Patent ID: 8942672
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06Q,H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing access control for widget management on a mobile electronic device having a processor, a memory, code in the memory for implementing in the processor a virtual machine, and an NFC transceiver, the mobile electronic device being operatively coupled to a secure element and being in wireless communication with a server over at least one wireless network, the server having a server processor and a server memory, the method comprising: generating, by the server, a widget having a widget certificate; associating, by the server, the widget certificate with application identification (AID) information corresponding to at least one secure application stored in the secure element wherein the AID information comprises at least one access control flag; referencing, by the server, the widget certificate and the associated AID information in an access control (AC) file having an AC file certificate; providing, by the server, the AC file to the mobile electronic device over the wireless network; configuring the widget certificate and the AC file certificate in the AC file for authentication; and determining whether to provide the widget with access to the at least one secure application to enable the at least one secure application to perform at least one NFC transaction;