US 7,257,092 C1 (12,775th)
Method of communicating between a communication station and at least one data carrier
Franz Amtmann, Graz (AT)
Filed by Franz Amtmann, Graz (AT)
Assigned to NXP B.V., AG Eindhoven (NL)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,075, Apr. 28, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,257,092, issued Aug. 14, 2007, Appl. No. 10/095,401, Mar. 11, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 01890073 (EP), filed on Mar. 13, 2001.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Nov. 27, 2024.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/0008 (2013.01)
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-22 are cancelled.
New claims 23-34 are added and determined to be patentable.
[ 23. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the at least one part of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) is identified based on mask information received from the communication station (1).]
[ 24. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the transmitted specific useful data (n×UDB) is retrieved from a memory location of the data carrier (2 (DC)), the memory location being specified by the communication station (1).]
[ 25. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the at least one part of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) is identified based on mask information received from the communication station (1), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is used during the inventorization procedure to identify the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)).]
[ 26. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the at least one part of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) is identified based on mask information received from the communication station (1), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is stored in a first portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)), and the useful data (UD) is stored in a second portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)).]
[ 27. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the at least one part of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) is identified based on mask information received from the communication station (1), wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is used during the inventorization procedure to identify the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is stored in a first portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)), and the useful data (UD) is stored in a second portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)).]
[ 28. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1), wherein the transmitted specific useful data (n×UDB) is retrieved from a memory location of the data carrier (2 (DC)), the memory location being specified by the communication station (1), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is used during the inventorization procedure to identify the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)).]
[ 29. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted specific useful data (n×UDB) is retrieved from a memory location of the data carrier (2 (DC)), the memory location being specified by the communication station (1), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is stored in a first portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)), and the useful data (UD) is stored in a second portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)).]
[ 30. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the transmitted specific useful data (n×UDB) is retrieved from a memory location of the data carrier (2 (DC)), the memory location being specified by the communication station (1), wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is used during the inventorization procedure to identify the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is stored in a first portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)), and the useful data (UD) is stored in a second portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)).]
[ 31. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the at least one part of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) is identified based on mask information received from the communication station (1), and wherein the transmitted specific useful data (n×UDB) is retrieved from a memory location of the data carrier (2 (DC)), the memory location being specified by the communication station (1).]
[ 32. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the at least one part of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) is identified based on mask information received from the communication station (1), wherein the transmitted specific useful data (n×UDB) is retrieved from a memory location of the data carrier (2 (DC)), the memory location being specified by the communication station (1), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is used during the inventorization procedure to identify the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)).]
[ 33. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the at least one part of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) is identified based on mask information received from the communication station (1), wherein the transmitted specific useful data (n×UDB) is retrieved from a memory location of the data carrier (2 (DC)), the memory location being specified by the communication station (1), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is stored in a first portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)), and the useful data (UD) is stored in a second portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)).]
[ 34. A method of communicating between a communication station (1) and at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), which data carrier (2 (DC)) comprises a characteristic identification data block (IDB) and useful data (UD), by said method an inventorization procedure is carried out, the inventorization procedure may consist of successive procedure runs and consists of at least one procedure run, and after the inventorization procedure terminates, at least one part of the identification data block (IDB) of the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) is known in the communication station (1), and by which method a transmission of specific useful data (n×UDB) is carried out from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1) such that during the implementation of the inventorization procedure at least one part of a block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) not yet known in the communication station (1) and, in addition, said specific useful data (n×UDB) are transmitted from the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)) to the communication station (1),
wherein the at least one part of the block region (NKP-IDB) of the identification data block (IDB) is identified based on mask information received from the communication station (1), wherein the transmitted specific useful data (n×UDB) is retrieved from a memory location of the data carrier (2 (DC)), the memory location being specified by the communication station (1), wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is used during the inventorization procedure to identify the at least one data carrier (2 (DC)), and wherein the characteristic identification data block (IDB) is stored in a first portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)), and the useful data (UD) is stored in a second portion of memory of the data carrier (2 (DC)).]