Patent ID: 8718603

Claim:
A method for remote control of a smart card which is included in a mobile station, comprising: receiving, by a smart card management platform, a request to destroy the smart card; wherein the smart card management platform stores dynamic data indicative of operation statuses of the smart card, and the operation statuses of the smart card comprising a normal use status, a destroyed status and an awaiting-destroy status; responsive to said request, querying, by the smart card management platform, a current operation status of the mobile station using the mobile station's identification and location information through a mobile network platform, wherein the operation statuses of the mobile station comprise an on-line status and an off-line status; performing, by the smart card management platform, signaling interaction with the mobile station via a mobile network platform to control the mobile station to destroy the smart card based on a result of said query; and in response changing the status of the smart card accordingly; wherein the performing signaling interaction comprises: sending, by the smart card management platform via the mobile network platform, a destroy command to destroy the smart card to the mobile station in response to the query result; and in response a destroy success message returned from the mobile station, changing the status of the smart card from the normal use status to the destroyed status accordingly; updating, by the smart card management platform, the status of the smart card from the normal use status to the awaiting-destroy status in response to the query result of the mobile station being in the off-line status; and in response to the mobile station being in the on-line status and the smart card having the awaiting-destroy status registered at the smart card management platform, sending a destroy command to destroy the smart card to the mobile station via the mobile network platform; and in response to a destroy success message returned from the mobile station, changing the status of the smart card from the awaiting-destroy status to the destroyed status accordingly; wherein when the mobile station receives a destroy command via the mobile network platform the mobile station disables function of the smart card by destroying hardware of the smart card; or the mobile station disables the function of the smart card by executing a preinstalled software procedure.