PERSONAL TOKEN HAVING ENHANCED SIGNALING ABILITIES

• US 20110113479A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Ganem, Herve
• Granted Patent: US 8,484,712 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/43 wireless channels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/10 together with a coded signal , e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

The invention relates to a personal token including a microprocessor and a memory, said personal token storing and running a software entity which constitutes an end-point for communication over the internet. The software entity constitutes an end-point according to a signaling protocol over the internet and the signaling protocol is of the type intended when the session for real-time conferencing is initiated between end-points.

Claims

1. A personal token comprising:

a microprocessor and a memory,

said personal token storing and running a software entity which constitutes an end-point for communication over the internet,

wherein the software entity constitutes an end-point according to a signaling protocol which signaling protocol is of the type intended at initiating a session allowing real-time conferencing over the internet.

2. The personal token of claim 1, wherein the said signaling protocol which is of the type intended at initiating a session allowing real-time conferencing is Session Initiation protocol (SIP).

3. The personal token of claim 1, wherein said personal token stores in said memory of the personal token an end-point address according to the signaling protocol.

4. The personal token of claim 3, wherein the stored end-point address is a SIP address.

5. The personal token of claim 1, wherein said personal token includes a service software entity which exchanges data with a remote entity inside a session as initiated by said signaling protocol which is of the type intended at initiating a session allowing real-time conferencing.

6. The personal token of claim 1, wherein said personal token stores and runs a software entity which prepares a response to an externally originating authentication challenge, which software entity sends said response inside a session as initiated according to said signaling protocol which is of the type intended at initiating a session allowing real-time conferencing.

7. The personal token of claim 6, wherein the said signaling protocol which is of the type intended at initiating a session allowing real-time conferencing supports multiple authentication challenges to be responded by the personal token inside a same session, which multiple authentication challenges originate from different entities over the internet.

8. The personal token of claim 1, wherein said personal token constitutes a subscriber identification module in a mobile telephony network.

9. The personal token of claim 1, wherein said personal token supports USB communication protocol.

10. A software entity for a personal token:

the software entity configured to constitute an end-point for communication over the internet,

wherein the software entity constitutes an end-point according to a signaling protocol which is of the type intended at initiating a session allowing real-time conferencing over the internet.

11. A communicating method between a personal token comprising a microprocessor and a memory, said personal token storing and running a software entity which constitutes an end-point for communication over the internet and a remote entity over the IP network, wherein the software entity constitutes an end-point according to a signaling protocol which signaling protocol is of the type intended at initiating a session allowing real-time conferencing over the internet.

12. The communicating method of claim 11, wherein the method comprises an updating step of software on the secure personal token by the said remote entity.