Multifunction smart card

US10007873B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KT CORPORATION · KR

Inventors

• Kook HEO · Seoul, KR
• Sung-Chul Kim · Yongin-si, KR
• Youn Pil Jeung · Seojong-myeon, KR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/3576
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure is related to providing a payment processing service and a near field communication (NFC) tag processing service through the single smart card. The smart card may store identification (ID) information of one of a payment card and a NFC tag at a first memory sector and store associated information for providing a related service as the payment card and the NFC tag at predetermined memory sectors. The smart card may be also implemented with a NFC tag applet providing the ID information and the associated information as the NFC tag to the user terminal. The smart card may be recognized as the NFC tag while storing the ID information for the payment card at the first memory sector in the memory or as the payment card while storing the ID information for the NFC tag at the first memory sector in the memory.