Method of secure transmission

• US 20060156027A1
• Filed: 07/23/2003
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BQT Solutions Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: BQT Solutions Pty Limited
• Inventors: Blake, Christopher Ian
• Application Number:
  US10/522,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20060156027A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/10 at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards verification of coded identity or credit cards in mechanisms actuated by them G07F7/12
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3231 Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861

Abstract

A method, a system, and an apparatus for proving secure transmissions from a smartcard reader are described. A signal created by the smartcard reader dependent on the smartcard is encrypted. The signal comprises access information. The encrypted signal is transmitted to a remote location relative to the smartcard reader. The transmitted signal is translated at the remote location to another format useable by an access controller. An access mechanism is controlled using the access controller dependent upon the translated signal.

Claims

1. A method of providing secure transmissions from a smartcard reader, said method comprising the steps of:

encrypting a signal created by said smartcard reader dependent on said smartcard, said signal comprising access information;

transmitting said encrypted signal to a remote location relative to said smartcard reader;

translating at said remote location said transmitted signal to another format useable by an access controller; and

controlling an access mechanism using said access controller dependent upon said translated signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said smartcard contains biometric data and said smartcard reader comprises a biometric smartcard reader for obtaining biometric data directly.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said biometric data comprises fingerprint data.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein said biometric data is not transmitted to said remote location from said smartcard reader.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of providing access using said access mechanism if said translated signal is determined by said access controller to authorize access.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein said access mechanism is able to provide access to at least one of a door, portal, computer, network, secure equipment and secure installation.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein said access information comprises at least one of a person'"'"'s name, a facility code, a company code, an access code, and an issue code.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein said signal is encrypted using triple DES, Skipjack, or AES Rijndael encryption.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of encrypting communications between said smartcard and said smartcard reader.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein said encrypted signal is transmitted from said smartcard reader to a high security module at said remote location.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said high security module translates said encrypted signal to said other format.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein said smartcard reader and said high security module are separated by a distance of up to 1.2 kilometers.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein said smartcard reader and said high security module are separated by a distance of up to 15 meters.

14. The method according to claim 1 wherein said translated signal is in a controller-specified format.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said controller-specified format is Wiegand format, or clock and data.

16. A system for providing secure transmissions from a smartcard reader, said system comprising:

a smartcard reader for encrypting a signal created by said smartcard reader dependent on said smartcard, said signal comprising access information, and for transmitting said encrypted signal to a remote location relative to said smartcard reader;

a high security module for receiving said transmitted signal and translating said transmitted signal to another format useable by an access controller; and

an access controller for controlling an access mechanism using said access controller dependent upon said translated signal.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said smartcard contains biometric data, and said smartcard reader comprises a biometric smartcard reader for obtaining biometric data directly

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein said biometric data comprise fingerprint data.

19. The system according to claim 17 wherein said biometric data is not transmitted to said high security module from said smartcard reader.

20. The system according to claim 16, further comprising an access mechanism providing access if said translated signal is determined by said access controller to authorize access.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein said access mechanism is able to provide access to at least one of a door, portal, computer, network, secure equipment and secure installation.

22. The system according to claim 16 wherein said access information comprises at least one of a person'"'"'s name, a facility code, a company code, an access code, and an issue code.

23. The system according to claim 16 wherein said signal is encrypted using triple DES, Skipjack, or AES Rijndael encryption.

24. The system according to claim 16, wherein communications between said smartcard and said smartcard reader are encrypted.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein said smartcard reader and said high security module are separated by a distance of up to 1.2 kilometers.

26. The system according to claim 24, wherein said smartcard reader and said high security module are separated by a distance of up to 15 meters.

27. The system according to claim 16 wherein said translated signal is in a controller-specified format.

28. The system according to claim 27, wherein said controller-specified format is Wiegand format, or clock and data.

29. An apparatus for providing secure transmissions from a smartcard reader, said apparatus comprising:

a smartcard reader for encrypting a signal created by said smartcard reader dependent on said smartcard, said signal comprising access information;

means for transmitting said encrypted signal to a remote location relative to said smartcard reader;

means for translating at said remote location said transmitted signal to another format useable by an access controller; and

an access controller for controlling an access mechanism dependent upon said translated signal.

30. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein said smartcard contains biometric data and said smartcard reader comprises a biometric smartcard reader for obtaining biometric data directly.

31. The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein said biometric data comprises fingerprint data.