WO2009068088A1 - Transmission de données entre un appareil et une unité de carte à puce - Google Patents

Transmission de données entre un appareil et une unité de carte à puce Download PDF

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WO2009068088A1
WO2009068088A1 PCT/EP2007/062921 EP2007062921W WO2009068088A1 WO 2009068088 A1 WO2009068088 A1 WO 2009068088A1 EP 2007062921 W EP2007062921 W EP 2007062921W WO 2009068088 A1 WO2009068088 A1 WO 2009068088A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
    • H04B1/3816—Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L7/00—Arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter
    • H04L7/0016—Arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter correction of synchronization errors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
    • H04W52/02—Power saving arrangements
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04W8/183—Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
    • Y02D30/00—Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
    • Y02D30/70—Reducing energy consumption in communication networks in wireless communication networks

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  • This invention relates to a method, a computer program product, device, smart card unit and a system for changing a role for data transmission between an apparatus and a smart card unit.
  • USB Universal Serial Bus
  • UICC Universal Integrated Circuits Card
  • ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
  • TC Technical Committee
  • SCP Smart Card Platform
  • This architecture implies that the device like the UICC can offer a number of services to the host like the phone; e.g. it can, very naturally, offer the service of a smart card according to the USB smart card device class. In addition it can for example offer the services of a communication device (which allows Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity between the phone and the UICC) , and/or the service of a mass storage device. But this architecture also imposes some limits. For several years now there has been a tendency to use the UICC as the control point of the system comprising the phone and the UICC. This would allow to control, to a certain extent, the phone from the UICC, and to offer to the user a set of value added services which are identical on all handsets.
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • Card Application Toolkit As specified in ETSI TS 102 223, which offers a standardized Application Programming Interface (API) allowing the UICC to control many phone features.
  • API Application Programming Interface
  • Card Application Toolkit API is quite powerful, but it is not very flexible, and new features take a long time to implement because they have to be standardized first.
  • a method is described, changing a role for data transmission between an apparatus and a smart card unit, wherein in a first state the apparatus acts as host and the smart card unit acts as device and in a second state the apparatus acts as device and the smart card unit acts as host.
  • an apparatus configured to perform data transmission with a smart card unit, wherein in a first state the apparatus acts as host and the smart card unit acts as device and in a second state the apparatus acts as device and the smart card unit acts as host, and wherein said apparatus is configured to be switched in the first state and in the second state.
  • a smart card unit configured to perform data transmission with a apparatus, wherein in a first state the apparatus acts as host and the smart card unit acts as device and in a second state the apparatus acts as device and the smart card unit acts as host, and wherein said smart card unit is configured to be switched in the first state and in the second state.
  • a system comprising the apparatus and the smart card unit, wherein the apparatus and the smart card unit are configured to negotiate changing the role for data transmission.
  • a computer- readable medium having a computer program stored thereon comprising changing a role for data transmission between an apparatus and a smart card unit, wherein in a first state the apparatus acts as host and the smart card unit acts as device and in a second state the apparatus acts as device and the smart card unit acts as host .
  • a computer program comprising changing a role for data transmission between an apparatus and a smart card unit, wherein in a first state the apparatus acts as host and the smart card unit acts as device and in a second state the apparatus acts as device and the smart card unit acts as host.
  • an apparatus means is described, wherein the apparatus means is configured to perform data transmission with a smart card means, wherein in a first state the apparatus means acts as host and the smart card means acts as device and in a second state the apparatus means as device and the smart card means acts as host, and wherein said apparatus means is configured to be switched in the first state and in the second state.
  • a smart card means is described, wherein the smart card means is configured to perform data transmission with an apparatus means, wherein in a first state the apparatus means acts as host and the smart card means acts as device and in a second state the apparatus means acts as device and the smart card means acts as host, and wherein said smart card means is configured to be switched in the first state and in the second state .
