Patents Assigned to GEMALTO
  • SECURITY DOCUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SECURITY DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20140319817
    Abstract: A security document having a first side (11) and a second side (12), the security document comprising a first pattern (31) and a second pattern (32) located closer to the second side (12) than the first pattern (31), the first pattern (31) and the second pattern (32) overlapping such that the overlapping area defines a shape of a security pattern (40).The first pattern (31) comprises first single fluorescent substance adapted to emit first visible light (61), and the second pattern (32) comprises second single fluorescent substance adapted to emit second visible light (62).When the security pattern (40) is irradiated from the direction of the first side (11) the first visible light (61) dominates the second visible light (62) at the first excitation radiation (51) and the second visible light (62) dominates the first visible light (61) at the second excitation radiation (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventor: Jarmo Nikkila
  • SCORED SMART CARD
    Publication number: 20140308990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a SIM (2) card in a first format, with an electronic module (4). The card body comprises a score line (6) surrounding the electronic module (4) in order to define the second card format (3). The said score line (6), comprises residual matter thickness that is smaller than the thickness of the card body. The thickness of the residual matter comprises a first thickness (9) over a first part of the score line (6), at least one second thickness (10) smaller than the first thickness (9) over a second part of the score line and at least one residual thickness change zone (11, 17), where the said thickness change zone is a gradual thickness change zone (11, 17) that goes from the first thickness to the second thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Alexis Froger, Jeremy Renouard, Georges Cogno
  • Preemptive smart card access and data transfer based on application priority
    Patent number: 8863135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a personal token running a series of applications, wherein said personal token includes a thread controller which transmits data from the applications to an external device in a cyclic way, a cycle being constituted of a series of data transfers from the applications and to the external device, a cycle comprising a respective number of data transfers dedicated to each respective application which is different according to the respective application, the number of data transfers for a respective application in a cycle corresponding to a priority level of the application as taken into account by the thread controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Wilianto Wilianto, Krishna Sjarif
  • CRYPTOGRAPHIC METHOD FOR PROTECTING A KEY HARDWARE REGISTER AGAINST FAULT ATTACKS
    Publication number: 20140301553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cryptographic method that are resistant to fault injection attacks, to protect the confidentiality and the integrity of secret keys. For that, the invention describes a method to protect a key hardware register against fault attack, this register being inside an hardware block cipher BC embedded inside an electronic component, said component containing stored inside a memory area a cryptographic key K, characterized in that it comprises following steps: A.) loading the key Kram inside said register; B.) computing a value X such as K=BC(K,X); C.) after at least one sensitive operation, computing a value V such as V=BC(K,X); D.) matching the value V with the key Kram value stored in the memory area; E.) if the matching is not ok detecting that a fault occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Stephanie Salgado, Fabrice Perion
  • Service personalization in a terminal device
    Patent number: 8856287
    Abstract: Two service signals are transmitted from a service server through a first network in such a way that users' terminal devices display personalized service data items. When service signals are filtered, a terminal device extracts common data items accessible for several terminal devices and a parameter type from a service signal identified by a stored identifier. An end address is determined by applying a stored parameter, related to the parameter type, to a pre-recorded or transmitted algorithm. The end address is transmitted, through a second network, to a server which transmits a first personalized file associated with the end address and bearing personalized data items displayed with the common data items in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Louis Gregoire, Anne-Marie Praden
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DATA CARRIER PROVIDED WITH A MICROCIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20140290051
    Abstract: The present invention consists to a method of manufacturing a data carrier (1), comprising a data carrier body (3) and a module (5) fixed above a cavity in said data carrier body (3), said method comprising the following steps:—a first step (101) of providing a module (5),—a second step (102) of applying a preformed first layer (31) on the dielectric substrate (53) of said module (5), said first layer (31) having a hole (33) to receive the electronic chip (55), its wires (57) and the dielectric resin protection (59),—a third step (103) of applying a second layer (35) on the first layer (31), recovering the hole (33) of the first layer (35),—a fourth step (104) of laminating of the module (5), the first and second layers (31, 35),—a fifth step (105) of cutting or pre-cutting at the data carrier format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: GEMALTO TECHNOLOGIES ASIA LTD
