IP Library Granted Patent US 9,398,015
Granted Patent B2
US 9,398,015 · App. 14/356,032 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Method for modifying rights to security domain for smartcard, and server, smartcard, and terminal for same

Inventors: Guk Hur (Seoul, KR); Jin Hyoung Lee (Seoul, KR); Yeu Min Yoon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: KT CORPORATION
H04L63/10H04W12/04H04W12/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,398,015
App. No.
14/356,032
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to modifying rights to a security domain for a smartcard, and more specifically, to a server for managing modification of rights to a security domain, a smartcard for modifying the rights to the security domain, a terminal which is loaded with the smartcard, and to a method for modifying the rights.

Claims (35)

1. A smart card comprising:

a first security domain configured to share a first key with a management server configured to manage the smart card;

a plurality of second security domains configured to share a second key with a network operator configured to manage a network to which the smart card is connected; and

a control part configured to control whether to activate a state of a given second security domain among the second security domains according to a state change request signal for the given second security domain received through the first security domain,

wherein the state change request signal includes a first request signal to change an active second security domain among the second security domains into an inactive state and a second request signal to change an inactive second security domain among the second security domains into an active state, and

wherein, in response to the state change request signal indicating that the given second security domain is activated, the activated second security domain shares the second key with the network operator.

2. The smart card of claim 1 , wherein the first security domain is configured to request the management server to perform an authentication procedure.

3. The smart card of claim 1 , wherein the second security domain is configured to request the network operator to perform an authentication procedure.

4. The smart card of claim 1 , wherein the second security domain is an Issuer Security Domain (ISD).

5. A terminal including a smart card, wherein the smartcard comprises:

a first security domain configured to share a key with a management server, which is configured to manage the smart card;

a plurality of second security domains configured to share a key with a network operator configured to manage a network to which the terminal is connected; and

a control part configured to control whether to activate a state of a given second security domain among the second security domains according to a state change request signal for the given second security domain received through the first security domain,

wherein the state change request signal includes a first request signal to change an active second security domain among the second security domains into an inactive state and a second request signal to change an inactive second security domain among the second security domains into an active state, and

wherein, in response to the state change request signal indicating that the given second security domain is activated, the activated second security domain shares the second key with the network operator.

6. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the first security domain is configured to request the management server to perform an authentication procedure.

7. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the second security domain is configured to request the network operator to perform an authentication procedure.

8. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the control part is configured to receive an index identifying the given second security domain and key information of the given second security domain through the first security domain, and input the key information to the given second security domain.

9. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the second security domain is an Issuer Security Domain (ISD).

10. A server comprising:

a key storage configured to store a key to be shared with a first security domain of a smart card;

an index storage configured to store indexes identifying a plurality of second security domains of the smart card, the second security domains corresponding to a network operator configured to manage a network to which the server is connected; and

a first interface processor configured to transmit a state change request signal for a given second security domain among the second security domains through the first security domain and to receive an acknowledgement signal in response to the transmitted state change request signal,

wherein the state change request signal includes a first request signal to change an active second security domain among the second security domains into an inactive state and a second request signal to change an inactive second security domain among the second security domains into an active state, and

wherein, in response to the state change request signal indicating that the given second security domain is activated, the activated second security domain shares another key with the network operator.

11. The server of claim 10 , wherein the first interface processor is configured to transmit the first request signal to change an active second security domain into an inactive state, and transmit the second request signal to change another inactive second security domain into an active state.

12. The server of claim 10 , wherein the second security domain is an Issuer Security Domain (ISD).

13. A method for changing a security domain right configured to be performed by a smart card including a first security domain configured to share a key with a management server configured to manage the smart card and a plurality of second security domains configured to share a key with a network operator configured to manage a network to which the smart card is connected, the method comprising:

receiving, from the management server, a signal requesting to change a currently active second security domain among the plurality of second security domains into a locked state through the first security domain;

changing the currently active second security domain into the locked state;

receiving, from the management server, index information identifying a second security domain to be activated among the plurality of second security domains through the first security domain;

activating the second security domain based on the index information; and

sharing, by the second security domain activated based on the index information, another key with the network operator.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising performing, by the management server, an authentication procedure through the first security domain.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the network operator is configured to provide a service to the currently activated second security domain, and wherein the method further comprises performing, by the network operator, an authentication procedure through the currently activated second security domain.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2019
From: KT CORPORATION
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050566/0472 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2014
From: HUR, GUK; LEE, JIN HYOUNG; YOON, YEU MIN
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032813/0166 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0114157 · Nov 3, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140325613A1 · Oct 30, 2014