Token device for conducting cryptography key backup or restoration operation
AssigneeKeyXentic Inc.
InventorsJia-Hong CHEN, Po-Yueh HUNG
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AssigneeKeyXentic Inc.
InventorsJia-Hong CHEN, Po-Yueh HUNG
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A token device includes: a transmission interface for receiving power from an external device; a physiological characteristic detecting circuit for detecting user's touch actions and physiological characteristics (i.e., biometric characteristics); a smart card accessing circuit for detecting user's card-placing actions and for accessing an on-card secure chip on a smart card; an on-token secure chip; and a control circuit for generating an user identification data corresponding to the detecting result of the physiological characteristic detecting circuit, for respectively transmitting the user identification data to the on-token secure chip and the on-card secure chip for verifying user's identity. If the user's identity is confirmed by both the on-token secure chip and the on-card secure chip, the control circuit would conduct corresponding key backup operations or key restoration operations between the on-token secure chip and the on-card secure chip.
A token device (110) of a cryptography key backup device (100), comprising:
The token device (110) of claim 12, wherein a target key is prestored in the on-card secure memory (223), and if the user's identity is successfully confirmed by both the on-token secure chip (213) and the on-card secure chip (121), and the user's touch actions took place prior to the user's card-placing actions, then the on-card secure chip (121) transmits the target key to the control circuit (217), and the control circuit (217) transmits the target key to the on-token secure chip (213), so that the on-token secure chip (213) stores the target key in the on-token secure memory (215) to conduct a key restoration operation.
A token device (110) of a cryptography key backup system (800), comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.