Delegated management of smart card applications
US6481632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q20/3576
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A smart card architecture includes a run-time environment, a card manager, one or more security domains, a provider application and an issuer application. One or more APIs provide communication. The life cycle of the card and card manager includes states: Pre-production, Ready, Initialized, Secured, Locked and Terminated. The life cycle of an application includes states: Installed, Selectable, Personalized, Blocked, Locked and Deleted. A card registry keeps track of card manager and application data elements. The functionality of a security domain on a smart card is extended to allow it to perform delegated management of smart card applications: delegated loading, installation and/or deletion of an application. A provider of an application is assured of more direct control and management of their application, yet an issuer still maintains some control over the management of the card. The card issuer empowers application providers to initiate changes to the issuer's smart cards that are pre-approved by the card issuer. A method of delegated loading of an application onto a smart card first receives a load command from an application provider via a card acceptance device. The load co…
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