TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHIP CARD AND MOBILE TELEPHONE DEVICE

• US 20110281558A1
• Filed: 05/16/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEMIA France (Advent International Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sagem ORGA GmbH (Safran SA)
• Inventors: Winter, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 8,768,303 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

A telecommunications chip card (100) for enabling the login of a mobile telephone device (202) into a digital cellular mobile telecommunications network (200), the telecommunications chip card comprising:

• • a chip card reader interface (102) adapted for allowing communications between the telecommunications chip card and the mobile telephone device, wherein the chip card reader interface is adapted for receiving physical parameter data (112, 118, 120, 224) via the chip card reader interface;
  • a processor (104);
  • a memory (106) for storing applications for execution by the processor;
  • an application (108) stored in the memory comprising machine readable instructions executable by the processor; and
  • an application management program (110) stored in the memory comprising machine readable instructions executable by the processor, wherein the applications management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the physical parameter data.

Claims

1. A telecommunications chip card for enabling the login of a mobile telephone device into a digital cellular mobile telecommunications network, the telecommunications chip card comprising:

a chip card reader interface adapted for allowing communications between the telecommunications chip card and the mobile telephone device, wherein the chip card reader interface is adapted for receiving physical parameter data via the chip card reader interface;

a processor;

a memory for storing applications for execution by the processor;

an application stored in the memory comprising machine readable instructions executable by the processor; and

an application management program stored in the memory comprising machine readable instructions executable by the processor, wherein the applications management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the physical parameter data, wherein the physical parameter data comprises location data which identifies a geographical location, wherein application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the geographical location, wherein the applications management program extracts a location descriptor from map data using the geographical location, wherein the location descriptor classifies the geographical location, wherein the application management program enables or disables the application depending on the location descriptor.

2. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the application comprises code for sending and/or receiving near field communications protocol commands via the chip card reader interface.

3. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the applications management program is operable for receiving a authorization message via the chip card reader interface, wherein the authorization message is received using the over the air protocol, wherein the application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the authorization message.

4. The telecommunications chip card of claim 3, wherein the applications management program is further operable for sending a authorization message request via the chip card reader interface.

5. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the memory is adapted for storing a predetermined location, wherein the application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least both the geographical location and the predetermined location.

6. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the location descriptor is extracted from the map data using address data, wherein the address data comprises at least one address locatable in the map data and an address descriptor descriptive of each address.

7. The telecommunications chip card of claim 6, wherein the address data is received via the chip card interface, and wherein the address data is received using any one of the following:

the over the air protocol and the Sync ML protocol.

8. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the map data is stored in the memory.

9. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the map data is received via the chip card reader interface.

10. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the physical parameter data comprises velocity data, and wherein application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the velocity data.

11. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the memory stores multiple applications, wherein each of the multiple applications is enabled or disabled by the application management program using at least the physical parameter data.

12. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least rules which exclude at least two of the applications from being enabled at the same time.

13. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the application is any one of the following:

a payment application, an access control application, an identification application, and a data transfer application.

14. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the physical parameter data comprises time data, and wherein the application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the time data.

15. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the chip card reader interface is further adapted for receiving calendar data, wherein the application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the time data and the calendar data.

16. The telecommunications chip card of claim 1, wherein the telecommunications chip card is any one of the following:

a subscriber identity module, a mini subscriber identity module, a micro subscriber identity module, a universal subscriber identity module, a CDMA subscriber identity module, and a Willcom subscriber identity module.

17. A mobile telephone device comprising:

a telecommunications chip card comprising a chip card reader interface adapted for allowing communications between the telecommunications chip card and the mobile telephone device, wherein the chip card reader interface is adapted for receiving physical parameter data via the chip card reader interface, wherein the telecommunications chip card further comprises a processor, wherein the telecommunications chip card further comprises a memory for storing applications for execution by the processor, wherein the telecommunications chip card further comprises an application stored in the memory comprising machine readable instructions executable by the processor, wherein the telecommunications chip card further comprises an application management program stored in the memory comprising machine readable instructions executable by the processor, wherein the applications management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the physical parameter data, wherein the physical parameter data comprises location data which identifies a geographical location, wherein application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the geographical location, wherein the applications management program extracts a location descriptor from map data using the geographical location, wherein the location descriptor classifies the geographical location, wherein application management program enables or disables the application depending on the location descriptor;

a near field communications interface ;

a measurement system adapted for providing physical parameter data;

a telecommunications chip card reader adapted for connecting to the chip card reader interface of the telecommunications chip card; and

a communications link for providing a communications link for exchanging data between the telecommunications chip and the near field communications system via the telecommunications chip card reader.

18. A digital mobile telecommunications network comprising a mobile telephone device and a base station operable to connect to the mobile telephone device via a radio communications link, wherein the mobile telephone device comprises:

a telecommunications chip card comprising a chip card reader interface adapted for allowing communications between the telecommunications chip card and the mobile telephone device, wherein the chip card reader interface is adapted for receiving physical parameter data via the chip card reader interface, wherein the telecommunications chip card further comprises a processor, wherein the telecommunications chip card further comprises a memory for storing applications for execution by the processor, wherein the telecommunications chip card further comprises an application stored in the memory comprising machine readable instructions executable by the processor, wherein the telecommunications chip card further comprises an application management program stored in the memory comprising machine readable instructions executable by the processor, wherein the applications management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the physical parameter data, wherein the physical parameter data comprises location data which identifies a geographical location, wherein the application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the geographical location, wherein the applications management program extracts a location descriptor from map data using the geographical location, wherein the location descriptor classifies the geographical location, wherein application management program enables or disables the application depending on the location descriptor;

a near field communications interface;

a measurement system adapted for providing physical parameter data;

a telecommunications chip card reader adapted for connecting to the chip card reader interface of the telecommunications chip card; and

a communications link for providing a communications link for exchanging data between the telecommunications chip and the near field communications system via the telecommunications chip card reader.

19. The digital mobile telecommunications network of claim 18, wherein the base station is operable for transmitting an authorization to the mobile telephone device via the radio communication link, wherein the mobile telephone device is operable for transmitting the authorization message to the telecommunications chip card via the chip card reader interface, wherein the authorization message is received using the over the air protocol, wherein application management program enables or disables the application depending on at least the authorization message.

20. The digital mobile telecommunications network of claim 19, wherein the applications management program is further operable for sending a authorization message request to the mobile telephone device via the chip card reader interface, wherein the mobile telephone device is operable for transmitting the authorization message request to the base station via the radio communication link, wherein the base station is operable for transmitting the authorization message to the mobile telephone device in response to the authorization message request.