Patent ID: 7730312

Claim:
Secure apparatus comprising: a certification authority for which a key pair comprising a public key and a private key are generated; at least one multiple application tamper resistant module (TRM) comprising said public key of said certification authority and a TRM identifier for uniquely identifying each said TRM; means for creating at said certification authority a personalization data block for at least one TRM identifier, means for encrypting at least one personalization data block and forwarding said at least one encrypted data block to a personalization bureau; means for loading at said personalization bureau each said encrypted data block onto the TRM having the TRM identifier matching said encrypted personalization data block; means for determining, based on said at least one encrypted personalization data block, whether at least one of said TRM's is qualified to accept the loading of a specific software application; means for authenticating said application for loading onto said at least one TRM by using said public key of said certification authority; and loading means responsive to said determining and authenticating means for securely loading said application onto said at least one TRM.