-based passes would include train, ski-passes, car parking, etc.
  • the mobile phone purchases the ticket, via the user interface and the primary (say UMTS or GPRS) communication path, as shown in step 320.
  • the mobile phone then receives one or more downloaded Smartcard code(s), following the ticket purchase via the Internet, as shown in step 330.
  • the mobile phone is able to accordingly program the Smartcard or emulated Smartcard, within the mobile phone, as shown in step 340.
  • the user of the mobile phone is able to use the Smartcard and the supplementary communication channel to gain access to the train, ski lift, car park, etc., as in step 350.
  • any Smartcard payment may also be effected using any electronic wireless payment mechanism.
  • any known integrated payment solution could be used.
  • a wireless payment mechanism may be implemented direct from a simulated or re-programmed Smartcard, via a user interface of the cellular phone, as described in FIG. 3.
  • Another useful application would include the possibility that downloaded Smartcard data can be subsequently forwarded to another wireless communication device, such as another cellular phone.
  • another wireless communication device such as another cellular phone.
  • the provision of the enhanced Smartcard functionality enables, for example, a user to re-use a monthly bus ticket for his/her family, or re-use group tickets on a train, i.e. by forwarding Smartcard information from one phone to another.
  • Such an application could be implemented by sending, to a second user, the key-code of a car via the user- interface of the mobile phone and the primary communication channel. This would enable the second user to have the same access privileges as the first user.
  • a further useful application of the inventive concepts herein described would be the automatic turn-off of the mobile phone, or switching to a vibration alarm, at, say, a check-in at a theatre or whilst boarding an airplane.
  • a remote Smartcard reader (preferably also operational as a Smartcard writer) , upon receiving a trigger, may thus control the operational status of the wireless communication device.
  • a yet further application of the aforementioned inventive concepts includes location-based services, for example with a security guard.
  • location information may comprise part of, say, a status message, indicating the location of the security guard.
  • the message may be transmit to the central location via the security guard's mobile phone or portable radio.
  • wireless communication device Smartcard and methods of performing a Smartcard- based transaction, as described above, provide at least one or more of the following advantages:
  • a user is able to receive and store relevant information in a dynamic manner, for example by programming a Smartcard via a cellular phone, to enable the user to employ the Smartcard in a variety of different Smartcard systems.
  • a user is able to read Smartcard information on a device's display, by the Smartcard or Smartcard emulator accessing information from a Smartcard reader/writer and transmit this information over a cellular or radio air interface.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de communication sans fil (100), tel qu'un téléphone cellulaire ou une radio bidirectionnelle, comprenant un récepteur destiné à recevoir des signaux de communication primaires et/ou un émetteur destiné à émettre des signaux de communication primaires. Une unité de traitement de signaux (108) est reliée fonctionnellement au récepteur et/ou à l'émetteur pour commander les communications primaires. Ce dispositif de communication sans fil comprend en outre une carte à puce sans fil (130, 140) qui est reliée fonctionnellement à l'unité de traitement de signaux (108) et qui permet d'obtenir une liaison de communication de carte à puce secondaire pour ledit dispositif de communication sans fil (100). De cette manière, un dispositif de communication sans fil peut posséder une fonctionnalité de carte à puce accrue. Par ailleurs, de multiples applications peuvent être programmées de façon dynamique dans une carte à puce sans fil ou un émulateur de carte à puce situé dans ou relié fonctionnellement au dispositif de communication sans fil. Un utilisateur peut ainsi initialiser et utiliser une seule carte à puce ou un seul émulateur de carte à puce pour n'importe quel nombre d'applications.
PCT/EP2003/050852 2002-12-20 2003-11-19 Dispositif de communication sans fil, carte a puce associee et procede pour faire fonctionner ce dispositif et cette carte WO2004057890A2 (fr)

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