| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a system for accurately storing and reading digital identifications and permissions with an access rights management component that protects the privacy and integrity of the data stored on a smart device such as a smart card. The invention is intended to enable effective use of smart cards for applications such as air travelers identity, medical information such as history and prescriptions, or secure employee access cards. Multiple levels of security are permitted to ensure that users of the data, programs, and other resources stored on the card may access only that data that they have been authorized to. The use of a single card for multiple user roles necessitates multiple access methods to the card. For example, in a medical information or prescription card scenario, the cardholder may be the patient, and be able to access their personal patient data which is stored on the card with a PIN, password, or passphrase, by entering the aforementioned code on a computing device (10) which is attached to a card reader/writer device (20) which has the patient's card (22) inserted into it. That patient's doctor may be provided access to data on the same card, which may or may not include the patient's data by entering an alternate code, or providing a digital signature to the card from his or her card authorizing the doctor to write prescription information or update medical history. In this example, the patient would have read-only access to the data that the doctor had written. The technology disclosed in the invention is also intended for travelers' identification, which could hold biometric identity information, ticketing and/or boarding information, and federal information about the cardholder which would permit or prohibit the cardholder from traveling on airline flights. |
