Method for activation of the wallet program in an internet terminal and an internet terminal

摘要

The invention relates to a method for starting a wallet program on an Internet terminal and an application and terminal utilized in the method. When the user of a terminal opens a web page on the display (10) of his/her terminal, it is automatically checked whether that web page supports the standard associated with the wallet program used at the terminal. If it is found out that the web page supports the standard in question, a wallet icon (24) is brought onto the display for starting the wallet program. The user of the terminal can then start the wallet program simply from the wallet icon brought onto the display. The wallet icon simultaneously serves as an indication to the user that the web page opened supports the standard used by the wallet program whereby automatic information transfer through the wallet program to the web page is possible. Advantageously the wallet program at the terminal is a wallet program complying with the ECML (Electronic Commerce Modeling Language) standard. The method according to the invention is implemented with an application at an Internet terminal with a means for determining the standards supported by the Internet page opened on the display of the terminal and for bringing a wallet icon onto the display of the terminal. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the application is part of the Internet browser of the terminal.