Control of communication in access and entry systems

• US 7,147,146 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2001
• Issued: 12/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forsching E.V.
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forsching E.V.
• Inventors: Heuer, Andre, Lakomy, Rolf, Plankenbuehler, Roland, Bartel-Kurz, Birgit, Gerhaeuser, Heinz
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Franklin, Jamara A.
• Application Number:
  US10/312,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20050078702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,010 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/451, 710/16
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00

Abstract

In a system comprising a transmitter, a receiver, and a module, a communication object is transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver which comprises a payload data block containing data for generation of a command to the chip module obeying a communication protocol specific for the chip module, and a parameter block comprising at least one instruction which defines how the generation of the command to the chip module is to be performed, thereby facilitating a control and change of the communication protocol between the receiver and the module.

Claims

1. A method for controlling the communication in a system comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a chip module, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are communicatively connected, and wherein the chip module is communicatively connected to the receiver and inserted in the same, comprising the following steps:

transmitting a communication object from the transmitter to the receiver, wherein the communication object comprises a payload data block which contains data fax generation of a command to the chip module obeying a communication protocol specific for the chip module, and a parameter block comprising at least one instruction which defines how the generation of the command to the chip module is to be performed;

interpreting the instruction within the parameter block by the receiver to yield generation information;

generating the command from the data defined within the payload data block dependent on the generation information by the receiver, and communicating the command to the chip module, whereby the command communicated from the receiver to the chip module obeys the specific communication protocol for the chip module.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the parameter block comprises a plurality of parameter fields, containing a plurality of parameters containing at least one of the following pieces of information:

a statement of the type of communication protocol which is specific for the chip module, which is to be used for a communication between the receiver and the chip module;

an instruction of how the payload data block is to be interpreted by the receiver;

an instruction for requesting the chip module to answer to an already transferred payload data block; and

an instruction of how the receiver is to interpret the answer of the chip module.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the chip module is exchangeable.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter is a central transmitter of a conditional access system or an access control system, the receiver is a terminal device of the system and the chip module is a single chip module.

5. A device for controlling the communication in a system comprising a transmitter, a receiver, and a chip module, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are communicatively connected and the chip module is communicatively connected to the receiver and inserted into the same, the device comprising:

a generator within the transmitting means far generating a communication object, wherein the communication object comprises a payload data block which contains data for generation of a command to the chip module obeying a communication protocol specific for the chip module, and a parameter block comprising at least one instruction which defines how the generation of the command to the chip module is to be performed; and

a means for transferring the communication object from the transmitter to the receiver.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the parameter block comprises a plurality of parameter fields containing a plurality of parameters, containing at least one of the following pieces of information:

a statement of the type of communication protocol which is specific for the chip module which is to be used for a communication between the receiver and the chip module;

an instruction of how the payload data block is to be interpreted by the receiver;

an instruction for requesting the chip module to answer to an already transferred payload data block; and

an instruction about how the receiver is to interpret the answer of the chip module.

7. The device according to claim 5, wherein the chip module is exchangeable.

8. The device according to claim 5, wherein the transmitter is a central transmitter of a conditional access system or an access control system, the receiver is a terminal device of the system and the chip module is a single chip module.

9. Signal for transferring from a transmitter to a receiver, for controlling the communication within a system comprising the transmitter, the receiver, and a chip module, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are communicatively connected, and wherein the chip module is communicatively connected to the receiver and inserted into the same, wherein the signal comprises:

a payload data block and a parameter block, wherein the payload data block contains data for generation of a command to the chip module obeying a communication protocol specific for the chip module, and the parameter block comprises at least one instruction which defines how the generation of the command to the chip module is to be performed.