Architecture for executing applications in a data communications environment

摘要

A service architecture for executing applications in a data communications environment comprises at least one smart card (1), a user terminal which may be a mobile telephone (2) and a server (3) all of which are linked via a common interface which comprises IIOP. The invention combines four existing standards; SIM tool kit, WAP, FIPA and CORBA. It enables any application such as E-Mail, for example to migrate and be independently executed either on a smart card, mobile handset or server. Access to the Internet can be provided by WAP layers and applications residing on a smart card can launch and run CORBA applications or agent applications which are accessed through the IIOP.