Patents by Inventor Paul Hubmer
Paul Hubmer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10044512Abstract: Reader (420) for determining the validity of a connection to a transponder (440), designed to measure a response time of a transponder (440) and to authenticate the transponder (440) in two separate steps. Transponder (440) for determining the validity of a connection to a reader (420), wherein the transponder (440) is designed to provide information for response time measurement to said reader (420) and to provide information for authentication to said reader (420) in two separate steps, wherein at least a part of data used for the authentication is included in a communication message transmitted between the reader (420) and the transponder (440) during the measuring of the response time.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Peter Thueringer, Hans De Jong, Bruce Murray, Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer, Susanne Stern
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Patent number: 9832018Abstract: A method for generating a public key for an electronic device is provided, wherein the method comprises generating a public key 103 based on a private key and a unique identifier associated with the electronic device 200.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer
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Patent number: 9438429Abstract: An authentication method (100) for a secure data transmission is provided, the method comprising performing a first authentication protocol (101) by using a first cipher and performing a second authentication protocol (102) by using a second cipher. Possible inputs for the first authentication protocol (101) may be one shared key or several keys, and one or two random numbers.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer, Peter Thueringer
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Patent number: 9418249Abstract: Transponder (180) having stored a fixed identification number, which expands said identification number with a random number, encrypts said expanded number with a key, and sends it to a reader (160) on its request. Reader (160), which on request receives an encrypted number from a transponder (180), decrypts a received encrypted number with a key, which was also used by the transponder (180), and extracts a fixed identification number associated with the transponder (180).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Peter Thueringer, Hans De Jong, Bruce Murray, Heike B. Neumann, Paul Hubmer, Susanne Stern
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Patent number: 9384440Abstract: Transponder (104), comprising a storage unit (106) having stored a number of different applications, a processing unit (108) which, on request of a reader (102), is adapted to generate a response interpretable using an encryption scheme known by both the transponder (104) and the reader (102) so that the reader (102) is capable of determining whether an application is supported by the transponder (104) by analyzing the response using the encryption scheme, and a transmission unit (110) adapted to send the response to said reader (102).Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Susanne Stern, Paul Hubmer, Peter Thueringer, Bruce Murray, Heike Neumann, Hans De Jong
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Publication number: 20150163059Abstract: A method for generating a public key for an electronic device is provided, wherein the method comprises generating a public key 103 based on a private key and a unique identifier associated with the electronic device 200.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer
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Patent number: 8958563Abstract: A method for generating a public key for an electronic device is provided, wherein the method comprises generating a public key 103 based on a private key and a unique identifier associated with the electronic device 200.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer
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Patent number: 8441534Abstract: An electronic article surveillance system (1) comprises a read/write station (2; 217, 218, 220-224) that is designed to communicate an electronic article surveillance status test-request command comprising zone information that indicates an electronic article surveillance zone for which an electronic article surveillance status that is assigned to said zone is to be tested, and further comprises a data carrier (3; 31-35) having a circuit (11) that is designed to store status data (SD) for indicating whether an electronic article surveillance status is active and to store zone data (ZD) for specifying at least one electronic article surveillance zone to which the electronic article status is assigned, the data carrier (3; 31-35) being further designed to test whether said stored status is active for the electronic article surveillance zone to which it is assigned in the case that this zone is indicated by the zone information provided by the read/write station (2; 217, 218, 220-224).Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Paul Hubmer, Christian Schwar
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Publication number: 20110078549Abstract: Reader (420) for determining the validity of a connection to a transponder (440), designed to measure a response time of a transponder (440) and to authenticate the transponder (440) in two separate steps. Transponder (440) for determining the validity of a connection to a reader (420), wherein the transponder (440) is designed to provide information for response time measurement to said reader (420) and to provide information for authentication to said reader (420) in two separate steps, wherein at least a part of data used for the authentication is included in a communication message transmitted between the reader (420) and the transponder (440) during the measuring of the response time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2008Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Peter Thueringer, Hans De Jong, Bruce Murray, Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer, Susanne Stern
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Publication number: 20110068905Abstract: Transponder (104), comprising a storage unit (106) having stored a number of different applications, a processing unit (108) which, on request of a reader (102), is adapted to generate a response interpretable using an encryption scheme known by both the transponder (104) and the reader (102) so that the reader (102) is capable of determining whether an application is supported by the transponder (104) by analyzing the response using the encryption scheme, and a transmission unit (110) adapted to send the response to said reader (102).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Susanne Stern, Paul Hubmer, Peter Thueringer, Bruce Murray, Heike Neumann, Hans De Jong
