METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF A USER STATION VIA AN INTERNET-TYPE NETWORK AND APPLICATION THEREOF TO A SMART CARD DEMONSTRATOR

摘要

The invention concerns a method and an architecture for remote control, viaan internet-type network (RI), of a user station (1) comprising a smart cardreader (3).The data required to control the station (1) are stored (41) in a remoteserver (4). Thestation (1) comprises a web-type browser (10) that transmits requests to theserver (4).In response, the latter generates specific commands designed for the smartcard (2).The station (1) comprises a specialized software module (8) forming aninterfacebetween the smart card reader (3) and the internet network (RI). This module(8)translates the specific commands into commands in conformity with the ISO 7816-4standard, and transmits them to the smart card (2) in order to activate anapplication ofthe latter. The server (4) can also store (42) HTML pages. The smart card (2)transmits, via the specialized software module (8), a response to the remoteserver (4),which processes it and retransmits the data to the browser (10) for display ona screen(5).The invention is particularly applicable to a smart card (2) demonstrator.