摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To download a card manager even after issuing an IC card. <P>SOLUTION: A first card manager 102 stored in a ROM 101 of the IC card 100 is allowed to download a privileged application 103 as an application having privilege, like a general application AP.1 (104), and the privilege API 106 in the ROM 101 can be also accessed from the downloaded privileged application 103. As the privileged application 103 can be operated as the card manager when it accesses the privileged API 106, and the card manager can be downloaded even after the IC card is issued. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO |