Credential communication device

US7770787B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA · AU

Inventor

• Mark Stephen Anderson · Salisbury, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2004
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2010
• Expiry date: May 26, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F7/1008
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A credential communication device and method adapted to transmit and receive data, including means to process said data in order to effect credential verification and trusted mutual recognition between the device and a second credential communication device, without reference to a third party, further including at least one proximity conductor adapted to transfer at least some data only when in such physical proximity to a second credential communication device as to effectively exclude the possibility of third party involvement in the transaction.