  • the apparatus may for instance represent any kind of cellular phone, e.g. a second generation (2G) device like a GSM device, a third generation (3G) device like a UMTS device or any other mobile phone or mobile terminal or reception device like a digital video broadcasting receiver with a smart card unit.
  • the smart card unit may be configured to be plugged to the apparatus and the smart card unit may be configured to give access to a network associated with the apparatus or to other functions of the apparatus by providing authentication.
  • the apparatus represents a mobile device
  • the smart card unit may be configured to give access to the mobile device's wireless network by providing authentication.
  • said smart card unit may- represent a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) which may for instance represent a Integrated Circuit Card (ICC) implemented according to or substantially based on ETSI TS 102 221 (Release 7, Version 7.9.0, 2007-07) .
  • UICC Universal Integrated Circuit Card
  • the smart card unit may comprise a processing unit connected to an interface.
  • This processing unit may represent an integrated circuit but may represent any other suited processing unit.
  • the processing unit may be configured to carry out the described method associated with the smart card unit .
  • the apparatus may also comprise a processing unit and an interface for connecting to the smart card unit.
  • the processing unit of the apparatus may also be configured to carry out the described method associated with the apparatus.
  • the data transmission between the apparatus and the smart card unit is associated with a first state and a second state.
  • the apparatus acts as host and the smart card acts as device and in the second state the apparatus acts as device and the smart card acts as host.
  • the roles of the apparatus and the smart card unit may be changed by switching from one out of the first and the second state into the other state.
  • any kind of device and/or host classes may be used for performing communication between the smart card unit and the apparatus.
  • the device class for smart cards according to the Specification for the USB Integrated Circuit (s) Card Device e.g. as described in ISO/IEC 7816 standard, may be used as a basis for this communication.
  • the first mode may be used for data transmission between the apparatus and the smart card unit, i.e. the apparatus may represent the host and the smart card may represent the device.
  • any kind of data communication may be performed between the apparatus and the smart card unit, wherein the apparatus acts as host and the smart card unit acts as device.
  • any kind of device services/features/applications may be offered from the smart card unit acting as device to the apparatus acting as host.
  • the smart card unit acting as device may offer a number of services to the apparatus acting as host; e.g. it may offer the services of smart cards according to the Specification for the USB Integrated Circuit (s) Card Device, Revision 1.0, April 22 nd , 2005, and/or it may offer services of a communication device (which may allow Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity between the apparatus and the smart card) and/or services of a mass storage device and/or further device services .
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • the smart card unit may also be configured to provide other applications and/or features to the apparatus, e.g. a phone book and/or other applications.
  • the smart card unit acts as a host and the apparatus acts as a device, the roles between the smart card units and the apparatus can be changed.
  • any well-suited protocol between the apparatus and the smart card unit may be used to perform the change of roles, i.e. switching into one out of the first state and the second state.
  • the actual host as well as the actual device may trigger this change of roles.
  • the smart card unit may request or trigger the apparatus for changing the roles into the second state, and, vice versa, when the apparatus acts as a device according to the second state, then the apparatus may request or trigger the smart unit for changing the roles into the first state.
  • the actual host may also trigger the change of roles .
  • the smart card unit may represent the control point of the system comprising the smart card unit and the apparatus and it is the apparatus which offers its services to the smart card unit. Accordingly, in this second state, the apparatus may be controlled by the smart card unit. For instance, this may be used to offer the user a set of value added services which are identical on all apparatuses.
  • the apparatus may be allowed to act as device according to standard device classes.
  • at least one out of the following already existing device classes may be implemented by the apparatus: Audio class, communication device class, Imaging class, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) class, Monitor device class; and Video device class.
  • USB devices exists for many purposes without a dedicated device class, e.g. BlueTooth adapters, WLAN adapters, GPS device, various sensors etc.
  • a dedicated device class e.g. BlueTooth adapters, WLAN adapters, GPS device, various sensors etc.
  • Such devices may be implemented using generic communication device classes.
  • the data transmission may represent any kind of a serial data transmission, e.g. the data transmission may use or may be based on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection.
