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`[54] METHOD FOR LOCKING TO THE USER’S
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`Inventor: Yrjii Kemppi, Salo, Finland
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`[73] Assignee: Nokia Mobira 0y, Salo, Finland
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`[2]] Appl. No.: 221,079
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`Foreign Application Priority Data
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`[58] Field of Search .................. 379/144, 91; 235/380,
`235/382, 486; 340/825.31, 825.33, 825.34
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`2164227 3/1986 United Kingdom.
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`Primary Examiner—«Robert Lev
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`ABSTRACT
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`The invention relates to a method for the use of a porta-
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`memory (5) of the processor (4), whereupon the radio
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`phone system are read from the present card inserted in
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`memory of a portable radio telephone the identification
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`the"radio telephone concernedfwhereupon the radio
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`unlocking, whereupon a shift is made back to the un-
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`memory of the processor at the time of shifting to the
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`activation of which locks the telephone to the magnetic
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`card in the card reader at that moment. The telephone
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`functions completely normally as long as the correct
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`key is provided in the keyboard for the user to press in
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`recorded in the indelible memory of the telephone.
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`telephone functions normally but, in the case of a wrong
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`card, operation is prevented. The unlocking can be
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`locking, by keying in the correct locking code.
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`A mobile radio telephone may be made up of a sepa-
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`which both the operating apparatus and the radio unit
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`The card locking can be implemented completely via
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`face as only one locking level, which the user may
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`FIG. 1: a block diagram of the principle of a portable
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`FIG. 2: a representation of the principle of the identi-
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`FIG. 3: an illustrative picture of the comparison of
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`FIG. 4: a block diagram of the principle of a portable
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`The method works in such a way that, when the user
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`diagram in FIG. 1 to a certain magnetic card 1, he feeds
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`phone, activates the locking by pressing the locking key
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`When the magnetic card 1 is fed into the card reader
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`memory 5 and the number 31 in the card which is fed in
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`The operation of the parts of the radio telephone and,
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`tion code (shown in FIG. 3 has been recorded in the
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`data transfer protocol; both processors must agree re-
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`said method comprising the steps of:
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`reading user identification data required by said tele-
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`locking said card into said radio telephone, wherein
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`cally designated for said radio telephone; and
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`shifting to an unlocking mode, wherein the step of
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`shifting to the locked mode and out of it comprises the
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`step of pressing a locking key arranged in the keyboard.
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