PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR MAKING INFORMATION AVAILABLE

• US 20110150222A1
• Filed: 12/09/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEMIA France (Advent International Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oberthur Technologies SA
• Inventors: BERTIN, Marc
• Granted Patent: US 9,143,513 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/270
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes at least one near-field or medium-field wireless communication interface (1600-1900) and at least two information elements in a memory (1410) and wherein at least two different access modes (1420) may be associated with each information element, a user is able to associate an access mode with an identifier representing a third party electronic entity via a man-machine interface (1200) during a configuration phase, and at least one information item can thereafter be made available to a third party electronic entity by cryptographic elements (1430) and the wireless communication interface during a utilization phase as a function of an access mode previously associated with both the identifier representing the third party electronic entity and the information element.

Claims

1. Portable electronic device comprising at least one near-field or medium-field wireless communication interface (1600-1900) and at least two information elements in a memory (1410),

characterized in that at least two different access modes (1420) may be associated with each information element,

a user being able to associate an access mode with an identifier representing a third party electronic entity via a man-machine interface (1200) during a configuration phase (100-300),

it being thereafter possible for at least one information item to be made available to a third party electronic entity by cryptographic means (1430) and the wireless communication interface during a utilization phase (600-650;

700-780) as a function of an access mode previously associated with both the identifier representing said third party electronic entity and said information element.

2. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that making an information element available to a third party electronic entity consists in sending the information element via the wireless communication interface after receiving via the wireless communication interface a request (600;

700) identified as coming from the third party electronic entity.

3. Electronic entity according to claim 1 characterized in that making an information element available to a third party electronic entity is effected if a latest updating date of a third party electronic entity has been sent (720) to the electronic device and that latest updating date is before a modification date of an information element (760).

4. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that the information is made available as soon as the electronic device is within range of the third party electronic entity via the wireless communication interface.

5. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that the cryptographic means include a specific pair of asymmetrical keys of the portable electronic device, the public key being supplied to the third party electronic entity beforehand.

6. Electronic entity according to claim 1 characterized in that the third party electronic entities are represented by identifiers in the form of telephone numbers stored during incoming telephone calls.

7. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that the third party electronic entities are represented by identifiers that are stored in a given entry of the cards of a directory, for example a telephone directory, stored in a memory of the electronic entity.

8. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that an access mode includes a profile code, a profile defining rights of access for the information elements, possibly grouped into information element classes.

9. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that the device includes at least two wireless communication interfaces and an access mode includes a profile code, a profile defining at least access rights for the information elements, possibly grouped into information element classes, the access rights possibly differing as a function of the wireless communication interface used.

10. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that an access mode includes a list of logic rules used by automatic logic deduction software.

11. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that making an information item available to a third party electronic entity may be activated or deactivated by the user.

12. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that the wireless communication interface is an NFC, Bluetooth, Zigbee or WiFi interface.

13. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized in that the information elements are digital audio files, news or blog pages.

14. Electronic device according to claim 1, characterized in that the access modes are preconfigured in a memory of the device, received beforehand via SMS or defined beforehand by the user via a man-machine interface.

15. Method of making available to a third party electronic entity an information element contained in an electronic device (1000), characterized in that it includes the following steps:

receiving a request (600;

700) containing an identifier of the third party electronic entity via a near-field or medium-field wireless communication interface (1600-1900),

sending the information element (650;

780) via the near-field or medium-field wireless communication interface and cryptographic means (1430) as a function of an access mode (1420) associated beforehand with both the identifier of said third party electronic entity and said information element.