Abstract: The invention relates to a method for updating software in an embedded device (1), said software being stored in an EEPROM memory (12) of the embedded device, the method comprising the steps of: c) executing an update management program code, this execution step comprising:—erasing the memory area storing the former software and storing at least an update instruction at the beginning of the memory area, the execution of this update instruction leading to an access to the update management program code;—the writing of the updated software in the erased memory area; d) deleting the update instruction so that the updated software is executed at startup.

Abstract: This invention relates to a smart card (1) manufacturing method that makes it possible to reduce the thickness of the said smart card and directly obtain a final 3FF or 4FF format. The smart card manufacturing method comprises steps for depositing resin forming a first protective coat (11) over the electronic element assembly with a surface greater than the required smart card format and depositing a second protective coat with a format larger than the required card format on the first protective coat. The second protective coat is fixed to the first protective coat by curing the first protective coat, and then the assembly obtained in that way is cut to the required format.

Abstract: Mutual authentication between: (i) a user terminal cooperating with a security element and an application for registering with a service, and (ii) a remote server that provides the service, by means of a third-party portal, includes: i) transmitting, to the remote server by means of the portal, signed information R enabling the security element to be authenticated in the remote server; ii) authenticating the security element in the remote server; iii) transmitting a value R? signed by the remote server to the application by means of the portal; iv) transmitting a request for verification of the signed value R? from the application to the security element; v) verifying, in the security element, the signature of the remote server and whether the requested service has been granted by the remote server; vi) establishing a secure connection with the remote server using the security element, and requesting that the service be executed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for authenticating a user when accessing to an application securely stored on a secure element of a portable device, said method comprising a step of authenticating the user via two authentication factors. The method comprises requesting a further authentication factor to said user, in a form of challenge-response based on a randomised request associated to a biometric data of said user.

Abstract: A device having a card (40) and a support (PC). The card has (a) no internal battery, (b) a single antenna (10) that receives electromagnetically data and power, (c) a data processor, (d) rectifying and filtering circuitry receiving the electromagnetic input and supplying at output terminals (A, B) a voltage to the processor. and (e) two terminals (36, 38) on an external surface of the card which are connected to the output terminals (A, B). The support is mechanically and electrically connectable to the card. It has (a) a power source that may be a battery, (b) surface terminals that mate with the card's external terminals, (c) a switch for connecting the power source to the surface terminals, and (d) a mechanism for holding together the card and support with the card's and the support terminal's electrically engaged to one another.

Abstract: A method of managing data in an electronic token includes an initial step of storing a first data into the electronic token and into a secured site. Secret data, intended to be initialized in the electronic token, is identified. Instructions and a subset of the first data are also identified, wherein the subset allows the secret data to be rebuilt by applying the instructions. A reference identifying the subset is sent to the electronic token. In the electronic token, the secret data is rebuilt from the first data and the reference by applying the instructions.

Abstract: A method for establishing a communication channel between a local server and a remote server includes: i) transmitting, from the local server to a terminal, the IP address of the remote server and a communication port of the local server; ii) transmitting the IP address of the terminal from the terminal to the local server; iii) transmitting, from the local server to the terminal, a request to connect to the remote server, including the IP addresses of the remote server and the terminal, an identifier of the local server; and the communication port; iv) transmitting, from the local server to the remote server, the IP address of the terminal, an identifier of the local server, and the communication port; and v) combining, at the remote server, the identifier of the local server and the IP address of the terminal to ascertain an IP address of the local server.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making an electronic module having an integrated circuit chip connected to an antenna. The method includes the steps of producing a module having electrical interconnection areas, a chip connected to the interconnection areas and a protection element covering at least the chip and part of the interconnection areas, and a radio antenna connected to the chip and arranged above the chip. The method includes a step of producing the entirety or part of the antenna, or the tracks thereof for coupling same with the interconnection areas, in three dimensions directly on the protection element.

Abstract: A base station in a cellular radio network and user equipment assigned to a cell are linked by an air interface for communication on a respective communication channel in a communication band. The same communication band is common to at least one of the cells and to the user equipment on the respective communication channel of a cell. A jamming transmitter is detected by decoding a cell, by way of successful reading of control information of the cell, detecting a wideband power parameter representative of the communication band, and detecting a channel power parameter representative for a part of the communication band that is a communication channel. A narrowband jamming transmitter is indicated in the case that decoding of the cell failed, the wideband power parameter is not above a first threshold, and the channel power parameter is above a second threshold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication object comprising means for radiofrequency communication with a remote device, wherein said communication means are capable of establishing a first short-range communication and a second communication having a longer range than the first communication, said long range being enabled by Bluetooth or Wifi technology. The communication means use the same type of communication technology for the first and second communications. The invention also relates to a method for implementing the dual-range radiofrequency communication of the object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for issuing electonic money, transfering said money from an e-Money sender (30) to an e-Money receiver (40) and compensating said money, said system comprising an issuer (10) or e-Money Issuer for issuing said electonic money, characterized in that it comprises at least one regulated entity (60), so that the issuance of the electonic money is regulated, and the transfer and subsequent usage or misuse of the e-money is monitored.

