Identification method and system and device suitable for said method and system

• US 7,750,810 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2006
• Issued: 07/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings SAS (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Inventors: Ritter, Rudolf, Lauper, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): POPE, DARYL C
• Application Number:
  US11/814,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20080129457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• Field of Search: 340/330, 340/539.12, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/573.1, 340/825.36, 340/825.49
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass

Abstract

A method system, and device for identification by an identification tag in which a request to a control module of the identification tag is transmitted from an interrogation device via a contactless interface of the identification tag, so that the control module accesses identification data stored in a memory module assigned to the identification tag. The identification data are transmitted via the contactless interface. Body-specific identification data of the wearer are captured and transmitted to a verification module by a measuring device assigned to the identification tag, or a sensor, and/or an analysis device. The transmitted body-specific identification data is compared with the identification data stored in the memory module by the verification module, to confirm the identity of the wearer. The identification tag is injected and/or implanted under the skin of the wearer. The identification tag can be in particular an RFID and/or NFC tag.

Claims

1. An identification method by an identification tag, comprising:

transmitting a request to a control module of the identification tag from an interrogation device via a contactless interface of the identification tag;

accessing identification data stored in a memory module assigned to the identification tag by the control module;

transmitting the identification data via the contactless interface;

capturing and transmitting body-specific identification data of a wearer to a verification module by a measuring device assigned to the identification tag or by at least one of a sensor or by an analysis device;

comparing the transmitted body-specific identification data of the wearer with the identification data stored in the memory module by the verification module; and

confirming the identity of the wearer by the verification module,

wherein the identification tag is at least one of injected or implanted under the skin of the wearer.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification tag is an RFID tag.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification tag is an NFC tag.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the verification module is assigned to the identification tag.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measuring device or at least one of the sensor or the analysis device are integrated in the identification tag.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identity of the wearer is confirmed by the verification module, if a probability of a matching of the transmitted body-specific identification data with particular stored identification data is above a predefinable threshold.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identity of the wearer is confirmed by the verification module if the transmitted body-specific identification data match one-to-one with particular stored identification data.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the body-specific identification data comprise at least one of DNA or blood value-specific data.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the body-specific identification data comprise at least one of a DNA signature or a hash of the DNA structure.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification data transmitted via the contactless interface are encrypted by an encryption module.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification data transmitted via the contactless interface comprise at least one of authentication data for authentication in a mobile radio network, IMSI, or MSISDN.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the memory module assigned to the identification tag comprises multiple identities.

13. A system for user identification by an identification tag, which identification tag including a contactless interface for transmission of requests from an interrogation device to a control module of the identification tag, by which control module the identification data stored in a memory module assigned to the identification tag are accessible, and the identification data being transmittable via the contactless interface, the system comprising:

at least one measuring device assigned to the identification tag or at least one of a sensor or an analysis device, by which body-specific identification data of a wearer are captured and are transmittable to at least one verification module; and

the at least one verification module for comparing the transmitted body-specific identification data of the wearer with identification data stored in the memory module, by which the identity of the wearer is able to be confirmed,

wherein the identification tag is at least one of injected or implanted under the skin of the wearer.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the identification tag is an RFID tag.

15. The system according to claim 13, wherein the identification tag is a NFC tag.

16. The system according to claim 13, wherein the verification module is assigned to the identification tag.

17. The system according to claim 13, wherein the measuring device or at least one of the sensor or the analysis device are integrated in the identification tag.

18. The system according to claim 13, wherein the identity of the wearer is confirmed by the verification module, if a probability of a matching of the transmitted body-specific identification data with particular stored identification data is above a predefinable threshold.

19. The system according to claim 13, wherein the identity of the wearer is confirmed by the verification module if the transmitted body-specific identification data match one-to-one with particular stored identification data.

20. The system according to claim 13, wherein the body-specific identification data comprise at least one of DNA-specific data or blood value-specific data.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein the body-specific identification data comprise at least one of a DNA signature or a hash of the DNA structure.

22. The system according to claim 13, wherein the identification data transmitted via the contactless interface are configured to be encrypted by an encryption module.

23. The system according to claim 13, wherein the identification data transmitted via contactless interface comprise at least one of authentication data for authentication in a mobile radio network, IMSI, or MSISDN.

24. The system according to claim 13, wherein the memory module assigned to the identification tag comprises multiple identities.