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US 10,666,439 B2Granted
Hybrid security key with physical and logical attributes
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsShawn D. Hennessy, Nevenko Zunic, Todd P. Seager
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Abstract
In an approach, a hybrid security key comprises at least one physical face on a first side of a key comprising a key groove cut and a barcode coupled to a top surface of the physical face; and at least one logical face on a second side of the key comprising a surface insert overlaying a conductive film, wherein the conductive film includes at least one contact point, at least one conductive trace, and a smart chip.
Claims7
A hybrid security key comprising:
- at least one physical face on a first side of a key comprising a key groove cut and a barcode coupled to a top surface of the physical face, wherein the barcode is a machine-readable representation of (i) a key manufacturer's certificate authority signing a digital representation of the key groove cut and (ii) a unique identification of the smart chip;
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- at least one logical face on a second side of the key comprising a surface insert overlaying a conductive film, wherein the conductive film includes at least one contact point, at least one conductive trace, and a smart chip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.