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Field programmable smart card terminal and token device

  • US 8,949,608 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2001
  • Issued: 02/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A handheld electronic smart card terminal capable of acting as a token device for allowing secure communication between a user and a remote application provided by a service provider, said handheld terminal comprising:

  • a smart card reader adapted to receive and communicate with a smart card having data stored thereon;

    a processor including a firewall to protect said smart card and configured to implement a token personality logic that is initially generic and to personalize the token personality logic with a token device personality subsequent to insertion of said smart card in said smart card reader, said token device personality dependent on said stored data;

    a display for communicating a dynamic credential derived from said token device personality to said user for transmission to said remote application provided by a service provider;

    a memory device storing at least one terminal application capable of being loaded and executed by said processor; and

    an interface configured to transmit secured data from said terminal to a connected device, wherein said at least one terminal application includes a connected mode application that configures said token device in a connected mode such that said token device acts as a slave to a computer connected to said interface.

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