Method of regulating usage and/or concession eligibility via distributed list management in a smart card system
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1. A method of regulating usage in a smart card system, the method comprising the steps of:
- at a card acceptance location;
detecting a presence of a smart card, the smart card having status data;
determining an identification code of the smart card;
determining if the smart card was previously disabled;
checking the identification code against a list stored locally at the card acceptance location, wherein the list is received from a second device; and
if the identification code of the smart card is listed on the list, enabling the smart card, wherein enabling comprises at least one of the steps of changing the status data in the smart card to indicate enabled and unblocking an area of memory located within the smart card.
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Abstract
A method of regulating usage and/or concession eligibility in a smart card system is described herein. A card acceptance location (110) detects a presence of a smart card and determines its identification code. The card acceptance location (110) checks the identification code against a list stored locally at the card acceptance location (110). The card acceptance location (110) received the list from a second device. If the identification code of the smart card is listed on the list, the card acceptance location (110) performs an action on the smart card.
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1. A method of regulating usage in a smart card system, the method comprising the steps of:
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at a card acceptance location; detecting a presence of a smart card, the smart card having status data; determining an identification code of the smart card; determining if the smart card was previously disabled; checking the identification code against a list stored locally at the card acceptance location, wherein the list is received from a second device; and if the identification code of the smart card is listed on the list, enabling the smart card, wherein enabling comprises at least one of the steps of changing the status data in the smart card to indicate enabled and unblocking an area of memory located within the smart card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of regulating smart card usage in a smart card system, the method comprising the steps of:
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compiling a first list of smart cards; transmitting the first list to a set of card acceptance locations, wherein the first list is stored locally at each card acceptance location in the set; receiving a second list of smart cards from each card acceptance location in the set, wherein the card acceptance location has performed an action on each smart card listed on its respective second list; if the smart card is listed on the second list and the first list, purging the smart card from the first list; and if the smart card is listed on the second list but is not listed on the first list, adding the smart card to the first list. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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