DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RFID IDENTIFICATION DATA FOR AN AUTHENTICATION SERVER

• US 20100079237A1
• Filed: 02/14/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Köpf, Andreas, Falk, Rainer, Kohlmayer, Florian
• Granted Patent: US 8,933,780 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.800
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/47 using near field communication [NFC] or radio frequency identification [RFID] modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

In a system (1) for transmitting RFID identifiers, which can be read from RFID tags (4), to an authentication server (6), at least one RFID protocol message, which is encoded in authentication messages, can be transmitted from an RFID reading unit (2A) to the authentication server (6).

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising an RFID reading unit, which transmits at least one RFID protocol message encoded in authentication messages to an authentication server in order to transmit RFID identification data read out from RFID tags.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the transmitted RFID protocol message having an identifier of the RFID reading unit in addition to the RFID identification data.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein an address of the authentication server being configured in the apparatus.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein an address of the authentication server being determined on the basis of the RFID identification data by the apparatus.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the address of the authentication server being contained in the RFID identification data.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein

the apparatus having a memory for storing a table, in which addresses of authentication servers for different RFID identification data are stored.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the RFID identification data being encoded in a network access identifier NAI of the authentication network.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the authentication message being transmitted via an access network to the authentication server.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the access network being a wireless access network.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the wireless access network being a W-LAN network.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the wireless access network being a WiMax network.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the authentication messages being transmitted from the RFID reading unit via a wired access network to the authentication server.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the authentication messages being transmitted by means of an EAP data transmission protocol.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein authentication messages being transmitted by means of a radius data transmission protocol.

15. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the authentication messages being transmitted by means of an HTTP data transmission protocol.

16. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the authentication messages being transmitted by way of at least one authentication proxy server to the authentication server.

17. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the apparatus being provided in a mobile transportation vehicle.

18. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the transportation vehicle being formed by a ship, an airplane or a truck.

19. A method for providing RFID identification data, which is read out from RFID tags, for an authentication server, the method comprising the step of transmitting at least one RFID protocol message to the authentication server encoded in authentication messages.

20. A system for transmitting RFID identification data, which can be read out from RFID tags, to an authentication server, comprising at least one RFID protocol message being transmittable to the authentication server encoded in authentication messages by an RFID reading unit.