Patents Assigned to GEMALTO
  • Patent number: 8477933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for securing the execution of a cryptographic algorithm A against fault attacks. Given a cryptographic key KO and a message M, the cryptographic algorithm A is set to compute a value A(KO,M). Given a relationship R between A(KO,M) and A(f(K0),g(M)), where f and g are two bijections, and where f is different from the identity function, the method comprises: a. computing the expected result A(KO,M) of the cryptographic algorithm b. computing a modified result A(f(K0),g(M)), by applying the cryptographic algorithm A on a modified key f(K0) and on a message g(M), c. checking whether the relationship R between the values A(KO,M) and A(f(K0),g(M)) computed in the two preceding steps is verified d. detecting an attack if the relationship R is not verified. The invention also relates to a cryptographic device embodying the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: David Vigilant, Stéphanie Salgado
  • Patent number: 8479011
    Abstract: A method and system for providing authentication of a user to a first peripheral device connected to a host computer using an authentication of the user on a second peripheral device, thereby allowing the user access to both devices through a single authentication. A security function on the second peripheral device is used to create an authorization phrase. Subsequent accesses to the first peripheral device requires the second peripheral device to re-create the same authorization phrase thereby demonstrating that the same second peripheral device is being used to access the first peripheral device and that a user was successfully authenticated to the second peripheral device. Other systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Asad Mahboob Ali, Bart John Bombay, Ashish Malpani
  • Patent number: 8477668
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the transmission using the half-duplex mode of a data signal from a first transmission/reception device to a second transmission/reception device, called the remote device, comprising a logical coding step in which at least two distinct transmission times are associated with two respective statuses of the data signal to transmit. The method is characterized in that it comprises the generation by the first device of a signal (10, 11) comprising, for the transmission of a status of the signal, more or less exclusively a plateau at a first voltage level for the time defined as the transmission time associated with the status to transmit and a falling edge, to the exclusion of any rising edge, the transmission of a data signal status from the second device to the first device comprising the generation of a signal (20, 21) by the second device comprising more or less exclusively a plateau at a second voltage level and a rising edge, to the exclusion of any falling edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Alain Rhelimi
  • Publication number: 20130166902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for personalizing an electronic device using an encryption device adaptable to standard certified apparatuses. The encryption device makes it possible to ensure the confidentiality of the transfer of a secret code from the user to a possible personalization server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Pierre Girard, Hamid Choukri
  • Publication number: 20130153667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a device comprising a transponder antenna, wherein the method comprises the steps of: making an assembly including a thin substrate carrying at least one antenna, the antenna having connection end portions bearing on the substrate at substrates locations. The substrate forms or includes a sheet- or strip-like adhesive body in contact with the antenna. The invention also relates to the resulting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Christophe Bousquet, Jean-Francois Martinent, Laurence Robles, Francois Roussel
  • Publication number: 20130148309
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a multi-component device, including the following steps, creating a module having a multilayer structure comprising electrical/electronic components arranged on at least one substrate in stacked layers, the components each having a main surface exposed to the outside, wherein the components are arranged such that the respective main surfaces thereof are oriented in mutually opposite directions. The invention also relates to the corresponding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Fidalgo, Joseph Leibenguth
  • Patent number: 8464328
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method enabling a server manager to prove subsequently that the server was authorized to read a user's personal data in a terminal station (ST), comprising: transmitting server policy data (PS) to the station; comparing the server policy data with private policy data (PP) pre-stored in the station; determining a signature (SGST) of server policy data received in the station; and transmitting the signature with the personal data (DP) read in the station to the server when the compared policy data (PS, PP) are compatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Giraud, Pierre Girard
  • Publication number: 20130135100
    Abstract: A method of detecting an abnormal environmental operating condition of an element embedded in an apparatus. The element is able to communicate with a telecommunications network. The method includes cyclically measuring at least one environmental operating parameter of the element, detecting that the element is operating for an excessive duration in at least one reference operating span, and transmitting an alert message to the telecommunications network if the element has operated for an excessive duration in the reference operating span.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventor: Frédéric Faure
  • Patent number: 8448853
    Abstract: A data medium has at least first and second parts joined together, each having an outer face turned towards the outside and a hidden inner face. At least one of the first and second parts bears, at a certain distance from the outer faces, hidden markings corresponding to personalization data. This first part and preferably the second part of the medium are, at least locally, opaque with respect to through-transmission of laser radiation liable to modify the hidden markings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Lesur
  • Patent number: 8447906
    Abstract: The invention is a portable electronic device comprising a non volatile memory and a memory controller. The portable electronic device comprises a connector having eight pads able to communicate using a protocol of Secure Digital® type. The connector comprises at least one additional pad intended to be linked to an antenna. The additional pad is able to communicate using a protocol of SWP type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Francois-Xavier Marseille, Michel Thill
