INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE STORING PROTECTED DATA FOR WIRELESS TRANSMITTING, OVER SHORT RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, THE PROTECTED DATA TO A WIRELESS COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20190361617A1
• Filed: 07/22/2019
• Published: 11/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Flexiworld Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Flexiworld Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Chang, William Ho, Viswanathan, Vinaynathan
• Granted Patent: US 10,963,169 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/3814 Wireless link with a computer system port
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0622 in relation to access
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0656 Data buffering arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0679 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device, e.g. flash memory, one time programmable memory [OTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic

Abstract

An integrated circuit device that includes a secure or protected memory component is herein disclosed and enabled. The integrated circuit may be a wireless communication device or a smart card or an USB device. Additionally, the integrated circuit may be part of, or in, a computing device or mobile device. The integrated circuit device includes a protected memory section for storing protected data that is not accessible by a user at the protected memory section, but is accessible by a memory controller included in the integrated circuit device. The memory controller accesses the protected data with a combination of security operations that may include cryptography. The integrated circuit device may further include a wireless component for establishing a wireless connection with wireless computing devices or readers for wirelessly transmitting the protected data accessed by the memory controller to the wireless computing devices or the readers.

Claims

1. A wireless integrated circuit memory device for transmitting encrypted data from the wireless integrated circuit memory device to a wireless device, over a local point to point wireless communication, the wireless integrated circuit memory device comprising:

a memory controller;

memory that includes a protected memory area for storing protected data, the protected data stored in the protected memory area is not accessible by a user of the wireless integrated circuit memory device, from the protected memory area, but is accessible by the memory controller; and

wireless communication circuitry, wherein the wireless integrated circuit memory device is operable to;

(1) access, by the memory controller of the wireless integrated circuit memory device, the protected data that is stored in the protected memory area, the accessing of the protected data from the protected memory area is based on the memory controller implementing a cryptographic algorithm;

(2) encrypt data, at the wireless integrated circuit memory device, into encrypted data, the data, at the wireless integrated circuit memory device, is related to the protected data accessed by the memory controller from the protected memory area of the wireless integrated circuit memory device in (1);

(3) wirelessly discover, over the local point to point wireless communication and via the wireless communication circuitry, the wireless device;

(4) establish, via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless integrated circuit memory device, the local point-to-point wireless communication link between the wireless integrated circuit memory device and the wireless device discovered in (3), the local point-to-point wireless communication link being a radio communication link;

(5) wirelessly transmit, via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless integrated circuit memory device, at least part of the encrypted data encrypted in (2), over the local point to point wireless communication link established in (4), directly from the wireless integrated circuit memory device to the wireless device wirelessly discovered in (3); and

(6) receive, at the wireless integrated circuit memory device and over the local point-to-point wireless communication link established in (4), information from the wireless device discovered in (3), the information is related to one or more of payment information, status information, or output process information, individually or in any combination; and

wherein the wireless integrated circuit memory device provides protection of the protected data by storing the protected data in the protected memory area and requiring use of the wireless integrated circuit memory device for wirelessly transmitting the encrypted data directly from the wireless integrated circuit memory device to the wireless device.