SECURITY TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH CHIP CARD READER DESIGNED TO COMMUNICATE WITH SERVER VIA INTERNET TYPE NETWORK

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal architecture allowing communications between a chip card and a Web server via an Internet type network.

SOLUTION: The terminal 5 is equipped with a security enclosure 6 comprising a reader for the chip card 8, a keyboard 62, and optionally, other computing resources 63. The non-security part of the terminal 5 comprises a Web browser 51 and a first communication node 50 that routes received requests to the browser 51 or to the secure enclosure 6. The security enclosure 6 comprises a second communication node 60 and an HTTP server 61. The chip card 8 comprises a third communication node 80 and an HTTP server 81. The Web server 4 comprises a merchant application 41 that can establish communication with the chip card 8 and activate software applications A1to Anof the chip card.

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