Method for accessing a plurality of services by a mobile terminal user, and related secure device
The invention relates to a method for enabling the user of at least one mobile terminal to access a plurality of services, said method consisting of: creating (E 1 ) a user account containing user identification data; installing (E 2 ) a software application for accessing the plurality of services on said mobile terminal; creating (E 5 ) an image containing at least one software application identifier on the mobile terminal using the software application; decoding (E 6 ) the data contained in the image using a secure entity for managing the software application; and authorizing (E 8 ) or not authorizing (E 9 ) the access of the user to the plurality of services based on the decoded data.
1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instruction sequences stored thereon, wherein said instruction sequences instructs a processor to perform steps for enabling a user ( 1 ) of at least one mobile terminal ( 2 ) to access a plurality of services, said steps comprising:
creating (E 1 ) a user account containing identification data of said user ( 1 );
installing (E 2 ) in said mobile terminal ( 2 ) a software application for accessing said plurality of services;
creating (E 5 ), in the mobile terminal ( 2 ), by using said software application, an image ( 7 ) containing at least one software application identifier;
decoding (E 6 ), by using a secure management entity ( 3 ) of said software application, data contained in the image ( 7 ); and
enabling (E 8 ) or not enabling (E 9 ) the user ( 1 ) to access said plurality of services according to the decoded data.
2. The computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein said instruction sequences are configured to further instruct the processor to perform steps for: activating (E 3 ), in the mobile terminal ( 2 ), said software application, by associating said software application identifier with said user account.
3. The computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein said instruction sequences are configured to further instruct the processor to perform steps for: prior to the step for creation (E 5 ) of the image, entering into the mobile terminal ( 2 ) a user personal identification code.
4. The computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein said step for creating (E 5 ) the image additionally comprises encrypting at least the software application identifier.
5. The computer program product according to claim 4 , wherein said encrypting step comprises encrypting said user personal identification code.
6. The computer program product according to claim 4 , wherein said encrypting step comprises utilizing a public key encryption algorithm and wherein said decoding step (E 6 ) comprises decrypting the data contained in the image ( 7 ) by using a private key associated with said public key.
7. The computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein the user identification data comprises at least one software application identifier.
8. The computer program product according to claim 7 , wherein the user identification data comprises a single software application identifier associated with said at least one mobile terminal ( 2 ).
9. The computer program product according to claim 7 , characterized in that the user has a number of mobile terminals and wherein the user identification data comprises a plurality of software application identifiers which are respectively associated with said mobile terminals.
10. The computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein said image ( 7 ) created in said mobile terminal ( 2 ) has a predetermined validity period.
11. The computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein the software application identifier comprises a series of alphanumeric characters.
12. The computer program product according to claim 3 , wherein the user personal identification code comprises a series of alphanumeric characters.
13. The computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein said installation step (E 2 ) is performed at least partially from the secure management entity ( 3 ).
14. The computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein said image ( 7 ) is a one- or two-dimensional bar code.
15. A mobile terminal ( 2 ) for enabling a user ( 1 ) of the mobile terminal to access a plurality of services, said mobile terminal comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors configured to perform steps comprising:
creating (E 1 ) a user account containing identification data of said user ( 1 );
installing (E 2 ) in said mobile terminal ( 2 ) a software application for accessing said plurality of services;
creating (E 5 ), in the mobile terminal ( 2 ), by using said software application, an image ( 7 ) containing at least one software application identifier; and
providing, when the user requests access to at least one of said plurality of services, the image ( 7 ) containing at least one software application identifier to a secure management device ( 3 ) of said software application to determine if the user is authorized to access said at least one of said plurality of services,
wherein data contained in the image is decoded by said secure management device ( 3 ), and
wherein the user is enabled or not enabled to access said plurality of services according to the decoded data.