  • the apparatus and the smart card may both comprise an USB interface.
  • said USB connection may represent an Inter-Chip USB connection, e.g. based on Inter-Chip USB Supplement to the USB 2.0 Specification (Revision 1.0, March 13 th , 2006) .
  • the smart card unit represents a Universal Integrated Circuit Card.
  • the smart card may represent a Integrated Circuit Card (ICC) implemented according to or substantially based on ETSI TS 102 221.
  • ICC Integrated Circuit Card
  • the apparatus may be configured to provide clock representatives to the smart card unit. For instance, these clock representatives may be provided by the apparatus both during the first state and during the second state. Thus, even when the smart card unit acts as a host the clock may be provided by the apparatus. Accordingly, no clock generation is necessary at the smart card unit. This may allow reducing power consumption of the smart card unit so that power limitations of the smart card unit can be taken into account .
  • the smart card unit may be configured to perform error handling of received corrupted clock representatives.
  • the smart card unit is prepared to handle situations with missing and/or clock representatives received from the apparatus .
  • said data transmission represents a serial data transmission.
  • any suited serial data transmission may be used for the communication between the apparatus and the smart card unit .
  • said serial data transmission is based on USB.
  • USB connection any kind of suited USB connection may be implemented and/or used in order to connect the apparatus and the smart card unit.
  • the change of roles between the host and the device may be based on aspects of the USB On-The-Go (OTG) Supplement to the USB 2.0 specification (e.g. according to OTG Supplement to the USB 2.0 specification version 1.3, December 5 th , 2006) .
  • OTG On-The-Go
  • the apparatus may represent the "A-Device” according to the USB OTG terminology, i.e. the device which is in the host role during start-up and which provides the power
  • the smart card unit may represent the "B-Device” according to the USB OTG terminology, i.e. the device which is in the device role during start up.
  • the change of roles between the A-Device and the B-Device may be performed according to or based on the USB OTG rules.
  • the apparatus may provide the clock by sending Start-Of-Frame (SOF) blocks according to the USB specification periodically.
  • SOF Start-Of-Frame
  • a SOF block may be send every millisecond by the apparatus, but the time period may differ depending on the applied transmission mode.
  • the apparatus now acting as a device, may send the SOF blocks periodically to the smart card unit.
  • the device is responsible for performing synchronization between the host and the device.
  • said USB connection represents an Inter-Chip USB connection.
  • Inter- Chip USB connection may be based on the Inter-Chip USB Supplement to the USB 2.0 Specification.
  • protocol of said Inter-Chip USB connection may be amended slightly in order to incorporate the change of roles between hosts and devices, e.g. based on USB OTG rules.
  • a change of role can be negotiated between the apparatus and the smart card unit .
  • the actual host may send a predefined signal to the device in order to indicate and/or initiate the change of roles.
  • sending a predefined signal to indicate the change of roles has to be understood in a wide sense. I.e., any kind of signaling may be used to indicate the change of roles. For instance, said sending a predefined signal may even represent sending no signal for a predetermined time period in order to indicate or to trigger the change of roles.
  • the device may send a predefined signal to the host in order to request the change of roles.
  • the apparatus and the smart card unit have negotiated a change or role, it is switched from the first state to the second state or vice versa.
  • a change of role into the first state is indicated by at least one out of: sending nothing from the smart card to the apparatus for a predetermined period, and sending a predefined signal from the apparatus to the smart card.
  • the predetermined period may be approximately 3 milliseconds, but this value may vary.
  • the apparatus may be configured to be switched in the first state if it receives no signal from the smart card unit for a predetermined time period.
  • the apparatus may send a predefined signal in order to request a change of role so that the apparatus takes back the role of a host.
  • the smart card may be configured to be switched in the first state if it receives this predefined signal.
  • said predefined signal represents a power off message which is configured to reset the smart card unit .
  • this power off message may represent an ICC_POWER_OFF message.
