Method for accessing one application or a set of applications from or through a token, corresponding token and system

1. A method for accessing at least one application from or through a token, the token being coupled to a terminal, the terminal comprising at least one touch surface, comprising the following steps:

sending, by the token, to the terminal, (i) at least one predetermined input touch pattern, and (ii) at least one command associated with at least one predetermined input touch pattern,

wherein, when an input touch pattern is input at a touch surface, sending, by the terminal, to the token, a command associated with the input touch pattern, the command being either a command for (i) requesting a display of a set of at least one application accessible from or through the token or (ii) for triggering an execution of an application accessible from or through the token.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the steps in which the terminal compares an input touch pattern with at least one received input touch pattern relating to one application or a set of applications accessible from or through the token, and

according to a comparison result, selectively sending to the token, by the terminal, either a command for requesting a display of a set of at least one application accessible from or through the token or a command for triggering an execution of an application accessible from or through the token, the command being associated with a predetermined input touch pattern.

3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving the command for triggering an execution of an application accessible from or through the token, the token executes an application accessible from or through the token.

4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein, the terminal is connected to an external server, and further comprising a step in which the token sends, through the terminal, to the external server a request for the external server to execute the triggered application.

5. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the application is selected from the group including the following elements: an application relating to a Subscriber Identity Module type toolkit; an application accessible from a server embedded within the token; and an application accessible, through the token, and from an external server connected to the terminal.

6. Method according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving a command requesting a display of a set of at least one application accessible from or through the token, the token sends to the terminal a command for displaying at least one menu item.

7. Method according to claim 6 , further comprising a step in which the terminal sends to the token a command for triggering an execution of an application relating to one selected menu item amongst the at least one menu item, in response to the command for displaying at least one menu item.

8. A token for accessing at least one application, the token being able to cooperate with at least one external entity, comprising:

data storing means,

data processing means, and

communication means for communicating with the external entity,

wherein the token is configured to send, to the external entity, at least one predetermined input touch pattern and at least one command associated with at least one predetermined input touch pattern, and

wherein, when an input touch pattern is input at a touch surface, the token is configured to receive, from the external entity, a command associated with the input touch pattern, the command being either a command for requesting a display of a set of at least one application accessible from or through the token or a command for triggering an execution of an application accessible from or through the token.

9. A system for accessing at least one application from or through a token, the system comprising:

a terminal and the token, the token cooperating with the terminal,

the token comprising:

first data storing means,

first data processing means, and

first communication means for communicating with the terminal,

the terminal comprising:

at least one touch surface,

second data storing means,

second data processing means, and

second communication means for communicating with the token,

wherein the token is configured to send to the terminal at least one predetermined input touch pattern and at least one command associated with at least one predetermined input touch pattern, and

wherein, when an input touch pattern is input at a touch surface, the terminal sends to the token a command associated with the input touch pattern, the command being either a command for requesting a display of a set of at least one application accessible from or through the token or a command for triggering an execution of an application accessible from or through the token.

10. System according to claim 9 , wherein the terminal is a mobile phone.

11. Token according to claim 8 , wherein the token comprises a smart card of the Subscriber Identity Module type.