Method for the management of information stored on a smart card readable by a mobile telephone

• US 7,613,481 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2004
• Issued: 11/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Celavie
• Original Assignee: Celavie
• Inventors: Aubert, Jean-Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng; George
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller; Brandon J
• Application Number:
  US10/939,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20050037737A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,877 Days
• Field of Search: 455/558, 455/411, 455/412.1, 455/556, 455/419, 455/414.1, 455/559, 705/3, 707/10
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Abstract

A method of managing information from a telecommunication equipment unit comprising a screen and equipped with a SIM memory card connector comprising recording the information in a memory register of a standard SIM card, and exchanging information between the telecommunication equipment unit and the SIM card according to a standardized protocol, without subscriber authentication and connection to a telecommunication network, and wherein a SIM Toolkit application developed in the SIM card is executed, thereby enabling management of the information.

Claims

1. A method for information management from a primary telecommunication equipment unit, the primary telecommunication equipment unit comprising a screen and equipped with a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) memory card connector, wherein a SIM Toolkit application developed in a SIM memory card is executed, thereby enabling management of information, the method for information management comprising:

an acquisition phase of information for a database and the SIM memory card, comprising the steps of;

(a) filling out a record by a user with personal information;

(b) sending the record to an operator connected to a server linked to the database;

(c) verifying of the record by the operator;

(d) integrating the record in the database;

(e) writing the record on the SIM memory card in a format useable by a standard telephone, via a link between the database and the SIM memory card, in memory registers of the SIM memory card intended for storing data required for establishing a session with a telecommunication operator;

and a restoration phase of information, comprising the steps of;

(a) inserting the SIM memory card in the connector of the telecommunication equipment,

(b) exchanging information between the telecommunication equipment unit and the SIM memory card according to a standardized protocol, and

(c) inhibiting the means of subscriber authentication and connection to a telecommunication network, the inhibiting step comprising detecting, by the telecommunication equipment unit, a numeric derivation sequence whose value is not assigned to a telecommunication operator or to a country, the numeric derivation sequence being recorded in a memory register of the SIM memory card where an International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI) number would normally be recorded to bypass a restriction of use of the telecommunication equipment unit to the telecommunication operator that supplied the telecommunication equipment unit, said inhibiting step causing the telecommunication equipment unit to operate as a local peripheral device outside of the network, by bypassing authentication and connection phases to the network, for displaying of the information written in the SIM memory card, the displaying comprising;

(i) loading in a random access memory of the telecommunication equipment unit of information desired to be managed; and

(ii) displaying said information on the screen of the telecommunication equipment unit via standardized applications of the telecommunication equipment unit.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the derivation sequence comprises the values “

001”

for a Mobile Country Code and “

01”

for a Mobile Network Code.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SIM memory card further comprising an elementary file (EF_AD) at the value “

800,000.”

4. The method for information management according to claim 1, comprising a reading step on the SIM memory card, said reading step comprising:

connecting said SIM memory card with a telecommunication equipment unit capable of reading and displaying information contained in said SIM memory card; and

displaying said information on the screen of said telecommunication equipment unit;

the telecommunication equipment unit comprising a SIM memory card reader and the connecting step including insertion of said smart card into said reader.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recording in a memory register of the SIM memory card numeric sequences executable by application software programs of the telecommunication equipment unit.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recording in a memory register of the SIM memory card alphanumeric sequences that can be displayed by one or more software programs of the telecommunication equipment unit.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recording in a memory register of the SIM memory card a game executable by the software programs of the telecommunication equipment.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the telecommunication equipment unit is a mobile phone.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein writing comprises an additional step positioned after filling out the record comprising completing the record by a third party certifier for information requiring the expertise of a third party.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein filling out the record is handwritten and a certification comprises applying a specific stamp on a handwritten document.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein filling out the record is electronic and a certification adding an electronic signature to an electronic document.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the writing comprises a supplementary step of encrypting at least some data contained in a chip.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein at least some data contained in the chip are protected by an access code.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least some data contained in the database are encrypted.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least some data contained in the database are protected by at least one access code.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein writing comprises a supplementary step of loading libraries on the smart card enabling use of the telephone functions selected from a group consisting of placing a call, management of languages, and management of the operators.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SIM memory card lacks a means of enabling access to a telecommunication network by a telecommunication equipment unit in which the SIM memory card is inserted.