Abstract: A method is provided for testing a card body with a metallic core layer for a contactless or dual-interface chip card, and a method is provided for manufacturing a contactless or dual-interface chip card. The method involves testing the functionality of the card body before the chip module employed for testing, or a corresponding chip module, is fixed into the cavity of the card body. A card body having impurities, a partial closure or full closure in the slot of its metallic core layer fails the test and is not used at all for fixing the chip module and for the subsequent manufacturing steps.

Abstract: An OTA Edge system, constructed to: (1) receive polling requests, dedicated to an OTA Core system, from one or several mobile end de-vices; wherein an offload filter implemented in the OTA Edge system and constructed to: (2) accept polling requests from mobile end devices for which contents are present on the OTA Core system, and (2?) reject polling re-quests from mobile end devices for which no contents are present on the OTA Core system.

Abstract: A method for authenticating a mobile device of a user versus a third-party such that instead of a mobile phone number MSISDN of the mobile device, a Universal Unique User Identifier, U3I, assigned to the mobile device is used, in combination with a secure routing service server constructed to communicate with a third-party server and with an MNO server. The secure routing service server and the MNO server interact to translate the Universal Unique User Identifier, U3I, to the mobile phone number MSISDN so as to enable sending the token to the mobile device.

Abstract: A method is for processing sheet material, in particular value papers, such as banknotes, checks, etc., in which different groups of sheet material are processed one after the other. The different groups of sheet material are separated for processing. In the processing of different groups of sheets materials, which are separated from one another by separation cards arranged respectively at the beginning of the different groups of sheet material, a first processing, in which separation cards and unrecognized sheet material are sorted out, should be followed by a second processing of the sorted-out separation cards and of the unrecognized sheet material, in which separation cards to which no unrecognized sheet material is assigned are sorted out.

Abstract: A method for managing subscription profiles of a security element, which is provided for use in a mobile end device and on which a profile manager and at least one first subscription profile is loaded, includes: loading a second subscription profile from a subscription management server; checking whether the at least one first loaded subscription profile satisfies a predetermined condition; and putting the at least one first subscription profile out of operation when the at least one first subscription profile satisfies the predetermined condition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing subscription profiles to a subscriber identity module, preferably an eUICC, by means of a subscription server, preferably an SM-DP, wherein: the subscription server has knowledge of a first subscription profile, which is installed in the subscriber identity module, has a first profile file structure and first profile data stored in the first profile file structure; and at least a portion of a second profile file structure of a second subscription profile is flagged in the subscription server and the second subscription profile is sent to the subscriber identity module, the flagged portion of the second subscription profile being sent without second profile data. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding method in a subscriber identity module, a subscriber identity module, a subscription server and a computer program product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a smart card, which includes: a card body, having an accommodating recess extending along its own thickness direction of the card body; a decorative part, at least part of the decorative part being embedded in the accommodating recess; in which the decorative part includes a base layer and decorative pieces, more than two decorative pieces are arranged on the base layer, the base layer is connected to the card body, the decorative pieces correspond to the accommodating recess along the thickness direction and are exposed to an external environment. The smart card of the invention can improve the stereoscopic sense, individuation and noble sense of the smart card by arranging the decorative parts with decorative pieces on the card body.

Abstract: A microprocessor device comprising an implementation of a cryptographic operation constructed to process parameters and generate an output, wherein at least some of the parameters are obfuscated such that the cryptographic operation processes the obfuscated parameters, wherein the parameters which are obfuscated are obfuscated in that they are encrypted according to an additive homomorphic cryptographic system.

Abstract: A chip card configured as a metal card is RFID-capable on both sides, by the windings of the transponder coil being formed by the metal layer itself. Gaps between the windings of the transponder coil are filled with insulating material. A chip module is arranged above the ends of the transponder coil such that these ends are not visible for the viewer.

Abstract: A method for managing partly and/or incompletely loaded subscription data is provided for a mobile device and/or another device. A communication connection is established between the mobile device and the other device. Then, it is ascertained whether the partly and/or incompletely loaded subscription data is available on the other device, and a managing action is carried out on the partly and/or incompletely loaded subscription data.

Abstract: A chip set for a terminal comprises at least one secure processor, in which a one-time programmable memory is integrated. At least one terminal serial number of the terminal is stored in the chip set. Information for securing the terminal serial number against tampering is stored in the one-time programmable memory.

Abstract: A method for testing a value document having a luminescence feature involves guiding the value document past a test sensor in a transport direction. A scanning sequence occurs that repeats itself multiple times upon guiding the value document past the test sensor. The method involves irradiating a test region of the test sensor such that the test radiation is arranged to be remitted by the value document at least partially in a detection spectral range of the test sensor. Excitation radiation is arranged to cause an emission radiation of the luminescence feature in the detection spectral range. The method further involves scanning at least one location-dependent remission spectral value in the test region in the first irradiation phase, irradiating the test region only with the excitation radiation in a second irradiation phase, and scanning at least one location-dependent emission spectral value in the test region after the first irradiation phase.

Abstract: An arrangement for processing of value documents at a preparation station, prior to their processing by means of a value document processing apparatus, involves inserting the value documents into a container divided into several storage regions. The value documents of the respective deposit are removed at the preparation station from delivery containers which respectively include a unique deposit identification. A monitoring device automatically captures into which storage region of the value document container the value documents are inserted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a sensor, a sensor unit and a bank-note processing machine for checking the completeness and/or authenticity of value documents. A value document comprises at least one machine-readable feature substance in at the least two locations. According to the method, the value document is excited at least locally at measuring locations. Furthermore, a feature intensity with respect to the machine-readable feature substance is captured location-resolved at several different locations of the value document. The location-based feature intensities are classified location-based with the help of a threshold value. Furthermore, location-based limits of a location distribution to be expected of the machine-readable feature substance are determined. Finally, a location-based distribution of the classified feature intensities is assessed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optically variable security element, so that for a viewer of the security element, a first color impression is created through the combination of at least the color effects of a first embossing lacquer layer and the coating, and a second, different color impression is created through the combination of the color effects of at least the first embossing lacquer layer, a second embossing lacquer layer and a coating.

Abstract: A method for producing pigments comprises the steps of creating a first layer on a substrate, structuring the first layer and detaching the pigments from the substrate. In the present case, the first layer is a crack-forming layer, so that the first layer is structured by the arising of cracks. Prior to detaching the pigments, a pigment layer is applied onto the first layer structured by the cracks.

Abstract: A secure element of a mobile device receives a first authentication token, which may have an encrypted portion and a non-encrypted portion, from a network gateway device to which the mobile device is connected. The secure element determines whether the first authentication token is valid based on a sequence number included in the first authentication token. If the secure element determines that the first authentication token is valid, the secure element generates a second authentication token that indicates a result of an authentication operation performed by the secure element. The second authentication token is sent to the network gateway device. The secure element derives a pre-shared key using a key derivation function, where the pre-shared key is usable to establish a secure communication channel with the network gateway device.

Abstract: A method and a sensor for checking documents are provided in which the same detector is used for a remission measurement and a luminescence measurement of the value document. The remission measurement value being detected during the illumination of the value document with an excitation light used for luminescence excitation, and the luminescence measurement value after switching off the illumination. In order to reduce a distortion of the remission measurement value by the luminescence, a spectral detection filter is incorporated into the detection ray path, which has a transmission of at least 0.5% in the spectral region of the excitation light. The increased transmission of the spectral detection filter achieves that the excitation intensity impinging on the detector far exceeds the luminescence intensity occurring simultaneously with the excitation and thus reduces the mentioned distortion.