Patent ID: 8776251

Claim:
A method for data exchange between a secure element and a terminal, the secure element comprising a Contactless Registry Service (CRS) application, a Contactless Registry Event Listener (CREL), and a service application, and the terminal comprising a Secure Element User Interface (SEUI) configured to interact with at least one of the CRS application, the CREL application, or the service application, the method comprising: exchanging, between the secure element and the terminal, a Service Type Identification (STID) information relating to the service application, wherein the STID information indicates the service type of the service application of a predetermined set of different service types, wherein the predetermined set of different service types includes at least one service type of the group consisting of: a basic information exchange service type, a payment-related service type, a ticketing-related service type, a public transport-related service type, a loyalty benefits-related service type, a banking-related service type, and a check-in service-related service type; wherein the STID information is encoded by a service type bit-mask comprising a plurality of service type bits as a part of an application identification (AID) information, wherein a first arrangement of the plurality of service type bits of the service type bit-mask specifies a first service type and a second arrangement of the plurality of service type bits of the service type bit-mask specifies a second service type.