# US 2008/0169350 A1 · Configurable digital badge holder > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0169350 A1 - Document ID: US20080169350A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/969,129 - Filed: 2008-01-03 - Published: 2008-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2007-01-03 - Assignees: Activldentity, Inc. - Inventors: Yves Louis, Gabriel Audebert; Eric Fernand Le Saint; Jason Hart; Dominique Fedronic - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080169350A1 ## CPC - G07C 9/28: the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence - G06F 21/31: User authentication - G06F 21/34: involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards - G06Q 20/341: {Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip} - G06Q 20/4014: {Identity check for transactions} - G07C 9/21: having a variable access code - G07C 9/25: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition - G07C 9/29: the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards - G07F 7/1008: {Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system} - G06F 2221/2115: Third party - G07C 2009/00769: {with data transmission performed by wireless means} - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A portable authentication system includes a security module, that may be a smart card, SIM (Subscriber Identity Module), USB controller with a secure chip, or similar module capable of storing one or more credentials, and an interface module such as a digital badge holder that is able to communicate with the security module, for instance by providing a smart card communication interface. The portable authentication system may be either a single integrated system or a dual system where the security module can be removed or disconnected from the interface system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable authentication device for the authentication of an individual to at least one Access Control System, comprising a section for storing at least one credential which authenticates the device to the Access Control System, and at least one interface protocol for exchanging data with at least one type of access point of said at least one Access Control System, wherein it further comprises: a section for defining several contexts represented with context identification data referencing at least one credential and at least one interface protocol corresponding to said type of access point, a selector for dynamically selecting one of said contexts to correspond with the said Access Control System. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A portable authentication device according to claim 1, comprising: a security module for protecting said at least one credential, and an interface module which includes said at least one interface protocol, and said selector. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A portable authentication device according to claim 2, wherein said security module comprises a section that authenticates said individual before releasing any information protected by said security module. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) A portable authentication device according to claim 2, wherein said security module comprises a section that confirms consent of the individual before releasing any information protected by said security module. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) A portable authentication device according to claim 2, wherein said security module is embedded in said portable authentication device and includes one element of the group consisting of a smart card chip, a Subscriber Identity Module and a USB controller. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) A portable authentication device according to claim 2, wherein said security module is removable from said portable authentication device and includes one element of the group consisting of a smart card, a Subscriber Identity Module and a USB controller, and wherein said interface module includes one element of the group consisting of a badge holder, a Subscriber Identity Module holder and a USB controller. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A portable authentication device according to claim 6, wherein said interface module includes a security module detector for detecting when said security module is connected to said interface module. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A portable authentication device according to claim 1, wherein said selector is a manual selector to be dynamically activated by said user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A portable authentication device according to claim 1, wherein said selector includes a detector for detecting a type of access point of said at least one Access Control System and a switch for automatically switching to the context which corresponds to said detected type of access point.