  • Publication number: 20130122870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing a voice mailbox on a voice mailbox server comprising the steps of getting (S_GET_VOICE_MSG) voice mail data (VOICE_MSG), getting (S_GET_SNDR_ID) a Sender Identification (SNDR_ID), and getting (S_GET_INFO_CALL) at least one characterizing information about the call (INFO_CALL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Prasanna Hegde, Chan Keng Kun, Michael Jim Tien Chan
  • Patent number: 8441830
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a stack of memory circuits, wherein the method includes the step of testing the validity of at least two memory circuits. According to the invention, the method includes the phase of configuring each memory circuit, the configuration phase including the step of writing, within a configuration device of each memory circuit included in the stack, a piece of information on an identifier allocated to the memory circuit in the stack, and a piece of information on the results of the validity test of the memory circuit. The invention also relates to a method for addressing a memory circuit, to a stack of memory circuits, and to an electronic device including such a stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Pierre Gravez, Michel Thill
  • Patent number: 8439261
    Abstract: A method for producing a portable electronic object having contact pads arranged on a plane with a thickness which differs from the thickness of a standard smartcard. The object is electrically connected to data transfer station connectors, by delivering a data transfer station having an electric probe connector and submitting the object to the data transfer station in such a way that the contact pads thereof are accessible to the electric probes in a direction perpendicular to the plane. Objects obtainable include UBS keys or PCMCIA cards or readers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Pierre-André Collet, Thierry Karlisch, François Moutel
  • Publication number: 20130115942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for loading a list of preferred networks into a secure element contained in a mobile terminal. The loading is accomplished when the secure element detects that it is in a roaming condition within a telecommunication network. The method consists of: i) asking (12) for an IP channel to be opened between the telecommunication network and the secure element, the request for opening originating with the secure element; ii) requesting (13) the loading of the list of preferred networks; iii) uploading (14) via the IP channel the list of preferred networks into the secure element; and iv) transmitting (16) a request by the secure element to the mobile terminal to use one of said preferred networks in said list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Jean-François Kuc, Lionel Merrien
  • Publication number: 20130117861
    Abstract: A system allows the display of a private file on a screen of a telecommunications terminal. This system includes a first and a second Internet site. In the first Internet site, a first image contains a coded link to an address of a file of the second Internet site. The private file is stored in encrypted form in the meta data of the file in the second Internet site. A program recognizes the coded link and searches the meta data of the file whose Internet address corresponds to the coded link for authorization of a person connected to the first Internet site to view the private file. The program downloads the private file of the second Internet site via a remote protocol from the telecommunications terminal if viewing is authorized, to display the private file on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Jean-Daniel Aussel, Michel Beziat, Christian Cudonnec
  • Patent number: 8438198
    Abstract: The invention concerns an integrated circuit device including first and second memories, the two memories comprising files organized in respective tree structures. The invention is characterized in that one of the memories includes an indication of a path to at least one file in the tree structure of the other memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Gambin
  • Patent number: 8434137
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a network device (NSC), a host computer (HOST) and a remote server remote (SRV). The host computer (HOST) and the network device (NSC) server are connectable through a network. The host computer (HOST) and the remote server (SRV) are connectable through the Internet. The smart network device (NSC) comprises a web server accessible from the host computer (HOST). The network device (NSC) is set to store a user's authentication credential. The host computer (HOST) is set to display a web page produced by the remote server (SRV) to the user. The remote server (SRV) is set to include a login link in said web page, the login link pointing to said web server. The web server is set to display a login page to the user on the host computer (HOST) when the user clicks on said login link, in order to authenticate the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: HongQian Karen Lu
  • Patent number: 8430322
    Abstract: A smart card is constituted by a card body made of a first material that is integral with a support made of a second material. The body is overmoulded on the surface of the support such that the card is made integral therewith by local bonding of the first and second materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Gilles Dhers
  • Patent number: 8432601
    Abstract: An electrochromic display module employing a unique combination of architecture and electrochromic composition to provide an extended life to the module. The architecture may involve the use of an extended seal about a perimeter of a display portion where the composition is located. In this manner, the rate of solvent leakage from the composition may be substantially reduced. Additionally, the electrochromic composition itself may make use of particular low volatility solvents and constituent combinations so as to discourage the amount particle generation therein. Ultimately, an electrochromic display module having a useful life of more than about 3 years may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto, S.A.
    Inventors: Steven Paul Webb, Dennis Brestovansky, Craig Richard Berry, John Russell Kingery
  • Patent number: 8429813
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrical device that is electrically and mechanically connectable to another electrical device is presented. The electrical device includes a face equipped with contact pads. The method includes applying an adhesive layer on the face equipped with contact pads. The adhesive layer is composed of a substance with adhesive properties. The method further includes creating a plurality of openings through the adhesive layer over each contact pad, and growing, electrolessly or electrochemically, small metal sticks in the areas where the openings have been created to form a plurality of conductive paths over each contact pad, the volume of which is defined by the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Beatrice Bonvalot