公开(公告)号：US09696716B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US13856160

申请日：2013-04-03

Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.

Inventor： Giancarlo Pasquariello ,  Paolo Morelli ,  Fabio Cuomo

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  G06K5/00 ,  G06K7/00 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G01R31/28 ,  H01R43/00 ,  G06F7/04 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06Q10/00

CPC classification number: G05B19/41875 ,  G06Q10/00

Abstract: A method for the serial personalization of smart cards in a production chain includes a phase of detecting a smart card already personalized and physically defective, and a phase of retrieving a serial number of the physically defective smart card, to be assigned to a smart card not yet personalized in the production chain. The physically defective smart card and the smart card not yet personalized are loaded together in the production chain wherein the physically defective smart card is rendered unusable, and the not yet personalized smart card receives the serial number retrieved from the physically defective smart card.