US 7,032,047 B2 · Method of regulating usage and/or concession eligibility via distributed list management in a smart card system

Abstract

A method of regulating usage and/or concession eligibility in a smart card system is described herein. A card acceptance location (110) detects a presence of a smart card and determines its identification code. The card acceptance location (110) checks the identification code against a list stored locally at the card acceptance location (110). The card acceptance location (110) received the list from a second device. If the identification code of the smart card is listed on the list, the card acceptance location (110) performs an action on the smart card.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method of regulating usage in a smart card system, the method comprising the steps of:

at a card acceptance location:
detecting a presence of a smart card, the smart card having status data;
determining an identification code of the smart card;
determining if the smart card was previously disabled;
checking the identification code against a list stored locally at the card acceptance location, wherein the list is received from a second device;
and
if the identification code of the smart card is listed on the list, enabling the smart card, wherein enabling comprises at least one of the steps of changing the status data in the smart card to indicate enabled and unblocking an area of memory located within the smart card.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/803,845Filed 12 Mar 2001

Published

US 2004/0225776 A111 Nov 2004

Granted

18 Apr 2006

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

G07F 7/08
Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus:…
G06Q 20/347
Using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards: passive cards
G07F 7/10
By coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means: together with a coded signal , e.g. in the form of personal…
G07F 7/1075
Identification of user by a PIN code: pIN is checked remotely

Method of regulating usage and/or concession eligibility via distributed list management in a smart card system

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Method of regulating usage and/or concession eligibility via distributed list management in a smart card system

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Claims17