Method for accessing an additional service provided by an IC card toolkit applet

1. A method for selecting at least one additional service in a mobile telephone comprising a keyboard for dialing a number to set up a telephone communication, the at least one additional service being provided by an Integrated Circuit (IC) Card in the mobile telephone, the method comprising:

comparing a dialed number with at least one service number stored in the IC Card and associated to the at least one additional service;

terminating the set up of the telephone communication; and

triggering the associated additional service corresponding to the dialed number, the at least one additional service displaying a submenu on the mobile telephone, the submenu including a plurality of application entries associated to the at least one additional service.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the terminating the set up of the telephone communication and the triggering the associated additional service are executed when the comparing results that the dialed number is equal to the at least one service number.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein a selection through the keyboard of at least one application entry from the plurality of application entries triggers a corresponding at least one submenu additional service.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising initializing, in the IC Card, a value for the at least one service number and associating the at least one service number to the corresponding at least one additional service.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one service number comprises numeric digit strings selected from at least one of #, +, *, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the dialing the number to set up the telephone communication comprises a Call Control event originated by the mobile telephone and sent to the IC Card, the Call Control event being compliant to a communication protocol between the mobile telephone and the IC Card.

7. The method according to claim 1 further comprising providing a Sharable Interface for:

registering the at least one additional service, the Sharable Interface being implemented by a respective menu applet providing the at least one additional service; and

launching the triggering of the associated additional service.

8. The method according to claim 7 further comprising:

associating the at least one additional service to corresponding application identification numbers (AIDs); and

grouping the AIDs in an elementary applet identification file inside the IC Card;

the elementary applet identification file being accessed in the triggering to retrieve the at least one additional service.

9. The method according to claim 8 further comprising adding a new additional service to the at least one additional service, the adding comprising:

registering the new additional service to the Shareable Interface; and

inserting a new AID associated with the new application service inside the elementary applet identification file.

10. The method according to claim 8 further comprising removing an additional service by removing the AID corresponding to the removed additional service from the elementary applet identification file.

11. A method for selecting at least one additional service in a mobile telephone comprising a keyboard for dialing a number to set up a telephone communication, the at least one additional service being provided by an Integrated Circuit (IC) Card in the mobile telephone, the method comprising:

comparing a dialed number with at least one service number stored in the IC Card and associated to the at least one additional service;

terminating the set up of the telephone communication;

triggering the associated additional service corresponding to the dialed number; and

displaying a submenu on the mobile telephone associated to the at least one additional service;

the terminating, the triggering, and the displaying being based upon the dialed number being equal to the at least one service number.

12. The method according to claim 11 wherein the dialing the number to set up the telephone communication comprises a Call Control event originated by the mobile telephone and sent to the IC Card, the Call Control event being compliant to a communication protocol between the mobile telephone and the IC Card.

13. The method according to claim 11 further comprising providing a Sharable Interface for:

registering the at least one additional service, the Sharable Interface being implemented by a respective menu applet providing the at least one additional service; and

launching the triggering of the associated additional service.

14. An Integrated Circuit (IC) card storing at least one additional service for hosting by a mobile telephone having a keyboard to dial a number for setting up a telephone communication, the IC card comprising:

a memory for storing and associating at least one service number to the at least one additional service; and

a processor cooperating with said memory for

comparing a dialed number with the at least one service number,

terminating the setting up of the telephone communication,

triggering the associated additional service corresponding to the dialed number, and

displaying a submenu on the mobile telephone, the submenu including a plurality of application entries associated to the at least one additional service.

15. The IC card according to claim 14 wherein the terminating and the triggering are activated when said processor determines that the dialed number is equal to the at least one service number.

16. The IC card according to claim 14 wherein a selection through the keyboard of at least one application entry from the plurality of application entries triggers a corresponding at least one submenu additional service.

17. The IC card according to claim 14 wherein said processor initializes a value for the at least one service number and associates the at least one service number to the corresponding at least one additional service.

18. The IC card according to claim 14 wherein the at least one service number comprises numeric digit strings selected from at least one of #, +, *, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

19. A mobile telephone comprising:

a keyboard for dialing a number to set up a telephone communication;

a display cooperating with said keyboard to display a menu; and

an Integrated Circuit (IC) card storing at least one additional service and comprising

a memory for storing and associating at least one service number to the at least one additional service,

a processor cooperating with said memory for comparing a dialed number with the at least one service number, for terminating the set up of the telephone communication, for triggering the associated additional service corresponding to the dialed number, and for displaying a submenu on said display, the submenu including a plurality of application entries associated to the at least one additional service.

20. The mobile telephone according to claim 19 wherein the terminating and the triggering are activated when said processor determines that the dialed number is equal to the at least one service number.

21. The mobile telephone according to claim 19 wherein said processor initializes a value for the at least one service number and associates the at least one service number to the corresponding at least one additional service.