  • the smart card unit is configured to perform a reset upon receiving the power off message and to send a reset confirmation signal to the apparatus .
  • said reset confirmation signal may be an Answer to Reset (ATR) .
  • the change of roles between the apparatus and the smart card unit may only take place after the apparatus has received this reset confirmation signal.
  • a change of role into the second state is indicated by at least one out of: sending a predefined signal from the smart card to the apparatus, and sending a predefined signal from the apparatus to the smart card.
  • the apparatus in case the apparatus acts as a host and it is desired to switch into the second state, the apparatus is configured to send a predefined signal to the smart card unit in order to indicate and/or trigger a switch into the second state.
  • the smart card may be configured to be switched in the second state if it receives the predefined signal from the apparatus.
  • the smart card may be configured to send a predefined signal to the apparatus.
  • the apparatus may be configured to be switched in the second state if it receives the predefined signal from the smart card unit.
  • Fig. 1 a schematic flowchart of a first exemplary embodiment of a method according to the present invention
  • Fig. 2 a schematic block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a system of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 a schematic flowchart of a second exemplary embodiment of a method according to the present invention
  • Fig. 4a a first schematic diagram illustrating data transmission according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 4b a second schematic diagram illustrating data transmission according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a schematic flowchart of a first exemplary embodiment of a method according to the present invention. This exemplary method will be described in combination with the exemplary embodiment of a system depicted in Fig. 2.
  • This exemplary embodiment of a method is related to changing a role for data transmission between an apparatus 210 and a smart card unit 220.
  • the apparatus 210 may represent any kind of cellular phone 210, e.g. a second generation (2G) device like a GSM device, a third generation (3G) device like a UMTS device or any other mobile phone or mobile terminal or reception device like a digital video broadcasting receiver with a smart card unit.
  • 2G second generation
  • 3G third generation
  • the apparatus 210 represents a mobile device 210, as exemplarily depicted in Fig. 2.
  • the smart card unit 220 may be configured to be plugged to the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 may be configured to give access to the mobile device's wireless network by providing authentication.
  • said smart card unit 220 may represent a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) which may represent a Integrated Circuit Card (ICC) implemented according to ETSI TS 102 221.
  • UICC Universal Integrated Circuit Card
  • the smart card unit 220 may comprise a processing unit 240 connected to an interface 230.
  • This processing unit 240 may represent an integrated circuit but may represent any other suited processing unit.
  • the processing unit 240 may be configured to carry out any of the methods associated with the smart card unit described in the sequel of this detailed description.
  • the mobile device 210 may also comprise a processing unit (not depicted in Fig. 2) and an interface (not depicted in Fig. 2) for connecting to the smart card unit.
  • the processing unit of the mobile device 240 may also be configured to carry out any of the methods associated with the mobile device described in the sequel of this detailed description.
  • the data transmission between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 is associated with a first state and a second state.
  • the mobile device 210 acts as host and the smart card acts 220 as device and in the second state the mobile device 210 acts as device and the smart card 220 acts as a host.
  • the roles of the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 may be changed by switching from one out of the first and the second state into the other state.
  • the first mode may be used for data transmission between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220, i.e. the mobile device 210 represents the host and the smart card 220 represents the device, as exemplarily indicated by step 110 in Fig. 1.
  • any kind of device services/features/applications may be offered from the smart card unit 220 acting as device to the mobile device 210 acting as host .
  • the smart card unit 220 acting as device may offer a number of services to the mobile device 210 acting as host,- e.g. it may offer the services of smart cards according to the specification for the USB Integrated Circuit (s) Card Device, Revision 1.0, April 22 nd , 2005, and/or it may offer services of a communication device (which may- allow Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity between the mobile device and the smart card) and/or services of a mass storage device and/or further device services.
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • step 120 it may be determined and/or decided whether the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 should change their roles from the first state to the second state (step 120) .
