Patent ID: 7172128

Claim:
A method for operating contact-less identification media (RF-IM) in a system with a contact application (C-App) for contact cards (C-IM), wherein an initialized (Ini) converter module (C-RF) is connected in series, which on the one hand carries out a contact-less communication (K-RF) with initialized (Ini) contact-less identification media (RF-IM) and, on the other hand, carries out a contact communication (K-C) at a contact card interface (S) to a host computer (H) or to an application computer (App-uP) of a contact read/write station (C-WR) for the communication with a contact application (C-App) of the system and which, with respect to communication rules and information (I-RF), translates the contact-less communication (K-RF) into a contact communication (K-C) with contact information (I-C) and vice versa and wherein the initialization of the converter module (C-RF) is defined, administered and executed within the scope of a hierarchic authorization system (A).