JP2002358486A - System and method for service loading deputization - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine an optimum service provider when an application is dynamically loaded in an IC card. SOLUTION: An indirect service provider determination part 4a determines a service provider by comparing identification information read out of the IC card with application loading permission information stored in a storage part 5. Loadable application list information is requested from the service provider, and list information on applications which can be loaded is received from the card issuer through the service provider and displayed at a display/ input part. The indirect service provider determination part 4a determines a request-destination service provider of a personalized application by referring to information on correspondence between service providers and provided applications stored in the storage part 5 to request the personalized application, so that the application is downloaded to the IC card. The loading result of the application is reported from a communication part 6 to the service provider.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for dynamically loading an application, and more particularly to a technique which is effective when applied to a service loading service in dynamic loading of an application to an IC card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as a new service download from a communication means via the Internet, a method of downloading an application such as an incoming melody or a held melody of a mobile phone is widely known.

In this case, a mobile phone user accesses a server of a telephone company or the like from his or her mobile phone, selects and downloads a favorite music piece, and uses it as a ring tone. In addition, the fee for the selected music is charged directly to the owner of the mobile phone by the owner of the server such as a telephone company.

[0004]

However, it has been found by the present inventors that the following problems exist in the application download technology as described above.

[0005] Since the mobile phone itself has a communication means and does not assume a scheme in which a plurality of service providers and card issuers exist, it is necessary to determine a service provider to be passed and a billing destination. Did not need to be considered.

However, in an IC card operation scheme in which a plurality of applications can be mounted, it is necessary to be able to determine a service provider and a billing destination to be passed.
Card users usually do not have the knowledge to determine them.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide a service mounting proxy system and a method thereof that can determine an optimum service provider when dynamically loading an application on an IC card.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a service mounting agent system which is capable of mounting a plurality of applications.
A card read / write unit that reads the card issuer's identification information from the C card and writes an arbitrary application to the IC card, application installation permission information, application identification information, installable application list request information, and service provider. A storage unit for storing the correspondence information with the application, and a query on the correspondence information between the stored service provider and the provided application to determine a service provider to which the personalized application is requested, and to store the information in the storage unit. Inquiry of the card issuer identifier and application loading permission information to display a list of applications that can be loaded on the IC card, and a list of applications that can be loaded on the IC card, and a download to the IC card The display / input unit for inputting the application is compared with the identification information of the service provider to which the download application was provided, via the service provider identification information at the time of transmitting the request for information on the list of mountable applications accompanying the download of the application. And a charging destination determining unit that determines a service provider to be charged.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a service-based proxy system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an IC card used in the service-based proxy system of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a data configuration in an IC card, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the relationship between a service mounting agent, a service provider, and a card issuer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of application mounting permission information stored in a storage unit provided in the mounting proxy system.
FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of an application download by the service mounting proxy system of FIG.

In the present embodiment, the service mounting proxy system 1 is a system that performs service mounting proxy processing. As shown in FIG. 1, the service mounting agency system 1 includes a display / input unit 2, a card read / write unit 3,
It comprises a processing unit 4, a storage unit 5, and a communication unit 6.

The display / input unit 2 is for inputting various data,
And display. The card read / write unit 3 writes and reads information on the IC card 7 (FIG. 2) owned by the user.

The processing unit 4 includes a route service provider determining unit 4
a and a billing destination determining unit 4b. The processing unit 4 includes a display / input unit 2, a card read / write unit 3,
The storage unit 5 and the communication unit 6 are connected to each other.

The via-service-provider determining unit 4a determines a service provider to which the IC card 7 should be routed when transmitting a request for information on a list of installable applications of the IC card 7 to an arbitrary card issuer.

The billing destination determining unit 4b determines a service provider to be charged for downloading an application. The storage unit 5 stores various information such as application mounting permission information and information regarding a request for a list of mountable applications. The communication unit 6 communicates with a system provided to the service provider via the external public line K.

