Method for checking the authorization of users

• US 20060238298A1
• Filed: 06/08/2006
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings SAS (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Inventors: Ritter, Rudolf
• Granted Patent: US 8,912,880 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.640
• 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 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/253 visually
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/38 with central registration
• 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: H04M 1/675 the user being required to insert a coded card, e.g. a smart card carrying an integrated circuit chip

Abstract

In order to check the authorization of passengers, the following steps are performed:

• • storing of authorization data, for example of tickets, in an electronic storage area of a portable personal identification module (40) of the user, for example in a chip-card,
  • storing of identification data that are specific to the user'"'"'s outer appearance in an electronic storage area of the personal identification module (40),
  • contactless transmission of said identification and authorization data in a portable authorization-checking device (90), visual reproduction of said identification and authorization data with a VRD (Virtual Retina Display).

Claims

1. A method for verifying whether personal electronic authorization data stored in a mobile phone belong to the user of said mobile phone, comprising the steps of:

storing said authorization data and identification data in said mobile phone, said identification data including a photo,

contactless transmission of said photo to an authorization-checking device over a radio connection at close range,

visual reproduction of said photo by said authorization-checking device,

comparison between said photo and the appearance of said user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said photo is stored in a removable identification chipcard in said mobile phone

3. A method for verifying user'"'"'s personal electronic authorization data stored in user'"'"'s equipments, comprising the steps of:

retrieving the photos of several users in the vicinity from several equipments of several users, wherein the photos are transmitted over a close range contactless interface to a authorization-checking device in the vicinity,

selection of one user among said several users with said authorization-checking device,

comparison between the photo of said selected user and the appearance of said user.

4. A method for verifying user'"'"'s personal authorization data stored in electronic form in a user'"'"'s equipment, comprising the steps of:

selecting one user to check among several users, said selection being made using eye-controlled controls,

retrieving authorization data from the equipment of the selected user, said authorization data being transmitted over a close range contactless interface to an authorization-checking device.

5. The method of claim 4, said authorization data including a photo of said user, said method comprising comparing said photo and the appearance of said user for verifying if said authorization data belongs to said user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the selection of a user to verify is performed by retrieving photos of all users in the vicinity and looking during a predetermined time in the direction of the photo of the user one wants to control.

7. A method for verifying whether personal electronic authorization data stored in a user'"'"'s mobile equipment belong to said user, wherein:

a photo of said user is stored in said user'"'"'s mobile equipment,

said user approves access to said photo by a portable authorization checking device in the vicinity,

said photo is contactlessly transmitted to said portable authorization checking device over a local radio connection at close range,

said photo is reproduced by said portable authorization-checking device,

a comparison is made between said photo and the appearance of said user.

8. A method for verifying passengers tickets, comprising the step of retrieving electronic passenger'"'"'s tickets and electronic passenger'"'"'s photo from user'"'"'s personal equipments, and displaying said passenger'"'"'s photos and passenger'"'"'s tickets with a portable virtual retinal display for comparison with the external appearance of the passengers.

9. A personal identification smartcard for use in a mobile phone, wherein a photo of the owner of said identification card is electronically stored in said smartcard for determining whether the user of the identification module is also the rightful owner.

10. A portable authorization checking device for verifying authorization of users, comprising:

contactless transmission means for receiving users'"'"'authorization data over a contactless interface,

a virtual retinal display for displaying said authorization data superimposed over the image seen by the wearer of the device.