WO2012131686A1 - Application persona commandée par une configuration sur des terminaux portatifs - Google Patents

Application persona commandée par une configuration sur des terminaux portatifs Download PDF

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WO2012131686A1
WO2012131686A1 PCT/IN2011/000227 IN2011000227W WO2012131686A1 WO 2012131686 A1 WO2012131686 A1 WO 2012131686A1 IN 2011000227 W IN2011000227 W IN 2011000227W WO 2012131686 A1 WO2012131686 A1 WO 2012131686A1
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Subbakrishna Ramesh KIRAN KANNAMBADI
Gautam Bandyopadhyay
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Infosys Technologies Limited
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
    • G06F21/50—Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems
    • G06F21/57—Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
    • G06F21/575—Secure boot
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F8/00—Arrangements for software engineering
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  • the present disclosure relates to software updating techniques and personalized software provisioning techniques.
  • the present disclosure provides a system and a method for Configuration driven application persona on hand held.
  • the point of sale terminals/ hand held terminals are currently loaded with specialized applications which have a specific set of features. These features are coded and the binaries are deployed on the hand-held terminal.
  • the main limitation with the existing technologies is the upgrade process. Typically the upgrade of the application to introduce new features is associated with a development cycle for the required enhancements. The development lifecycle introduces a delay and also increases the cost of the enhancement.
  • aspects of the disclosure relate to a method and a system to a configuration driven application persona on hand held terminals.
  • the invention addresses the problem of having a specific application for each deployment and the related issues of time to market, cost of application distribution and application version compatibility.
  • the smart card used to power-up the device - thus providing not just a device specific persona but a device user specific persona b.
  • the device user specific persona adds to the security by providing a different set of features based on user rights.
  • the smart card which powers up the device can be updated easily at multiple locations both through the hand held terminal or externally.
  • the system comprises a data receiving unit a data authenticating unit, a data processing unit and an updating module.
  • the data receiving unit is configured to receive a memory unit which can be a smart card.
  • the data receiving unit can be any hand held device, for example a hand held point of sales terminal.
  • the memory unit can also be used to start up or initiate the data receiving unit.
  • the data authenticating unit which is coupled to the data receiving unit can authenticate the data present in the memory unit.
  • the data present in the memory unit comprises a user related data of that particular memory unit and also other information.
  • the data authenticating unit can receive an input from the user to authenticate the data present in the memory unit.
  • the data processing unit which is coupled to the data receiving unit processes the data present in the memory unit based on the inputs.
  • the data processing unit also can display the persona on an output device, which can be an output screen of a hand held device.
  • the configuring unit can be used to update the memory unit.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment illustrating a system for configuration driven application persona on hand held terminals of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment illustrating a method for configuration driven application persona on hand held terminals of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 3 is a system illustrating a generalized computer network arrangement, in one embodiment of the present technique.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment illustrating a system for configuration driven application persona on hand held terminals of the present disclosure.
  • the block diagram indicates a system 100 which comprises a data receiving unit 110, a memory unit 120, a data authenticating unit 130, a data processing unit 150, an updating module 160, an output device 170 and a configuring unit 180.
  • the data receiving unit 110 is configured to receive a memory unit 120.
  • the data receiving unit can be a hand held device at a point of sales terminal or any device deployed at a sales terminal.
  • the memory unit can be a smart card.
  • the memory unit 120 can assist the data receiving unit to start up or to boot.
  • the data receiving unit 110 once started can read the contents from the memory unit 120.
  • the data receiving unit 110 can also be configured to start up without the memory unit 120.
  • the data receiving unit 110 can also be configured to read at least one input from the memory unit 120.
  • the at least one input can be. a user related, data present in the memory unit 120.
  • the user related data comprises information about an owner of the memory unit 120.
  • the smart card which is a memory unit 120
  • the smart card can contain - information of a store manager and the related rights assigned.
  • the related rights would comprise certain rights exclusively defined for the manager such as, declining invalid transactions, or correcting transactions that has an error in it etc.
  • the data authenticating unit 130 is coupled with the data receiving unit 110.
