Patents Assigned to Oberthur Technologies
  • Patent number: 8523079
    Abstract: A document (10) comprises a multilayer structure (18) formed by at least two layers (20, 22, 34) assembled together and a near-field communication device (24) incorporated in the thickness of the structure (18). More particularly, the device (24) is in the form of a module (26) comprising a support (28) bearing a near-field communication antenna (30) and a microcircuit (32) and the module (26) comprises an embrittlement zone (46) capable of breaking during separation of the two layers (20, 22, 34) to cause destruction of the module (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventor: François Launay
  • Patent number: 8517278
    Abstract: The electronic module (18) for an electronic device (10) such as a microcircuit card, comprises a substrate (20) delimiting first (20A) and second (20B) opposite faces. More particularly, the module (18) comprises a light source (26) borne by the second face (20B) of the substrate (20) and capable of illuminating a visible part of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Loïc Le Garrec, Agnès Duval, Denis Vere
  • Patent number: 8505827
    Abstract: The microcircuit card (10) comprising a body (12) delimiting an edge (14) of the card (10). The body (12) incorporates a luminous means (16) capable of illuminating at least partially the edge (14) of the card (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Loïc Le Garrec, Denis Vere
  • Patent number: 8488327
    Abstract: A portable electronic device with a USB connector comprising a card body complying with chip card layout standards, with at least one elastic hinge going from one edge to another of the card body allowing a 180° folding, and a contour of the card body such that, in the closed folded state, a zone supporting a USB contact has the thickness and width of a standard male USB connector. Preferably the card body is an ISO 7816 standard card body, incorporating a corresponding connection contact, and it comprises two elastic hinges dividing the card body into a central portion and two lateral portions. The hinges may advantageously be positioned so as to incorporate an antenna and/or a magnetic strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventor: Laurent Garnier
  • Patent number: 8473751
    Abstract: A method for data cryptographic processing, that is implemented by an electronic entity and includes the conversion of input data (M?i?1), masked by an input mask (X), into output data, the conversion using a conversion table (S), and the method including the following steps: for at least one plurality of possible values (A) for the input mask (X), transferring the output value of the conversion table (S) corresponding to the masked input data (M?i?1) converted by the application of an unmasking operation using the possible value (A), into a table (T) at a position corresponding to a determined value (0) masked by the input mask (X) and converted by the application of an unmasking operation using the possible value (A); determining the output data using the value located in the table (T) at the position corresponding to the determined value (0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Matthieu Rivain, Emmanuel Prouff
  • Patent number: 8448869
    Abstract: A card comprises a body with a precut microcircuit card, characterized in that a token is also precut in the body of the card, adjacent to the microcircuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventor: William F. Rossiter
  • Patent number: 8453261
    Abstract: This microcircuit card includes means for detecting an attack on the card, command means (130) capable of charging a charge pump (120) capable of applying a programming voltage (UP) to command a write operation into a cell (110) of a nonvolatile memory when an attack is detected, and a capacitor (140) arranged so as to be supplied with power during normal operation and to supply said charge pump (120) with power only when an attack is detected. The card (100) being characterized in that said capacitor (140) also supplies power to the command means (130) when an attack is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Nicolas Morin, Christophe Giraud
  • Publication number: 20130130713
    Abstract: The process according to various aspects can be executed by a terminal for selecting an application executable at least in part by a secure module incorporated into the terminal, and may include a step for obtaining location information of the terminal, from a memory of the secure module, and a selection step of an application from the obtained location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventor: Oberthur Technologies
  • Patent number: 8439273
    Abstract: The contactless electronic device (12) comprising a near-field communication antenna (18), a microcircuit (20) connected to the antenna (18) and a magnetic shielding layer (24) arranged so as to extend substantially facing the antenna (18). The antenna (18) and the microcircuit (20) are combined into a module (26) and the device (12) comprises a body (16) comprising and open cavity (30) on one of its faces in which are housed the module and the shielding layer in such a way that the shielding layer closes off the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventor: François Launay
  • Patent number: 8430323
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes a first and second interfaces adapted to establish communication with an external electronic entity, an element for processing a secret value, that is adapted to react to reception of a message via either interface, and a control element adapted to update an indicator of use of the element for using a secret value via either interface, to apply a first inhibition to communication using the first interface as a function of the indicator, and to apply a second inhibition to communication using the second interface as a function of the indicator, wherein for at least one value of the indicator the second inhibition is different from the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies of America Corp.
