Methods and apparatus for use in association with identification token

摘要

In some embodiments, a method includes supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder by a non-card shaped body of a device; communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token; electrically connecting a communication device to an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body; and resetting a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device. In some embodiments, the non-card shaped body of the device is a non-card shaped body of a device issued to the account holder. In some embodiments, the communication device is a communication device issued to the account holder. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an identification token having a wireless interface; a non-card shaped body that encloses the identification token; and an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body and adapted to be electrically connected to a communication device; the identification token to communicate with a proximity coupling device via the wireless interface, and to reset a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder, by a non-card shaped body of a device issued to the account holder; communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token; electrically connecting a communication device to an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body; communicating with the communication device via the electrical connector; and resetting a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device and without requiring a transfer of money from the account holder in return for the resetting of the security parameter in the identification token; wherein the communication device includes a counter indicative of a number of occasions that the communication device may be used in resetting the security parameter in the identification token.