MEHTOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACHIEVING ACCESS TO AN OBJECT OR A SERVICE

• US 20070248242A1
• Filed: 07/11/2007
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Inventors: Ritter, Rudolf, Lauper, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,050,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

A method is disclosed for gaining access to an object and/or to a service of an object or service provider. A biometric reference parameter of at least one user is recorded in a personal mobile station (1). The user orders an object or service from a remote server (6, 7) by means of his personal mobile station 81). An actual biometric parameter is recorded by a biometric sensor of the object or service provider and the recorded actual biometric parameter is compared to the reference parameter. On a successful comparison, access to the object or service is permitted. The invention further relates to a system with the components mentioned.

Claims

1. Method for gaining access to an object and/or to a service of an object or service provider, with the following method steps:

(a) a biometric reference parameter of at least one user is stored in a personal mobile station, and

(b) the user orders an object or a service from a remote server over a communication network with his personal mobile station,

(c) an actual biometric parameter is recorded by a biometric sensor of the object or service provider and the recorded actual biometric parameter is compared with the reference parameter, and

(d) in the case of a successful comparison, access to the object or service is authorized.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein to increase security, a plurality of biometric parameters are recorded sequentially by a user and compared with biometric reference parameters.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein access to the object or service is allowed only for a specific period of time predetermined by the service provider or by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the biometric reference parameter is transmitted to said remote server.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the biometric reference parameter is transmitted by the remote server to a comparison module connected with the biometric sensor of the object or service provider or the actual biometric parameter is transmitted by the biometric sensor to the remote server.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein after the duration of use of the object or the duration of the service ends, the biometric reference parameter of the user is deleted from said remote server.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the biometric parameters of a plurality of users that build a group are transmitted by the personal mobile station and stored in said remote server and the individual members of the group can be authenticated individually and gain access to the object or to the service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the actual biometric is recorded by the biometric sensor of the object or service provider together with a single code.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the biometric reference parameter and additionally a further person-bound code are transmitted over a contactless interface at close range by the mobile station to a comparison module connected with the biometric sensor, where the person-bound code has been transmitted to the remote server during the ordering procedure.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the person-bound code is transmitted to the comparison module connected with the biometric sensor or by the comparison module to the remote server.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the biometric parameter of the user or users is stored in the personal mobile station individually or together as a group.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the biometric parameter of the user or users is stored in an identification module in the personal mobile station.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmitted to the remote server are transmitted at least partly encrypted over the communication network.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein a software is downloaded on the mobile station for performing the order and/or ensure the secured transmission of the data between the personal mobile station and the remote server.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the downloaded software accesses the biometric reference parameters stored in the mobile station or on the person-bound code of the user or users.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein, as biometric parameter, a fingerprint, the face, the iris or the retina is scanned or the language of the user or users is recorded.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein with different fingerprints access rights to different objects or services can be linked.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the order, the biometric parameter and/or the person-bound code of the user of users are transmitted to the remote server over a mobile radio network such as GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WLAN or UMTS, over the Internet or another fixed network.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein said data are transmitted to the remote server via SMS, MMS, USSD, E-mail, Web or WAP page.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein as mobile station, a mobile telephone, a portable computer, a PDA or a networked game console are used.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the user, after transmission of the order, receives from the remote server on the personal mobile station a message with a booking confirmation.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the temporary access to the object or service is billed over the telephone bill, over a prepaid account or over a credit card of the user.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein in the mobile station a biometric sensor is integrated or in that the mobile station is connected with such a sensor.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is used as access control to a hotel room, a holiday flat, a resource in a building, a concert, an event or an exhibition or to order an object.

25. A system for gaining access to an object and/or to a service of an object or service provider, including:

(a) a personal mobile station on which a biometric reference parameter of at least one user is stored,

(b) a communication network connected with the personal mobile station,

(c) a biometric sensor of the object or service provider, connected with the remote server, for recording an actual biometric parameter of the user, and

(d) the biometric sensor of the object or service provider being connected with means that control access to the object or service.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein a comparison module connected with the remote server and the biometric sensor is provided.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the personal mobile station is a mobile telephone, a portable computer, a PDA or a networked game console.

28. The system of claim 25, wherein the system is an access control to a hotel room, a holiday flat, a resource in a building, a concert, an event or an exhibition or to order an object.