  • the smart card unit 220 may represent the control point of the system comprising the smart card unit 220 and the mobile device 210 and it is the mobile device 220 which offers its services to the smart card unit 210. Accordingly, in this second state, the mobile device 220 may be controlled by the smart card unit 210. For instance, this may be used to offer the user a set of value added services which are identical on all mobile devices 210.
  • the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 change their roles so that the mobile device 210 acts as a device and the smart card unit 220 acts as a host (step 130 depicted in Fig. 1) .
  • step 140 depicted in Fig. 1 it may be determined and/or decided whether the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 should change their roles from the second state to the first state. Thus, when it is desired to switch into first state then the method may jump back to step 110 depicted in Fig. 1.
  • the mobile device 210 may act as a device according to any standard device class and the smart card unit 220 may act as a host. This allows introducing new features/applications/services provided from the smart card unit 220 to the mobile phone 210 compared to the case when the mobile device 210 exclusively acts as a host and the smart card 220 exclusively acts as device.
  • any well-suited protocol between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 may be used to perform the change of roles, i.e. switching into one out of the first state and the second state.
  • both the actual host and the actual device may trigger this change of roles.
  • the smart card unit 220 may request or trigger the mobile device 210 for changing the roles into the second state, and, vice versa, when the mobile device 210 acts as a device according to the second state, then the mobile device 210 may request or trigger the smart unit 220 for changing the roles into the first state.
  • the actual host may also trigger the change of roles.
  • the data transmission may represent any kind of a serial data transmission, e.g. the data transmission may use or may be based on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection.
  • USB Universal Serial Bus
  • the mobile device 210 and the smart card 220 may both comprise an USB interface.
  • said USB connection may represent an Inter-Chip USB connection, e.g. based on Inter-Chip USB Supplement to the USB 2.0 Specification.
  • the change of roles between the host and the device may be based on aspects of the USB On-The-Go (OTG) Supplement to the USB 2.0 specification.
  • OTG On-The-Go
  • the mobile device 210 may be configured to provide clock representatives to the smart card unit 220 used for said data transmission. These clock representatives may be provided by the mobile device 210 during the first state as well as during the second state. Thus, even when the smart card unit acts 220 as a host the clock is provided by the mobile device 210. Accordingly, no clock generation is necessary at the smart card unit 220. This may allow reducing power consumption of the smart card unit 220 so that power limitations of the smart card unit 220 can be taken into account .
  • the mobile device may provide the clock by sending the Start -Of -Frame (SOF) blocks periodically.
  • SOF Start -Of -Frame
  • a SOF block may be send every millisecond by the mobile device, but the time period may differ depending on the applied transmission mode.
  • the mobile device 210 now acting as a device, may send the SOF blocks periodically to the smart card unit 220.
  • the device is responsible for performing synchronization between the host and the device.
  • any kind of device and/or host classes may be used for performing communication between the smart card unit and the mobile device.
  • the device class for smart cards according to the Specification for the USB Integrated Circuit (a) Card Device e.g. as described in ISO/IEC 7816, may be used as a basis for this communication.
  • Fig. 3 depicts a schematic flowchart of a second exemplary embodiment of a method according to the present invention.
  • This second exemplary embodiment of a method may be carried out be the mobile device 210 and/or by the smart card unit 220 in order to perform changing the role for data transmission between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220.
  • this second exemplary embodiment of a method will be explained when carried out by the mobile device 210.
  • the data transmission is associated with the first state (step 310) , i.e. the mobile device acts as host. But of course the data transmission may also start in the second state (step 350) .
  • the first state any kind of data communication may be performed between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220, wherein the mobile device 210 acts as host and the smart card unit 220 acts as device.
  • the mobile device 210 may send a predefined signal to the smart card unit 220 (step 340) in order to indicate the change of roles.
  • the mobile device 210 switches into the second state (step 350) and thus acts as device. For instance, the switching into the second state (step 350) may only be performed if the mobile device 210 receives a confirmation signal from the smart cart unit 220.
  • the mobile phone 210 may check whether a predefined signal indicating a change of role is received from the smart card unit 220 (step 330 ⁇ . If such a request is received from the smart card unit 220, then the mobile device may proceed with switching into the second state (step 350) .
