Personal token having enhanced communication abilities for a hosted application
AssigneeGemalto SA
InventorsFrançois Millet, Sylvain Chafer, Jan Nemec
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Abstract
The invention relates to a personal token for a mobile telecommunication network, hosting application software. The personal token is operable to receive an over-the-air SMS message encapsulating commands directed to the application, open the SMS and extract the commands from the SMS. The steps of opening the SMS and extracting the commands from the SMS are performed by a software entity in the personal token which is distinct from the application, so that the software entity initiates transmission of the extracted commands to the application.
Claims7
A method for acting upon an application hosted in a personal token for a mobile telecommunication network, comprising the steps which include:
- receiving, at a mobile terminal, at least an over-the-air SMS message,
- transmitting the SMS message to the personal token,
- opening the SMS,
- reading a code placed in a header of the SMS message,
- recognizing a dedicated code which indicates that the SMS is directed to the application, and
- after the dedicated code is recognized, initiating transmission of the SMS message to the application without extracting data included in a body of the SMS message,
- wherein the data included in the SMS message includes commands directed to the application,
- wherein the steps of opening the SMS, reading the code, and recognizing the dedicated code are performed by a software entity hosted in the personal token,
- wherein the step of initiating transmission of the SMS message to the application is performed by a middlet hosted in the personal token, and
- wherein the software entity and middlet are distinct from the application.
A personal token for a mobile telecommunication network, hosting software comprising an application and operable
- to receive, via a mobile terminal, an over-the-air SMS message,
- read a code placed in a header of the SMS message,
- recognize a dedicated code which indicates that the SMS is directed to the application, and
- after the dedicated code is recognized, initiate transmission of the SMS message to the application without extracting data included in a body of the SMS message,
- wherein the data included in the SMS message includes commands directed to the application,
- wherein the steps of opening the SMS, reading the code, and recognizing the dedicated code are performed by a software entity hosted in the personal token,
- wherein the step of initiating transmission of the SMS message to the application is performed by a middlet hosted in the personal token, and
- wherein the software entity and middlet are distinct from the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.