Patent ID: 8718602

Claim:
A method for remote control of a smart card in a terminal side, comprising: after receiving, from a user, a request for performing a locking/unlocking operation on the smart card, performing, by a smart card management platform, a short message interaction with the terminal side through a mobile network platform of a mobile network, wherein the terminal side further comprises a mobile station, and wherein the smart card management platform stores dynamic data indicative of statuses of the smart card, the statuses of the smart card comprising a status of locking, a status of unlocking, a status of waiting for locking, and a status of waiting for unlocking; responsive to said request, querying, by the smart card management platform, a current operation state of the mobile station using the mobile station's identification and location information via the mobile network platform; controlling, by the smart card management platform via the mobile network platform, the mobile station to perform the locking/unlocking operation on the smart card based on a result of said query and in response changing the status of the smart card accordingly, wherein the controlling comprises: sending a locking short message, via the mobile network platform, by the smart card management platform, to the mobile station to perform a locking operation, in response to the query result; and changing the status of the smart card from unlocking to locking, sending a unlocking short message, via the mobile network platform, by the smart card management platform, to the mobile station to perform a unlocking operation, in response to the query result; and changing the status of the smart card from locking to unlocking; updating, by the smart card management platform, the status of the smart card from unlocking to waiting for locking in response to detecting the mobile station is currently in an off line state, and in response to the mobile station being connected to the mobile network and the smart card having a waiting for locking status registered at the smart card management platform, sending, by the smart card management platform, the locking short message to the mobile station to perform a locking operation; updating, by the smart card management platform, the status of the smart card from locking to waiting for unlocking in response to detecting the mobile station is currently in an off line state, and in response to the mobile station being connected to the mobile network and the smart card having a waiting for unlocking status registered at the smart card management platform, sending, by the smart card management platform, the unlocking short message to the mobile station to perform a unlocking operation; wherein the off line state indicates the mobile station is turned off or not in a service area.