Patent ID: 8369894
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06K,G06Q,H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for confirming certification of combinations of secure elements and mobile devices, comprising: secure element data identifying mobile devices certified for use with the secure element on a removable secure element; a plurality of smart card applications on the removable secure element; and a secure element component on the removable secure element to detect insertion of the removable secure element in a mobile device, to retrieve the secure element data from the removable secure element, to retrieve mobile device data from the mobile device, to determine whether a combination of the removable secure element and the mobile device is certified based on a comparison of the secure element data and the mobile device data, to provide a certification alert via a user interface on the mobile device in response to a determination that the combination of the removable secure element and the mobile device is not certified, and to selectively restrict access to one or more, but not all, of the plurality of smart card applications stored on the removable secure element by requiring access enabling information to access the one or more of the plurality of smart card applications in response to a determination that the combination of the removable secure element and the mobile device is not certified, wherein access enabling information to access the one or more of the plurality of smart card applications is not required in response to a determination that the combination of the removable secure element and the mobile device is certified.