Patent ID: 9578019
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for managing an embedded secure element, eSE, in a host device, the embedded secure element only being accessible as a slave of at least one resident application of the host device in a master-slave relationship, and the embedded secure element including an issuer security domain, ISD, with which a set of keys is associated to implement security mechanisms, the method comprising the following steps: sending a message including an identifier of the embedded secure element eSE, from an embedded application agent of an operating system of the host device to a first entity external to the host device and entered in the application agent; determining a second entity external to the host device holding the set of keys associated with the issuer security domain; installation of a second application agent in the host device that is different from the embedded application agent, the second application agent being configured to connect to the second external entity; deletion of the second application agent from the host device by a user; and notification of the deletion of the second application agent to the second external entity using the operating system of the host device.