Method of communicating between a communication station and at least one data carrier

• US 7,257,092 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2002
• Issued: 08/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Amtmann, Franz
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzlo; John
• Application Number:
  US10/095,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20020131453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,982 Days
• Field of Search: 370/204, 370/389, 370/278, 370/282, 370/252, 370/328, 370/329, 370/349, 370/381, 370/456, 370/561, 455/524, 455/432.1, 455/432, 714/752, 375/140, 375/145, 704/203, 713/193, 710/10
• US Class Current: 370/278
• 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

Abstract

In a method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) comprising an information data block (IDB) and useful data (UD=N×UDB), an inventorization procedure with successive procedure runs is carried out at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from each data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) in the implementation of the inventorization procedure, such that after termination of the inventorization procedure at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of each data carrier (2 (DC)) and the associated specific useful data (n×UDB) are known in the communication station (1).

Claims

1. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×

UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×

UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1).

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein during the implementation or the inventorization procedure the entire block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, the specific useful data (n×

UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1).

3. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein during the implementation of the inventorization procedure the entire identification data block and, in addition, the specific useful data are transmitted from the at least one data carrier to the communication station.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the specific useful data (n×

UDB) are transmitted in time after the data (NKP-IDB) from the identification data block (IDB).

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the specific useful data (n×

UDB) are transmitted immediately after the data (NKP-IDB) from the identification data block (IDB).

6. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×

UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×

UDB) are transmitted from then at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1), wherein the length of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) of a data carrier (2 (DC)) not yet known in the communication station (1) is a function of the number of procedure runs carried out, and wherein this length becomes smaller as the number of procedure runs carried out rises.

7. A communication station (1) for communicating with at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), which communication station (1) comprises inventorization means (5) for carrying out an inventorization procedure, which inventorization means (5) are designed for carrying out successive procedure runs in an inventorization procedure, and in which inventorization means at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known after termination of an inventorization procedure, and which communication station (1) comprises processing means (10, 11) for processing specific useful data (n×

UDB) included in the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), transmitted to the communication station (1), and received in the communication station (1), wherein the communication station (1) is designed for processing at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, specific useful data (n×

UDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) during the implementation of an inventorization procedure.

8. A communication station (1) as claimed in claim 7, wherein the communication station (1) is designed for processing the entire block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, the specific useful data (n×

UDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) during the implementation of an inventorization procedure.

9. A communication station as claimed in claim 8, wherein the communication station is designed for processing the entire identification data block of the at least one data carrier and, in addition, the specific useful data of the at least one data carrier during the implementation of an inventorization procedure.

10. A communication station (1) as claimed in claim 7, in wherein the communication station (1) is designed for processing first the data (NKP-IDB) from the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) and, thereafter, the specific useful data (n×

UDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)).

11. A station circuit (3) for a communication station (1) for communicating with at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), which station circuit (3) comprises inventorization means (5) for carrying out an inventorization procedure, which inventorization means (5) are designed for carrying out successive procedure runs in an inventorization procedure, and in which inventorization means at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known after termination of an inventorization procedure, and which station circuit (3) comprises processing means (10, 11) for processing specific useful data (n×

UDB) included in the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), and transmitted to the station circuit (3), and received in the station circuit (3), wherein the station circuit (3) is designed for processing at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB), not yet known in the communication station (1), of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) and, in addition, the specific useful data (n×

UDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) during the carrying out of an inventorization procedure.

12. A station circuit (3) as claimed in claim 11, wherein the station circuit (3) is designed for processing the entire block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) not yet known in the station circuit (3) and, in addition, the specific useful data (n×

UDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) during the implementation of an inventorization procedure.

13. A station circuit as claimed in claim 12, wherein the station circuit is designed for processing the entire identification data block of the at least one data carrier and, in addition, the specific useful data of the at least one data carrier during the implementation of an inventorization procedure.

14. A station circuit (3) as claimed in claim 11, wherein the station circuit (3) is designed for processing first the data (NKP-IDB) from the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), and thereafter the specific useful data (n×

UDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC).

