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Method for the authentication of a portable object by an offline terminal, and apparatus for implementing the process

US5528231A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1994
Grant dateJun 18, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/3271
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process for authentication by an offline terminal (1) of a portable object (2) including a processing circuit (4) able to deliver a secondary value (Rx) which the function of a primary value (Qi) transmitted by the terminal. An authentication table (5) is placed in the terminal which associates a series of primary values (Qi) and a series of control values (Ui), each control value being the transformation by a oneway function of the secondary value (Rx) calculated by the processing circuit of an authentic portable object. At the time of a connection of a portable object with the terminal, one of the primary values (Qi) from the table is transmitted to the portable object, the one-way function is applied to the secondary value (Rx) received from the portable object, and the result obtained is compared with the corresponding control value (Ui) from the table.

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