Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for making a reliable time available on a smart card provided with a timer, comprising the steps of :
sending to the card a reference time issued from a reliable time source ; initializing said timer in the card with said reference time received ; and executing at least one operation based on the time delivered by the timer.
The invention is particularly used for synchronizing secure databases, performing banking funds transfers, and playing LOTO.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a personal token such as an Integrated Circuit Card, comprising a microprocessor (11), a communication port for data exchanges between the microprocessor and an external device (13), and an oscillator (14) for pacing exchanges of data through said port between the microprocessor and said external device, characterized in that the oscillator pacing the exchanges on said port also paces the internal processing work of the microprocessor (11).
Abstract:
L'invention conceme un procédé de gestion d'une mémoire dans un objet portatif du type « mixte » dont les moyens de connexion à un appareil hôte associé comprennent à la fois des contacts galvaniques et des moyens de connexion à distance définissant ainsi un mode de fonctionnement dit mode « contacts » et un mode de fonctionnement dit mode « sans contacts », ces deux modes de fonctionnement étant éventuellement simultanés, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend les étapes consistant à :
lors de toute demande d'effacement d'un bloc mémoire, différer l'effacement et affecter à ce bloc mémoire un attribut de « bloc mémoire à effacer », si l'objet portatif est dans le seul mode « sans contacts » ; puis lors d'un futur passage en mode « contacts », déclencher l'effacement de tout ou partie des blocs mémoire possédant l'attribut de « bloc mémoire à effacer ».
Abstract:
The invention concerns a first device for delivering a service using an application lodged in a portable object, comprising a portable object reader for receiving said portable object, the portable object incorporating at least one application and the first device including resources for activating said application, characterized in that it includes relay means arranged for performing a communication between said portable object reader and a second device external to said first device and connected thereto so that the second device activates at least one application of the portable object independently of said resources.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a portable object comprising at least storage means and at least two contacts being connected to said storage means, at least two of said contacts being dielectrically separated.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for communicating between a mobile equipment and a reader, such mobile equipment having a processor, a memory and a screen, the method comprising the step which consists in reading data in the memory of the mobile equipment (30), the step which consists in displaying such data as a bar code (70) on the screen of the mobile equipment, and the step which consists in reading such bar code with a bar code reader.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a digital method for transferring a financial right comprising the step which consists in transiting a financial right over a digital channel from a right delivering entity to a right benefiting entity (30), characterized in that the digital channel is a mobile TV broadcast stream (60).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a subscriber identity module (1) comprising a card in which is embedded at least one integrated circuit, on a surface of which said card is provided: - a first set of contacts (11) providing a first electrical interface; and - a second set of contacts (10) providing a second electrical interface. According to the invention: - said first set of contacts (11) is flush to the surface of the card; and - said second set of contacts (10) is slightly set back from the surface of the card.