COMMUNICATION PROCEDURE BETWEEN A USER STATION AND A NETWORK, IN PARTICULAR THE INTERNET, INCLUDING ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION

摘要

This invention relates to a communication procedure between a terminal (1) equipped with a smart card reader (3) and data transmission network (RI), in particular of the Internet type. The terminal (1), the smart card reader (3) and the smart card (2a) comprise communication protocol layers (C1-C4, CC1-CC2, CCa1 -- CCa2). According to the invention, the smart card (2a) and the terminal (1) each comprise an additional software layer (13, 23a) consisting of intelligent agents (132, 232a) in order to send all, or part of, the data flow via the smart card (2a ). According to another characteristic, the smart card functions as a "WEB" server and supplies terminal (1) with an "HTML" page or a program that creates a virtual model. Intelligent agents (132, 232a) allow sessions to open between smart card (2a ) and terminal (1). Additionally, this invention pertains to the system architecture for differential implementation of the procedure.