Patent ID: 6877655

Claim:
A method of providing services using a smart card, wherein said method comprises the steps of: generating a plurality of data, wherein each said data comprises information for activating a service associated with an electrical apparatus; generating an indicium associated with each said data; programming a smart card by loading said plurality of data into a memory of said smart card; generating a plurality of mapping data, wherein each said mapping data indicates a location on the surface of said smart card to which an associated said indicium is to be applied; linking said plurality of data to corresponding said mapping data of said indicia; programming the smart card by loading said mapping data into the memory of said smart card; applying said indicia to said surface of the smart card at the locations of the mapping data; selecting any one of said indicia on the smart card upon loading said smart card into a smart card reader; and activating, when any one of said indicia on the smart card upon loading said smart card into a smart card reader is selected, said service associated with said selected indicium.