Methods, Secure Element, Server, Computer Programs and Computer Program Products for Improved Application Management

An application manager server comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive an absent user application message from a secure element, the secure element configured to enable user applications of the secure element to verify authenticity of incoming user application commands, the secure element comprised in a mobile communication terminal, the absent user application message indicating that a command was sent to access a user application absent on the secure element;
• a transmitter;
• a controller configured to read a configuration to determine how to handle absent user application for the user application;
• wherein the controller is configured to retrieve, in response to the configuration for the user application indicating user application retrieval, the user application from storage and send the user application to the secure element using the transmitter.

A computer program product stored in a non-transient computer readable medium in an application manager server, the computer program product comprising software code instructions which, when run on the application manager server, causes the application manager server to:

• receive an absent user application message from a secure element, the secure element configured to enable user applications of the secure element to verify authenticity of incoming user application commands, the secure element comprised in a mobile communication terminal, the absent user application message indicating that a command was sent to access a user application absent on the secure element;
• read a configuration to determine how to handle absent user application for the user application;
• retrieve, in response to the configuration for the user application indicating user application retrieval, the user application from storage;
• send the user application to the secure element.