Telecommunication intelligent card and method for signaling interaction with external non-contact card

• US 8,594,570 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2009
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Watch Data System Co. Ltd. (Watchdata System Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Watch Data System Co. Ltd. (Watchdata System Company Limited)
• Inventors: Yan, Guangwen, Liu, Lili
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US12/865,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20100330911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,777 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/558, 455/550.1, 455/466, 235/492, 235/380, 235/486
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07 with integrated circuit chips

Abstract

A telecommunication intelligent card and a method for signaling interaction between a telecommunication intelligent card and an external non-contact card. The telecommunication intelligent card includes: a control unit for controlling a transmission unit to perform interactive communication with an external non-contact card, and processing signaling data from the transmission unit; and a transmission unit for interactive communication with the external non-contact card, and transmitting the signaling data received from the external non-contact card to the control unit.

Claims

1. A telecommunication intelligent card, characterized in that the telecommunication intelligent card comprises:

a control unit for controlling a transmission unit to perform interactive communication with an external non-contact card, and processing signaling data from the transmission unit; and

the transmission unit for performing interactive communication with the external non-contact card, and transmitting the signaling data received from the external non-contact card to the control unit;

wherein the control unit sends operation signaling for the external non-contact card to the transmission unit, receives signaling data transmitted from the transmission unit and processes the signaling data;

wherein the telecommunication intelligent card further comprises;

a cellular phone interface unit connected with the control unit, for receiving operation signaling from a mobile phone and sending the operation signaling to the control unit;

wherein the cellular phone interface unit comprises contacts for the telecommunication intelligent card to receive a mobile phone software input signal and send a signal to the mobile phone software.

2. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 1, wherein the transmission unit comprises:

an encoding and decoding unit connected with an antenna interface unit, for encoding signaling sent to the external non-contact card, sending the encoded signaling data to the antenna interface unit, decoding the signaling received from the antenna interface unit, and sending the decoded signaling data to the control unit;

the antenna interface unit for connecting the encoding and decoding unit with an external antenna, sending the encoded signaling data to the external antenna to be transmitted to the external non-contact card, and sending the signaling data received from the external antenna to the encoding and decoding unit.

3. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 2, wherein a telecommunication intelligent module of the telecommunication intelligent card is connected with the external antenna via the antenna interface unit, for storing related information of a user of a mobile phone, and accepting accesses from the outside via the antenna.

4. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 3, wherein the telecommunication intelligent module of the telecommunication intelligent card is further connected with the control unit, and signaling interaction is conducted between the telecommunication intelligent module and the control unit.

5. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 3, wherein the control unit and the telecommunication intelligent module of the telecommunication intelligent card are connected with the cellular phone interface unit by way of bus multiplexing.

6. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 2, wherein the antenna interface unit comprises output contacts at which the telecommunication intelligent card is connected with the external antenna.

7. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 6, wherein the output contacts comprise an output contact C4 and an output contact C8.

8. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 1, wherein the contacts comprises a reset signal contact C2 having an interactive transmission function, a clock signal contact C3 and an I/O contact C7.

9. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 1, wherein the telecommunication intelligent card further comprises:

a power supply interface unit for supplying power to the control unit and the transmission unit.

10. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 9, wherein the power supply interface unit comprises power supply contacts of the telecommunication intelligent card.

11. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 10, wherein the power supply contacts comprise:

a power source input contact C1, a power source ground contact C5 and a control contact C6.

12. The telecommunication intelligent card of claim 1, wherein the operation signaling comprises any combination of at least one signaling selected from the following signaling:

a data read command, a data write command and a reset command.

13. A method for signaling interaction between a telecommunication intelligent card and an external non-contact card, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:

sending, by the telecommunication intelligent card, operation signaling to the external non-contact card; and

receiving signaling data returned from the external non-contact card, and processing the signaling data;

receiving, by the telecommunication intelligent card, operation signaling from mobile phone by contacts for the telecommunication intelligent card to receive a mobile phone software input signal and send a signal to the mobile phone software.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the telecommunication intelligent card sends corresponding operation signaling to the external non-contact card according to an external instruction or an internal program flow.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein

before sending operation signaling to the external non-contact card, the method further comprises the step of

encoding the operation signaling;

and

before processing the signaling data, the method further comprises;

decoding the signaling data.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the operation signaling comprises an ID information indicating the operation signaling is valid for the control unit or the telecommunication intelligent card.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein processing the signaling data comprises:

sending the signaling data to the mobile phone software, which processes the signaling data;

or storing the signaling data or updating information in the telecommunication intelligent module according to the signaling data.