IC CARD, DATA CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20100164682A1
• Filed: 12/18/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Mamoru, Ishibashi, Yoshihito
• Application Number:
  US12/642,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20100164682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.610
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/77 in smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07309 Means for preventing undesired reading or writing from or onto record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07703 the interface being visual

Abstract

There is provided an IC card including a recording unit (card CPU) to record display request data for requesting display on a display unit and control data for controlling display on the display unit onto card memory in response to a request from an external device, and a verification unit (display CPU) to verify data consistency by comparing predetermined control commands contained in the display request data and the control data recorded on the card memory.

Claims

1. An IC card comprising:

a recording unit to record display request data for requesting display on a display unit and control data for controlling display on the display unit onto card memory in response to a request from an external device; and

a verification unit to verify data consistency by comparing predetermined control commands contained in the display request data and the control data recorded on the card memory.

2. The IC card according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display control unit to display the display request data on the display unit and update the control data according to a verification result by the verification unit.

3. The IC card according to claim 1, wherein

a control command of the display request data and a control command of the control data recorded by the recording unit in response to a request from the external device have a particular relationship,

the control command of the control data is a command for instructing the display control unit to acquire the display request data to the display unit, and

the display control unit updates the control command contained in the control data so as to have a predetermined relationship with the control command contained in the display request data when acquiring the display request data from the card memory.

4. The IC card according to claim 1, wherein if the control command of the control data is a command for instructing acquisition of the display request data, the verification unit verifies whether contents of the display unit, the control command of the display request data and the control command of the control data have a particular relationship or not.

5. The IC card according to claim 1, wherein if the control command of the control data is a command for instructing acquisition of the display request data, the verification unit verifies whether contents of the display unit, the control command of the display request data and the control command of the control data have a particular relationship, and further verifies whether contents of the display request data and contents of display data for display on the display unit acquired by the display control unit match or not.

6. The IC card according to claim 1, wherein

update of the display request data is update of secure data for which authorization is necessary, and

update of the control data is update of non-secure data for which authorization is unnecessary.

7. The IC card according to claim 1, wherein the IC card incorporates an IC chip capable of contactless communication with an external device.

8. A data control method comprising the steps of:

recording display request data for requesting display on a display unit and control data for controlling display on the display unit onto card memory in response to a request from an external device;

verifying data consistency by comparing predetermined control commands contained in the display request data and the control data recorded on the card memory; and

displaying the display request data on the display unit and updating the control data according to a result of the verification.

9. A program causing a computer to function as an IC card comprising:

a recording unit to record display request data for requesting display on a display unit and control data for controlling display on the display unit onto card memory in response to a request from an external device;

a verification unit to verify data consistency by comparing predetermined control commands contained in the display request data and the control data recorded on the card memory; and

a display control unit to display the display request data on the display unit and update the control data according to a verification result by the verification unit.