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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Alain Guirauton, Argenteuil, FR;
Marielle Crozat, Croissy sur Seine, FR;
Christian Massy, Sevres, FR;
Alain Guirauton, Argenteuil, FR;
Marielle Crozat, Croissy sur Seine, FR;
Christian Massy, Sevres, FR;
TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited, Kowloon, HK;
Abstract
A method of securing the use of a mobile telecommunication terminal comprising a (U)SIM card reader includes a terminal initialization step consisting of requesting the user to enter a personal password after inserting a (U)SIM card into the terminal and storing the password in the (U)SIM card and in memory in the terminal. On the occasion of subsequent uses the password is verified either against the password stored in the card or against the password requested of the user, and operation of the terminal is disabled in the event of a mismatch. Applications include mobile telecommunication terminals.