COMMUNICATION METHOD OF AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH INSURANCE CARD WITH A READING DEVICE
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Abstract
The invention relates to a communication method of an electronic health insurance card (122) with a reading device. A communication link is established between the electronic health insurance card (122) and the reading device (110), said communication link being a near-field link.
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39. A communication method of an electronic health insurance card with a reading device, the method comprising:
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establishing a communication link between the electronic health insurance card and the reading device, said communication link being a near-field link, registering the electronic health insurance card at the reading device, the following steps being carried out when registering; optically reading an identification from the electronic health insurance card by the reading device, carrying out a challenge-response method between the electronic health insurance card and the reading device, an encryption using the identification being carried out for an encryption in the challenge-response method, the identification being a public health insurance card key, a private health insurance card key furthermore being electronically stored in the electronic health insurance card, the public and the private health insurance card key forming an asymmetric cryptographic pair of keys, the challenge-response method comprising the following steps; reception of a digital certificate by the electronic health insurance card from the reading device, checking of the certificate by the electronic health insurance card, the reading device being authenticated if the certificate check is successful, after a successful authentication; enabling the transmission of data from the electronic health insurance card to the reading device, the data transmission being enabled according to the access authorizations specified in the certificate, transmitting image data stored in the health insurance card from the health insurance card to the reading device, the image data having at least one facial image of the owner of the health insurance card, displaying the facial image from the image data on the reading device or on a data processing system connected to the reading device in order to provide for a visual check. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. An electronic health insurance card, the electronic health insurance card comprising:
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a near-field radio interface, the near-field radio interface configured for near-field communication via a communication link with a reading device, a registration component which registers the electronic health insurance card at the reading device, the registration component comprising; an optically readable identification, a challenge-response component, the challenge-response component configured to carry out an encryption between the electronic health insurance card and the reading device by using the identification, the identification being a public health insurance card key, a private health insurance card key furthermore being electronically stored in the electronic health insurance card, the public and the private health insurance card key forming an asymmetric cryptographic pair of keys, the challenge-response component comprising; a receiving component, the receiving component receiving a digital certificate from the reading device, a checking component, the checking component for checking the certificate, wherein the reading device is authenticated to the electronic health insurance card if the certificate check is successful, image data stored in the electronic health insurance card, the image data having at least a facial image of the owner of the health insurance card, having successfully authenticated the reading device to the electronic health insurance card; a transmission enabling component, the transmission enabling component enabling the transmission of data to the reading device after a successful authentication, the data transmission being enabled according to access authorizations specified in the certificate, an image transmission component, the image transmission component transmitting the image data to the reading device after a successful authentication. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A tangible computer readable medium encoded with a program, the program capable of execution on a computer, the program comprising the steps of:
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establishing a communication link between the electronic health insurance card and the reading device, said communication link being a near-field link, registering the electronic health insurance card at the reading device, the following steps being carried out when registering; optically reading an identification from the electronic health insurance card by the reading device, carrying out a challenge-response method between the electronic health insurance card and the reading device, an encryption using the identification being carried out for an encryption in the challenge-response method, the identification being a public health insurance card key, a private health insurance card key furthermore being electronically stored in the electronic health insurance card, the public and the private health insurance card key forming an asymmetric cryptographic pair of keys, the challenge-response method comprising the following steps; reception of a digital certificate by the electronic health insurance card from the reading device, checking of the certificate by the electronic health insurance card, the reading device being authenticated if the certificate check is successful, after a successful authentication; enabling the transmission of data from the electronic health insurance card to the reading device, the data transmission being enabled according to the access authorizations specified in the certificate, transmitting image data stored in the health insurance card from the health insurance card to the reading device, the image data having at least one facial image of the owner of the health insurance card, displaying the facial image from the image data on the reading device or on a data processing system connected to the reading device in order to provide for a visual check
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