Portable radio receiver with an identification module

• US 7,813,727 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2006
• Issued: 10/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Swisscom AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Original Assignee: Swisscom AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Inventors: Ritter, Rudolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor; Barry W
• Application Number:
  US11/399,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20060189307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: 455/419, 455/41.2, 455/420, 455/558, 455/411, 455/556.1, 455/556.2
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/086 Portable receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

The portable radio receiver (4) with which programs of a central radio sender (1) can be received comprises an identification module (40) in which user-specific data are stored as well as a contactless interface (41) over which a radio connection can be established with external devices at close range in order to send said user-specific data to these external devices.

Application: for example as identification module for public transportation.

Claims

1. A portable radio receiver comprising:

a housing for accommodating said receiver,

reception means for receiving a digital radio or video program, including program accompanying data, which is sent in broadcast mode by a central radio or video sender,

an identification module of a mobile radio network accommodated in said housing, in which user-specific data including authorization data are stored, and

data processing means, including a software filter, for filtering user specific information which indicate the user as recipient from the program accompanying data such that only the user specific information which indicate the user as recipient are processed by said portable radio receiver.

2. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, wherein said user-specific data includes an electronic certificate.

3. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, wherein said filter allows for messages to be sent in broadcast mode to a plurality of recipients but to be processed only by the recipient indicated in the messages.

4. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, comprising satellite based location determination for determining the user'"'"'s current location, wherein said filter depends on said user'"'"'s current location.

5. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, further comprising means for changing the content of said identification module depending on said program accompanying data.

6. The portable receiver of claim 1, comprising data processing means for executing one or both of applets or programs contained in said program-accompanying data.

7. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, wherein said user-specific data comprise authorization data of the user for using external devices, and wherein said authorization data can be modified with program-accompanying data.

8. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, with which a DAB and/or DVB program including program accompanying data can be received.

9. The portable receiver of claim 1, in which biometric parameters of the user are stored in the identification module.

10. The portable radio receiver of claim 9, said biometric parameters including at least one of the items of the group consisting of:

a photograph, voice parameters, iris parameters, retina parameters, and finger parameters.

11. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, in which the identification module is removable.

12. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, in which the program-accompanying data comprises authorization data for accessing a service.

13. The portable radio receiver of claim 12, in which the service comprises one or more of the following:

tickets for public transportation vehicles, cinemas, theatres, exhibitions, ski-lifts and/or a driver license.

14. The portable radio receiver of claim 1, such that the user specific information that is processed provides the user with access to personal messages directed to the user that are included with said program accompanying data.

15. A method for selectively blocking a user identification module of a mobile radio network, comprising the steps of:

sending blocking data as program accompanying data in a digital audio or video program sent in broadcast mode for simultaneous reception by a plurality of portable radio or video receivers;

receiving said blocking data including an indicated recipient by a plurality of radio or video receivers in which identification modules are removably connected;

filtering in said receivers blocking data so as to only retain blocking data in the addressed radio or video receiver of the indicated recipient;

blocking identification modules in said addressed radio receiver of the indicated recipient.

16. A portable radio receiver comprising:

a housing for accommodating said receiver,

a digital radio receiver for receiving a digital radio or video program including program accompanying data which is sent in broadcast mode by a central radio or video sender,

an identification module of a mobile radio network accommodated in said housing, in which authorization data are stored, and

a filter for filtering information from the program accompanying data based on said authorization data and also based on settings provided by the user such that only the information which indicates the user as recipient is processed by said portable radio receiver.

17. The portable radio receiver of claim 16, wherein data filtered from said program accompanying data is used to modify data stored in said identification module.

18. The portable radio receiver of claim 16, further comprising a location-determining receiver for determining the user'"'"'s current location, wherein the output of said filter also depends on said user'"'"'s current location.

19. The portable radio receiver of claim 16, wherein said information which indicates the user as a recipient includes personal messages directed to the user that are included in said program accompanying data.

20. The portable radio receiver of claim 16, further comprising a location determining receiver for determining a location of said radio receiver, wherein said filter also filters said information from said program accompanying data based on said location.

21. A portable radio receiver comprising:

a housing for accommodating said receiver,

a digital radio receiver for receiving a digital radio or video program including program accompanying data which is sent in broadcast mode by a central radio or video sender,

a software filter for filtering information from the program accompanying data based on settings provided by the user such that only the information which indicates the user as recipient is processed by said portable radio receiver.

22. The portable radio receiver of claim 21, wherein said information which indicates the user as a recipient includes personal messages directed to the user that are included in said program accompanying data.

23. The portable radio receiver of claim 21, further comprising a location determining receiver for determining a location of said radio receiver, wherein said filter also filters said information from said program accompanying data based on said location.

24. A portable radio receiver comprising:

a housing for accommodating said receiver,

a digital radio receiver for receiving a digital radio or video program including program accompanying data that includes blocking data indicating intended recipients which is sent in broadcast mode by a central radio or video sender,

an identification module of a mobile radio network accommodated in said housing, in which authorization data are stored, and

a filter for filtering said blocking data from the program accompanying data based on said authorization data such that blocking data is retained for only the intended recipients of blocking data, wherein

said portable radio receiver blocks authorization data from the identification module for the intended recipients.

25. A portable radio receiver comprising:

a housing for accommodating said receiver,

a digital radio receiver for receiving a digital radio or video program including program accompanying data which is sent in broadcast mode by a central radio or video sender,

a short-range radio receiver for connecting to an external device,

an identification module accommodated in said housing, in which authorization data are stored, and

a filter for filtering information from the program accompanying data based on said authorization data and also based on any of settings provided by the user or a location of said portable radio receiver, such that said information filtered from said program accompanying data is used to send information to said external device.

26. The portable radio receiver of claim 25, wherein said information sent to said external device includes an authorization for a user to obtain access to a service.

27. A portable radio receiver comprising:

a housing for accommodating said receiver,

a digital radio receiver for receiving a digital radio or video program including program accompanying data that includes blocking data indicating intended recipients which is sent in broadcast mode by a central radio or video sender,

an identification module, accommodated in said housing, in which authorization data authorizing a user to obtain a service are stored, and

a software filter for filtering said blocking data from the program accompanying data based on said authorization data such that blocking data is retained for only the intended recipients of blocking data, wherein

said portable radio receiver blocks authorization data from the identification module for the intended recipients.