Secure element with access rule application ARA

A method for managing a secure element,

• the secure element comprising a secure-element application implemented therein or configured to implement a secure-element application therein, the secure element further comprising:
• a secure-element terminal interface to a terminal, in conjunction with which the secure element is configured to operate;
• an access-rule application and access-rule application access rules, by means of which access operations from applications implemented in the terminal to secure-element applications implemented or configured to be implemented in the secure element via the secure-element terminal interface are controlled;
• and
• an access-rule application user interface,
• the method comprising the steps performed on the access-rule application user interface:
• receiving a user command that is entered by a user on a user interface of the terminal or the secure element;
• forwarding the received user command to the access-rule application;
• prompting the access-rule application to apply the forwarded user command to the access-rule application;
• and
• applying the user command by means of the application, in response to the prompting.

A hardware storage device having instructions stored therein, which, when executed by one or more processors of a secure element or by one or more processors of a device having a secure element integrated therein, cause the one or more processors of the secure element or the one or more processors of the device to manage the secure element to provide

• a secure-element application implemented in the secure element,
• a secure-element terminal interface to a terminal, in conjunction with which the secure element is configured to operate,
• an access-rule application and access-rule application rules, by means of which access operations from applications implemented in the terminal to secure-element applications implemented or able to be implemented in the secure element via the secure-element terminal interface are controlled, and
• an access-rule application user interface,
• wherein the access-rule application user interface is configured to
• receive user commands that are entered by a user on a user interface provided on the terminal or on the secure element;
• forward received user commands to the access-rule application;
• and
• prompt the access-rule application to apply forwarded user commands to the access-rule application.