    Inventor: Chi Tung Tsoi
  • Method and object for extracting content having a commercial aspect from a message emitted in a radiocommunication network
    Patent number: 8849923
    Abstract: In order to broadcast a commercial content corresponding to the centers of interest of a user of a communicating object, the disclosed method involves generating a message including at least one piece of commercial content associated with at least one piece of meta-information characterising the subject concerned by the commercial content. The method is implemented by the object for extracting a piece of commercial content from the message only if the piece of meta-information of the content corresponds to a piece of meta-information characterising a center of interest of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: David Halle, Christophe Foesser, Lionel Mallet, Frédéric Faure, Alain Brun
  • Protection against side channel attacks with an integrity check
    Patent number: 8850221
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for protecting a sensitive operation by checking the integrity of at least a subset of the data manipulated by the sensitive operation. Data to be checked are divided into blocks, an intermediate integrity check value being computed for each block, the intermediate integrity check values being computed in random order. The invention also relates to a cryptographic device wherein at least one sensitive operation of the cryptographic device is protected by a method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Stephanie Salgado, David Vigilant, Guillaume Fumaroli
  • Method of protecting the execution of an NFC application loaded in a secure element forming an integral part of a mobile terminal
    Patent number: 8838025
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for securing the execution of an onboard NFC application in a secure element which does not include a native OTA application. The secure element interacts with a mobile terminal including a removable card. According to the invention, the method includes recording an identifier of the removable card in the secure element no later than when the NFC application is loaded onto the secure element. When an event occurs, a verification is made, in the secure element, whether or not the identifier of the removable card present in the mobile terminal corresponds to the identifier previously stored in the secure element, in order to detect a possible change of the removable card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Patrice Amiel, Stephane Poujol, Michel Martin, Gil Bernabeu
  • SECURE ELEMENT COMPRISING SEPARATED CONTAINERS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140250501
    Abstract: The invention is a secure element comprising a virtual machine able to work in admin mode and in runtime mode. The secure element comprises two enhanced containers. Each of said enhanced containers can be either in an activated state or in a disabled state. Only one of the enhanced containers can be in activated state at any given time. The virtual machine is adapted to access each of the enhanced containers when working in admin mode. The virtual machine cannot access an enhanced container which is in disabled state when working in runtime mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Xavier Berard, Nicolas Roussel, Richard Pico, Frédéric Faure, Benoît Gonzalvo
  • SIM information based SIM validation
    Patent number: 8825009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a RF communication device, a RF communication device (400), a method for operating an authentication server of a network entity and to corresponding computer programs. All aspects of the present invention take into account that a continuous operation of a RF communication device, in particular of a metering application, needs to be ensured, even if the function of a component SIM or initial SIM (410) has to be replaced or supplemented by an external new SIM (420). It is suggested to ascertain the validity of the external SIM by using information stored in the component/initial SIM. The validity of the external SIM can be ascertaining either solely on the side of the RF communication device or by sending a corresponding validity check request signal to a remote network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto M2M GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Breuer, Lars Wehmeier
  • Method of managing an application embedded in a secured electronic token
    Patent number: 8825780
    Abstract: The invention is a method of managing an application embedded in a secured electronic token. The token is intended to receive a message from a server machine. The message has a header and a body. The token comprises an agent able to manage the message. The method comprises the steps of: a) registering the application in the agent by associating a reference of the application with a value of an element of the message header, b) when the message is received from the server machine, forwarding part of the message to the application if the message header contains an element having the value associated to the reference of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Patrice Amiel, Xavier Berard, Frédéric Gallas
  • System enabling the contactless transfer of personal data
    Patent number: 8824962
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system enabling the contactless transfer of personal data from a mobile terminal including a first antenna coupled to a first chip cooperating with a first memory to a second memory cooperating with a second chip, with said second chip being coupled to a second antenna. According to the invention, the second memory is included in a passive radiofrequency transponder supplied by the electromagnetic field emitted by said first antenna during said transfer of personal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Jean-Yves Fine
  • COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROVIDING A PROCESSOR THE CAPABILITY OF EXECUTING AN APPLICATION DERIVED FROM A COMPILED FORM
    Publication number: 20140245272
    Abstract: An integrated circuit card is used with a terminal. The integrated circuit card includes a memory that stores an interpreter and an application that has a high level programming language format. A processor of the card is configured to use the interpreter to interpret the application for execution and to use a communicator of the card to communicate with the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Timothy J. Wilkinson, Scott B. Guthery, Ksheerabdhi Krishna, Michael A. Montgomery
  • Remote access to a mass memory and a security memory in a portable communicating object
    Patent number: 8819405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for remotely accessing a mass storage unit and a security storage unit in a portable communicating object. According to the invention, a terminal, such as a mobile device, which is associated with a portable communicating object, such as a multimedia smart card, includes an agent for facilitating access from a server to a mass storage unit capable of storing multimedia data and a security storage unit in the portable communicating object via a communication network. The agent establishes a single communication channel between the remote server and the terminal and processes data transmitted from one of the two elements including the server and one of the storage units of the portable communicating object to the agent so that the agent can transmit the data to the other of the two elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Frëdëric Martinent, Anthony Bord, Franck Mosse
  • Personal token having enhanced communication abilities for a hosted application
    Patent number: 8814051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a personal token for a mobile telecommunication network, hosting application software. The personal token is operable to receive an over-the-air SMS message encapsulating commands directed to the application, open the SMS and extract the commands from the SMS. The steps of opening the SMS and extracting the commands from the SMS are performed by a software entity in the personal token which is distinct from the application, so that the software entity initiates transmission of the extracted commands to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: François Millet, Sylvain Chafer, Jan Nemec
  • Token for communicating with a host device, corresponding communication system and method
    Patent number: 8819297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a token for communicating with a host device. The token includes an interface for communicating through at least one USB communication channel. The token is adapted to receive, through at least one USB communication channel, a command for requesting the token to specify at least one capability of the token, and send, through at least one USB communication channel, as a reply to the received command, a response for specifying that the token supports a USB device class for HID. The invention also relates to corresponding communication system and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: François Ennesser
  • Regulator of commands which are destined for a sensitive application
    Patent number: 8813256
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method and a software module making it possible to secure communications with a sensitive application, for which exchanges with the outside have been delegated to a so-called interfacing application. Accordingly, the present invention describes the application of security rules to all or some of the commands destined for this sensitive application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Patrice Amiel
  • METHOD FOR SELECTING A MOBILE TELEPHONY OPERATOR SO AS TO ALLOW A SUBSCRIBER, HAVING A MAIN SUBSCRIPTION, TO ENTER INTO A ROAMING SITUATION
    Publication number: 20140227996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for selecting a mobile telephony operator so as to allow a subscriber, having a main subscription, to enter into a roaming situation, wherein said subscriber is using a mobile terminal. According to the invention, the method involves: i) suggesting the name of at least one alternative operator network, capable of providing roaming service, to the subscriber having a main subscription, said suggestion being accompanied by an indication of the roaming rate charged by said alternative operator network; and ii) after the user selects an alternative operator network, sending an IMSI to the mobile terminal, which enables said user to be connected to the alternative operator network so as to benefit from the roaming rate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Edmond Tuilier, Jean-François Kuc, Bertrand Leroux
  • Bidirectional communication
    Patent number: 8804482
    Abstract: A two-way communication device has a master transmitter (SysM1, TRM1, SysM2, TRM2) connected to at least one slave transmitter (SysS1, TRS1, SysS2, TRS2) by an active connection wire. The master transmitter and the slave transmitter have a common reference (GND). The master transmitter can transmit a master signal (S1) to the slave transmitter and the slave transmitter can transmit a slave signal (S2) to the master transmitter. The master signal (S1) is a digital modulation in voltage. The slave signal (S2) is a digital modulation in current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Alain Rhelimi, Robert Leydier