Mobile identification transmitter which can be set to a normal state and a secure state

• US 8,972,078 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2012
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Geldmacher, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Calvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Martinez Borrero, Luis A
• Application Number:
  US13/541,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20130013128A1
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/492, 235/439, 340/5.64, 340/426.13, 340/426.1, 340/5.72, 340/425.5, 340/5.61, 340/5.52, 340/5.8, 340/5.7, 340/10.5, 340/5.71, 340/5.84, 340/5.81, 340/5.82, 701/1, 701/2, 701/236, 701/45, 701/469, 701/537, 701/538
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00412 the transmitted data signal being encrypted
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00944 Details of construction or manufacture

Abstract

A mobile identification transmitter for activating a security system of a motor vehicle, particularly an access and/or ignition control system, having a housing in which electronics and a communication means are arranged, wherein the communication means can be brought into communication with a communication means of the security system on board the motor vehicle, a payment element is removably fastened in a receptacle of the housing, where a closure is separately arranged on the housing, the identification transmitter can be set in a normal state and in a secure state, in the normal state and in the secure state communication can be made with the security system, in the secure state the payment element is removed from the receptacle, and the closure seals and protects the receptacle.

Claims

1. A mobile identification transmitter for activating a security system of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a housing in which electronics and a communication means are arranged, wherein the communication means can be brought into communication with a communication means of the security system on board the motor vehicle,

a payment element removably fastened in a receptacle of the housing,

a closure separately arranged on the housing,

wherein the identification transmitter can be set in a normal state and a secure state, in the normal state and in the secure state communication can be carried out with the security system, and in the secure state, the payment element is removed from the receptacle, and the closure seals and protects the receptacle, wherein the receptacle has contact elements which the payment element contacts and is connected to in the normal state, wherein in the secure state the closure protects the contact elements from the external environment.

2. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein, in the normal state, the payment element can be brought into data communication with a payment system.

3. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 2, wherein the carrier or the payment element has/have their own communication means for communication with the payment system.

4. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 2, wherein the communication means of the identification transmitter simultaneously serve the purpose of communication with the payment system.

5. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the payment element has a credit card function or a debit card function.

6. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein a carrier is included and the payment element is integrated in the same, wherein the carrier is removably fastened in the receptacle.

7. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 6, wherein the second energy storage device is integrated in the carrier.

8. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 6, wherein the carrier or the payment element has/have their own communication means for communication with the payment system.

9. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the closure is movably mounted on the housing and can move between an active position and a passive position, wherein the identification transmitter is in the secure state in the active position.

10. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein an energy storage device is included which supplies the electronics with current.

11. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein an energy storage device is included which supplies the payment element with current.

12. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein a second energy storage device is included.

13. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 12, wherein the second energy storage device is integrated in the carrier.

14. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the closure is designed as a dummy plug.

15. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 14, wherein the dummy plug is fastened on a cable of the housing.

16. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein a blocking device is included which in the normal state of the identification transmitter locks the payment element in place in the receptacle of the housing.

17. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein a locking device is included which in the secure state of the identification transmitter locks the closure in place in the receptacle.

18. The mobile identification transmitter according to claim 1, wherein information is arranged on the closure.