Initialization of touchless identity card emulator
AssigneeOloid Inc.
InventorsMadhu Kiran Madhusudhanan, Mohit Garg, Shankar Agarwal
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Abstract
Presented are user-friendly battery powered touchless identity card emulator systems and methods that allow existing ID management installations, such as physical card reader systems, to securely operate without requiring a physical key and irrespective of type, model, shape, and size of reader and card format. Various embodiments integrate wireless functionality to existing systems to enable mobile access to provide advanced user/identity management capabilities for access control systems.
Claims20
An identity card emulator comprising:
- a housing configured to at least partially enclose a reader, the reader being located within an access control system;
- a wireless processing element to receive, from the reader, reader information that comprises at least one of a frequency information or card format information during an initialization process;
- a communication interface to communicate the reader information to a wireless device that uses the reader information to generate configuration information that defines how the identity card emulator communicates with the reader, the configuration information defines at least one of a type of communication format or a communication protocol that is compatible with the reader.
A method for using an identity card emulator, the method comprising:
- receiving reader information from a reader comprising at least one of a frequency information or card format information;
- communicating the reader information to a wireless device that generates configuration information that defines how the identity card emulator communicates with the reader, the configuration information being associated with at least one of a type of communication format or a communication protocol;
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- in response to receiving the configuration information from the wireless device, using the configuration information to communicate with the reader in a format that is compatible with the reader.
A method for communicating data from a to-be-emulated physical card to an emulator device, the method comprising:
- receiving from a backend processing system data that comprises one or more user credentials;
- and
- in response to a user activating a software application, performing steps comprising:
- authenticating the user;
- obtaining card data and emulator device initialization parameters;
- storing the card data in a user profile;
- storing the emulator device initialization parameters in the software application;
- and
- using the software application to perform steps comprising:
- on a graphical user interface, obtaining user input data that comprises configuration information comprising one or more parameters;
- obtaining, from a cloud device, instructions how to define user credentials in a card format;
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- communicating the emulator device initialization parameters to the emulator device to enable the emulator device to extract the user credentials, emulate the card data, and communicate the card data to a reader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.