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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 ; G06F 1/300 ; H04L 9/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 ; G06F 1/300 ; H04L 9/10 ;
Abstract
A smart card—host system that operates without the intermediation of a smart card reader. The smart card—host system comprises a host, which has a USB interface, and a portable device, which provides smart card function(s). The portable device has a smart card chip for performing the smart card function(s); a USB interface for connecting the portable device with the host via USB protocol; and a microprocessor for controlling the transfer of data between the USB interface and the smart card chip, for converting data from a USB format to the format of the smart card chip and for converting data from the format of the smart card chip to a USB format.