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Contactless IC card communication system and related method

US6388562B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1999
Grant dateMay 14, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/10297
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reader/writer (RW) requires identification of anti-collision techniques used by IC cards (A, B, C, and D). The IC cards implement answers to the anti-collision technique identification requirement by the reader/writer at different timings respectively for respective IC cards among the IC cards which use different anti-collision techniques respectively. The reader/writer requires identifications of types of the IC cards in dependence upon the anti-collision techniques in response to the answers by the IC cards. The IC cards return identification data thereof in response to the card type identification requirements by the reader/writer for respective IC cards among the IC cards which use different anti-collision techniques respectively. The reader/writer identifies the types of the IC cards in response to the identification data of the respective IC cards.

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