Patent ID: 11921857
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. An operating method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
acquiring, by a processor, secure state information of the electronic device;
storing, by a secure element operating under the control of the processor, the secure state information of the electronic device in a repository within the secure element, wherein the secure state information includes at least one of a secure level of the electronic device or a kind of a secure problem of the electronic device;
obtaining, by the secure element, a security-related service request command;
acquiring, by the secure element, the secure state information of the electronic device stored in the internal repository;
executing an applet corresponding to the application based on the security-related service request command; and
processing or ignoring, by the secure element, the obtained security-related service request command using the applet, on the basis of whether the acquired secure state information of the electronic device satisfies a specified condition,
wherein the processing or ignoring, by the secure element, the obtained security-related service request command comprises:
normally processing, by the secure element, the obtained security-related service request command to perform a function corresponding to the command, in response to the acquired secure state information of the electronic device satisfying the specified condition; and
ignoring, by the secure element, the obtained security-related service request command, in response to the acquired secure state information of the electronic device not satisfying the specified condition.