Mondex International Limited

Michael Foster

Kazuo J Ezawa

Dave Anthony Roberts

John Kelly

A method and system which provides communication between a first portable device and a second portable device. The first portable device stores a first sequence number and a first key, and the second portable device stores a second sequence number and a second key. Verification is performed using the first and second keys. The first sequence number is compared to the second sequence number. If the second sequence number is newer than the first sequence number, the first sequence number is set to have a value of the second sequence number if the verification succeeds. If the first sequence number is newer than the second sequence number, the second sequence number is set to have a value of the first sequence number if verification succeeds.

System and method for communication between smart cards

A microprocessor-based device having a memory unit and a processing unit operatively coupled to the memory unit. The memory unit has one or more risk parameters stored therein, and the processing unit is capable of performing real-time risk management analysis of transactions performed by the IC card using the risk parameters. Preferably, the microprocessor-based device is an IC card.

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Chipstead, United Kingdom

Michael Foster