Patent ID: 7055041
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively controlling personal use of a device having an operation which is controllable by an electronic control circuit, comprising the steps of: using said electronic control circuit to control the use of said device using user-related data and/or user initiated data to select different types of operations, said electronic control circuit being controlled by a personal authentication token and which data is processed by a device operation control logic, said user related data on said personal authentication token comprising selective information concerning a user-desired type of operation of said device wherein logic which evaluates said data is located at least partly on said personal identification token and provides said device operation control logic with a signal which is able to filter some permitted types of operations, thereby allowing the user access to said device and other options emanating from the control logic embedded in said personal authentication token, with security levels as between said device and said personal authentication token being controlled by said personal authentication token, reading operation type specific data from said device for processing by said device operation control logic with the result that the data is user-related data stored on the personal authentication token and is maintained in the possession of the user, processing both data for providing a result, deciding according to said result if a desired user-type of operation of said device will be allowed or not, and enabling or preventing said desired type of operation of said device according to said decision.