Method and device for coding and/or reading information and/or authorisation data on a data carrier

• US 20040070488A1
• Filed: 11/03/2003
• Published: 04/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SKIDATA AG (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: SKIDATA AG (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Stockhammer, Rudolf
• Application Number:
  US10/416,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20040070488A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.61
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/00 Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus

Abstract

A system which can be accessed by means of a coded data carrier via access terminals which are provided with a device for reading the data carrier. In order to code the access authorisation data on the data carrier, the person wishing to obtain access has both a data carrier and a device for coding the data carrier. The person concerned communicates the desired access authorisation, via a telecommunication device, to a web server which accounts the access authorisation, and transmits the access authorisation data, via the telecommunication device, to the device for coding the data carrier.

Claims

1. A method for coding and/or reading information and/or authorization data on a data carrier for a facility accessible with the coded data carrier via an access terminal provided with a device for reading and/or writing to the data carrier, characterized in that the person having a data carrier (5) and a device (6) for reading and/or coding the data carrier (5) reports the desired authorization and/or information via a telecommunication device to an EDP platform that bills the access authorization and transfers the access authorization data and/or information via the telecommunication device to the device (6) for coding and/or reading the data carrier (5).

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that a data carrier (5) with at least one microchip is used for coding and/or reading the access authorization data.

3. A method according to claim 2, characterized in that a contactless-type data carrier (5) is used.

4. A method according to any of the above claims, characterized in that a mobile or stationary telecommunication terminal is used as a telecommunication device.

5. An apparatus for carrying out the method according to any of the above claims, characterized in that the device (6) for reading and/or coding the data carrier (5) is provided in or on an accessory that is connectable to a PC or other infrastructure or is contactless.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the accessory that is connectable to the PC or contactless is a mouse pad, the mouse, the keyboard or another peripheral unit.

7. An apparatus for carrying out the method according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the device (6) for reading and/or coding the data carrier (5) is disposed in or on a communication terminal.

8. An apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the communication medium is a mobile communication terminal (1) in or on which the data carrier (5) and the device (6) for reading and/or coding the data carrier (5) are disposed.

9. An apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the communication medium is a mobile communication terminal (1) executed in the form of a wristwatch.