Method of securing a mobile telecommunication terminal
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsAlain Guirauton, Marielle Crozat, Christian Massy
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Abstract
A method of securing the use of a mobile telecommunication terminal comprising a (U)SIM card reader includes a terminal initialization step consisting of requesting the user to enter a personal password after inserting a (U)SIM card into the terminal and storing the password in the (U)SIM card and in memory in the terminal. On the occasion of subsequent uses the password is verified either against the password stored in the card or against the password requested of the user, and operation of the terminal is disabled in the event of a mismatch. Applications include mobile telecommunication terminals.
Claims13
A method of securing the use of a mobile telecommunication terminal comprising a (U)SIM card reader, which method includes, for said terminal:
- an initialization step consisting of:
- requesting the user to enter a personal password (PASS) after inserting a (U)SIM card into said terminal,
- storing said password in said (U)SIM card and in memory means of said terminal,
- and then on the occasion of subsequent uses:
- verifying said password either against said password stored on said card or against said password requested of said user,
- disabling its operation in the event of a mismatch.
A mobile telecommunication terminal including memory means including a program memory containing a program adapted to execute a method according to the invention.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.