Information processing terminal, data transfer method, and program

• US 9,143,627 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Inventors: Tobita, Naoto, Wakasa, Shigeki, Daicho, Makoto, Yamada, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A.
• Application Number:
  US12/056,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20080244111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,735 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0719 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for application selection, e.g. an acceleration sensor or a set of radio buttons application selection on smart cards using pure software control, see G07F7/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/00 Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems using a coded card to authorise calls from a telephone set H04M1/675

Abstract

There is provided an information processing terminal that is provided with an IC chip that is capable of non-contact communication with a reader/writer. The information processing terminal includes a first storage portion, a second storage portion, and a data transfer portion. The first storage portion is provided within the IC chip and is capable of storing at least one type of data item that is used by the IC chip. The second storage portion is disposed outside the IC chip. The data transfer portion transfers the data item between the first storage portion and the second storage portion in accordance with a user input.

Claims

1. An information processing terminal provided with an IC chip that is capable of non-contact communication with a reader/writer through a first communication portion using a magnetic field, comprising:

a first storage portion that is tamper-proof that is provided within the IC chip and that is capable of storing at least one type of data item that is used by the IC chip, wherein the stored data item corresponds to another function performed by the information processing terminal or another service that the information processing terminal can receive;

a second storage portion that is disposed outside the IC chip, wherein the reader/writer is not capable of reading data from or writing data to the second storage portion through the first communication portion;

a data transfer portion that transfers the data item between the first storage portion and the second storage portion in accordance with a user input, wherein the data transfer portion is separate from the first communication portion and is not capable of communicating with the reader/writer and the data transfer portion identifies the data item that will be transferred based on location information for each data item that indicates the location where the data item is stored, said location information being stored in a third storage portion disposed in the data transfer portion and outside the IC chip; and

a second communication portion that performs communication with a control information processing device that is capable of storing the data item,

wherein the data transfer portion can transfer the data item between the second storage portion and the control information processing device.

2. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein the data transfer portion updates the location information for the transferred data item.

3. The information processing terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the data transfer portion can transfer the data item between the first storage portion and the control information processing device.

4. The information processing terminal according to claim 3, wherein,

in a case where the data item is transferred from the first storage portion to the control information processing device, and

in a case where the data item is transferred from the second storage portion to the control information processing device, the data transfer portion deletes the data item at the location from which the data item was transferred, based on a first completion notification that is transmitted from the control information processing device and that indicates that the storage of the data item in the control information processing device has been completed.

5. The information processing terminal according to claim 3, wherein,

in a case where the data item is transferred from the control information processing device to first storage portion, and

in a case where the data item is transferred from the control information processing device to second storage portion,

the data transfer portion transmits to the control information processing device a second completion notification that indicates that the data item has been stored in at least one of the first storage portion and the second storage portion and that the storage of the data item has been completed.

6. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a data acquisition portion that acquires the data item from an external device,

wherein the data acquisition portion stores the acquired data item in the second storage portion.

7. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein the data item is a data item that is transmitted from the reader/writer.

8. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information processing terminal is a mobile communication device.

9. A data transfer method used in an information processing terminal that is provided with an IC chip that is capable of non-contact communication with a reader/writer through a communication portion using a magnetic field, a first storage portion that is tramper-proof that is provided within the IC chip and that is capable of storing at least one type of data item that is used by the IC chip where the data item to be selectively allocated by the user input to the storage portion from and to which the reader/writer can read and write, wherein the stored data item corresponds to another function performed by the information processing terminal or another service that the information processing terminal can receive, and a second storage portion that is disposed outside the IC chip, wherein the reader/writer is not capable of reading data from or writing data to the second storage portion through the communication portion, the data transfer method comprising the steps of:

specifying, in accordance with a user input, the data item that will be transferred and the storage portion that will be a transfer destination where the data item that will be transferred will be stored; and

transferring the specified data item to the storage portion that is the transfer destination using a data transfer portion that is separate from the communication portion and that is not capable of communicating with the reader/writer, wherein the data transfer portion identifies the specified data item based on location information for the specified data item that indicates the location where the specified data item is stored, said location information being stored in a third storage portion disposed in the data transfer portion and outside the IC chip,

a second communication portion that performs communication with a control information processing device that is capable of storing the data item,

wherein the data transfer portion can transfer the data item between the second storage portion and the control information processing device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for an information processing terminal that is provided with an IC chip that is capable of non-contact communication with a reader/writer through a communication portion using a magnetic field, a first storage portion that is tamper-proof that is provided within the IC chip and that is capable of storing at least one type of data item that is used by the IC chip, wherein the stored data item corresponds to another function performed by the information processing terminal or another service that the information processing terminal can receive, and a second storage portion that is disposed outside the IC chip, wherein the reader/writer is not capable of reading data from or writing data to the second storage portion through the communication portion, the program comprising instructions that command a computer to function as:

a portion that specifies, in accordance with a user input, the data item that will be transferred and the storage portion that will be a transfer destination where the data item that will be transferred will be stored; and

a portion that transfers the specified data item to the storage portion that is the transfer destination, wherein the portion that transfers the specified data item is separate from the communication portion and is not capable of communicating with the reader/writer wherein the portion that transfers the specified data item identifies the specified data item based on location information for the specified data item that indicates the location where the specified data item is stored, said location information being stored in a third storage portion disposed in the data transfer portion and outside the IC chip; and

a second communication portion that performs communication with a control information processing device that is capable of storing the data item,

wherein the data transfer portion can transfer the data item between the second storage portion and the control information processing device.