Methods and apparatus for use in association with identification token
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder, by a non-card shaped body of a device issued to the account holder;
communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token;
electrically connecting a communication device to an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body;
communicating with the communication device via the electrical connector; and
resetting a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the resetting of the security parameter in the identification token;
wherein the communication device includes a counter indicative of a number of occasions that the communication device may be used in resetting the security parameter in the identification token.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a method includes supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder by a non-card shaped body of a device; communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token; electrically connecting a communication device to an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body; and resetting a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device. In some embodiments, the non-card shaped body of the device is a non-card shaped body of a device issued to the account holder. In some embodiments, the communication device is a communication device issued to the account holder. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an identification token having a wireless interface; a non-card shaped body that encloses the identification token; and an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body and adapted to be electrically connected to a communication device; the identification token to communicate with a proximity coupling device via the wireless interface, and to reset a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device.
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48 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder, by a non-card shaped body of a device issued to the account holder; communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token; electrically connecting a communication device to an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body; communicating with the communication device via the electrical connector; and resetting a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the resetting of the security parameter in the identification token; wherein the communication device includes a counter indicative of a number of occasions that the communication device may be used in resetting the security parameter in the identification token. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Apparatus comprising:
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an identification token issued to an account holder and having a wireless interface; a non-card shaped body that encloses the identification token; and an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body and adapted to be electrically connected to a communication device; the identification token to communicate with a proximity coupling device via the wireless interface, to communicate with the communication device via the electrical connector, and to reset a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the reset of the security parameter in the identification token; wherein the communication device includes a counter indicative of a number of occasions that the communication device may be used in resetting the security parameter in the identification token. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method comprising:
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supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder, by a non-card shaped body; communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token; electrically connecting a communication device, issued to an account holder, to an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body; communicating with the communication device via the electrical connector; and resetting a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the resetting of the security parameter in the identification token; wherein the communication device includes a counter indicative of a number of occasions that the communication device may be used in resetting the security parameter in the identification token. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. Apparatus comprising:
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a body; a USB connector attached to the body; a mass storage system supported by the body, the mass storage device coupled to the USB connector and to communicate via the USB connector; and an identification token issued to an account holder and supported by the body, the identification token having a wireless interface to communicate with a proximity coupling device, the identification token further having an interface coupled to the USB connector to communicate via the USB connector; wherein the identification token is to reset a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from a communication device electrically connected to the USB connector and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the reset of the security parameter in the identification token; and wherein the communication device includes a counter indicative of a number of occasions that the communication device may be used in resetting the security parameter in the identification token. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method comprising:
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supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder, by a body that supports a mass storage system coupled to a USB connector; communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token; and communicating with a communication device via the USB connector and an interface of the identification token; wherein the identification token is to reset a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the resetting of the security parameter in the identification token; wherein the communication device includes a counter indicative of a number of occasions that the communication device may be used in resetting the security parameter in the identification token. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A method comprising:
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supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder, by a non-card shaped body of a device issued to the account holder; communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token; electrically connecting a communication device to an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body; communicating with the communication device via the electrical connector; and resetting a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the resetting of the security parameter in the identification token; wherein the communication device includes information that defines a schedule for requesting authorization to reset the security parameter in the identification token. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. Apparatus comprising:
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an identification token issued to an account holder and having a wireless interface; a non-card shaped body that encloses the identification token; and an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body and adapted to be electrically connected to a communication device; the identification token to communicate with a proximity coupling device via the wireless interface, to communicate with the communication device via the electrical connector, and to reset a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the reset of the security parameter in the identification token; wherein the communication device includes information that defines a schedule for requesting authorization to reset the security parameter in the identification token. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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