System of secure personal identification, information processing, and precise point of contact location and timing

• US 20040255081A1
• Filed: 06/16/2003
• Published: 12/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arnouse Digital Devices Corporation
• Original Assignee: Michael Arnouse
• Inventors: Arnouse, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,013,365 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0719 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for application selection, e.g. an acceleration sensor or a set of radio buttons application selection on smart cards using pure software control, see G07F7/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10079 the collision being resolved in the spatial domain, e.g. temporary shields for blindfolding the interrogator in specific directions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/35765 Access rights to memory zones
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/23 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/253 visually
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Abstract

A universal lightweight, easily carried memory identification card records information and controls access to this information. The memory card includes a file system of electronic files on the card, which are automatically detected and recognized by selected authorized readers. The file system is organized so that stored electronic files appear in separate and distinct encrypted compartments in the card, so that only authorized preselected readers have access to particular compartments. Biometric identifying information is imprinted in the card, so that no data can be transferred unless there is a biometric match between a reader and a person assigned to the card and who possesses the card. The separate compartments of the memory card may include a compartment containing medical, administrative or financial information relating to the assigned user of the card, wherein the information is accessed only by a preselected memory card reader having the unique pin code assigned to the compartment having the medical information. The memory identification card can also have a single chip Global Positioning System (GPS) to identify where the card is being used.

Claims

1. A memory card comprising:

one or more storage devices for retaining information;

an interface mechanism for transferring information either from or to the one or more storage devices;

a security mechanism for regulating access to the information retained in the one or more storage devices; and

a tracking mechanism for identifying a location of the memory card.

2. A memory card of claim 1 wherein the interface mechanism comprises one or more contacts adapted to engage an external device.

3. A memory card of claim 2, wherein the security mechanism comprises a specific arrangement of the one or more contacts, with the memory card being adapted to transfer specific types of information based on a unique pin code associated with the external device.

4. A memory card of claim 1, wherein the interface mechanism comprises a transmitter/receiver.

5. A memory card of claim 1, wherein the interface mechanism comprises an antenna.

6. A memory card of claim 5, wherein the antenna comprises at least one of a foil antenna or a ceramic antenna.

7. A memory card of claim 1, wherein the security mechanism comprises biometric information stored in the one or more storage devices and adapted to be compared via the interface against actual measured biometric information.

8. A memory card of claim 1, further comprising one or more integrated circuits mounted on a substrate as a flip chip.

9. A memory card of claim 8, wherein the substrate comprises a polyimide substrate.

10. A memory card of claim 8, wherein the integrated circuits are mounted by an adhesive.

11. A memory card of claim 1, further comprising one or more layers of polyimide laminate.

12. A memory card of claim 11, further comprises at least one of Pyralux®

or Kapton®

polyimid laminate.

13. A memory card of claim 1 further comprising a power source.

14. A memory card of claim 1 wherein the power source comprises a solar cell.

15. A memory card of claim 1, wherein the tracking mechanism comprises a GPS device.

16. A memory card of claim 1 further comprising a photo image of a person assigned to the card displayed on an outer surface of the card.

17. A memory card of claim 1 in which said card contains in a storage device a digitized photo image of the person assigned to said card.

18. A memory card of claim 1 in which one of the storage devices contains biometric identifying information about the assigned user of said card.

19. A system for storing information unique to a particular person and using said information for a plurality of purposes comprising:

a) a central establishment for collecting and storing said information;

b) a memory card for recording information downloaded from said establishment, said card having;

i) one or more storage elements for recording said information in a plurality of different compartments;

ii) one or more preselected readers for transferring information between said establishment and said memory card, each preselected reader having a unique pin code associated with a particular compartment on said memory card, so that a preselected reader can only extract information from a compartment for which said preselected reader has the proper pin code associated with that compartment; and

iii) biometric identifying information stored on said card so that no data can be transferred unless there is a biometric match between the stored biometric identifying information and a person assigned to said card.

20. A system of claim 19, said memory card further having an arrangement of contacts for transferring said information between said establishment and said memory card based on said unique pin code.

21. A system of claim 19 in which said biometric information includes a digitized photo image of the person to whom said memory card pertains.

22. A system of claim 21 in which said memory card display a picture of said person for comparison with the digitized photo image of said person.

23. A system of claim 19 in which said memory card contains a single chip GPS engine allowing said establishment to track the movements of said memory card.

24. A method of securing information on a memory card comprising:

accessing one or more establishments via a network;

verifying identity by comparing stored identifying information against actual identifying information;

transferring information between the one or more establishments and the memory card when identity is verified.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the identifying information comprises biometric information.

26. The method of claim 25 in which said biometric information comprises one or more characteristics selected from the group consisting of facial characteristics, finger prints, DNA, and retina characteristics.

27. The method of claim 25 wherein information is transferred from said one or more establishments and downloaded onto the memory card when identity has been verified.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein the information stored on said card is encrypted.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the memory card comprises multiple compartments, each of which includes a different bundle of information, with said biometric information being stored in one compartment, each compartment having a different unique pin code for access thereto.

30. The method of claim 29 further comprising providing location information for allowing the memory card to be tracked.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the location information comprises GPS tracking.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising a GPS engine for providing the GPS tracking and with the GPS engine located on one of the memory card or a reader for communicating with the memory card.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the memory card comprises a specific arrangements of contacts for communicating with the reader, with each reader including said unique pin code for communicating with specific compartments on said memory card.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein said card includes a digitized photo image of the person to whom said memory card pertains.

35. A system of claim 34 in which said memory card display a picture of said person for comparison with the digitized photo image of said person.

36. The method of claim 33, wherein said biometric information stored on said card is represented by a number.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein an account number is provided on said card that is different than said number corresponding to said biometric information stored on said card.

38. The method of claim 33, wherein biometric information stored on the memory card is unalterable.