Patent ID: 7024226

Claim:
A method for enabling at least a part of a Smart Card, said Smart Card associated to a terminal, said terminal connected to a communication network to which a server also is connected, said Smart Card accessible for a user of said terminal, comprising the following steps: generating an activation code in said server; providing said user with said activation code; transmitting to said terminal through said communication network a unique code associated with said Smart Card, said unique code adapting said terminal to prompt said user for his/her reading of said activation code; in response to an entry by said user of said reading of said activation code into said terminal, transmitting said entered activation code to said server through said communication network; in response to receiving said entered activation code by said server, comparing said received activation code with the activation code as provided to said user; if said received activation code and said activation code provided to said user correspond, transmitting an enabling command to said terminal through said communication network; and upon receiving said enabling command, enabling said at least a part of said Smart Card.