Loading internal applications on a smartcard

A method of executing program code the method comprising:

• a) including within a smartcard device an internal copying mechanism;
• b) using said internal copying mechanism, copying at least a portion of the program code from non-volatile non-executable memory of said smartcard device to executable memory of said smartcard device;
• and c) upon receipt of an execution command through an interface of said smartcard device, executing said copied portion of the program code.

A method of executing program code comprising:

• a) including within a smartcard device a copying mechanism;
• b) using said copying mechanism copying at least a portion of the program code from non-volatile non-executable memory of said smartcard device to executable memory of said smartcard device;
• and c) upon receipt of an execution command through an interface of said smartcard device, commencing execution of said portion of the program code when only a first subportion of said portion resides in said executable memory.

A computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embodied in said computer readable storage medium, said computer readable code for a) receiving a command to execute program code stored in a non-volatile non-executable memory of a smartcard device;

• b) internally copying at least a portion of said executable program code from said non-volatile non-executable memory of said smartcard device to executable memory of said smartcard device;
• and c) executing by said smartcard device said portion of said program code.

A computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embodied in said computer readable storage medium, said computer readable code for a) receiving a command to execute program code stored in a non-volatile non-executable memory of a smartcard device;

• b) copying at least a portion of said executable program code from said non-volatile non-executable memory of said smartcard device to executable memory of said smartcard device;
• and c) commencing executing by said smartcard device of said portion of said program code when only a subportion of said portion resides in said executable memory.