Patent ID: 6802007
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
A system for providing a high level of security and privacy in a smart card, comprising:a smart card including: storage means for storing a plurality of low level identities of card holders on said smart card and means for choosing among said low level identities to make available to specified classes of smart card readers; a server connected to a network; a database for maintaining identity information associated with said a smart card; a smart card reader with an identifying code connected to said network; decoding means in said smart card reader for reading a unique code from said smart card; means for transmitting said unique code and said identifying code to said server; means for comparing said unique code to said identity information in said database; means for utilizing said unique code for requesting a specific identity level from said database on said authentication server; and transmission means for sending information associated with said specific identity level only if said specific identity level is authorized for said requesting smart card reader.