Smart card and smart system with enhanced security features
OwnerMary Adele Graceinventor
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Abstract
A smart card includes a fingerprint sensor/scanner which matches and verifies a person's identity against an on-board stored fingerprint template. If the identity is verified, the card will permit access to information stored on the card. All of the matching, templates and secure information are stored on the card. The smart card may also contain an NFC router which enables information on the card to be read wirelessly by enabled mobile phones. The smart card may be read by contact or wirelessly by standard smart card readers. No other smart card can communicate wirelessly with mobile phones, without an external reader.
Claims2
A smart card comprising:
- a secure element;
- a security chip;
- a router;
- a fingerprint processor;
- a fingerprint image sensor;
- an antenna;
- at least one authorized fingerprint template;
- a PCD reader/writer;
- and
- software configured to receive a fingerprint image from the fingerprint image sensor and compare the fingerprint image to the at least one authorized fingerprint template and permit access to the secure element only if the fingerprint image matches one of the at least one authorized templates, without requiring access to any information or systems not on the card.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit of a smart card verifies identity of a person attempting to access information stored on the smart card, said program comprising sets of instructions for:
- scanning a finger to obtain a fingerprint image of a finger of the person;
- capturing the fingerprint image of the scanned finger of the person;
- securely retrieving a fingerprint template to compare to the captured fingerprint;
- comparing a set of identifying marks of the fingerprint to a set of identifying marks of the fingerprint template;
- and
- setting a lock property for access to information stored on the smart card, said lock property set to only one of unlocked and locked, wherein the lock property is set to unlocked when the set of identifying marks of the fingerprint match the set of identifying marks of the fingerprint template, wherein the lock property is set to locked when the set of identifying marks of the fingerprint fails to match the set of identifying marks of the fingerprint template.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.