Patent ID: 8549586

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a receiver configured to receive, from an entity, a request to perform a function; a secure element connected with the receiver, the secure element to verify the request to perform the function, where the secure element is configured to operate in either a report mode or a silent mode, where details about a status of the performance of the function are displayed when the device operates in the report mode, and where no details about the status of the performance of the function are displayed when the device operates in the silent mode, the secure element including: hardware programmed with instructions to verify that a security of the secure element has not been breached; and software including instructions to determine an access right for the entity requesting performance of the function, and to perform the function when the hardware verifies that the security of the secure element has not been breached and the access right indicates that the entity is authorized to request performance of the secure function.