Document importation into secure element

US10579997B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Herve Sibert · Le Mans, FR
• Onur Tackin · Sunnyvale, US
• Matthias Lerch · San Francisco, US
• Ahmer A. Khan · Milpitas, US
• Franck Farian Rakotomalala · Sunnyvale, US
• Oren M. Elrad · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2463/082
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed relating to authenticate a user with a mobile device. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a short-range radio and a secure element. The computing device reads, via the short-range radio, a portion of credential information stored in a circuit embedded in an identification document issued by an authority to a user for establishing an identity of the user. The computing device issues, to the authority, a request to store the credential information, the request specifying the portion of the credential information. In response to an approval of the request, the computing device stores the credential information in the secure element, the credential information being usable to establish the identity of the user. In some embodiments, the identification document is a passport that includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) circuit storing the credential information, and the request specifies a passport number read from the RFID circuit.