Integrated circuit card with application history list

US6328217A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mondex International Limited · GB

Inventors

• David Barrington Everett · Heathfield, GB
• Stuart James Miller · Kenilworth, GB
• Anthony David Peacham · Ashford, GB
• Ian Stephen Simmons · Gainsborough, GB
• Timothy Philip Richards · Maidstone, GB
• John Charles Viner · Verona, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2001
• Expiry date: May 13, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F7/1016
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided an integrated circuit card for loading an application copy thereon and a method of loading an application copy onto the integrated circuit card, wherein the application copy is one of a plurality of copies of an application. The application copy has an associated application identifier that uniquely identifies the application from other applications and an application copy number that is unique for each copy of the application. The integrated circuit card includes a microprocessor and a memory coupled to the microprocessor. The memory includes an application history list area for storing application identifiers and application copy numbers of applications that have been previously loaded onto the integrated circuit card. The method includes receiving by the integrated circuit card the application copy, the application identifier, and the application copy number; determining by the integrated circuit card whether the application identifier and the application copy number are contained in the application history list area; and failing to load the application copy by the integrated circuit card if the application identifier and the application copy number are contain…