Patent ID: 7174333

Claim:
A method for receiving an application by a terminal adapted to communicate via a network, the application comprising at least a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a file describing the application and the second portion comprises an entity of data for the application, the method comprising: accessing via the network to receive the application; implementing a first communication mode to receive the first portion of the application via the network, wherein the first communication mode is configured to support a first security level of communication; identifying a second communication mode implementable to receive the second portion of the application via the network, wherein the second communication mode is configured to support a second security level of communication; determining whether the second security level of the second communication mode is at least as secure as the first security level of the first communication mode: and implementing the second communication mode to receive the second part of the application only if the second security level of the second communication mode is at least as secure as the first security level of the first communication mode.