Abstract: A smart card includes a plurality of application circuits that are each related to at least one application service securely contained within the card, each application circuit is energizable by an outside signal; a control unit making it possible to identify the energized application circuit and the related service and moreover to activate the service in response to activation authorization; and a biometric circuit for authenticating the user so as to generate the activation authorization.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2010
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2016
Assignee:
MEREAL BIOMETRICS
Inventors:
Patrick Partouche, Philippe Blot, Didier Mobetie