Patents by Inventor Wolf Müller

Wolf Müller 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).

  • Document, method for authenticating a user, in particular for releasing a chip card function, and computer system
    Patent number: 9491154
    Abstract: A document having a non-volatile memory area for storing a secret identifier that has a first n-digit character sequence from a predefined character set; a random generator for selecting at least one character from the predefined character set for replacement of at least one character of the first character sequence, such that a second n-digit character sequence is defined as a result of this replacement; a volatile memory area for storing the at least one selected character; a display device for displaying the at least one selected character; an interface for inputting a third character sequence; and a processor element for authenticating the user to the document, wherein the processor element is configured to access the non-volatile memory area and the volatile memory area in order to read the second character sequence and check for a match between the second and third character sequences in order to authenticate the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: BUNDESDRUCKEREI GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Bastian, Frank Dietrich, Manfred Paeschke, Wolf Müller
  • DOCUMENT, METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER, IN PARTICULAR FOR RELEASING A CHIP CARD FUNCTION, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140289836
    Abstract: A document having a non-volatile memory area for storing a secret identifier that has a first n-digit character sequence from a predefined character set; a random generator for selecting at least one character from the predefined character set for replacement of at least one character of the first character sequence, such that a second n-digit character sequence is defined as a result of this replacement; a volatile memory area for storing the at least one selected character; a display device for displaying the at least one selected character; an interface for inputting a third character sequence; and a processor element for authenticating the user to the document, wherein the processor element is configured to access the non-volatile memory area and the volatile memory area in order to read the second character sequence and check for a match between the second and third character sequences in order to authenticate the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: HUMBOLT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN, BUNDESDRUCKEREI GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Bastian, Frank Dietrich, Manfred Paeschke, Wolf Müller