DUAL COMMUNICATION FOB ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN INSERT WITHIN A BASE

• US 20090002167A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEMIA France (Advent International Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oberthur Card Systems, S.A. (Advent International Corporation)
• Inventors: MOSTELLER, Barry
• Granted Patent: US 7,956,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/005 the record carrier comprising an arrangement to facilitate insertion into a holding device, e.g. an arrangement that makes the record carrier fit into an etui or a casing ticket holders A45C11/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card

Abstract

A dual communication fob assembly provided with an attachment area for a ring or a chain and including in combination: an insert including a first contactless communication device; and a base with a pocket in the base for holding at least a part of the insert when inserted therein and being provided with a second contactless communication device which is electrically separate from the first contactless communication device.

Claims

1. A dual communication fob assembly provided with an attachment area for a ring or a chain and comprising in combination:

an insert comprising a first contactless communication device and

a base with a pocket in said base for holding at least a part of said insert when inserted therein, and being provided with a second contactless communication device which is electrically separate from the first contactless communication device.

2. The fob assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second contactless communication devices are short-range communication devices, adapted for communication at a range of no more than 50 cm.

3. The fob assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first and second contactless communication devices are embedded in transparent or translucent materials so as to provide visual access to a holder.

4. The fob assembly of claim 1, wherein the pocket of the base comprises a substantially flat slot and wherein the at least a part of the insert comprises a substantially flat portion adapted to be engaged into the slot.

5. The fob assembly of claim 4, wherein this substantially flat portion is provided with a substantially planar antenna which is a part of the first contactless communication device.

6. The fob assembly of claim 5, wherein the substantially planar antenna is embedded within this substantially flat portion.

7. The fob assembly of claim 6, wherein the substantially planar antenna is embedded in a material of this substantially flat portion which is translucent or transparent.

8. The fob assembly of claim 7, wherein at least a portion of the base provides at least a visual access to the first contactless communication device when the at least a part of the insert is inserted in the pocket.

9. The fob assembly of claim 1, wherein the pocket of the base is adapted to accommodate the whole of the insert.

10. The fob assembly of claim 9, wherein the attachment area is provided on the base.

11. The fob assembly of claim 9, wherein the pocket of the base comprises a substantially flat slot and wherein the at least a part of the insert comprises a substantially flat portion adapted to be engaged into the slot.

12. The fob assembly of claim 11, wherein the attachment area is provided at an entry of the slot so that the insert is kept within the slot when a ring or a chain is in place in this attachment area.

13. The fob assembly of claim 9, wherein the base comprises two complementary parts defining together the pocket for the insert.

14. The fob assembly of claim 9, wherein the insert is a part which has been detached from a larger preliminary base.

15. The fob assembly of claim 9, wherein the insert is a part which has been detached from a larger preliminary base compliant with ID-1 format.

16. The fob assembly of claim 5, wherein the second contactless communication device comprises a substantially planar antenna provided along a substantially planar face of the base.

17. The fob assembly of claim 16, wherein the second contactless communication device is embedded within a portion of the base which is translucent or transparent.

18. The fob assembly of claim 1, wherein the first contactless communication device comprises a cylindrical body.

19. The fob assembly of claim 18, wherein the cylindrical body is located outside the pocket.

20. The fob assembly of claim 19, wherein the pocket is a substantially flat slot adapted to receive a substantially flat portion of the insert and the cylindrical body extends along the entry of the slot of the base.

21. The fob assembly of claim 18, wherein the cylindrical body is embedded in a portion of the insert which is translucent or transparent.

22. The fob assembly of claim 18, wherein the second contactless communication device comprises a substantially planar antenna.

23. The fob assembly of claim 22, wherein the second contactless communication device is embedded in a portion of the base which is translucent or transparent.

24. The fob assembly of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second contactless communication devices is a substantially flat device compliant with ISO 14443.

25. The fob assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second contactless communication devices is a substantially cylindrical device compliant with ISO 15693.

26. The fob assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second contactless communication devices comprises a cryptographic micro circuit cooperating with an antenna.