Patent ID: 6775398
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
Device for the release of chip-card functions comprising:a) a portable device for accepting and contacting a chip-card, said chip-card containing at least one function for execution, wherein the function requires an authorisation for implementation; b) an input device for the input of authentication data; c) a checking and authorising component for establishing the correctness of the authentication data, for authorising at least one function after checking the correctness of the authentication data, and for generating authorisation data for said at least one function, where the checking and authorisation component is installed in the chip-card, and d) at least one storage location for storing the authorisation data for said at least one function, said authorisation data being readable at a different chip-card reader at which said at least one function will be performed.