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Electronic cashless transaction system

Patent 5539825 Issued on July 23, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject November 21, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 345416 filed on 11/21/1994

US Classes:

705/68, Balancing account235/379, Banking systems379/91.02, At switching station705/75Transaction verification

Examiners

Primary: Cain, David

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

H01K 001/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1991-09-30 JP

Abstract

A key control method is for use in an electronic cashless transaction system including at least a bank center, a store transaction terminal and an IC card being used as an electronic cashless transaction medium. The key control method comprises a step of having the bank center generate and code a first parameter for a transmission to the IC card; a step of having the IC card receive and decode the coded first parameter by using the first key, thereby reconstructing the first parameter issued by the bank center, perform a first operation on the first parameter and a password of a holder of the IC card, and store in a first register; a step of having the store transaction terminal send to the IC card a second parameter coded by a second key, when the holder inserts the IC card 11 into the store transaction terminal; a step of having the IC card decode the coded second parameter by using the second key, thereby reconstructing the second parameter received from the store transaction terminal, perform a second operation on the second parameter and the value stored in the first register, store a result of the second operation in the second register; and a step of decoding a value stored in the second register by using a coding session key stored in a memory of the IC card, thereby obtaining a key for an intended authentication.

Other References

  • Wwinstein, Stephen; IEEE Spectrum; "Smart credit cards: the answer to cashless shopping"; Feb. 1984; pp. 43-49;379/9
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