Method of managing incoming commands related to contactless applications within a wireless apparatus such as an NFC enabled mobile phone

摘要

An NFC controller analyzes incoming commands, by name, and decides, according a predefined name table, to which secure element the actual command and following commands are sent for processing.

主权项

1. A method of managing incoming commands related to contactless applications within a device comprising a contactless element and a plurality of auxiliary elements connected thereto, the method comprising:
analyzing a current incoming command within the contactless element; if the current incoming command is a selection command including identification information of a desired contactless application, verifying whether the identification information is included in a table including identification information related to contactless applications hosted within at least one of the plurality of auxiliary elements; if the identification information is included in the table, selecting one of the plurality of auxiliary elements hosting a desired contactless application and sending the selection command to the selected auxiliary element; and sending other incoming commands following the selection command to the selected auxiliary element until reception of a new selection command.