System and method for enhanced RFID instrument security
AssigneeXatra Fund MX, LLC
InventorJames A. Baranowski
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Abstract
A system and method for using an RFID read/write device to secure an RFID-operable instrument or an RF communication is provided. The invention includes security databases in communication with a processor for storing and communicating security protocols to the RFID read/write device. The invention includes a method for restricting the unauthorized use of an RFID read/write device. The invention includes a subscription service for communicating user credentials to a certificate authority to obtain a counter security protocol. The invention also includes decrypting information stored on an RF-operable device or transmitted via radio-frequency using counter security protocols.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, RFID tag information,
- wherein the RFID tag information comprises a tag identification code and an encrypted tag authentication code, and
- wherein the RFID tag information comprises encrypted data that is encrypted according to a tag security protocol associated with the RFID tag;
- wherein the encrypted tag authentication code is decrypted using a decryption key to authenticate the RFID tag,
- wherein the decryption key is associated with the tag identification code;
- mutually authenticating, by the RFID tag, a RFID read device;
- and
- verifying the encrypted data by communicating with a tag processing service (TPS),
- wherein the encrypted data is decrypted using the tag security protocol maintained by the TPS, and
- wherein the verifying is in response to the RFID read device authenticating the RFID tag.
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit RFID tag information,
- wherein the RFID tag information comprises a tag identification code and an encrypted tag authentication code, and
- wherein the RFID tag information comprises encrypted data that is encrypted according to a tag security protocol associated with the RFID tag;
- wherein the encrypted tag authentication code is decrypted using a decryption key to authenticate the RFID tag,
- wherein the decryption key is associated with the tag identification code;
- RFID tag programming configured to mutually authenticate a RFID read device;
- and
- wherein the encrypted data is verified by communicating with a tag processing service (TPS),
- wherein the encrypted data is decrypted using the tag security protocol maintained by the TPS, and
- wherein the validating is in response to the RFID read device authenticating the RFID tag.
An RFID tag including a tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the RFID tag, cause the RFID tag to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting, by the RFID tag, RFID tag information,
- wherein the RFID tag information comprises a tag identification code and an encrypted tag authentication code, and
- wherein the RFID tag information comprises encrypted data that is encrypted according to a tag security protocol associated with the RFID tag;
- wherein the encrypted tag authentication code is decrypted using a decryption key to authenticate the RFID tag,
- wherein the decryption key is associated with the tag identification code;
- and
- mutually authenticating, by the RFID tag, a RFID read device;
- verifying the encrypted data by communicating with a tag processing service (TPS),
- wherein the encrypted data is decrypted using the tag security protocol maintained by the TPS, and
- wherein the verifying is in response to the RFID read device authenticating the RFID tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.