Method and System for remote control of a smart card

• US 20120149332A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Chuanxi, Ma, Jingwang
• Granted Patent: US 8,744,403 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/354 Card activation or deactivation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and system for remote control of a smart card. The method comprises that: a smart card management platform receives a request of locking or unlocking a smart card from a subscriber; and the smart card management platform performs interactive processing with a terminal side according to the request via a mobile network platform, so as to enable the terminal side to perform the locking or unlocking of the smart card. The present disclosure enables the payment 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, comprising:

performing, by a smart card management platform, signalling interaction with a terminal side via a mobile network platform after the smart card management platform receiving a request of locking or unlocking a smart card from a subscriber, and controlling the terminal side to perform the locking or unlocking of the smart card.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal side comprises:

a mobile station and the smart card.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of controlling the terminal side to perform the locking or unlocking of the smart card comprises:

the mobile station receives a locking or unlocking command sent by the mobile network platform when the mobile station is in a normal use status; and

the mobile station executes the locking or unlocking command to lock or unlock the smart card.

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

after the mobile station performs the locking or unlocking of the smart card, the smart card being in a locking or unlocking status.

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

returning, by the mobile station, a message indicating successful execution to the mobile network platform after the mobile station performs the locking or unlocking of the smart card.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the mobile station executing the locking or unlocking command to lock or unlock the smart card comprises:

the mobile station disables function of the smart card through locking hardware of the smart card, and enables the function the smart card through unlocking the hardware of the smart card;

or

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

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

updating, the smart card to a status of waiting for locking or unlocking when the mobile station where the smart card is located is in an off-line status.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

after the smart card is updated to the status of waiting for locking or unlocking,

sending, by the mobile network platform, the locking or unlocking command to the mobile station where the smart card is located when the mobile station in the off-line status where the smart card is located recovers to the normal use status, and executing, by the mobile station, the locking or unlocking command;

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.

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

after the smart card management platform receives the request from the subscriber,

determining, by the smart card management platform, whether the smart card is valid;

the method further comprising;

before the smart card management platform performs interaction with the terminal side via the mobile network platform,

performing a security authentication between the mobile network platform and the terminal side.

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

after the smart card management platform receives the request of locking or unlocking the smart card from the subscriber,

looking up, by the smart card management platform, status information of the mobile station where the smart card is located via the mobile network platform.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the step of looking up, by the smart card management platform, the status information of the mobile station where the smart card is located via the mobile network platform comprises:

the smart card management platform looks up and finds the status information of the mobile station based on a mobile identification code and position region information of the mobile station via the mobile network platform.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of performing the locking or unlocking of the smart card comprises:

performing locking or unlocking of the smart card or payment application of the smart card;

the method further comprise;

when the smart card or the payment application of the smart card is in the locking status, the payment application of the smart card cannot be used normally.

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16. A method for locking or unlocking a smart card remotely, comprising:

notifying, by a smart card supervising platform, a smart card management platform when the smart card supervising platform finds that a subscriber uses a smart card illegally or has corrected a deregulation behaviour; and

performing, by the smart card management platform, signalling interaction with a terminal side to control the terminal side to complete locking or unlocking of the smart card.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the terminal side comprises a mobile station and the smart card, and controlling the terminal side to complete locking or unlocking of the smart card comprises:

the smart card management platform looks up status information of the mobile station where the smart card is located via a mobile network platform;

when the mobile station is in a normal use status, the mobile network platform sends a locking or unlocking command to the mobile station; and

the mobile station executes the locking or unlocking command to lock or unlock the smart card.

18. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

after the mobile station executes the locking or unlocking command to lock or unlock the smart card,

returning, by the mobile station, a message indicating successful execution to the mobile network platform; and

changing, by the mobile network platform, the status of the smart card to a locking or unlocking status.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the step of looking up, by the smart card management platform, the status information of the mobile station where the smart card is located via the mobile network platform comprises:

the smart card management platform looks up and finds the status information of the mobile station based on a mobile identification code and position region information of the mobile station via the mobile network platform.

20. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

after the smart card management platform finds the status information of the mobile station where the smart card is located via the mobile network platform,

updating, by the mobile network platform, the status of the mobile network platform to a status of waiting for locking or unlocking when the mobile station where the smart card is located is in an off-line status.

21. A system for locking and unlocking a smart card remotely, comprising:

a mobile network platform, configured to send a locking or unlocking command; and

a mobile station, configured to execute the locking or unlocking command to lock or unlock the smart card;

a smart card management platform, configured to receive a request of locking or unlocking a smart card from a subscriber, or receive information that the subscriber uses the smart card illegally or has corrected a deregulation behaviour which is sent from a smart card supervising platform, and perform signalling interaction with the mobile station via the mobile network platform;

wherein the mobile network platform is further configured to look up status information of the mobile station where the smart card is located.

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24. A terminal station, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a request of locking or unlocking a smart card; and

an executing module, configured to execute locking or unlocking of the smart card; and

a sending module, configured to send a message indicating successful execution;

wherein the locking or unlocking of the smart card comprises;

the locking or unlocking of payment application of the smart card.

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27. A mobile network platform, comprising:

a sending module, configured to send a locking or unlocking command to a mobile station when the mobile station is in a normal use status;

a changing module, configured to change the status of a smart card; and

an updating module, configured to update the status of the smart card to a status of waiting for locking or unlocking when status information indicates that the mobile station where the smart card is located is in an off-line status; and

a notifying module, configured to notify a smart card management platform to update the status of the smart card to a locking or unlocking status;

wherein the locking or unlocking of the smart card comprises;

the locking or unlocking of payment application of the smart card.

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