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AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsNeil Patrick Adams, Michael Edwin McCallum
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The described embodiments relate generally to devices, methods and systems for managing access to a memory card, such as a smart card, by a plurality of accessing devices. Certain embodiments relate to a smart card reader (SCR) for managing concurrent access to a smart card by a plurality of accessing devices, the SCR comprising: a processor; a channel manager responsive to the processor for interfacing with the smart card; a communication interface responsive to the channel manager for communicating with the plurality of accessing devices; and wherein, when a session is open on a first channel between a first accessing device and the smart card and the channel manager is configured to issue an open channel command to the smart card to cause the smart card to open a second channel between the smart card and the second accessing device in response to the session request.
A smart card reader (SCR) for managing concurrent access to a smart card by a plurality of accessing devices, the SCR comprising:
A method for managing concurrent access to a smart card by a plurality of accessing devices, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program instructions which, when executed by a processor on a smart card reader, cause the processor to perform a method of managing concurrent access to a smart card by a plurality of accessing devices, the method comprising:
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