  • any kind of data communication may be performed between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220, wherein the mobile device 210 acts as device and the smart card unit 220 acts as host.
  • the mobile device 210 may send a predefined signal to the smart card unit 220 (step 380) in order to indicate the change of roles.
  • the mobile device 210 switches into the first state (step 310) and thus acts as host. For instance, the switching into the first state (step 310) may only be performed if the mobile device 210 receives a confirmation signal from the smart cart unit 220.
  • the mobile phone 210 may check whether a predefined signal indicating a change of role is received from the smart card unit 220 (step 370) . If such a request is received from the smart card unit 220, then the mobile device may proceed with switching into the first state (step 310) .
  • sending a predefined signal to indicate the change of roles has to be understood in a wide sense. I.e., any kind of signaling may be used to indicate the change of roles. For instance, said sending a predefined signal may even represent sending no signal for a predetermined time period by the smart card unit 220 or by the mobile device 210 in order to indicate or to trigger the change of roles.
  • the mobile device 210 may be configured to provide clock representatives to the smart card unit 220 used for said data transmission. These clock representatives may be provided by the mobile device 210 both during the first state and during the second state.
  • the smart card unit 220 may be configured to receive these clock representatives, and the smart card unit 220 may be configured to handle situations with missing and/or corrupted clock representatives.
  • the mobile device 210 would still be responsible for the clock representatives.
  • the negotiating of change of roles and the data transmission between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 may depend on the used data transmission.
  • FIG. 4a depicts a first schematic diagram illustrating data transmission according to the present invention.
  • This first schematic diagram exemplarily depicts the case when the data transmission between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 is in the first state, i.e. the mobile device 210 acts as host and the smart card unit 220 acts as device .
  • the mobile device provides clock representatives 410 to the smart card unit. For instance and without any restrictions, it may be assumed that the data transmission is based on a USB connection.
  • the clock representatives 410 represent Start of Frames (SOFs) which are periodically sent to the smart card device 220.
  • SOFs Start of Frames
  • the mobile device 210 may send a SOF every millisecond according to the USB 2.0 specification .
  • the data communication between the host and the device may be performed according to USB rules.
  • the host may send an IN token 420 followed by a change of the direction of data, so that data 430 can be sent from the device to the host, or an OUT token 440 followed by data 450 from host to device. If the mobile device 210 has nothing to send then it may send an IN token 420 in each frame to poll the smart card unit 220.
  • the Smart Card device class (Device Class: Smart Card, ICCD, Specification for USB Integrated Circuit (s) Card Devices, Revision 1.0, April 22 nd 2005) may be used for this data communication between the mobile device acting as a host and the smart card unit acting as a device.
  • a change of roles between the mobile device 210 and the smart card may for instance be negotiated by one of the examples mentioned above.
  • the mobile device may send a predefined signal to the smart card unit 220 in order trigger the change of roles into the second state, as explained in view of the second exemplary method depicted in Fig. 3 (step 340 ⁇ .
  • the smart card unit 220 may send a predefined signal to the mobile device 210 in order to trigger the change of roles (step 340) .
  • a predefined signal to the mobile device 210 in order to trigger the change of roles (step 340) .
  • An exemplary data transmission for this second state will be explained in view of Fig. 4b.
  • Fig. 4b depicts a second schematic diagram illustrating data transmission according to the present invention, wherein this second schematic diagram depicts the case when the data transmission between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 is in the second state, i.e. the mobile device 210 acts as a device and the smart cart unit 220 acts as a host.
  • the mobile device 210 could be seen as a an B-Device with device functionality and the smart card unit 220 could be seen as a A-Device with host functionality, wherein the mobile device 210 provides even it is not acting as host power to the smart card unit 220.
  • the rules of USB OTG concerning negotiating of roles between the A-Device and B-Device may be applied or may be used as a basis.