Abstract: The invention concerns the contact-less technology MIFARE, and describes a method to update a state by injecting an IV using a non-linear feedback shift register that makes use of only look-up tables and basic operations on 8-bit words.

Abstract: The invention specifically relates to a method for virtually connecting two persons, with the first person having a first NFC device and the second person having a second NEC device. One of the NFC devices is a telecommunications terminal comprising an application, and both NFC devices comprise the identity of the person to which they belong. According to the invention, the method includes transmitting the identity of the first person from the first NFC device to the second NFC device; transmitting the identity of the second person from the second NFC device to the first NFC device; generating a secret shared by the persons using the application, with the shared secret giving access to an Internet space shared by the persons; and storing the shared secret in the NFC devices, with a reference relating to the virtual connection thereof.

Abstract: The invention is a NFC controller able to communicate in contact mode with first and second applications and able to establish and to manage a first communication between a contactless reader device and the first application by using a specific type of contactless protocol. The NFC controller is able to establish and to manage a second communication between the contactless reader device and the second application by using the specific type of contactless protocol. The NFC controller is adapted to handle simultaneously said first and second communications.

Abstract: A method to securely and asynchronously provisioning keys from one source secure device to a target secure device through a key provisioning server, in which the keys to be provisioned via the method remain unknown. The method includes the steps of, for the source secure device, encrypting a key to be transferred using a transport key so that only the target secure device can decrypt, and sending the encrypted key to the provisioning server and, for the target secure device, when available, getting the encrypted transferred key, and decrypting the transferred key using the transport key.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a data carrier having—a central portion covered by at least one translucent protective layer on at least one of its sides,—at least one see-through portion with an orifice filled with a translucent plug, going at least partially through of the central portion. The central portion has a colored core and at least one opaque layer colored in a color different from the colored core in order to show a layered structure of different colors on the edge of the data carrier. The invention also concerns the method of production of such a data carrier.

Abstract: The invention relates, in particular, to a method for registering at least one public address in an IMS network including a terminal that interacts with a security element. According to the invention, the security element includes an application that invites the user of the terminal, upon the occurrence of an event, to enter a public address, selected by the user, via the man/machine interface of the terminal, the application transmitting the public address, accompanied by at least one identifier of the security element, to a remote network via the terminal such that the remote network associates the public address with the identifier.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a smart card or telecommunication module electronic housing, comprising an electronic chip in the housing, a face comprising at least one set of conductive metal platings, said method comprising the following steps: providing or producing at least one set of metal platings comprising conductive circuit pads or tracks, on one side of a substrate, transferring and connecting a chip to each set of platings, overmoulding each chip with the set of metal platings of same on the substrate with a moulding material in order to produce at least one housing, separating the housing from the substrate thereof, wherein the side of the substrate in contact with the metal platings comprises an adhesive or has low adhesiveness and in that the overmoulding is carried out at the final dimensions of the housing. The invention also concerns a moulding apparatus and the housing obtained.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radiofrequency device comprising a passive antenna tuned or intended to be tuned in frequency with at least one transponder, said transponder comprising an integrated circuit chip linked to an antenna interface defining an electromagnetic coupling surface periphery, said passive antenna comprising a main loop formed of turns comprising at least one portion of surface (B) inside the loop, at least one recess of the main loop, oriented from the interior to the exterior of the main loop, said portion of surface (B) being located in said recess so as to effect an electromagnetic coupling with a transponder circuit; the device is distinguished in that it comprises two recesses receiving or intended to receive a transponder each.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for initiating an OTA session in a mobile radio communication network at the request of a user of a mobile terminal. The OTA session is established between the mobile terminal and a remote OTA server, the mobile terminal including a security element such as a UICC card. According to the invention, the method comprises: i) entering a special code using the man/machine interface of said mobile terminal; ii) said security element intercepting said special code; and iii) opening said OTA session between said mobile terminal and said remote server in a secure mode.