Method and device for activating a chipcard
AssigneeGiesecke+Devrient ePayments America, Inc.
InventorMehdi Zadeh Heidari
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Abstract
A method for activating a chipcard includes: assigning a unique identifier to the chipcard; assigning the unique identifier to a chipcard record assigned to a designated holder of the chipcard; detecting the unique identifier by a personal device of the card holder; sending, by the personal device, an activation request of the chipcard to an activation server; sending, by the activation server, activation information and request to a chipcard issuer server; activating, by the chipcard issuer server, the chipcard; sending, by the chipcard issuer server, an activation response to the activation server; and sending, by the activation server, an activation confirmation to the personal device. A personal device is described that initiates steps for activating a chipcard.
Claims14
A method for activating a chipcard with a personal device of a designated holder of the chipcard, the method comprising:
- assigning a unique identifier to the chipcard;
- assigning the unique identifier to a chipcard record assigned to a designated holder of the chipcard, wherein the personal device has installed an application which includes information about the designated holder of the chipcard and the chipcard record;
- detecting the unique identifier by the personal device of the designated holder;
- sending, by the personal device, an activation request for activating the chipcard to an activation server, wherein the sending, by the personal device, the activation request for activating the chipcard to the activation server includes sending the detected unique identifier of the chipcard and the chipcard record assigned to the designated holder of the chipcard;
- sending, by the activation server, an activation information and request to a chipcard issuer server;
- activating, by the chipcard issuer server, the chipcard;
- sending, by the chipcard issuer server, an activation response to the activation server;
- and
- sending, by the activation server, an activation confirmation to the personal device.
A personal device, configured to initiate an activation process for activating a chipcard, the personal device comprising:
- a display;
- a processor;
- a communication interface;
- a memory having stored an application which includes information about a designated holder of the chipcard and a chipcard record assigned to the designated holder of the chipcard;
- wherein the processor is configured to control the communication interface in a manner to send a request message to a tag assigned to the chipcard;
- wherein the communication interface is configured to receive a response message from the tag, wherein the response message includes a unique identifier of the tag;
- wherein the processor is configured to create an activation request, wherein the activation request includes the unique identifier and the chipcard record;
- wherein the processor is configured to create a notification for activating the chipcard and instruct the display to display the notification to a user of the personal device;
- wherein, upon confirmation of the notification, the processor is configured to send the activation request to an activation server and initiate an activation process of the chipcard, wherein sending the activation request to the activation server includes sending the detected unique identifier of the chipcard and the chipcard record assigned to the designated holder of the chipcard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.