Patent ID: 7698747

Claim:
A system comprising: a server; a personal computer; an integrated circuit card; and a vector device connected between the personal computer and the integrated circuit card; the server being arranged to send a message destined to the integrated circuit card to the personal computer via a communication network using the IP based protocol wherein the personal computer is arranged to: send the message to the integrated circuit card over a local communication channel between the PC and the integrated circuit card via the vector device; the integrated circuit card being arranged to understand the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) or General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) based protocol formats; the messages being: constructed by the server according to Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) or General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) based protocol formats; formatted by the server for an IP based protocol; and encrypted and/or signed by server keys kept in a secure storage area of the server and the integrated circuit card only.