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Publication number: 20100172503Abstract: A method for generating a public key for an electronic device is provided, wherein the method comprises generating a public key 103 based on a private key and a unique identifier associated with the electronic device 200.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer
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Publication number: 20100158246Abstract: An authentication method (100) for a secure data transmission is provided, the method comprising performing a first authentication protocol (101) by using a first cipher and performing a second authentication protocol (102) by using a second cipher. Possible inputs for the first authentication protocol (101) may be one shared key or several keys, and one or two random numbers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer, Peter Thuernger
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Patent number: 7570168Abstract: An antenna (1) for communication with a multitude of transponders (6a . . . 6c) is provided, the antenna (1) having an antenna conductor (2) which completely encloses at least one read/write region (4c) intended for a transponder (6c) individually and/or, when a multitude of read/write regions (4a, 4b) are arranged within a continuous inner region (3) enclosed by the antenna conductor (2), the inner region (3) has constrictions (5a) between the read/write regions (4a, 4b) so that the antenna conductor (2) largely encloses these read/write regions (4a, 4b) individually. The electromagnetic field radiated by the antenna (1) is thereby concentrated on the read/write regions (4a . . . 4c).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2005Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Paul Hubmer, Christian Schwar
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Publication number: 20080204554Abstract: An electronic article surveillance system (1) comprises a read/write station (2; 217, 218, 220-224) that is designed to communicate an electronic article surveillance status test-request command comprising zone information that indicates an electronic article surveillance zone for which an electronic article surveillance status that is assigned to said zone is to be tested, and further comprises a data carrier (3; 31-35) having a circuit (11) that is designed to store status data (SD) for indicating whether an electronic article surveillance status is active and to store zone data (ZD) for specifying at least one electronic article surveillance zone to which the electronic article status is assigned, the data carrier (3; 31-35) being further designed to test whether said stored status is active for the electronic article surveillance zone to which it is assigned in the case that this zone is indicated by the zone information provided by the read/write station (2; 217, 218, 220-224).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2006Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Paul Hubmer, Christian Schwar
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Publication number: 20080169985Abstract: An antenna (1) for communication with a multitude of transponder % (6a . . . 6c) is provided, the antenna (1) having an antenna conductor (2) which completely encloses at least one read/write region (4c) intended for a transponder (6c) individually and/or, when a multitude of read/write regions (4a, 4b) are arranged within a continuous inner region (3) enclosed by the antenna conductor (2), the inner region (3) has constrictions (5a) between the read/write regions (4a, 4b) so that the antenna conductor (2) largely encloses these read/write regions (4a, 4b) individually. The electromagnetic field radiated by the antenna (1) is thereby concentrated on the read/write regions (4a . . . 4c).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2005Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Paul Hubmer, Christian Schwar
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Publication number: 20080149730Abstract: In the case of a module (1) for a data carrier (11) designed for contactless communication, the module (1) has a chip (3) with at least two pairs (20, 21) of chip connection contacts (4, 5, 6, 7) and with at least two pairs (22, 23) of module connecting plates (24, 25, 26, 27), wherein in a starting position, the shapes of the plate surfaces of the module connecting plates (24, 25, 26, 27) result in a particular plate pattern, and differ with regard to the shape of the plate surfaces such that when all the module connecting plates (24, 25, 26, 27) are rotated around a mid-point (8) of the module (1), the same plate pattern results respectively after 180°.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2004Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Paul Hubmer, Joachim Schober
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Publication number: 20070114281Abstract: A system (1) for executing system functions, for example a PC system, contains, firstly, a contact-bound characteristics block-processing stage (9), which is designed to process a contact-bound characteristics block (ATR) transferable from a contactbound data carrier (40) to a contact-bound read-write station (16) and, as a consequence of this processing, to generate at least one control signal (CS 1, CS2, CS3), and, secondly, a contactless read-write device (14, 15) that is designed to co-operate with a contactless data carrier (20, 30) and which contains a contact-bound characteristics block-recognition stage (25, 35) for recognizing a contactless characteristics block (ATS, UID) transferred from the contactless data carrier (20, 30) to the contactless read-write device (14, 15), and, thirdly, a contact-bound characteristics block-generation stage (26, 36), which generates the contactbound characteristics block (ATR) by utilizing the recognized contactless characteristics block (ATS, UID) and feeds it to thType: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2004Publication date: May 24, 2007Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Gerald Kersch, Holger Kunkat, Paul Hubmer
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Patent number: 6680523Abstract: A semiconductor wafer (1) has a multitude of chips (5), of which chips (5) each one of a given number of chips (5) is situated in one of a multitude of adjacent exposure fields (2), and further has process control modules (4) which are each arranged in an exposure field (2), namely each in place of at least one chip (5).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Inventors: Joachim H. Schober, Heimo Scheucher, Paul Hubmer
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Publication number: 20020117735Abstract: A semiconductor wafer (1) has a multitude of chips (5), of which chips (5) each one of a given number of chips (5) is situated in one of a multitude of adjacent exposure fields (2), and further has process control modules (4) which are each arranged in an exposure field (2), namely each in place of at least one chip (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATIONInventors: Joachim H. Schober, Heimo Scheucher, Paul Hubmer