Method and electronic device for controlling access rights includes an electronic unit storing an access entitlement code to be used to make a unit completely operable and a corresponding non-contact chip card

• Main Author: HENN, HORST
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 17.08.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS

A non-contact chip card (2) includes an individual switch (13) for entering rhythmic or Morse-like codes. The code entered is compared with a reference code stored in the chip card. If both agree, a chip card access rights circuit is activated to carry out a transaction or an exchange of the chip ca...