Patent ID: 7801492

Claim:
A method of managing resources of chipcards connected in each case to a communication terminal, the method comprising: storing in a data store of a resource management centre, arranged externally to the chipcards and the communication terminals, information about resources available in each of the chipcards; receiving in the resource management centre via a telecommunication network a first resource management instruction for making ready resources in one or more than one selected chipcards identified in the instruction; checking by the resource management centre in the data store whether sufficient resources are available in the selected chipcards to meet requirements of the first resource management instruction, before transmitting a second resource management instruction; transmitting the second resource management instruction from the resource management centre via the telecommunication network to the selected chipcards having sufficient resources, the second resource management instruction including data about the resources to be made ready in the selected chipcards; making ready the resources in the selected chipcards, in accordance with the received second resource management instruction, through a resource control mechanism in the chipcard; transmitting a resource management confirmation from the selected chipcards via the telecommunication network to the resource management centre; and storing in the data store of the resource management centre information about the resources made ready in the selected chipcards, based on the resource management confirmation received from the selected chipcards.