  • the data authenticating unit 130 authenticates the data present in the memory unit 120 by using standard authenticating protocols such as a hand shake protocol along with the at least one second input from the user 140.
  • the at least one second input can be a personal identification number or a password or a biometric input from the user 140.
  • the data processing unit 150 is coupled to the data receiving unit.
  • the data processing unit 150 is configured to receive the at least one input from the data authenticating unit 130 and the at least one second input from the user 140 to process the input. Once the inputs are processed, based on the privileges set on the memory unit 120 the persona is displayed on the output device 170.
  • the output device 170 can be a hand held device, or a PC, or a Kiosk or a display on point of sales. For example, if a manager is allocated a memory unit 120 which can be a smart card, corresponding rights and also other relevant data is updated on the smart card.
  • the data receiving unit 110 in this case a point of sales terminal, receives the smart card, it requests the authentication for the information present in the smart card through a password etc.
  • the data processing module 150 to process user related data present in the memory unit 120 and the output is displayed on the output device 170 based on the processed information.
  • the data processing unit 150 allocates different set of features to different users 140 based on the user related data.
  • the configuration unit 180 is coupled with the memory unit 120.
  • the memory unit 120 can be updated by updating the configuration unit using at least one database.
  • the at least one database can be remotely located across multiple locations.
  • the configuration unit 180 can also be further configured to assist the receiving ' unit 110 to start up.
  • the memory unit 120 by virtue of its connection with the receiving unit 110 will upgrade the application residing on the receiving unit 110 with the new version of the application.
  • Fig. 2 is a flow diagram of an exemplary embodiment illustrating a method for configuration driven application persona on hand held terminals of the present disclosure.
  • Block 200 represents the steps involved in configuration driven application persona on hand held terminals.
  • the method includes the step, 210, of receiving a specific data from a memory unit on to a receiving unit.
  • the memory unit here can be but not restricted to a smart card.
  • the specific data can be the user specific data present on the smart card.
  • the user specific data can relate to the different attributes of the user such as name, employee number, privileges or rights assigned to that corresponding user etc.
  • the receiving unit can be a point of sales terminal deployed at a point of sales.
  • the memory unit once received at the receiving unit can assist the receiving unit to start-up.
  • the receiving unit can also be configured to start up without the memory unit. After the receiving unit has started, then data receiving unit can receive the memory unit for further processing.
  • the step of authenticating the data is described in block 220.
  • the data in the memory unit is read by the receiving unit.
  • a part of the data in the receiving unit corresponds to user specific data.
  • the user specific data and other data present in the memory unit are read by the receiving unit.
  • the next step involves authenticating the data present in the memory unit and the receiving unit.
  • the authenticating process starts with; requesting the user to enter a password or a. personal identification number or a biometric input. This input provided by the user is further authenticated with the receiving unit by using standard protocols.
  • a hand shake protocol can also be one of the standard authenticating protocols.
  • Block 230 describes the step of processing specific data and the user inputs.
  • the specific data is processed to check the relevant rights assigned to that particular memory unit.
  • personalized features are displayed selectively on an output device of the receiving unit. For example, if a manager inserts his smart, card at the..re,ceiving unit, after, processing the relevant information on his smart card, a set of features is displayed on the output device of the receiving unit. On the other hand, if another employee " who is not a manger 'inserts his smart card on to the receiving unit a different set of features is displayed on the output device based on his rights.
  • Block 240 corresponds to updating the memory unit.
  • the memory unit can be updated across multiple locations remotely.
  • the memory unit can be updated by updating the configuration data present as a part of the data residing in the memory unit.
  • the data receiving can also be updated simply by coupling the memory unit with the receiving unit.
  • the embodiment of the disclosure can be further explained considering an example.
  • a user 140 who is a manager of a store.
  • the user 140 receives a memory unit 120 which can be a smart card. While assigning the memory unit 140 a set of permissions are assigned to the manager on the smart card.
  • the data receiving unit 110 receives the memory unit 120. This step of receiving the memory unit 120 by the data receiving unit 110 is also explained in the block 210 of fig.2.
  • the memory unit 120 may also assist the data receiving unit 110 to start up.
