METHOD FOR UNLOCKING A SECURE DEVICE

• US 20120278857A1
• Filed: 12/24/2010
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Merrien, Lionel, Ferreira Da Silva, Rodrigo
• Application Number:
  US13/519,975
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/48 using secure binding, e.g. securely binding identity modules to devices, services or applications

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for unlocking a secure device (1), said secure device (10) being adapted to be associated with a first device (11) and being adapted to be locked when it is associated to a second device (12) different from the first device (11), said first device (11) being the paired device, the method comprising a step of unlocking the secure device (1) over-the-air when the secure device (1) is connected to the second device (12).

Claims

1. A method for unlocking a secure device (10), said secure device (10) being adapted to be associated to a first device (11) and being adapted to be locked when it is associated to a second device (12) different from the first device (11), said first device being the paired device, the method comprising a step of unlocking the secure device (1) over-the-air when the secure device (10) is connected to the second device (12).

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising sending a notification (S3) to an over-the-air server (13) just after the detection of the second device (12) and before locking the secure device (10).

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the secure device (10) is waiting for a response from the over-the-air server (13), said response being sent as a response to the notification sent in step S3, before being in a lock mode.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the secure device (10) is waiting for a response from the over-the-air server (13), said response being sent as a response to the notification sent in step S3, before pairing the second device (12) to the secure device (10).

5. The method according to one of the previous claims, wherein it the method comprises taking into account a new pairing request (S6, S9) only after the second device (12) is rebooted.

6. The method according to one of claims 1 through 4, wherein the method comprises exchanging data between the over-the-air server (13) and the secure device (10) using IP or data channel.

7. The method according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method comprises exchanging data between the over-the-air server (13) and the secure device (10) using SMS channel.

8. The method according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method comprises using an UICC device as secure device.

9. The method according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method comprises using handsets as first and second device.