As shown in FIG. 2, the IC card 7 includes an I / O control unit 8, a command processing unit 9, and an arithmetic control unit 1.
0, an operation unit 11, a storage processing unit 12, and a storage unit 13.

The I / O control unit 8 controls input / output data written / read from the card read / write unit 3. The command processing unit 9 performs a predetermined process based on various commands.

The arithmetic control unit 10 controls the arithmetic operation performed by the IC card 7, and the arithmetic unit 11 performs arithmetic processing based on the control of the arithmetic control unit 10. The storage processing unit 12
Controls when data is stored in the C card 7. The storage unit 13 stores operating system (OS) software, applications, and the like based on the control of the storage processing unit 12.

The data structure stored in the storage unit 13 of the IC card 7 will be described with reference to FIG.

The storage unit 13 comprises an OS storage area R1 and an application area R2. O
The storage area R1 for S stores a card issuer identifier for identifying a card issuer, a card identifier for identifying the IC card 7 itself, card personalization information as personal information of owning the IC card, and the like. Storage area R1
It is an area that cannot be rewritten.

The application area R2 has
An application or the like that is dynamically loaded by the user of the C card 7 is stored, and is an area where data can be rewritten.

Here, the player in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The players are card issuers 101 to 10
3. Service providers 104 and 105, and a service providing agent 106.

The card issuers 101 to 103 are of one type,
Alternatively, a plurality of types of IC cards 7 are issued and their operation management is performed. The service providers 104 and 105 own one or more applications, and the number is not limited. The service providing agent 106 is a company that performs so-called dynamic loading of an application on behalf of a service provider, and operates the service mounting agent system 1.

The service provider 104 issues specific or all types of IC cards 7 issued by the card issuers 101 and 102, respectively, to own applications.
The contracts that can be loaded on the card are concluded with the card issuers 101 and 102.

The service provider 105 has concluded a contract with the card issuers 102 and 103 so that an application owned by the service provider 105 can be mounted on specific or all types of IC cards 7 issued by the card issuers 102 and 103. .

Further, the service providing agent 106 has concluded a contract from the service providers 104 and 105 to consign the installation to the IC card 7 which has been permitted to install the application owned by each.

There is no contract between the service providing agent 106 and the card issuer 101. As described above, the service providing agent 106 is a business entity that loads the application on behalf of the service provider, and therefore, the contract is made between the service providing agent 106 and each of the service providers 104 and 1.
05.

Further, if the service providing agent 106 contracts with each of the card issuers 101 to 103 in addition to the contract with each of the service providers 104 and 105, the procedure for the contract becomes complicated. . The service providing agent 106 can obtain, from the IC card 7, basic information on the IC card 7, such as identification information of the issued card issuers 101 to 103 and identification information of the IC card 7.

Next, regarding the processing procedure at the time of downloading an application in the service mounting proxy system 1 in the present embodiment, an explanatory diagram of the application mounting permission information of FIGS. 1, 4 and 5, and flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7. This will be described with reference to FIG.

First, a user who wishes to download an application to the IC card 7 currently in use goes to a place where the service mounting agent system is installed, and downloads the application to the card read / write unit 3. Is set.

The card read / write unit 3 reads basic information on the card such as identification information of the card issuers 101 to 103 from the set card (step S).
101).

The card issuer identifier read from the IC card 7 and the application mounting permission information stored in the storage unit 5 are referred to, and the via service provider determining unit 4a requests the list of applications that can be mounted on the IC card 7. Service provider to be transmitted when transmitting to the card issuers 101 to 103 (step S
102).

The application mounting permission information includes:
For example, as shown in FIG.
This is information representing a contract relationship between the service provider 104 and the service provider 104, and is created at the time of contract with the service provider 104 and 105. At the time of this contract, the correspondence information between the service provider and the provided application is also stored in the storage unit at the same time.

