DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IC CARDS

摘要

A device (11) for communicating with an integrated circuit (IC) card including a user interface, an external interface including an IC card interface (69) for connectedly receiving and communicating with an IC card and a microcomputer (29). The microcomputer (29) having internal storage (31a, 31b, 32) for storing data and being connected to the user interface and the external interface. An operating system (53) for operating the microcomputer (29) to control the internal storage, the user interface and the external interface. The data includes a program module (63) loaded into the internal storage for execution upon activation via the user interface. The program module (63) is imported from a said IC card or is loaded from a host to the device.