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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Boyer, Ottawa, CA;
Robert D. Hillhouse, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Activcard Ireland Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/906 ;
Abstract
An improved method of encoding data within directory files on an integrated circuit IC) smart card is shown. Advantageously the improved method no longer imposes a limitation in placing the pointer data start address prior to encoding of data, since after encoding a single continuous block of unused memory within the directory file results, enables encoding applications to make better use of this memory space thereby eliminating the deficiency of having two non-sequential empty memory blocks as provided by prior art systems.