Method and apparatus for linking converted applet files

US6779732B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schulumberger Malco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ksheerabdhi Krishna · Austin, US
• Tim Wilkinson · Berkeley, US
• Yannick Burianne · Clamart, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/367
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A smart card which includes a non-volatile read/write memory, a resolve buffer, a processor connected to the memory and the resolve buffer, and an installer module configured to cause the processor to receive computer code having unresolved references into the memory, and further configured to cause the processor to perform a method for resolving unresolved references. The method including steps for copying the contents of the memory into the resolve buffer, detecting unresolved references in the computer code, determining the resolved reference for each of the detected unresolved references, updating the contents of the resolve buffer with the resolved references, and replacing the contents of the memory with the contents of the resolve buffer.