Systems, methods, and computer program products for managing service installation

A system to manage installation of services on secure elements having secure element profiles, comprising:

• at least one memory including a rules engine;
• and
• a processor coupled to the at least one memory, the processor being operable to:
• receive a request to install a service on a secure element comprising a secure element profile, the request comprising a service identifier identifying the service;
• access a rules engine providing a correspondence between the service identifier, a secure element profile, and an indication of a preferred version of the service;
• determine, using the rules engine, the preferred version of the service corresponding to the secure element profile of the secure element;
• determine an existing version of the service already loaded but not installed in the secure element;
• determine, if the preferred version of the service is the same as the existing version of the service, to install the existing version of the service on the secure element and, if the preferred version of the service is not the same as the existing version of the service, to install the preferred version of the service on the secure element;
• and
• transmit a command to the secure element, the command comprising instructions either to (a) install the existing version of the service on the secure element or (b) load and install the preferred version of the service on the secure element, in accordance with the determination regarding whether or not the preferred version of the service is the same as the existing version of the service.