Here, a method of determining a service provider in the process of step S102 will be described.

The determination of the service provider is based on the result of the inquiry between the card issuer identification information and the application mounting permission information and logic based on a unique policy.

For example, in the case of the application mounting permission information shown in FIG. 5, when the IC card 7 set in the card read / write unit 3 is issued by the card issuer 101, the service via which the application list information request is transmitted The provider can be uniquely determined to be the service provider 104.

Next, when the IC card 7 set in the card read / write section 3 is issued by the card issuer 102, the service provider that passes through only from the application mounting permission information is sent to the service provider 104. It is not possible to decide whether to do so or the service provider 105.

Therefore, the destination service provider is determined by logic based on a unique policy. Examples of unique policies include:

A predetermined order, a random order, or a history of past application downloads are recorded and stored, and the application is frequently downloaded to a card issued by the card issuer via a service provider who frequently downloads the application. It is.

When the processing in step S102 is completed, the communication section 6 transmits a request for a list of applications on which the IC card 7 can be mounted to the card issuer to the determined route service provider (step S10).
3).

Including the destination application identification information;
The transmitted information on the application list information requestable for the IC card 7 is stored in the storage unit 5 (step S104).

The response to the mountable application list information request transmitted in the process of step S103,
The list of available applications of the card, which has been encrypted by the card issuer so that only the C card 7 can be decrypted, is received from the card issuer via the service provider through which the application list information request was transmitted ( Step S105). The purpose of this encryption is to prevent eavesdropping by the service provider during transmission of the information from the card issuer to the service providing agent 106.

The encrypted application list information of the IC card 7 received by the processing in step S105 is transmitted to the IC card 7 set in the card read / write unit 3 (step S106).

The card read / write unit 3 receives the list of applications that can be mounted on the IC card 7 and decrypted by the IC card 7 (step S107). Step S
Based on the information obtained in the process of 107, a list of applications that can be mounted on the IC card 7 is displayed on the display / input unit 2 (step S108).

The input of the designation of the application to be downloaded from the card user to the display / input unit 2 is received (step S109). The correspondence information between each service provider and the provided application stored in the storage unit 5 is inquired to determine the service provider to which the personalized application is requested (step S110).

The communication unit 6 transmits a personalized application request to the service provider determined in the process of step S110 (step S111). Step S1
The personalized application which is a response to the personalized application request transmitted in the process 11 is received from the determined service provider (step S112).

The card read / write unit 3 performs step S
The personalized application received in the process of 112 is downloaded to the set IC card 7 (step S113).

In the process of step S104, the storage unit 5
Including the destination service provider identification information stored in the
An inquiry is made for the information relating to the transmitted application list information request for the installable IC card 7 (step S11).
4).

By comparing the transit destination service provider identification information at the time of transmitting the installable application list information request accompanying the application download referred to in the processing of step S114 with the identification information of the service provider provided with the download application, If the two are different, the charging destination determining unit 4b determines a service provider to be charged (step S115). Here, the billing destination is the service provider that provided the download application, but may be a service provider that does not provide the other download application.

Then, the result of mounting the application is notified from the communication unit 6 to the service provider that provided the download application via the public line (step S116).

Thus, according to the present embodiment, when the IC card 7 is provided from the card user who desires dynamic loading of the application by the service mounting proxy system 1, the issuer identification is performed from the IC card 7. Only by acquiring the information, it is possible to determine a service provider to be passed when requesting a list of applications that can be installed from the card issuer.

