System and method for providing secure identification solutions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9558385-B2
Application number	US-201314084565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	Jul 9, 2002
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for verifying and tracking identification information. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for delivering security solutions is provided that includes at least one of the following: a radio frequency (RF) identification device, an identification mechanism (e.g., a card, sticker), and an RF reader.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, comprising:
an antenna;
a radio configured to interface with the antenna; and
a processor coupled with the radio, the processor configured to:
use the radio and the antenna to transmit, to an RFID transponder, a first communication that includes a first security key, and wherein the RFID transponder is configured to validate the first security key and provide access to contents of a memory included in the RFID transponder in response to a successful validation of the first security key;
use the radio and the antenna to receive, from the RFID transponder, an identifier that is included in the content of the memory of the RFID transponder in response to a successful validation of the first security key by the RFID transponder; and
transmit the identifier to a central database.

2. The RFID reader of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to use the radio and the antenna to transmit a second communication including a second security key to the RFID transponder.

3. The RFID reader of claim 2 , wherein the RFID transponder is configured to validate the second security key and provide access to at least a second portion of the content of the memory comprising the RFID transponder in response to a successful validation of the second security key.

4. The RFID reader of claim 3 , wherein the second portion of the content of the memory comprising the RFID transponder includes one or more of the following: biometric information and transaction information.

5. The RFID reader of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to use the radio and the antenna to transmit, to the RFID transponder, a third communication to activate the RFID transponder prior to transmitting at least the first communication.

6. A communication method, comprising:
transmitting, to a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder, a first communication that includes a first security key, and wherein the RFID transponder is configured to validate the first security key and provide access to at least a first portion of a content of a memory of the RFID transponder in response to a successful validation of the first security key;
receiving, from the RFID transponder, an identifier that is included in the content of the memory included in the RFID transponder in response to a successful validation of the first security key by the RFID transponder; and
transmitting the identifier to a central database.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting a second communication including a second security key to the RFID transponder.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the RFID transponder is configured to validate the second security key and provide access to at least a second portion of the content of the memory comprising the RFID transponder in response to a successful validation of the second security key.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second portion of the content of the memory comprising the RFID transponder includes one or more of the following: biometric information and transaction information.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting, to the RFID transponder, a third communication to activate the RFID transponder prior to transmitting at least the first communication.

Assignees

• Neology Inc

Inventors

• Martinez De Velasco Cortina Francisco
• Rietzler Manfred

Classifications

• H04W12/00

  Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• G06Q2220/00

  Business processing using cryptography · CPC title