Providing services utilizing a smart card
First Claim
1. A method of providing services using a smart card, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
- generating a plurality of data, wherein each said data comprises information for activating a service associated with an electrical apparatus;
generating an indicium associated with each said data;
programming a smart card by loading said plurality of data into a memory of said smart card;
generating a plurality of mapping data, wherein each said mapping data indicates a location on the surface of said smart card to which an associated said indicium is to be applied;
linking said plurality of data to corresponding said mapping data of said indicia;
programming the smart card by loading said mapping data into the memory of said smart card;
applying said indicia to said surface of the smart card at the locations of the mapping data;
selecting any one of said indicia on the smart card upon loading said smart card into a smart card reader; and
activating, when any one of said indicia on the smart card upon loading said smart card into a smart card reader is selected, said service associated with said selected indicium.
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Abstract
The method provides services using a smart card 10 (100 or 200). The services are provided by a third party other than the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) of the smart card. The method comprises the following steps. The method generates 1506 a plurality of data, where each of the data comprises information for activating a service associated with an electrical apparatus. The method also generates 1505 an indicium associated with each data. The method then programmes 1518 a smart card by loading the plurality of data into a memory of the smart card and applying each indicium 1516 to a surface of the smart card. The method also comprises loading the smart card into a smart card reader 1604 and selecting 1608 any one of the indicia. The method then activates the service by communicating 1614 the selected data to the electrical apparatus.
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1. A method of providing services using a smart card, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
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generating a plurality of data, wherein each said data comprises information for activating a service associated with an electrical apparatus;
generating an indicium associated with each said data;
programming a smart card by loading said plurality of data into a memory of said smart card;
generating a plurality of mapping data, wherein each said mapping data indicates a location on the surface of said smart card to which an associated said indicium is to be applied;
linking said plurality of data to corresponding said mapping data of said indicia;
programming the smart card by loading said mapping data into the memory of said smart card;
applying said indicia to said surface of the smart card at the locations of the mapping data;
selecting any one of said indicia on the smart card upon loading said smart card into a smart card reader; and
activating, when any one of said indicia on the smart card upon loading said smart card into a smart card reader is selected, said service associated with said selected indicium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of providing a first service from amongst competing services, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing in each of a plurality of smart cards a plurality of enhancement activities as an adjunct to said first service, each of said enhancement activities being stored using a corresponding one of a plurality of stored data each associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of indicia, wherein each said stored data of a particular smart card is linked to corresponding mapping data indicating a location of the corresponding one of said indicia on a surface of said particular smart card, and wherein the corresponding mapping data is stored on the particular smart card, distributing a multiplicity of smart cards each to a prospective user of said first service, and during said first service requesting all users with said smart cards to enter same in a smart card reader and by selecting one of said indicia, partake of the corresponding enhancement activity. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for providing services using at least one programmable smart card, said system comprising:
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at least one programmable smart card comprising an electronic memory;
means for generating a plurality of data, wherein each said data comprises information for activating a service associated with an electrical apparatus;
means for generating a plurality of indicia each being associated with a corresponding one of said plurality of data;
a smart card programmer means for storing said plurality of data in said electronic memory;
means for generating a plurality of mapping data, wherein each said mapping data indicates a location on the surface of said smart card to which an associated said indicium is to be applied;
means for linking said plurality of data to corresponding said mapping data of said indicia;
means for storing said mapping data into the memory of said smart card;
means for applying said indicia to said surface of the smart card at the locations of the mapping data; and
a smart card reader comprising a bay to receive said smart card and communications means to communicate with said electrical apparatus for activating said service associated with a selected said indicium. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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