Patent ID: 6357665
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A secure multiple application card system including an IC card comprising a microprocessor, a read-only memory and an electrically erasable programmable read only memory, said system comprising:means for manufacturing said IC card and for storing at the time of manufacture in said read-only memory an operating system and a first set of programming instructions having a first address, without an address table with a second memory address of a second set of programming instructions; and means for personalizing said IC card after said time of manufacture and for storing at the time of personalization in said electrically erasable programmable read only memory said address table with the second memory address, wherein the operating system is incapable of accessing any set of programming instructions not having an address indicated in the address table, and wherein the address table is devoid of the first address such that the first set of programming instructions is rendered inaccessible after the time of personalization.