DATA MEDIUM FOR THE CONTROL OF ENTITIES, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE CONTROL OF ENTITIES

• US 20130154795A1
• Filed: 03/15/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Citizengate SA
• Original Assignee: Citizengate SA
• Inventors: Devaux, Franklin, Vassort, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US13/635,252
• Publication Number:
  US 20130154795A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.65
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/00 Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion G06K1/00; pattern recognition G06F18/00; arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding G06V10/00; character recognition, recognising digital ink or document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/35765 Access rights to memory zones
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

The invention relates to a data medium (1) comprising an electronic chip provided with an identity zone storing identity data relating to the entity (6a, 6b) and a group zone storing group data relating to the membership of the entity (6a, 6b) to at least one group (5a, 5b). The invention also relates to a device (10) for controlling entities, comprising: data media (1); an identity control unit (11) enabled and able to recognize the identity data; an updating unit (12) enabled and able to update the group data as a function of the movement of the entity (6a, 6b) from one group (5a, 5b) to another, in order to generate a log; a group control unit (13) authorised and able to control the group data of each entity (6a, 6b); and alert means that can be triggered as a function of said controlled group data.

Claims

1. Data medium (1) comprising at least one identity zone (3) capable of storing identity data relating to the identity of the entity (6a, 6b) to which is intended to be assigned, wherein said identity data is capable of being accessible only by at least one qualified identity control unit (11), characterized in that it comprises at least one electronic chip (2) equipped with at least one group zone (4) capable of storing group data relating to the belonging of said entity (6a, 6b) to at least one group (5a, 5b), said group data being protected by at least one gate so as to be accessible only by at least one qualified group control unit (13) having an access key for said gate, said group zone (4) being capable of being updated only by means of a qualified updating unit (12) having an access key for said gate, with the updating being performed by the addition of at least one complementary group data item incrementing, without altering, said group data previously stored on the basis of the passage of said entity (6a, 6b) from one group (5a, 5b) to another group (5b, 5a) so as to generate a history of belonging of said entity (6a, 6b) to said successive groups (5a, 5b), with said group zone (4) being capable of preserving said history.

2. Data medium (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said electronic chip (2) is arranged so that said gate is chosen from the group including at least an optical gate, a magnetic gate or an electronic gate, capable of being opened by an optical, magnetic or electronic key, respectively.

3. Data medium (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that said electronic chip (2) is an RFID chip equipped with said electronic gate.

4. Data medium (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said group zone (4) is arranged so that said group data is accessible by said qualified group control unit (13), independently of said identity data.

5. Data medium (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said group zone (4) is capable of storing said group data incrementally, permanently and inalterably.

6. Data medium (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said identity (3) and group (4) zones are distinct.

7. Data medium (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises at least one electronic chip (2) equipped simultaneously with said identity (3) and group zones (4).

8. Data medium (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that it is chosen from at least:

a smart card, a passport, a telephone, a bracelet, a watch, a collar, a tag intended to be worn by said entity (6a, 6b), or

an implant, intended to be inserted into said entity (6a, 6b) or into an object associated with said entity (6a, 6b).

9. Data medium (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said group (5a, 5b) on which said group data is based consists of entities (6a, 6b) having been present, at a given time, in a given geographic territory, and in that said updated group data relates to the crossing by an entity (6a, 6b) of the territorial boundary of each geographic territory, and in that all of said group data constitutes a history of the territorial boundaries crossed.

10. Data medium (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that said group data is chosen from a group including at least a state logo, the ICAO code of an airport, and the date of update.

11. Data medium (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said group data also comprises the date of its update on said data medium (1).

12. Device (10) for controlling entities, comprising a plurality of data media (1), each data medium (1) comprising identity data relating to the entity (6a, 6b) to which it is assigned, said device (10) comprising control means (11, 13) equipped with at least one identity control unit (11) capable of accessing said identity data, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of data media (1) according to any one of the previous claims, at least one qualified updating unit (12) comprising at least one access key for said gate protecting access to said group data and capable of updating said group data by the addition of at least one complementary group data item incrementing, without altering, said group data previously stored, on the basis of the passage of said entity (6a, 6b) from one group (5a, 5b) to another group (5b, 5a) so as to generate a history of belonging of said entity (6a, 6b) to said successive groups (5a, 5b), with said history being preserved by said group zone (4), in that said control means also comprise at least one qualified group control unit (13) comprising at least one access key for said gate protecting access to said group data and capable of accessing said group data of each entity (6a, 6b) and of controlling it, in that said device (10) comprises alert means coupled at least with said group control unit (13) and capable of triggering an alert on the basis of said group data controlled by said group control unit (13).

