Patent ID: 7543737

Claim:
Method for recharging a contactless smart card comprising a payment/transaction through a communication network and identifying the user through an identity module, said method being, implemented by: a recharge kiosk having authentication data and communicating with a contactless smart card, a mobile terminal provided with shape reading means for acquisition of authentication data, a recharge server, and a recharge management program communicating with the recharge server, wherein the method includes: displaying a barcode composed of card or kiosk authentication data, by the recharge kiosk acquiring information displayed the shape reading means on the mobile terminal, communicating between the recharge management program of the mobile terminal and the recharge server, so that the recharge management program transmits the barcode or part of the information contained in the barcode and performs the payment/transaction, verifying the payment/transaction and authenticating the kiosk and/or the smart card, by the recharge server, transmitting, directly or indirectly via the mobile terminal, from the recharge server to the data recharge kiosk, so as to credit the smart card, transmitting between the recharge kiosk and the contactless smart card, information about completion of the transaction, and crediting the smart card.