Secured Multi-Directional, Multi-Interface Transaction Processing

• US 20150007335A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Buer, Mark, Awad, Mohamed
• Granted Patent: US 9,594,917 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe an apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for processing a secure transaction. One embodiment describes an apparatus comprising: a processor; a secure element coupled to the processor; and a connectivity device coupled to the secure element, and configured to exchange communications with a device that is external to the apparatus, and receive and execute one or more unsolicited commands from the secure element.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a secure element coupled to the processor; and

a connectivity device coupled to the secure element, and configured to exchange communications with a device that is external to the apparatus, and receive and execute one or more unsolicited commands from the secure element.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the secure element is configured to receive a transaction request and to activate a secure application residing in the secure element in response to the transaction request, and

the secure application is configured to generate one or more unsolicited commands.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein:

the secure application generates one or more unsolicited commands in a format compatible with the connectivity device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the processor is configured to generate and send a transaction request to the secure element, and

the secure element is configured to receive the transaction request from the processor, and to generate and send one or more unsolicited commands to the connectivity device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the connectivity device is configured to receive a transaction request from a device external to the apparatus, and to send the transaction request to the secure element, and

the secure element is configured to generate and send one or more unsolicited commands to the processor.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a second connectivity device, coupled to the secure element, and configured to send and receive communications with one or more devices external to the apparatus, and to receive and execute one or more unsolicited commands from the secure element,

wherein the connectivity device and the second connectivity device are configured to communicate with one or more devices external to the apparatus using different communications protocols.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

the connectivity device is further configured to receive a transaction request, and to send the transaction request to the secure element, and

the secure element is configured to generate and send one or more unsolicited commands to the second connectivity device.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein:

the secure element is configured to generate and send one or more unsolicited commands to establish a communications link with one or more devices external to the apparatus to the second connectivity device.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the secure element comprises an integrated circuit that is disposed in a subscriber identification module, disposed in a secure digital card, or embedded in a printed circuit board.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the connectivity device comprises at least one of a near field communication device, a Bluetooth communication device, a wireless local area network communication device, a cellular communication device, a satellite communication device, or an infrared communication device.

11. A method for executing a secure transaction in a mobile device, comprising:

receiving, at a secure element, a transaction request to process a secure transaction;

activating, at the secure element, a secure application configured to process the secure transaction in response to the transaction request;

generating, by the secure application, an unsolicited command; and

sending, from the secure element, the unsolicited command.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating, at a processor, the transaction request; and

sending, from the processor, the transaction request to the secure element.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, at a connectivity device, the unsolicited command; and

executing, at the connectivity device, the unsolicited command to establish communications with an external device.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, at a processor, the unsolicited command; and

sending, from the processor, a response to the unsolicited command to the secure element.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, at a connectivity device, the transaction request from an external device; and

sending, from the connectivity device, the transaction request to the secure element.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending, from the secure element, the unsolicited command to a second connectivity device;

receiving, at the second connectivity device, the unsolicited command; and

configuring, at the second connectivity device, communications with an external device in response to the unsolicited command,

wherein the connectivity device and the second connectivity device are configured to communicate using different communications protocols.

17. A non-transient computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions, which when executed by a secure element causes the secure element to:

receive a transaction request to process a secure transaction;

activate a secure application, residing in the secure element, to process the secure transaction in response to the transaction request, wherein the secure application is configured to generate an unsolicited command; and

send the unsolicited command.

18. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17, further comprising computer readable instructions, which when executed by the secure element causes the secure element to:

receive the transaction request from a processor; and

send the unsolicited command to a connectivity device.

19. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17, farther comprising computer readable instructions, which when executed by the secure element causes the secure element to:

receive the transaction request from a connectivity device; and

send the unsolicited command to a processor.

20. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17, further comprising computer readable instructions, which when executed by the secure element causes the secure element to:

receive the transaction request from a connectivity device; and

send the unsolicited command to a second connectivity device, the connectivity device and the second connectivity device configured to communicate using different communication protocols.