Smart card application development system and method

A smart card application development system comprising:

• a computer system having a smart card application development tool stored the computer system additionally comprising a client development interface, to receive and identify the smart card API associated with a particular RPC;
• wherein the client development interface including a proxy library with information regarding each of a plurality of API calls, including a number and type of parameters required to make the API call;
• and
• a smart card, responsive to the computer system, comprising a smart card development interface to receive remote procedure call(s) (RPC) to application program interface(s) (API) associated with the smart card operating system from the smart card application development tool.

A method for developing smart card applications comprising:

• coupling a computer having stored thereon an application development tool to a card reader with a removably coupled smart card;
• executing an application on the computer within the application development tool until a remote procedure call (RPC) to a smart card application program interface (API) is encountered within the application;
• assembling necessary parameters to issue a call to the API identified in the RPC including (marshaling necessary parameters for the called API, as defined within a proxy library, in a send buffer;
• and
• calling the API at the smart card via the card reader.

A method for developing smart card applications comprising:

• coupling a computer having stored thereon an application development tool to a card reader with a removably coupled smart card;
• executing an application on the computer within the application development tool until a remote procedure call (RPC) to a smart card application program interface (API) is encountered within the application;
• assembling necessary parameters to issue a call to the API identified in the RPC and calling the API at the smart card via the card reader;
• and
• accessing a proxy library within the computer system, the proxy library including information regarding each of a plurality of smart card APIs including a number and type of necessary parameters required to invoke each of the smart card APIs.