Method and system for remote management of personal security devices
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYves, Louis Gabriel Audebert, Olivier Clemot
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Abstract
A method and system for installing, activating and customizing proprietary information contained within the secure domain of a personal security device such as a smart card over a network using a communications pipe.
Claims23
A system for transferring proprietary information through a communications pipe between at least a first remote computer system and at least a PSD using a local client as a communications host for said PSD, said system comprising:
- at least one network, wherein said network includes means for functionally connecting at least one local client with said at least one first remote computer system;
- said at least one local client further comprising means for transferring incoming data and applications sent from a first remote computer system through said pipe to said PSD and wherein said local client is functionally connected to said PSD and said network and is functionally communicating through said pipe with said remote computer system and said PSD;
- said at least one PSD further comprising at least one embedded PSD application, a microprocessor, a runtime environment and at least one internal memory location, wherein said embedded application receives proprietary information through said pipe and stores said information in said internal memory location and wherein said PSD is functionally connected to said client and is functionally communicating with said client and said first remote computer system through said communications pipe;
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- said at least one first remote computer system further comprising means for transferring said proprietary information from a storage location through said communications pipe, wherein said first remote computer system is functionally connected to said network and is functionally communicating with said client and said PSD through said communications pipe.
A method for transferring proprietary information through a communications pipe between at least a first remote computer system and at least a PSD using a local client as a communications host for said PSD, said method comprising:
- establishing a communications pipe between said PSD and said first remote computer system over at least one network and using said client as a communications host for said PSD,
- retrieving said proprietary information from a storage location by said first remote computer system,
- processing said proprietary information by said first remote computer system,
- transmitting said proprietary information through said communications pipe to said PSD,
- receiving said proprietary information through said communications pipe from said first remote computer system by said PSD, and
- storing said proprietary information in a memory location inside said PSD, using at least one embedded internal algorithm.
A method for transferring proprietary information through a communications pipe between at least a first remote computer system and at least a PSD using a local client as a communications host for said PSD, said method comprising:
- establishing a communications pipe between said PSD and said first remote computer system over at least one first network and using said client as a communications host for said PSD,
- establishing communications between said first remote computer system and a subsequent remote computer system over at least one second network,
- transmitting said proprietary information over said at least one second network by said at least one subsequent remote computer system,
- receiving said proprietary information sent over said at least one second network by said at least one subsequent remote computer system,
- processing said proprietary information by said first remote computer system,
- transmitting said proprietary information through said communications pipe to said PSD,
- receiving said proprietary information through said communications pipe from said first remote computer system by said PSD, and
- storing said proprietary information in a memory location inside said PSD, using at least one embedded internal algorithm.
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