SMART CARD TERMINAL SIDE DATA AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

摘要

A DATA AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (310) OF A SMART CARD TERMINAL (200) FUNCTIONS TO PROVIDE INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN THE SMART CARD TERMINAL (200) AND A SMART CARD (220), AND IN PARTICULAR BETWEEN APPLICATIONS OF THE TERMINAL AND THE CARD. AN APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE (API) IS WRITTEN TO THE DATA AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS PART OF A SMART CARD TERMINAL INFRASTRUCTURE (300) THAT ACCESSES AND PROCESSES, BY THE SMART CARD TERMINAL, A SMART CARD APPLICATION (230) CONTAINED ON THE SMART CARD. THE API PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SMART CARD APPLICATION (230) TO THE TERMINAL IN ORDER TO ALLOW A CORRESPONDING TERMINAL APPLICATION (305) TO INCORPORATE THE INFORMATION FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO APPLICATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, A SECURITY MODEL AND POLICIES RELATED TO THE SMART CARD (220) MAY BE ENFORCED BY THE SMART CARD TERMINAL (200). FIGURE 2