Secure elements broker (SEB) for application communication channel selector optimization
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for managing concurrent secure elements on a mobile device to coordinate with an application or “app” running on the mobile device and an appropriate communications protocol for conducting transactions using the mobile device include: informing, by the processor, the reader device of a preferred app and a communication protocol usable by the preferred app; receiving, by the processor, information about which apps and communication protocols are supported by a reader for processing a transaction; locating, by the processor, a secure element supporting an app and a communication protocol supported by the reader; channeling the communication protocol for the specific configuration of the app and the supporting secure element; activating the secure element that supports the app; and processing, with the activated secure element, using the supported app and communication channel, the transaction with the reader.
1. A secure data transfer system, comprising:
a mobile device chassis;
a processing system that is housed in the mobile device chassis; and
at least one non-transitory memory system that is housed in the mobile device chassis, coupled to the processing system, and includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the secure data transfer system to perform operations comprising:
identifying, using application support information received from a reader device, a first secure element that is one of a plurality of secure elements that are housed in the mobile device chassis and accessible to the processing system, wherein the first secure element is configured to execute a first application that is supported according to the application support information; and
activating, in response to identifying the first secure element, the first secure element.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application support information identifies a transaction to-be-performed with the reader device, and wherein the identifying the first secure element includes determining that the first application is configured to perform the transaction.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the activating the first secure element comprises: sending a wake-up signal to the first secure element to activate the first secure element such that the first secure element executes the first application.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein at least one second secure element of the plurality of secure elements remains inactivated subsequent to the activation of the first secure element.
5. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
identifying, using the application support information received from the reader device, a second secure element that is one of the plurality of secure elements that are housed in the mobile device chassis and accessible to the processing system, wherein the second secure element is configured to execute a second application that is supported according to the application support information; and
determining that the first application is a preferred application relative to the second application, wherein the first secure element is activated and the second secure element is not activated based on the determination that the first application is the preferred application relative to the second application.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first application is activated using an applet that is stored on the first secure element.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: causing, using the first application, a secure data transfer to the reader device.
8. A method, comprising:
identifying, using at least one hardware processor that is housed in a mobile device chassis and based on application support information received from a reader device, a first secure element that is one of a plurality of secure elements that are housed in the mobile device chassis and accessible to the at least one hardware processor, wherein the first secure element is configured to execute a first application that is supported according to the application support information; and
activating, using the at least one hardware processor and in response to identifying the secure element, the first secure element.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the application support information identifies a transaction to-be-performed with the reader device, and wherein the identifying the first secure element includes determining that the first application is configured to perform the transaction.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the activating the first secure element comprises: sending a wake-up signal to the first secure element to activate the first secure element such that the first secure element executes the first application.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein at least one second secure element of the plurality of secure elements remains inactivated subsequent to the activation of the first secure element.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
identifying, using the application support information received from the reader device, a second secure element that is one of the plurality of secure elements that are housed in the mobile device chassis and accessible to the processing system, wherein the second secure element is configured to execute a second application that is supported according to the application support information; and
determining that the first application is a preferred application relative to the second application,
wherein the first secure element is activated and the second secure element is not activated based on the determination that the first application is the preferred application relative to the second application.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first application is activated using an applet that is stored on the first secure element.
14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: causing, using the first application, secure data transfer to the reader device.
15. A non-transitory machine readable medium having machine-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes a machine to perform operations comprising:
identifying, using application support information received from a reader device, a first secure element that is one of a plurality of secure elements that are housed in a mobile device chassis and accessible to the one or more processors that are housed in the mobile device chassis, wherein the first secure element is configured to execute a first application that is supported according to the application support information; and
activating, in response to the identifying the secure element, the first secure element.
16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the application support information identifies a transaction to-be-performed with the reader device, and wherein the identifying the first secure element includes determining that the first application is configured to perform the transaction.
17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the activating the first secure element comprises: sending a wake-up signal to the first secure element to activate the first secure element such that the first secure element executes the first application.
18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , wherein at least one second secure element of the plurality of secure elements remains inactivated subsequent to the activation of the first secure element.
19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:
identifying, using the application support information received from the reader device, a second secure element that is one of the plurality of secure elements that are housed in the mobile device chassis and accessible to the one or more processors that are housed in the mobile device chassis, wherein the second secure element is configured to execute a second application that is supported according to the application support information; and
determining that the first application is a preferred application relative to the second application,
wherein the first secure element is activated and the second secure element is not activated based on the determination that the first application is the preferred application relative to the second application.
20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first application is activated using an applet that is stored on the first secure element.