Smart cards: a system support for service accessibility from heterogeneous devices

Abstract

With the proliferation of computers which do not resemble computers, such as mobile phones, TV's, PDA's, end-users wish to take advantage of them to access their applications and information, wherever they are and whatever the device used.This article deals with a common means to access a same service from various kinds of devices, and explains how smart cards, as mediums compatible with most types of terminals, can be used as application bootstrap.