Method, device and system for information based automated selective data handling and provision by identification means

• US 8,176,064 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2004
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Huomo, Heikki, Kuhl, Carmen, Markkanen, Panu S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US10/592,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20070299868A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,966 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/999.001, 707/736, 707/758, 707/781, 340/10.1, 340/10.3, 340/9.11, 455/414.2, 235/375, 717/185
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3572 Multiple accounts on card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3576 Multiple memory zones on card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0886 the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

In general, the present invention purposes a method for automated information based selective data provision by an identification device is provided. Information data associated with a plurality of data records stored in a data storage are scanned in order to obtain filter information relating to the plurality of data records from the informational data. Then at least one data record out of the plurality of data records is selected. The selection of the data records is obtained on the basis of the obtained filter information which are compared with a predefined filter rule for identifying relevant data records which match with the filter rule. The at least one selected data record is subsequently configured at the identification device and the identification device provides at least one configured data record as an identification information to be retrievable wirelessly by an external inquiring entity. Further general aspects of the present invention relate to a method for automated information based selective data maintenance and a method for obtaining a data record applicable for information based selective data provision by an identification device. Additionally, devices, means and systems are defined which enable the performing of the purposed methods.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing a plurality of data records within a device, wherein each of the plurality of data records includes content retrievable from the device via wireless machine-reading by an external entity, and wherein each of the plurality of data records further includes descriptive information describing the content data;

associating filter information to each of the plurality of data records by extracting the descriptive information describing the content data of each of the plurality of data records;

obtaining, by the device, contextual information defining a current operational context of the device to create one or more filter rules, wherein the current operational context is obtained independently of user input to the device and inputs from the external entity;

selecting, by the device, two or more of the plurality of data records by matching the filter information associated to each of the plurality of data records with the one or more filter rules for identifying two or more currently relevant data records for redemption;

configuring, by the device, the two or more selected data records to be accessible for machine reading via a radio frequency interface of the device so that at least the content data of the selected data records is retrievable via wireless machine-reading by the external entity;

receiving an indication from the external entity that a first selected data record does not correspond to an expected response; and

configuring, in response to the indication, next data record to be retrievable by the external entity through machine-reading.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing the two or more selected data records to the external entity including presenting the first of the two or more selected data records to the external entity.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

simulating a plurality of machine readable devices by the device as being simultaneously active, wherein each of the simulated machine readable devices correspond to the two or more selected data records; and

providing a requested data record to the external entity through machine-reading in response to a selective retrieval of the requested data record from the two or more selected data records by the external entity.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content of the data records is stored in a protected memory of the device, and wherein user-originated access to at least the content of the plurality of data records is limited by way of access control rules.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the user-originated access to at least the content of the data records is limited to read and delete operations by the access control rules.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the content utilizes a one time programmable field to indicate that a particular data record is already used and cannot be used again.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the descriptive data is stored separately from the content, and wherein access to the descriptive data is not regulated by way of the access control rules.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the context information obtained by the device comprises one or more of time, location, and position.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining the context information from an external source entity.

10. A device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to;

store a plurality of data records within the device, wherein each of the plurality of data records includes content retrievable via wireless machine-reading by an external entity, and wherein each of the plurality of data records includes descriptive information describing the content data;

associate filter information to each of the plurality of data records by extracting the descriptive information describing the content data of each of the plurality of data records;

obtain contextual information defining a current operational context of the device to create one or more filter rules, wherein the current operational context is obtained independently of user input to the device and inputs from the external entity;

select two or more of the plurality of data records by matching the filter information associated to each of the plurality of data records with the one or more filter rules for identifying two or more currently relevant data records for redemption;

configure the two or more selected data records to be accessible for machine reading via a radio frequency interface of the device so that at least the content data of the selected data records is retrievable via wireless machine-reading by the external entity;

receive an indication from the external entity that a first selected data record does not correspond to an expected response; and

configure, in response to the indication, next data record to be retrievable by the external entity through machine-reading.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor further causes the device to:

provide the two or more selected data records to the external entity including presenting the first of the two or more selected data records to the external entity.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor further causes the device to:

simulate a plurality of machine readable devices by the device as being simultaneously active, wherein each of the simulated machine readable devices correspond to the two or more selected data records; and

provide a requested data record to the external entity through machine-reading in response to a selective retrieval of the requested data record from the two or more selected data records by the external entity.

13. The device according to claim 10, further comprising a protected memory storing at least the content of the data records and limiting user-originated access to at least the content of the plurality of data records by way of access control rules.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the user-originated access to at least the content of the data records is limited by way of the access control rules to read and delete operations.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the content utilizes a one time programmable field to indicate that a particular data record is already used and cannot be used again.

16. The device according to claim 13, wherein the descriptive data is stored separately from the content, and wherein access to the descriptive data is not regulated by way of the access control rules.

17. The device according to claim 10, wherein the context information obtained by the device comprises one or more of time, location, and position.

18. The device according to claim 10, further comprising obtaining the context information from an external source entity.

19. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program code for causing a device to at least perform:

storing a plurality of data records within the device, wherein each of the plurality of data records includes content retrievable from the device via wireless machine-reading by an external entity, and wherein each of the plurality of data records further includes descriptive information describing the content data;

associating filter information to each of the plurality of data records by extracting the descriptive information describing the content data of each of the plurality of data records;

obtaining contextual information defining a current operational context of the device to create one or more filter rules, wherein the current operational context is obtained independently of user input to the device and inputs from the external entity;

selecting two or more of the plurality of data records by matching the filter information associated to each of the plurality of data records with the one or more filter rules for identifying two or more currently relevant data records for redemption;

configuring the two or more selected data records to be accessible for machine reading via a radio interface of the device so that at least the content data of the selected data records is retrievable via wireless machine-reading by the external entity;

receiving an indication from the external entity that a first selected data record does not correspond to an expected response; and

providing, in response to the indication, next data record to be retrievable by the external entity through machine-reading.

20. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the computer program code further causes the device to perform:

providing the two or more selected data records to the external entity including presenting the first of the two or more selected data records to the external entity.

21. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the computer program code further causes the device to perform:

simulating a plurality of machine readable devices by the device as being simultaneously active, wherein each of the simulated machine readable devices correspond to the two or more selected data records; and

providing a requested data record to the external entity through machine-reading in response to a selective retrieval of the requested data record from the two or more selected data records by the external entity.

22. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the content of the data records is stored in a protected memory of the device, and wherein user-originated access to at least the content of the plurality of data records is limited by way of access control rules.

23. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the user-originated access to at least the content of the data records is limited to read and delete operations by the access control rules.

24. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the content utilizes a one time programmable field to indicate that a particular data record is already used and cannot be used again.

25. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the descriptive data is stored separately from the content, and wherein access to the descriptive data is not regulated by way of the access control rules.

26. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the context information obtained by the device comprises one or more of time, location, and position.

27. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, further comprising obtaining the context information from an external source entity.