In addition, the service provider 10 via which
6. Even if the service provider of the actually downloaded application is different from the service provider of the actually downloaded application, it is possible to automatically determine the billing destination of the communication cost incurred at the time of requesting the list information of the installable applications and acquiring the application. Become.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0055]

(1) According to the present invention, the service can be mounted simply by acquiring the issuer identification information of the IC card by the service mounting proxy system operated by the service providing agent entrusted by the service provider. It is possible to easily determine a service provider to be passed when requesting a list of applications from a card issuer. (2) Further, according to the present invention, even when the service provider via which the downloaded application is provided differs from the service provider from which the application has been actually downloaded, a request for list information of the applications that can be installed, and a billing destination for the communication cost generated at the time of acquisition. Can be determined.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a service mounting proxy system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an IC card used in the service mounting agency system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a data configuration in the IC card of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the relationship between a service mounting agent, a service provider, and a card issuer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of application mounting permission information stored in a storage unit provided in the service mounting proxy system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of an application download by the service mounting proxy system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart following FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Service installation agency system, 2 ... Display / input unit, 3
... Card read / write section, 4 processing section, 5 storage section, 6 communication section, 7 IC card, 8 I / O control section, 9 command processing section, 10 calculation control section, 11 calculation Unit, 12: storage processing unit, 13: storage unit, 101 to 10
3 ... card issuer, 104, 105 ... service provider,
106 ... Service providing agent.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Yusuke Mishina 1-280 Higashi Koigabo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo Inside the Hitachi, Ltd. F-term in the Central Research Laboratory (reference) 2C005 SA08 SA12 SA21 SA25 5B058 CA25 KA02 KA04 KA08 YA02 YA20 5B076 BB02 BB04 BB06 BB17

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An I / O capable of mounting a plurality of applications.
A card read / write unit that reads the card issuer's identification information from the C card and writes an arbitrary application to the IC card, application installation permission information, application identification information, installable application list request information, and service provider. A storage unit for storing correspondence information with the application; and querying correspondence information between the service provider and the provided application stored in the storage unit to determine a service provider to which the personalized application is requested, and A service provider determining unit for querying the card issuer identifier and the application mounting permission information stored in the unit and determining a service provider to be routed; and displaying a list of applications that can be mounted on the IC card. A display / input unit for inputting an application to be downloaded to the IC card; a service provider receiving the transfer destination service provider identification information at the time of transmitting the installable application list information request accompanying the download of the application; A service provider system, comprising: a charging destination determining unit that determines a service provider to be charged by comparing the identification information of the service with the service provider. 2. The card read / write unit inquires of the card issuer identification information read from the IC card and the application mounting permission information stored in the storage unit,
An intervening service provider determining unit for determining a service provider to be passed when transmitting an IC card mountable application list information request to a card issuer; Transmitting a mountable application list information request, and storing information on the transmitted mountable application list information request of the IC card including the application identification information of a destination in a storage unit; and transmitting the application list information request. The IC card mountable application list information received from the card issuer via the passed service provider is transmitted to the IC card, and a list of applications mountable on the IC card is displayed on the display / input unit. Application to download Prompting the user to specify an application, querying correspondence information between the service provider and the provided application stored in the storage unit, and determining a service provider to which the personalized application is requested; and providing the determined service. Transmitting a personalized application request from the communication unit to the user, receiving the personalized application from the determined service provider, and downloading the personalized application to the IC card. Notifying a service provider that provided the application downloaded from the communication unit. 3. The service mounting proxy method according to claim 2, wherein the service provider contracting with the card issuer of the IC card when the service provider determining unit determines the service provider to go through. If there is more than one,
A service mounting proxy method, which is determined by one of a predetermined order, a random order, or a service provider having a large number of application downloads to the IC card. 4. A service provision method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the service provider receives the pass-through service provider identification information and the download application at the time of transmitting the loadable application list information request accompanying the download of the application. A service mounting proxy method, comprising the step of comparing the identification information of a service provider with a service provider and determining a service provider to be charged by a charging destination determining unit. 5. The service loading proxy method according to claim 4, wherein the service provider receiving the download application is provided with the destination service provider identification information at the time of transmitting the loadable application list information request accompanying the download of the application. A service mounting proxy method, wherein when the identification information is different from the identification information, the communication cost generated by downloading the application is charged to a service provider who provided the application.