Patent ID: 9715586
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K

Claim:
1. A read/write device for exchanging data via an electromagnetic field with a transponder module, the read/write device being configured to: obtain from the transponder module via the electromagnetic field a technology release code which indicates a version of technology of the transponder module, and to use the technology release code as an index for looking up in a table, list, or database specific characteristics of the technology release code and/or to use one or more code segments of the technology release code for determining specific characteristics of the technology release version and to set access rights for the transponder module using the specific characteristics of the technology release code to block selectively the transponder module depending on the specific characteristics of the technology release version, wherein the technology release code indicates at least one of: a type of a chip of the transponder module, a version number of the chip of the transponder module, a release number of an encryption algorithm implemented on the transponder module, and a version number of a communication protocol implemented on the transponder module for exchanging data via the electromagnetic field with the read/write device.