15. A data carrier (2 (DC)) for communicating with a communication station (1), in said data carrier (2 (DC)) a characteristic identification block (IDB) and useful data (UD) are stored, and said data carrier (2 (DC)) is designed for carrying out an inventorization procedure, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB), included in the data carrier (2 (DC)) after the at least one part of the identification data block'"'"'s storage, of the data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises output means (40, 34, 32, 25) for outputting to the communication station (1) specific useful data (n×

UDB) included in the data carrier (2 (DC)) after the specific useful data'"'"'s storage, wherein the data carrier (2 (DC)) is designed for outputting at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB), not yet known in the communication station (1) of the identification data block (IDB) of the data carrier (2 (DC)) included in the data carrier (2 (DC)) after the identification data block'"'"'s (IDB) storage, in addition, specific useful data (n×

UDB) of the data carrier (2 (DC)) included in the data carrier (2(DCC)) after the specific useful data'"'"'s (n×

UDB) storage.

16. A data carrier (2 (DC)) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the data carrier (2 (DC)) is designed for outputting the entire block region (NKP-IDB), not yet known in the communication station (1), of the identification data block (IDB), included in the data carrier (2 (DC)) after the identification data block'"'"'s (IDB) storage, of the data carrier (2 (DC)) and, in addition, specific useful data (n×

UDB), included in the data carrier (2 (DC)) after the specific useful data'"'"'s (n×

UDB) storage, of the data carrier (2 (DC)) during the implementation of the inventorization procedure.

17. A data carrier as claimed in claim 16, wherein the data carrier is designed for outputting the entire identification data block, included in the data carrier after the entire identification data block'"'"'s storage, of the data carrier and, in addition, specific useful data, included in the data carrier after the specific useful data'"'"'s storage, of the data carrier during the implementation of the inventorization procedure.

18. A data carrier (2 (DC)) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the data carrier (2 (DC)) is designed for outputting first the data (NKP-IDB) from the identification data block (IDB), included in the data carrier (2 (DC)) after the identification data block'"'"'s (IDB) storage, of the data carrier (2 (DC)) and thereafter the specific useful data (n×

UDB), included in the data carrier (2 (DC)) after the specific useful data'"'"'s (n×

UDB) storage, of the data carrier (2(DC)).

19. A data carrier circuit (28) for a data carrier (2 (DC)) for communicating with a communication station (1), said data carrier circuit (28) is arranged for storing a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), and said data carrier circuit (28) is designed for carrying out an inventorization procedure, said inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB), included in the data carrier circuit (28) after the identification data block'"'"'s (IDB) storage, of the data carrier circuit (28) is known in the communication station (1), and which data carrier circuit (28) comprises output means (40, 34, 32) for outputting specific useful data (n×

UDB), included in the data carrier circuit (28) after the specific useful data'"'"'s (n×

UDB) storage, to the communication station (1), wherein the data carrier circuit (28) is designed for outputting at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB), not yet known in the communication station (1), of the identification data block (IDB) of the data carrier circuit (28) included in the data carrier circuit (28) after the identification data block'"'"'s (IDB) storage and, in addition, specific useful data (n×

UDB) of the data carrier circuit included in the data carrier circuit (28) after the specific useful data'"'"'s storage.

20. A data carrier circuit (28) as claimed in claim 19, wherein the data carrier circuit (28) is designed for outputting the entire block region (NKP-IDB), not yet known in the communication station (1), of the identification data block (IDB), included in the data carrier circuit (28) after the identification data block'"'"'s (IDB) storage, of the data carrier circuit (28) and, in addition, specific useful data (n×

UDB), included in the data carrier circuit (28) after the specific useful data'"'"'s (n×

UDB) storage, of the data carrier circuit (28) during the implementation of the inventorization procedure.

21. A data carrier circuit as claimed in claim 20, wherein the data carrier circuit is designed for outputting the entire identification data block, included in the data carrier circuit after the entire data block'"'"'s storage, of the data carrier circuit and, in addition, specific useful data, included in the data carrier circuit after the specific useful data'"'"'s (n×

UDB) storage, of the data carrier circuit during the implementation of the inventorization procedure.

22. A data carrier circuit (28) as claimed in claim 19, wherein the data carrier circuit (28) is designed for outputting first the data (NKP-IDB) from the identification data block (IDB), included in the data carrier circuit (28) after the identification data block'"'"'s (IDB) storage, of the data carrier circuit (28), and thereafter the specific useful data (n×

UDB), included in the data carrier circuit (28) after the specific useful data'"'"'s (n×

UDB) storage, of the data carrier circuit (28).