Method and system for remote control of a smart card

• US 8,718,603 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Chuanxi, Ma, Jingwang
• Primary Examiner(s): Hua, Quan M
• Application Number:
  US13/258,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20120149333A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,595 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.2, 455/410, 455/414.1, 455/421, 455/432.1, 455/456.1, 455/418, 455/422.1, 455/432.3, 455/435.1, 455/466, 370328-338, 370/270, 379/161, 379/168, 379/184, 379/194, 379/48, 379/201.02, 709/203, 709/210, 709/223, 713/193, 713/194, 726/4, 726/17, 726/27, 726/23, 726/35, 726/36, 340/426.1, 340/438, 340/507, 340/541, 340/5.8, 340/6.1
• US Class Current: 455/408
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/354 Card activation or deactivation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

The present application discloses a method and system for remote control of a smart card. The method includes: a smart card management platform receives a request to destroy the smart card from a subscriber (S101); according to the request, the smart card management platform performs interactive processing with a terminal side via a mobile network platform to make the terminal side destroy the smart card (S103). The present application enables the subscriber to avoid loss when the terminal is robbed, lost, stolen, or is illegally used seriously, and provide a higher flexibility to the payment system.

Claims

1. A method for remote control of a smart card which is included in a mobile station, comprising:

receiving, by a smart card management platform, a request to destroy the smart card;

wherein the smart card management platform stores dynamic data indicative of operation statuses of the smart card, and the operation statuses of the smart card comprising a normal use status, a destroyed status and an awaiting-destroy status;

responsive to said request, querying, by the smart card management platform, a current operation status of the mobile station using the mobile station'"'"'s identification and location information through a mobile network platform, wherein the operation statuses of the mobile station comprise an on-line status and an off-line status;

performing, by the smart card management platform, signaling interaction with the mobile station via a mobile network platform to control the mobile station to destroy the smart card based on a result of said query; and

in response changing the status of the smart card accordingly;

wherein the performing signaling interaction comprises;

sending, by the smart card management platform via the mobile network platform, a destroy command to destroy the smart card to the mobile station in response to the query result; and

in response a destroy success message returned from the mobile station, changing the status of the smart card from the normal use status to the destroyed status accordingly;

updating, by the smart card management platform, the status of the smart card from the normal use status to the awaiting-destroy status in response to the query result of the mobile station being in the off-line status; and

in response to the mobile station being in the on-line status and the smart card having the awaiting-destroy status registered at the smart card management platform, sending a destroy command to destroy the smart card to the mobile station via the mobile network platform; and

in response to a destroy success message returned from the mobile station, changing the status of the smart card from the awaiting-destroy status to the destroyed status accordingly;

wherein when the mobile station receives a destroy command via the mobile network platform the mobile station disables function of the smart card by destroying hardware of the smart card;

or the mobile station disables the function of the smart card by executing a preinstalled software procedure.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the off-line status comprises:

the mobile station is in a turned-off status;

or the mobile station is not in a service area.

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

after the smart card management platform receives the request, determining, by the smart card management platform, whether the smart card is valid or not.

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

before the smart card management platform performs signaling interaction with the mobile station via the mobile network platform, performing security authentication between the mobile network platform and the mobile station.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request to destroy the smart card is received from a subscriber;

or

the request to destroy the smart card is received from a smart card supervision platform which finds that a subscriber uses the smart card illegally.

6. A system for remote control of a smart card, comprising:

a mobile network platform of a mobile network, a smart card management platform and a mobile station;

wherein the mobile station, in which the smart card is located, comprises an antenna, and is configured to execute the destroy command to destroy the smart card by destroying hardware of the smart card or by executing a preinstalled software procedure;

wherein the smart card management platform stores dynamic data indicative of operation statuses of the smart card, and the operation statuses of the smart card comprising a normal use status, a destroyed status and an awaiting-destroy status;

wherein the smart card management platform is configured to;

responsive to said request, query, by the smart card management platform, a current operation statuses of the mobile station using the mobile station'"'"'s identification and location information through the mobile network platform, wherein the operation statuses of the mobile station comprise an on-line status and an off-line status;

perform signaling interaction with the mobile station via a mobile network platform to control the mobile station to destroy the smart card based on a result of said query; and

in response changing the status of the smart card accordingly;

wherein the performing signaling interaction comprises;

sending via the mobile network platform, a destroy command to destroy the smart card to the mobile station in response to the query result; and

in response a destroy success message returned from the mobile station, changing the status of the smart card from the normal use status to the destroyed status accordingly;

updating the status of the smart card from the normal use status to the awaiting-destroy status in response to the query result of the mobile station being in the off-line status; and

in response to the mobile station being in the on-line status and the smart card having the awaiting-destroy status registered at the smart card management platform, sending a destroy command to destroy the smart card to the mobile station via the mobile network platform; and

in response to a destroy success message returned from the mobile station, changing the status of the smart card from the awaiting-destroy status to the destroyed status accordingly.

7. A system for remote control of a smart card, comprising:

a mobile network platform of a mobile network and a smart card management platform;

wherein the mobile network platform of the mobile network comprises circuitry;

wherein the smart card management platform stores dynamic data indicative of operation statuses of the smart card, and the operation statuses of the smart card comprising a normal use status, a destroyed status and an awaiting-destroy status;

wherein the smart card management platform is configured to;

responsive to said request, query, by the smart card management platform, a current operation statuses of the mobile station using the mobile station'"'"'s identification and location information through the mobile network platform, wherein the operation statuses of the mobile station comprise an on-line status and an off-line status;

perform signaling interaction with the mobile station via a mobile network platform to control the mobile station to destroy the smart card based on a result of said query and in response changing the status of the smart card accordingly;

wherein the performing signaling interaction comprises;

sending via the mobile network platform, a destroy command to destroy the smart card to the mobile station in response to the query result; and

in response a destroy success message returned from the mobile station, changing the status of the smart card from the normal use status to the destroyed status accordingly;

updating the status of the smart card from the normal use status to the awaiting-destroy status in response to the query result of the mobile station being in the off-line status; and

in response to the mobile station being in the on-line status and the smart card having the awaiting-destroy status registered at the smart card management platform, sending a destroy command to destroy the smart card to the mobile station via the mobile network platform; and

in response to a destroy success message returned from the mobile station, changing the status of the smart card from the awaiting-destroy status to the destroyed status accordingly.