Patent ID: 8364203

Claim:
A contact allocation method for a subscriber smart card configured to be fitted in a mobile terminal, wherein the subscriber smart card comprises first and second interface modules suitable for communicating with the mobile terminal using respective first and second communication protocols, the method comprising: selectively connecting at least one contact of the subscriber smart card to the first interface module, wherein a default connection for the at least one contact is being connected to the second interface module; receiving by the subscriber smart card via a first contact of the at least one contact, an interface configuration command corresponding to the first or second communication protocol of the respective first or second interface module that is to be connected with the mobile terminal card, wherein the first communication protocol comprises a multi media card (MMC) protocol configured to communicate on three of the at least one contacts, and wherein the second communication protocol is configured to communicate on the at least the second contact and the third contact; communicating data by the first interface module, according to the MMC protocol on the second contact and third contact; receiving, by the subscriber smart card, a clock signal on the first contact; and responding by the subscriber smart card to a duty ratio change in the clock signal received from the mobile terminal by connecting the NFC interface module to at least the first contact and the second contact so as to communicate with the mobile terminal according to the second communication protocol of the NFC interface module.