Patent · US Expired

System and method for personalization of smart cards

US6729549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Ernst-Michael Hamann · Eppelheim, DE
Klemens Klaffke · Eppelheim, DE
Robert Sulzmann

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2001
Grant date	May 4, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q20/355
WIPO fieldIT methods for management
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Virtual smart cards (VSC) are generated by a VSC control program with each VSC addressable by a unique identifier (ID). Using the VSC control program, personalized VSC data is accessed via a secure channel using the ID and a password. A real smart card is personalized by a personalization program that reads data from the VSC. Personalization data contained in the VSC may be tested in an application environment before a personalized real smart card is available.

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