Method and apparatus for card activation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10558973-B2
Application number	US-201715614630-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2017
Priority date	Jun 23, 2016
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

Method and apparatus for card activation are provided, which belong to computer technology. The method is applied to an intelligent device having a secure element (SE) chip and includes: creating a first background thread during pre-activation operations using a user interface (UI) thread; obtaining a first part of data for the card activation from a server using the first background thread; writing the first part of data to the SE chip using the first background thread; creating a second background thread after the pre-activation operations have been accomplished using the UI thread and the card activation is confirmed; and writing a second part of data for the card activation to the SE chip using the second background thread.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for card activation, applied to an intelligent device having a secure element (SE) chip, the method comprising:
receiving, by a user interface (UI) thread, an allowance instruction input by a user indicating that the card activation is allowed, during pre-activation operations that are performed with the UI thread before the card activation;
creating a first background thread based on the allowance instruction;
obtaining a first part of data for the card activation from a server using the first background thread, wherein the first part of data is non-personal data for the card activation;
writing the first part of data to the SE chip using the first background thread;
receiving, by the UI thread, a confirmation instruction input by the user indicating that the card activation is confirmed after the pre-activation operations have been accomplished with the UI thread;
creating a second background thread based on the confirmation instruction; and
writing a second part of data for the card activation to the SE chip using the second background thread, wherein the second part of data is personal data for the card activation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the second background thread comprises:
detecting whether the first background thread has written all of the first part of data to the SE chip;
continuing to write the remaining of the first part of data to the SE chip using the first background thread if the first background thread has not written all of the first part of data to the SE chip.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the second background thread comprises:
detecting whether the first background thread writes all of the first part of data to the SE chip;
creating the second background thread if the first background thread has written all of the first part of data to the SE chip.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting whether the UI thread has accomplished the pre-activation operations;
displaying a control for the card activation if the UI thread has accomplished the pre-activation operations; and
determining that the card activation is confirmed if the control is triggered.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a prompt indicating that the card activation is successful after the first part of data and the second part of data have been written to the SE chip successfully.

6. An apparatus for card activation, applied to an intelligent device having a SE chip, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by a user interface (UI) thread, an allowance instruction input by a user indicating that the card activation is allowed, during pre-activation operations that are performed with the UI thread before the care activation;
create a first background thread based on the allowance instruction;
obtain a first part of data for the card activation from a server using the first background thread, wherein the first part of data is non-personal data for the card activation;
write the first part of data to the SE chip using the first background thread;
receive, by the UI thread, a confirmation instruction input by the user indicating that the card activation is confirmed after the pre-activation operations have been accomplished with the UI thread; and the card activation is confirmed,
create a second background thread based on the confirmation instruction; and
write a second part of data for the card activation to the SE chip using the second background thread, wherein the second part of data is personal data for the card activation.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor configured to create the second background thread is further configured to:
detect whether the first background thread has written all of the first part of data to the SE chip;
continue to write the remaining of the first part of data to the SE chip using the first background thread if the first background thread has not written all of the first part of data to the SE chip.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor configured to create the second background thread is further configured to:
detect whether the first background thread writes all of the first part of data to the SE chip;
create the second background thread if the first background thread has written all of the first part of data to the SE chip.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
detect whether the UI thread has accomplished the pre-activation operations;
display a control for the card activation if the UI thread has accomplished the pre-activation operations; and
determine that the card activation is confirmed if the control is triggered.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display a prompt indicating that the card activation is successful after the first part of data and the second part of data have been written to the SE chip successfully.

11. An apparatus for card activation, applied to a server, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive from an intelligent device a first request to obtain data;
send a first part of data for the card activation to the intelligent device, wherein the first request to obtain data is sent to the server with a first background thread after the intelligent device creates the first background thread, and wherein the first background thread is created when a user interface (UI) the UI thread receives an allowance instruction from a user indicating that the card activation is allowed during pre-activation operations that are performed with the UI thread before the card activation, wherein the first part of data is non-personal data for the card activation;
obtain a second part of data for the card activation performed by the intelligent device, wherein the second part of data is personal data for the card activation;
receive from the intelligent device a second request to obtain data; and
send the second part of data to the intelligent device, wherein the second request to obtain data is sent with a second background thread after the intelligent device creates the second background thread, and wherein the second background thread is created when the UI thread receives a confirmation instruction from the user indicating that the card activation is confirmed after the pre-activation operations have been accomplished with the UI thread;
wherein the first part of data is used to trigger the intelligent device to write the first part of data to a secure element SE chip in the intelligent device and the second part of data is used to trigger the intelligent device to write the second part of data to the SE chip.

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhu Yifan
• Chen Yang
• Xu Lina

Classifications

• G06Q20/204

  comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit · CPC title

• G06Q20/352

  Contactless payments by cards · CPC title

• G06Q20/3552

  Downloading or loading of personalisation data · CPC title

• G06Q20/322

  Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices] · CPC title

• G06Q20/3227

  using secure elements embedded in M-devices · CPC title