METHODS AND A SYSTEM FOR A SECURE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION FROM AN ELECTRONIC PEN

摘要

Methods and system are devised to provide security with regard to position data recorded by an electronic pen. The position data originates from a specific area of a position-coding pattern and is destined for a specific Application Service Handler, ASH, which is allocated the specific area of the pattern. The pen stores one or more Pen Application Licenses, PALs, which each includes license data in association with an encryption key, the license data identifying an area of the pattern. The encryption key of a given PAL corresponds to an encryption key of a given ASH. Thus, the PALs enable the pen to encrypt recorded position data, originating from the specific area of the pattern, with the encryption key that is related to the encryption key of the receiving ASH. The license data may further define a group of pens and a validity period, allowing a party generating a PAL to control its use. Generating a PAL may in turn need prior authorization, given by PAL validation data derived from an authorizer. The PAL validation data, which is to be included in the PAL, may set boundaries for the license data that can be included in a PAL, and may also be digitally signed by the authorizer. The pen may be prohibited to install the PAL unless its license data can be properly validated against the PAL validation data.