Patents Assigned to GEMALTO
  • Personal token having enhanced abilities for delivering HTML data
    Patent number: 8381235
    Abstract: The invention relates to a personal token storing a javacard application code lying over an area of the memory of the personal token, the personal token being able to run such javacard application so as to deliver HTML page data to an external device for the external device to display an HTML page on the basis of the such delivered HTML page data, said personal token further storing data to be used as a constructing part of the HTML page, characterized in that the data to be used as a contributing part of the HTML page are in at least one file which is separate from the memory area over which the Javacard application code is lying, and the personal token is programmed for opening the at least one file storing the contributing part of the HTML page when such data are requested for delivering said HTML page data to said external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Sylvain Chafer, Franck Dehlinger, Laurent Castillo
  • Asset tracking with error adaptive boundary
    Patent number: 8378815
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking assets from central stations using tracking devices enabled to receive GPS coordinates or site identities broadcast from transmitters at fixed locations within a wireless network. Plural position fixes are taken over time and forwarded to the central station. The position fixes are compared to establish a likelihood that apparent excursions from a predetermined boundary area are valid or not, prior to generating an alert signal that the asset has moved from the boundary area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: John E. McNulty, Gregory M. Jones
  • TOKEN FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A HOST DEVICE, CORRESPONDING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130042025
    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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventor: François Ennesser
  • Detection of a fault by long disturbance
    Patent number: 8375253
    Abstract: A method for detecting faults by perturbations during execution of a computerized code in an electronic device. The computer code includes a sensitive process. The method includes a step of executing a redundant procedure of the sensitive process and a step of inserting a delay between the sensitive process and the redundant procedure. A trapping procedure is executed during the delay. The trapping procedure is sensitive to perturbations and supplies, in the absence of perturbation, a predictable result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Olivier Benoit
  • Method for producing a device comprising a transponder antenna connected to contact pads in which soldering energy is applied directly to contact pads
    Patent number: 8359729
    Abstract: A method for producing a device having a transponder antenna connected to contact pads. An antenna with terminal connections is provided in contact with a substrate. The contact pads are placed on the substrate and connected to the terminal sections of the antenna. The connection is produced by means of a soldering by introducing energy between the pads and the terminal sections. The pads are placed such as to provide a surface facing an antenna terminal connection section. The section is arranged on the substrate and the soldering energy is directly applied to the pads. The invention also relates to the device obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Jean-François Martinent, Laurence Robles, François Roussel
  • Customised multi-layer card comprising fracture initiation scores and method of producing one such card
    Patent number: 8356841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a customized multi-layer support which takes the general form of a card, such as an identification card. The support includes a card body, the upper face of which is provided with externally-visible personal information; and a film which is at least partially transparent and which is fixed to the upper face of the card body. The support has boundary lines which define the areas of the aforementioned film with reduced or increased mechanical strength. The invention also relates to a method of producing one such customized support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Lesur
  • Contactless battery charging device and process
    Patent number: 8358104
    Abstract: To recharge the battery of a portable object communicating with a reader establishing communication over a modulated electromagneticfield, a recharging process is proposed. The portable object sends at least one waiting message to the reader. The said waiting message tells the reader a waiting time WTXM before the next message. The portable object uses energy from the electromagnetic field to recharge its battery during the waiting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Gregory Capomaggio
  • JCVM BYTECODE EXECUTION PROTECTION AGAINST FAULT ATTACKS
    Publication number: 20130014256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computing device comprising means to store and execute bytecodes, the computing device storing bytecodes which comprise a bytecode for calling a method. An attack detection bytecode is present after the bytecode for calling the method, and when executing bytecode, the computing device is set, upon return from the method, to continue bytecode execution after the attack detection bytecode. The invention also relates to a procedure for generating secure bytecode and to an applet development tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventor: Milan Krizenecky
  • MOBILE DEVICE WITH INDEPENDENT BATTERY AND RADIOFREQUENCY COMMUNICATION INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20130010666
    Abstract: The invention is aimed at optimising the life of the power supply of mobile equipment with a radiofrequency communication interface by switching off the power to it when it reaches a given state. A mobile device (102) has a battery (206), a radiofrequency circuit (201) allowing the mobile device (102) to exchange information with a host device (101). The mobile device (102) comprises an electronic switch (202) connected between the battery (206) and at least the radiofrequency circuit (201), where the switch makes it possible to supply power or not to the radiofrequency circuit. A power control circuit (203) is capable of controlling the electronic switch (202) so that it ceases to power the radiofrequency circuit as soon a break in communication is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Michel Thill, Pierre Gravez, Matthieu Antoine
  • METHOD FOR ACCESSING AT LEAST ONE SERVICE AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130005402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method 20 for accessing at least one service. A host device 14 is coupled to a chip 16. The chip stores data relating to at least one test SIM type application and/or data relating to at least one SIM type application. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps. The host device sends to the chip a command 24 for switching from a first application to a second application. The first application is either a test SIM type application or a SIM type application. The second application is either a SIM type application or a test SIM type application. And the chip carries out an activation of the second application and a de-activation of the first application. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for accessing at least one service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventor: Paul BRADLEY
