Arrangement, apparatus, and associated method, for providing stored data in secured form for purposes of identification and informational storage

• US 20060273436A1
• Filed: 05/19/2006
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gregory P Naifeh, Jerome G. Naifeh
• Original Assignee: Gregory P Naifeh, Jerome G. Naifeh
• Inventors: Naifeh, Jerome G., Naifeh, Gregory P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,770,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/679
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/073 Special arrangements for circuits, e.g. for protecting identification code in memory protection against unauthorised use of computer memory G06F12/14

Abstract

Card member apparatus, and an associated method, for storing and permitting selectable use of informational data associated with a subject. Identifying indicia stored at a first storage element, and the informational data is stored at a second storage element, together disposed upon a substrate, or otherwise supported to permit carriage by a subject. The card member is presented for reading at a card reader, and analysis is made of the identifying indicia stored at the storage element. If the identifying indicia is ascertained to correspond to the subject that carries the card member, permission is granted for the access to the informational data stored at the card member. The informational data, once accessed, is used pursuant to a transaction associated with the subject.

Claims

1. Card member apparatus associated with a subject, said card member apparatus comprising:

a first storage element configured to store identifying indicia uniquely associated with, and identifiable of, the subject;

the identifying indicia, when accessed, usable to verify identification of the subject;

a second storage element configured to store informational data associated with the subject, the informational data stored at said second storage element accessible responsive to verification of the identification of the subject through access to the identifying data stored at said first storage element, the informational data, once accessed, usable in performance of a task associated with the subject.

2. The card member apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an external access connector configured to provide selectable external acceses to said first storage element and to said second storage element.

3. The card member apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a card reader connectable to said first storage element and to said second storage element, said card reader configured selectably to access the identifying indicia stored at said first storage element and the informational data stored at said second storage element.

4. The card member apparatus of claim 3 wherein said card reader comprises a card member connector configured to connected with the external access connector, the identifying indicia and the informational data selectably accessible when said card member connector is connected with said external access connector.

5. The card member apparatus of claim 3 wherein said card reader comprises an identifying indicia analyzer configured to analyze the identifying indicia to verify the identification of the subject.

6. The card member apparatus of claim 5 wherein said identifying indicia analyzer is configured to verify the identification of the subject by comparing the identifying indicia with the subject.

7. The card member apparatus of claim 6 wherein the identifying indicia comprises a physical characteristic associated with the subject.

8. The card member apparatus of claim 4 wherein the card reader is operated by an operator and wherein the operator compares the identifying indicia accessed from said first storage element with the subject to verify the identification of the subject.

9. The card member apparatus of claim 3 wherein said card reader comprises an informational data analyzer configured to analyze the informational data pursuant to the performance of the task associated with the subject.

10. The card member apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a substrate at which said first storage element and said second storage element are disposed.

11. The card member apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a support assembly configured to support said first storage element and said second storage element.

12. The card member apparatus of claim 1 wherein the informational data stored at said second storage element comprises medical information associated with the subject.

13. The card member apparatus of claim 1 wherein the informational data stored at said second storage element comprises financial information associated with the subject.

14. The card member apparatus of claim 1 wherein said second storage element comprises a read/write memory and wherein the informational data stored at said second storage element is selectably updateable.

15. A method for using informational data associated with a subject, said method comprising the operations of:

storing identifying indicia uniquely associated with, and identifiable of, the subject at a first storage element;

storing the informational data at a second storage element;

verifying identification of the subject by accessing and analyzing the identifying indicia;

using the informational data stored at the second storage element pursuant to a task associated with the subject if the identification of the subject is verified during said operation of verifying.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the identifying indicia stored during said operation of storing identifying indicia comprises physical indicia that identifies the subject.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the first and second storage elements at which the identifying indicia and the informational data are stored are embodied at a common structure and wherein said operation of verifying is performed external to the common structure.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein said operation of verifying comprises connecting the common structure at which the first and second storage elements are embodied, retrieving the identifying indicia from the first storage element, and comparing the identifying indicia retrieved therefrom with corresponding identification information of the subject.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein the informational data comprises medically-related information of the subject and wherein the task pursuant to which the informational data is used during said operation of using comprises a medically-related task.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein comprising the further operation of selectably updating the informational data stored at the second storage element.