Smart card network interface device
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Abstract
A securely identifiable network device is provided. The device may be directly hooked to a network or Internet via a phone or other communication interfaces. The device includes a smart card reader and a communications interface, such as a MODEM, RS-232, infra-red interface, RF, tone, or an Ethernet interface, and a minimal device controller. The combination of these components allows for generating a fully authenticated access to a networked data server (e.g. mail, SMS, phone switch), for personalizing the access point behavior, and for notifying the data provider about the current location of the cardholder. This allows for re-routing the required data messages to the current location. The service data messages are typically SMS, MMS, e-mail and phone calls.
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65 Claims
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1-45. -45. (canceled)
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46. A device comprising:
a smart card reader configured to communicate with a smart card and at least one network interface, wherein the at least one network interface is adapted for communication with any of a LAN, a Wireless LAN, a landline telephone, a cellular telephone, a peripheral-wire communications port, a wireless communications infra-red (IR) port, and an audio tones interrogator. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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47. A device comprising:
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a Secure Information Module (SIM); and
at least one network interface, wherein the at least one network interface is adapted for communication with any of a LAN, a Wireless LAN, a landline telephone, a cellular telephone, a peripheral-wire communications port, a wireless communications infra-red (IR) port, and an audio tones interrogator. - View Dependent Claims (62, 64, 65)
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- 48. A smart card comprising a network interface adapted for communication with any of a LAN, a Wireless LAN, a landline telephone, a cellular telephone, a peripheral-wire communications port, a wireless communications infra-red (IR) port, and an audio tones interrogator.
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53. A method for personalizing a telephone connectable to a PSTN, the method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a device to a PSTN telephone line or to a telephone, the device comprising a SIM (Secure Information Module) or a smart card reader configured to communicate with the PSTN;
reading data stored on the SIM or on a smart card; and
affecting the-telephone behavior according to the data read from the SIM or card. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61)
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58. A method for receiving any of SMS messages, MMS messages, and e-mail messages via a network interface, the network interface comprising either of a PSTN and a LAN or a Wireless LAN, the method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a device to the network interface, said device comprising a controller in communication with an internal SIM (Secure Information Module) or a smart card reader;
reading identification data (ID) from the SIM or a smart card; and
performing a handshake with any of an SMS server, an MMS server, and an e-mail server via the network interface. - View Dependent Claims (59)
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