    Inventor: Christophe Goyet
  • Patent number: 8424770
    Abstract: A device (200) for customizing a portable electronic entity (100), that includes: elements for storing a plurality of groups of customization data; elements (280) for communication with a non-rewritable memory (130) of the portable electronic entity, for receiving a first identifier (415) stored in the non-rewritable memory; elements for selecting at least one group of customization data according to the first identifier; and elements (240) for customizing the portable electronic entity according to each selected group of customization data. Preferably, the elements for storing a plurality of groups of customization data are designed so that each group of customization data is associated with a second identifier, the device includes elements for associating a second identifier with the first identifier, and the selection elements are designed in order to select at least one group of data according to the second identifier corresponding to the first identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Regis Mounier, Jean-Marc Louis
  • Patent number: 8412956
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes a processor (P), an input-output device (18) and a cryptographic device (14). The unit is directly connected by two-way data transmission (20) set up between the input-output device and the cryptographic device, the electronic unit being integrated in a microcircuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventor: Jean-Bernard Fischer
  • Publication number: 20130068844
    Abstract: A microcircuit card (2) and held within a carrier card (3) is generally shown as 1 in FIG. 1. The microcircuit card (2) is bounded on all edges except one edge (10a) which is free. The free edge (10a) is substantially in alignment with an edge (7) of a carrier card (3). The microcircuit card and carrier card are held together by connections (12), which can be broken to release the microcircuit card (20) so it can be used independently of the carrier card. The position of the microcircuit card allows it to be easily and cleanly removed from the carrier card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Olivier BOSQUET, Mickael Huet
  • Patent number: 8386791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a secure data processing method comprising the steps of generating (E204; E304) a first random value (A1); executing (E206; E306) a first cryptographic algorithm (FK) using the first random value (A1); generating (E208; E308) a second random value (A2); executing (E210; E310) a second cryptographic algorithm (FK; GK) using the second random value (A2); and generating a result (V) to verify that the first algorithm (FK) was properly executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Régis Bevan, Christophe Giraud, Hugues Thiebeauld De La Crouee
  • Patent number: 8378911
    Abstract: An electronic entity (2) includes an electronic circuit (4) having connected thereto an antenna. The antenna includes a loop (6) electrically connected to the electronic circuit (4) and a resonator (8) coupled with the loop (6). The resonator (8) can be capacitively coupled to the loop. The resonator can be formed from a turn facing the loop (6) over at least a portion of its perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Yves Eray, Guy Enouf
  • Patent number: 8333320
    Abstract: The document includes a support (10) provided with at least one first (12) and second (14) parts that can move relative to one another, the support including an electronic microcircuit (3) and contactless coupling members (2) electrically connected to the electronic microcircuit (3), and capable of being coupled to an external reading station (5) for establishing a contactless communications with the latter (5). The support also includes detecting elements (20) capable of detecting the relative proximity of the first and second parts independent of the contactless coupling members (2), and securing elements (30) connected to the detecting elements (20) and capable of inhibiting and/or authorizing the activation of the contactless communication according to the relative proximity of the first and second parts thus detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Huot, Francis Chamberot
  • Patent number: 8335523
    Abstract: An electronic entity and a microcircuit card that obtains an orientation of the electronic entity, sends a request containing information on the orientation, receives information relating to a positional entity linked to both a geographical position of the electronic entity and the orientation, and provides a user with information relating to the positional entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventor: Lorenzo Stranges
  • Patent number: 8327036
    Abstract: The method includes in placing an instruction presence parameter in the “argument” field of a binary word defining a read/write command generated by generic management programs (drivers) for removable data storage units. This makes it possible to circumvent the limitation of the set of the commands authorized by a generic program for managing a removable data storage unit, without running the risk of data being interpreted wrongly as instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Olivier Chamley, Stéphane Andreau
  • Patent number: 8311212
    Abstract: A data processing method comprises the following steps: determining a first result data word from a first input data word and a first secret data word; obtaining a first compressed data word from the first result data word or the first input data word using a compression algorithm; determining a second result data word from a second input data word and a second secret data word; obtaining a second compressed data word from the second result data word using the compression algorithm; comparing the first compressed data word and the second compressed data word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Christophe Giraud, Hugues Thiebeauld de la Crouee
  • Patent number: 8306222
    Abstract: A removable secure portable electronic entity includes elements for receiving a broadcast digital content, elements for sending the received broadcast digital content, secure elements for deferred retransmission of the received digital content adapted to prohibit reproduction of the received digital content prior to sending it and to instigate the deferred sending of the received digital content by the sending elements, the elements being adapted to operate in parallel mode or in quasi-parallel mode. In variants, the secure deferred retransmission elements include a unit for storing the received digital content, for example a non-volatile memory. In variants, the secure deferred retransmission elements include members for authentication of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventor: Marc Bertin