Patent ID: 9324206
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04M

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a secure module hosted by the apparatus, the secure module comprising a processor, an operating system and at least one secure module application residing in the secure module, wherein the secure module is configured to provide a secure environment for the at least one secure module application, and wherein the secure module application comprises one of a payment application and a ticketing application for conducting a payment transaction or a ticketing transaction, respectively; a near field communication module configured to provide an interface for the hosted secure module to communicate with an external source; at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: a user interface component for providing connectivity from the apparatus to the secure module; and a communication module coupled with the at least one processor, configured to obtain the compatible counterpart application from an outside source in case no compatible counterpart application is present in the apparatus, wherein said counterpart application is configured to provide a user interface for at least one of the secure module and the at least one secure module application via the user interface component, and wherein the secure module includes a registry configured to correlate secure module applications with compatible counterpart applications and to include instructions on where to obtain the compatible counterpart applications.