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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1999
François Devaux, L'Hay les Roses, FR;
Daniel Perrot, Maurepas, FR;
Oberthur Card Systems SA, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A storage process that includes adding, to the elementary files of fixed length provided for by, e.g., ISO Standard 7816-4, elementary files of variable length whose capacity is always adapted to the size of the records they store, and managing this new type of file with micro-instructions complying with the formalism of ISO Standard 7816-4 and belonging to the proprietary class of instructions. By virtue of this new type of variable-length elementary file, it is possible to envisage new smartcards complying with ISO Standard 7816-4 and implementing data compression techniques at the data storage level, this capability being particularly beneficial considering the limited data storage capacities of a smartcard.