  • the mobile device acts 210 as device the mobile device 210 still provides the clock representatives 410 to the smart card unit 220 in order to synchronize data transmission.
  • the mobile device 210 can send data 430' after receiving an IN token 420' from the smart card unit 220 and the smart card unit 220 sends data 450' after having sent an OUT token 440' . If the smart card unit 220 has nothing to send then it may send an IN token 420' in each frame to poll the mobile device 210. Thus, for instance, even when acting as a device, it is always possible for the mobile device to communicate with the smart card unit, e.g. for performing an authentication when required to do so by the network.
  • This data transmission between the smart card unit 220 acting as host and the mobile device 210 acting as device may for instance be performed by a modified device class according to the smart card device class mentioned above, wherein this device class can be realized by an easy modification by adding a section describing how the communication can take place if the roles of host and devices are inversed as for instance described in the USB OTG specification.
  • the mobile device 210 may send a predefined signal as data 430' in order to trigger a change of roles into the first state (step 340) .
  • the mobile device 430' may send an ICC_POWER_OFF message as data 430' , wherein this message will reset the smart card unit 220 and thus switches the roles of host and device so that the mobile device 210 takes back the host role.
  • the smart card unit 220 may send an Answer to Reset (ATR) to the mobile device 210, and, further, for instance, the change of roles between the mobile device 210 and the smart card unit 220 may only take place after the mobile device 210 has received this ATR.
  • ATR Answer to Reset
  • the smart card unit 220 when acting as host according to the second state, desires to initiate a change of role, then the smart card unit 220 may stop sending anything on the bus for a predetermined time period, e.g. for 3ms or for any other suitable time period.
  • a predetermined time period e.g. for 3ms or for any other suitable time period.
  • the mobile device 210 detects this silence on the bus (step 370) and the data transmission can be switched into the first state (step 310) .
  • This silence on the bus has to be understood that it also comprises that there is no other activity than SOF sending on the bus.
  • the mobile device 210 may be allowed to act as device according to standard device classes. For instance, at least one out of the following already existing device classes may be implemented by the mobile device 210:
  • IrDA Infrared Data Association
  • USB devices exists for many purposes without a dedicated device class, e.g. BlueTooth adapters, WLAN adapters, GPS device, various sensors etc.
  • Such devices may be implemented using generic communication device classes.
  • the smart card unit 220 may also be configured to provide applications and/or features to the mobile device 210, e.g. a phone book and/or other applications.
  • the logical blocks in the schematic block diagrams as well as the flowchart and algorithm steps presented in the above description may at least partially be implemented in electronic hardware and/or computer software, wherein it depends on the functionality of the logical block, flowchart step and algorithm step and on design constraints imposed on the respective devices to which degree a logical block, a flowchart step or algorithm step is implemented in hardware or software.
  • the presented logical blocks, flowchart steps and algorithm steps may for instance be implemented in one or more digital signal processors, application specific integrated circuits, field programmable gate arrays or other programmable devices.
  • Said computer software may be stored in a variety of storage media of electric, magnetic, electro-magnetic or optic type and may be read and executed by a processor, such as for instance a microprocessor.
  • a processor such as for instance a microprocessor.
  • said processor and said storage medium may be coupled to interchange information, or the storage medium may be included in the processor.
  • the invention has been described above by means of exemplary embodiments. It should be noted that there are alternative ways and variations which are obvious to a skilled person in the art and can be implemented without deviating from the scope and spirit of the appended claims.
  • the present invention is not limited to application in USB data transmission between an apparatus and a smart card unit, but may also be applied to any other data transmission based on communication between a host and a device.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé, un produit-programme informatique, un dispositif, une unité de carte à puce et un système pour changer un rôle pour la transmission de données entre un appareil et une unité de carte à puce. Dans un premier état, l'appareil agit en tant qu'hôte et l'unité de carte à puce agit en tant que dispositif et, dans un second état, l'appareil agit en tant que dispositif et l'unité de carte à puce agit en tant qu'hôte.
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