  • PROCESS TO SECURE A PERSONAL PORTABLE OBJECT
    Publication number: 20130004015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to make secure a personal portable object comprising a body of the personal portable object, a microchip, a printed image and a device to enable said personal portable object to communicate with an entity external to the device. The process includes using an image file and an insertion algorithm to generate an image feature vector Vsi(num), storing the image feature vector Vsi(num) in the microchip, using the printed image obtained by a scanning device to generate an image feature vector Vsi(dig), and using a read-back algorithm to match the image feature vector Vsi(num) and the image feature vector Vsi(dig).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Nathalie Launay, Fabrice Perion, Joseph Leibenguth, Frederic Ros
  • Method for optimized reading of certificates having radiofrequency transponders, set of suitable certificates and document containing the same
    Patent number: 8342417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reading electronic certificates positioned in a document, each certificate comprising a support bearing an antenna linked to a microcircuit. The document has sheets of a determined format articulated around a hinge. The antennas are dimensioned to a format less than that of a half-sheet. The certificates are arranged at most in pairs on a sheet so that the antennas are spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the sheet. The invention also relates to a set of certificates and the document containing the certificates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Caruana
  • Multi-function peripheral device, corresponding method and electronic system having a peripheral and a host communicating via a single interface
    Patent number: 8346991
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic system having at least one host processing electronic device and at least one peripheral electronic device. The peripheral electronic device performs at least two functions. The host processing electronic device and the peripheral electronic device are interconnected via at least one interface. The host processing electronic device and the peripheral electronic device communicate via a single, common, “multi-function” interface, so that the host processing electronic device and the peripheral electronic device exchange at least one item of data relative to each of the two functions via the multi-function interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Jean Lusetti, Nathalie Guille
  • Method and system for obtaining a PIN validation signal in a data processing unit
    Patent number: 8347105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a PIN validation signal in a data processing unit, the method including the steps of receiving a PIN in the data processing unit, submitting it to a first portable object for verifying it and obtaining a validation signal. The method further includes the steps of catching or receiving an entered PIN directly in said first portable object for verifying it; transmitting a fake PIN to the data processing unit, the fake PIN being seen by the data processing unit as a PIN to submit to the first portable object for verifying it, and returning a validation signal in case the entered PIN is verified successfully in the first portable object. The invention relates also to corresponding system and secure portable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Olivier Joffray
  • Method and device to use a mobile terminal with a new subscription
    Patent number: 8345640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device to use a locked mobile terminal with a new subscription. This method is based on presentation of several IMSI and detection of an IMSI with valid MCC and/or MNC code replaced by another IMSI so that the end-user can use his new SIM card with the locked mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Paul Bradley
  • Method of managing an application embedded in a telecom device
    Patent number: 8335537
    Abstract: The invention is a method of managing an application embedded in a telecom device. The telecom device comprises a SIM card and a Push Registry as defined by the Mobile Information Device Profile® specifications. The application is intended to be registered in the Push Registry by defining a specific inbound connection associated to the application. The SIM card requires a local connection on the specific inbound connection for activating the application and for establishing a local communication channel between the SIM card and the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Didier Hugot, Christophe Foesser
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING A PUBLIC SIP ADDRESS ASSOCIATED WITH A PRIVATE IDENTITY ON AN IMS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120317250
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a permanent public SIP address associated with a private identity on an IMS network. According to the invention, the method consists of applying, to the private identity, a one-to-one, non-reversible and collision-free function in order to obtain the permanent public SIP address. The invention enables the ISIM of an end point to be directly addressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventor: Jean-Yves Fine
  • METHOD OF ANALYZING THE WEAR OF A NON VOLATILE MEMORY EMBEDDED IN A SECURE ELECTRONIC TOKEN
    Publication number: 20120317318
    Abstract: The invention is a method of analyzing the wear of a non volatile memory embedded in a secure electronic token. A set of events are intended to generate writing and/or erasing operations in said memory. The token comprises a buffer. The method comprises the following steps: each time an event belonging to said set occurs, generating a data which reflects the event and storing said data in the buffer, sending the buffer to a remote machine, analyzing the buffer to determine the wear of the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: GEMALTO SA
    Inventors: Frédéric Dao, Thierry Sylvestre, Frédéric Faure
  • Method to manufacture a silicon wafer electronic component protected against the attacks and such a component
    Patent number: 8330261
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to manufacturing a wafer. The method includes manufacturing a wafer that includes a front side and a back side, thinning the wafer down to a thickness suitable for an intended operation of the wafer, polarizing the substrate wafer from the back side, and cutting the wafer. The wafer is polarized such that an attempt to thin the wafer from the backside results in at least one selected from a group consisting of destruction of the wafer and damage to the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventor: Michel Thill
  • Secure sharing of resources between applications in independent execution environments in a retrievable token (e.g. smart card)
    Patent number: 8321923
    Abstract: The invention relates to an authentication and/or rights containing retrievable token such as an IC card comprising at least one physical channel of communication to at least one apparatus and at least two logical channels of communication with said at least one apparatus wherein each logical channel of communication is associated with a different execution environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Ilan Mahalal, Alain Rhelimi