Personal Token With Parental Control

• US 20080320577A1
• Filed: 11/12/2006
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Axalto S A
• Inventors: Larduinat, Xavier
• Application Number:
  US12/096,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20080320577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment

Abstract

The invention relates to a personal token (in particular a SIM card), a system comprising a personal token and a communication device (in particular a cellular phone), and a method for parental control of the services of the communication device. The personal token of the invention comprises connection means for connecting to a communication device and parental control means, the parental control means controlling access of a controlled entity to the services offered by the communication device according to a set of rules stored in the personal token. The personal token also comprises rules modification means enabling the modification of the set of rules (access to the rules modification means being restricted to a controlling entity), and a web server, the rules modification means being accessible through at least one web page on the web server.

Claims

1. A personal token issued to a controlled entity, said personal token comprising:

a connection means (for connecting the personal token to a communication device;

a parental control means controlling access of said controlled entity to services offered by said communication device according to a set of rules stored in said personal token;

a rules modification means enabling modification of said set of rules access to said rules modification means being restricted to a controlling entity;

a web server the rules modification means being accessible through at least one web page on said web server.

2. The personal token according to claim 1, the parental control means comprising a blocking means for blocking access of the controlled entity to services offered by the communication device according to the set of rules stored in said personal token.

3. The personal token according to claims 1 or 2, the parental control means further comprising a filtering means for filtering access of the controlled entity to services offered by the communication device, whereby certain contents of each of said communication device services are filtered according to the set of rules stored in said personal token.

4. The personal token according to claims 1 or 2, the personal token further comprising a network authentication means for granting to the controlled entity access to a network through the communication device.

5. The personal token according to claim 4, the personal token being a SIM card.

10. The personal token according to claim 3, wherein the personal token further comprises a network authentication means for granting to the controlled entity access to a network through the communication device.

11. The personal token according to claim 10, the personal token being a SIM card.

6. A system for providing access control for a controlled entity comprising:

a communication device;

a personal token comprising;

a connection means for connecting said personal token to a communication device;

a parental control means controlling access of the controlled entity to services offered by said communication device according to a set of rules stored in said personal token;

a rules modification means enabling modification of said set of rules access to said rules modification means being restricted to a controlling entity;

a web server, the rules modification means being accessible through at least one web page on said web server.

7. The system according to claim 6 wherein the communication device comprises:

means for making a personal token web server accessible from the Internet when said communication device is connected to the Internet.

8. The system according to claim 6 or 7, the communication device being a cellular phone.

12. The system according to claim 6 wherein the personal token further comprises parental control means. The parental control means comprising:

a blocking means for blocking access of the controlled entity to services offered by the communication device according to the set of rules stored in the personal token.

13. The system according to claim 6 wherein the personal token further comprises parental control means. The parental control means further comprising:

a filtering means for filtering access of the controlled entity to services offered by the communication device whereby certain contents of each communication device services are filtered according to the set of rules stored in the personal token.

14. The system according to claim 6 wherein said personal token further comprises:

a network authentication means for granting to the controlled entity access to a network through the communication device.

15. The system according to claim 6 wherein the personal token is a SIM card.

9. A method for a controlling entity to control access of a controlled entity to services of a communication device, wherein the method comprises:

connecting a personal token to said communication device the personal token comprising a parental control means, said parental control means controlling access of said controlled entity to the services offered by said communication device according to a set of rules stored in said personal token the personal token comprising a rules modification means said rules modification means enabling the modification of said set of rules, access to said rules modification means being restricted to said controlling entity, the personal token comprising a web server the rules modification means being accessible through at least one web page on said web server.