13. Device (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that said access key for said updating unit (12) and said group control unit (13) is chosen from the group including at least an optical access key, a magnetic access key or an electronic access key capable of opening an optical, magnetic or electronic access gate, respectively.

14. Device (10) according to claim 13, characterized in that at least one of said updating unit (12) or group control unit (13) comprises an RFID microprocessor equipped with said electronic key.

15. Device (10) according to claim 12 characterized in that said updating unit (12) is geographically remote from said group control unit (13).

16. Device (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that said updating unit (12) and said group control unit (13) are respectively provided in at least one location for passage of said entities (6a, 6b) leading to the entry into/departure from at least one first/second geographic territory, with each geographic territory defining one of said groups (5a, 5b).

17. Device (10) according to claim 16, characterized in that said location for passage of said entities (6a, 6b) is chosen from at least airports, ports, train stations and road border stations.

18. Device (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that said group control unit (13) is coupled with blocking means capable of preventing the passage of said entity (6a, 6b) from one group (5a, 5b) to another group (5b, 5a) on the basis of said controlled group data.

19. Device (10) according to claim 18, characterized in that said blocking means are chosen from the group including at least a door, a barrier or an airlock.

20. Device (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that said identity control unit (11) is combined with at least one of said group control (13) and/or updating (12) units.

21. Method for controlling entities (6a, 6b) in which said entity (6a, 6b) is assigned at least one data medium comprising data relating to the identity of said entity (6a, 6b), characterized in that

a data medium (1) comprising at least one identity zone (3) capable of storing identity data relating to the identity of the entity (6a, 6b) to which is intended to be assigned, wherein said identity data is capable of being accessible only by at least one qualified identity control unit (11), characterized in that it comprises at least one electronic chip (2) equipped with at least one group zone (4) capable of storing group data relating to the belonging of said entity (6a, 6b) to at least one group (5a, 5b), said group data being protected by at least one gate so as to be accessible only by at least one qualified group control unit (13) having an access key for said gate, said group zone (4) being capable of being updated only by means of a qualified updating unit (12) having an access key for said gate, with the updating being performed by the addition of at least one complementary group data item incrementing, without altering, said group data previously stored on the basis of the passage of said entity (6a, 6b) from one group (5a, 5b) to another group (5b, 5a) so as to generate a history of belonging of said entity (6a, 6b) to said successive groups (5a, 5b), with said group zone (4) being capable of reserving said history;

and

a device (10) for controlling entities, comprising a plurality of data media (1), each data medium (1) comprising identity data relating to the entity (6a, 6b) to which it is assigned, said device (10) comprising control means (11, 13) equipped with at least one identity control unit (11) capable of accessing said identity data, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of data media (1) according to any one of the previous claims, at least one qualified updating unit (12) comprising at least one access key for said gate protecting access to said group data and capable of updating said group data by the addition of at least one complementary group data item incrementing, without altering, said group data previously stored, on the basis of the passage of said entity (6a, 6b) from one group (5a, 5b) to another group (5b, 5a) so as to generate a history of belonging of said entity (6a, 6b) to said successive groups (5a, 5b), with said history being preserved by said group zone (4), in that said control means also comprise at least one qualified group control unit (13) comprising at least one access key for said gate protecting access to said group data and capable of accessing said group data of each entity (6a, 6b) and of controlling it, in that said device (10) comprises alert means coupled at least with said group control unit (13) and capable of triggering an alert on the basis of said group data controlled by said group control unit (13)

are used, said method also comprising at least the following steps;

the updating, recording and storage on said data medium (1) of group data relating to the change in group (5a, 5b) of said entity (6a, 6b), in order to create, by means of updates, a history of said groups (5a, 5b) to which said entity (6a, 6b) has belonged,

the control and filtering of said group data of said entity (6a, 6b) in order to verify said history and, on the basis of said controlled group data, to validate said control or not.

22. Method according to claim 21, characterized in that at least one of said steps of updating, controlling and filtering is performed, in a location of passage of said entities leading to the entry into/departure from at least one first/second group (5a, 5b).

23. Method according to claim 21, characterized in that it includes at least one preliminary step of defining criteria during which control criteria for positive/negative admissibility of an entity (6a, 6b) in a group (5a, 5b) are defined, and in that, during said filtering step, it is not possible to validate, without an additional step, the passage of said entities (6a, 6b) of which the controlled group data do not correspond/correspond to said control criteria for positive/negative admissibility.

24. Method according to claim 21, characterized in that, when said controlled group data are not validated, at least one of the following steps is performed:

the blocking of the change in entity group (5a, 5b) by said entity (6a, 6b),

the transmission of an alert signal.