METHOD FOR MANAGING THE TRIGGERING OF AN APPLICATION IN A SERVICE TERMINAL, PARTICULARLY IN A TELECOMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20100273521A1
• Filed: 02/27/2004
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Gemplus (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Yap-Jr, Abraham, Vong, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 8,255,877 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/24 Arrangements for testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for managing the triggering of an application in a terminal place in an environment consisting of-several access technologies. The disclosure also relates to a mobile telephone type terminal that implements the method. A test mechanism is implemented for at least one application on the basis of information contained in the tested application when a triggering event occurs for an application, thereby making it possible to recognize or deduce the network access technologies supported by the application.

Claims

1. A method of managing the triggering of an application in a terminal placed in an environment composed of several access technologies, comprising the following steps:

on the arrival of an event triggering an application,

implementing a mechanism for testing the application from information contained in the application tested, and determining the network access technology or technologies supported by the application.

2. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 1, wherein the test mechanism is in the operating system of the terminal and its implementation comprises:

the verification by the terminal;

of information concerning the current network access technology or technologies,

of information contained in the application enabling it to determine the technology or technologies supported by the application, and

the triggering of the application solely in the case where this information is compatible.

3. A method of managing the triggering of an application, according to claim 1, wherein the test mechanism is in the application and its implementation comprises:

the verification by the terminal;

of information concerning the current network access technology or technologies,

of information contained in the application enabling it determine the technology or technologies supported by the application, and

continuing execution of the application solely in the case where this information is compatible.

4. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 1, wherein the information contained in the application comprises triggering parameters from various declared operating modes of the application, making it possible to determine network access technology or technologies supported by the application.

5. A method of managing the triggering of an application, according to claim 4, wherein the mechanism comprises four operating modes, one of which is based on characteristics of the application, the other on the identification of the application and the third on attributes of the application, and a fourth mode which is taken by default when none of the other two modes is declared.

6. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 5, wherein several operating modes can be declared for one and the same application.

7. A method of managing the triggering of an application, according to claim 5, wherein the default mode corresponds to the case where the application is indifferent to the network access technology.

8. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 1, further including the step of enabling said mechanism to install a new application containing the information making it possible to determine the technology or technologies supported by said application, or to update said information or to read said information.

15. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 2, wherein the information contained in the application comprises triggering parameters from various declared operating modes of the application, making it possible to determine network access technology or technologies supported by the application.

16. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 3, wherein the information contained in the application comprises triggering parameters from various declared operating modes of the application, making it possible to determine network access technology or technologies supported by the application.

17. A method of managing the triggering of an application, according to claim 6, wherein the default mode corresponds to the case where the application is indifferent to the network access technology.

18. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 2, further including the step of enabling said mechanism to install a new application containing the information making it possible to determine the technology or technologies supported by said application, or to update said information or to read said information.

19. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 3, further including the step of enabling said mechanism to install a new application containing the information making it possible to determine the technology or technologies supported by said application, or to update said information or to read said information.

20. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 4, further including the step of enabling said mechanism to install a new application containing the information making it possible to determine the technology or technologies supported by said application, or to update said information or to read said information.

21. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 5, further including the step of enabling said mechanism to install a new application containing the information making it possible to determine the technology or technologies supported by said application, or to update said information or to read said information.

22. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 6, further including the step of enabling said mechanism to install a new application containing the information making it possible to determine the technology or technologies supported by said application, or to update said information or to read said information.

23. A method of managing the triggering of an application according to claim 7, further including the step of enabling said mechanism to install a new application containing the information making it possible to determine the technology or technologies supported by said application, or to update said information or to read said information.

9. A service terminal comprising program storage means for storing a program corresponding to the operating system and one or more applications, further comprising means of implementing a method of testing at least one application from information contained in the application tested, said information enabling the operating system to determine the network access technology or technologies supported by the application tested and to check its compatibility with the current network access used by the terminal.

10. A service terminal according to claim 9, wherein said terminal is a telecommunication terminal of the mobile telephone type equipped with a chip card and able to function with a multi-technology network access environment, and wherein the application tested and the test mechanism are located in the chip card.

11. A telecommunication terminal chip card, comprising means of implementing a method of testing at least one application which, from information contained in the application tested, enables the operating system of the card to determine the network access technology or technologies supported by the application tested and to check its compatibility with the current network access used by the terminal.

12. A telecommunication terminal chip card according to claim 11, wherein the test mechanism is a program loaded in a non-volatile program memory of the card, called up by the operating system of the chip card or integrated in said system.

13. An application able to be executed by a service terminal for a chip card in an environment composed of several network access technologies, and comprising triggering rules as a function of the arrival of at least one predefined event, further comprising information making it possible to determine the network access technologies that it supports.

14. An application according to claim 13, further comprising a test mechanism enabling it, from information that it contains, to determine the network access technology or technologies supported.