Patent ID: 8090922

Claim:
A method for administering a memory of a chip card by means of a processor provided for controlling said memory, wherein said memory is provided on the chip card comprising a memory management system with a processor and an operating system stored in the memory, wherein said memory has an available memory capacity adapted to store data; said method comprising the steps of: determining said available data memory capacity; releasing said memory for storing said data thereby creating a used memory space and a remaining free memory space; storing and deleting data in said memory; storing an indication of said free memory space and adapting said stored indication of an actual amount of said free memory space; reorganizing and allocating said free memory space; determining that data having identical content is stored in said memory and applications are provided for simultaneous use of said identical, content data; and forming links in said memory to be used when said identical content data is simultaneously utilized by different application users of said memory.