  • a point of sales terminal can be the data receiving unit 110.
  • the data authenticating unit 130 requests the user 140 to enter an input in form of a password.
  • the data authenticating unit 130 requests the user 140 to enter an input to authenticate the user specific data which is being read from the memory unit 120 by the data receiving unit 110. This step of authenticating the data is also described in step 220 of fig.2.
  • the data processing unit 150 receives user specific data from the memory unit 120 and also the password entered by the user 140.
  • the data processing unit 150 reads the rights assigned to that particular the memory unit 120 which is present in the user specific data. Based on this information the data processing unit 150 selectively displays, the -features..on, the data .receiving., unit 110 which here is a point of sales terminal for the manager- user 140 to use the point of sales terminal. This step of processing the data is also described in the step 230 offig.2-.
  • the features which are being displayed have- to be updated - tcrthenext version- or if the user specific data present on the memory unit 120 has to be updated, it can be done through multiple databases which are present across locations and it can be done remotely.
  • the data present in the configuration unit 180 has to be changed in order to update the memory unit 140. This step of updating the memory unit is also described in the step 240 of fig.2.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a generalized example of a computing environment 300.
  • the computing environment 300 is not intended to suggest any limitation as to scope of use or functionality of described embodiments.
  • the computing environment 300 includes at least one processing unit 310 and memory 320.
  • the processing unit 310 executes computer-executable instructions and may be a real or a virtual processor. In a multi-processing system, multiple processing units execute computer-executable instructions to increase processing power.
  • the memory 320 may be volatile memory (e.g., registers, cache, RAM), non-volatile memory (e.g., ROM, EEPROM, flash memory, etc.), or some combination of the two. In some embodiments, the memory 320 stores software 380 implementing described techniques.
  • a computing environment may have additional features.
  • the computing environment 300 includes storage 340, one or more input devices 350, one or more - output devices 360, and one or more communication connections 370.
  • An interconnection mechanism such as a bus, controller, or network interconnects the components of the computing environment 300.
  • operating system software provides an operating environment for other software executing in the computing environment 300, and * coordinates activities of the components of the computing environment 300.
  • the storage 340 may be removable or non-removable, and includes magnetic disks, magnetic tapes or cassettes, CD-ROMs, CD-RWs, DVDs, or any other medium which may be used to store information and which may be accessed within the computing environment 300. In some embodiments, the storage 340 stores instructions for the software 380.
  • the input device(s) 350 may be a touch input device such as a keyboard, mouse, pen, trackball, touch screen, or game controller, a voice input device, a scanning device, a digital camera, or another device that provides input to the computing environment 300.
  • the output device(s) 360 may be a display, printer, speaker, or another device that provides output from the computing environment 300.
  • the communication connection(s) 370 enable communication over a communication medium to another computing entity.
  • the communication medium conveys information such as computer-executable instructions, audio or video information, or other data in a modulated data signal.
  • a modulated data signal is a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal.
  • communication media include wired or wireless techniques implemented with an electrical, optical, RF, infrared, acoustic, or other carrier.
  • Computer-readable media are any available media that may be accessed within a computing environment.
  • Computer-readable media include memory 320, storage 340, communication media, and combinations of any of the above.

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L'invention concerne une application persona commandée par une configuration sur des terminaux portatifs. Le système comprend une unité de réception de données configurée pour recevoir une unité de mémoire et pour lire les données présentes dans ladite unité de mémoire. L'unité de réception de données peut également être initialisée au moyen de l'unité de mémoire. Une unité d'authentification de données couplée à l'unité de réception de données est configurée pour recevoir au moins une première entrée provenant de l'unité de mémoire et au moins une seconde entrée provenant d'un utilisateur pour vérifier les données présentes dans l'unité de mémoire. Une unité de traitement de données couplée à l'unité de réception de données traite la première entrée provenant de l'unité de mémoire et au moins une seconde entrée provenant de l'utilisateur pour afficher sélectivement les caractéristiques sur un affichage de sortie. Une unité de configuration est couplée par communication avec l'unité de mémoire dans laquelle elle peut être utilisée pour mettre à jour ladite unité de mémoire.
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