Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
  • G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
  • G06F21/30—Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals
  • G06F21/31—User authentication
  • G06F21/34—User authentication involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
  • G06F21/35—User authentication involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards communicating wirelessly
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04L63/00—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
  • H04L63/08—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for authentication of entities
  • H04L63/0853—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for authentication of entities using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
  • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
  • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
  • H04M1/72409—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories
  • H04M1/72412—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
  • H04W12/00—Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
  • H04W12/06—Authentication
  • H04W12/062—Pre-authentication
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
  • H04M2250/02—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including a Bluetooth interface
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
  • H04M2250/04—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including near field communication means, e.g. RFID

Definitions

• Portable terminal acting as a proxy between a computer and an NFC-type card and corresponding system
• the field of the invention is that of telecommunications and relates more specifically to a portable terminal comprising a first NFC-type communication interface and a second communication interface able to communicate with a computer as well as a communication system between a card NFC type (Near Field Communication) and a computer not having NFC type communication means.
• a card NFC type Near Field Communication
• NFC technology enables short-range and high-frequency wireless communication, enabling the exchange of information between devices up to a distance of about 10 cm.
• This technology is an extension of ISO / IEC 14443 standardizing proximity cards using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification), which combines the interface of a smart card and a reader within a single device.
• RFID Radio Frequency IDentification
• An NFC device can communicate with existing ISO / IEC 14443 hardware as well as another NFC device, and is equally compatible with existing contactless infrastructures already in use in transit and payment terminals.
• the NFC is basically designed for use in mobile phones to enable the use of payment or transport applications.
• Computers equipped with NFC type communication means comprise an area, located near the keyboard, comprising an antenna intended to allow the establishment of a short distance communication with an NFC card that the user approaches or poses on this area.
• the user can access different applications installed on the computer.
• One of these applications is for example user authentication: instead of entering a password to unlock the computer, the user simply approaches his NFC card from the NFC antenna of the computer and it performs its authentication to unlock the computer and thus give free access to it.
• the present invention aims to overcome these disadvantages.
• the invention assumes that many computers, not to mention all current computers, whether fixed or mobile, benefit from communication means with portable terminals, such as mobile phones. These communication means are, for example, USB, Bluetooth or Wifi interfaces.
• mobile phones are increasingly equipped with NFC interfaces to enable the payment and transport applications mentioned above.
• the present invention therefore proposes to benefit from these communication means equipping mobile terminals, such as mobile telephones, to establish communication between a computer not equipped with an NFC interface and an NFC card.
• the invention proposes to use a mobile terminal, such as a mobile telephone, comprising means acting as a proxy between a computer not equipped with NFC functionalities and an NFC card: the mobile terminal comprises a first interface of NFC type communication for communicating with the NFC card and a second communication interface capable of communicating with the computer, the second communication interface being of the USB type (a cable connecting the mobile terminal to the computer), or wireless (for example of the Wifi or USB type, or even of the IRDA type).
• the means acting as a proxy are preferably software means installed in a security element of the portable terminal.
• the invention also relates to a communication system between an NFC-type card and a computer that does not include any means of communication.
• this system comprising a portable terminal (for example a mobile telephone) comprising a first NFC-type communication interface capable of communicating with the NFC-type card and a second communication interface able to communicate with the NFC-type card.
• a portable terminal for example a mobile telephone
• the portable terminal comprising means acting as a proxy between the computer and the NFC-type card.
• the second communication interface is preferentially wireless, for example of the Bluetooth type.
• a computer 10 fixed or mobile
• a portable terminal 20 for example a mobile phone, a PDA or a tablet
• an NFC card 30 called NFC card.
• the computer 10 embeds software called pcsoft and the terminal 20 embeds software called phonesoft.
• the pcsoft software is typically installed on the hard disk of the computer 10.
• the phonesoft software can be installed in the terminal 20 itself or preferably in a security element of the terminal 10, such as for example in its SIM card , USIM or UICC.
• This installation of phonesoft can be performed for example by OTA (Over The Air in English) directly in the security element of the terminal 20.
• the phonesoft software is used as a bridge (proxy) between the NFC card 30 and the computer 10.
• the pcsoft software is dedicated to giving access to applications requiring communication with the NFC card 30. These applications are for example banking-type applications (the user approaches his NFC bank card from the terminal 20 and connects directly to his accounts, without having to enter passwords and / or account numbers), computer unlocking applications 10 (no need to enter a username and / or password), or applications for direct connection to Internet sites that he frequently consults (weather, stock market).
• banking-type applications the user approaches his NFC bank card from the terminal 20 and connects directly to his accounts, without having to enter passwords and / or account numbers
• computer unlocking applications 10 no need to enter a username and / or password
• applications for direct connection to Internet sites that he frequently consults weather, stock market.
• the phonesoft software automatically establishes or at the request of the user a connection with the computer 10, for example by Bluetooth.
• the applications on the computer 10 that are dependent on pcsoft are then notified of the presence of the NFC card 30. These applications can then request data from the NFC card 30 using an appropriate protocol.
• the function of phonesoft is to convert the requests received from the computer 10 into APDU commands transmitted to the NFC card 30.
• the responses of the NFC card 30 are also converted into commands understandable by the pcsoft software.
• the invention thus makes it possible to establish an NFC connection between a computer not equipped with NFC functionalities and an NFC card, via an element acting as a proxy.
• This element is not necessarily portable, but can also be fixed.
• An interesting application of the invention is as follows: a specific application is provided on the computer 10, dependent on pcsoft.
• a specific application on the NFC card 30 automatically stores the usernames and password of the user when registering on a new website.
• the application on the computer 10 is a simple plugin of the Web browser (Mozilla, Firefox or Internet Explorer) and uses pcsoft to send commands to the NFC card 30 to store and read later user names and words password.
• the interface between the computer 10 and the terminal 20 is preferably wireless, for example of the Bluetooth or Wifi type, or even IRDA.
• the invention also relates to a communication system between an NFC-type card and a computer that does not include any means of communication.
• NFC type where a portable terminal comprises means acting as a proxy between the computer and the NFC type card.

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