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US 6,786,418 B1Granted
Smart card customizing system
AssigneeGemplus
InventorMaurel Francois
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Abstract
A system for customizing smart cards wherein data must be registered so as to be adapted to the use for which they are designed. Each customizing machine having several customizing stations is connected to a computer equipped with a multi-port card by a serial type computer connection of the multi-port card, which transmits cryptographic data of peripheral devices. The customizing data is supplied by a control device via a communication bus. The invention is applicable to microprocessor cards.
Claims17
A smart card customizing system comprising:
- at least one customizing machine equipped with at least one customizing station that sends customizing data requests;
- at least one customizing data server that delivers customizing data and;
- at least one management interface connected to said customizing machine and to said data sever by a bi-directional link, said management interface receiving said requests and transmitting them to at least one of said servers as soon as they are received and as soon as said server is available, and receiving the corresponding response and transmitting said response to the requesting customizing station.
A smart card customizing system, comprising:
- a plurality of customizing stations that send requests for customizing data;
- a plurality of devices that deliver customizing data;
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- a management interface connected to each of sod customizing stations via respective serial links and to each of said devices via respective serial links, and that is responsive to requests received from said customizing stations to deliver them to an available one of said devices, and to transmit customizing data delivered by said devices in response to said requests to the requesting customizing stations.
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