US 7,496,199 B2
Method of controlling access to cryptographic resources
Sylvie Camus, Palaiseau (France); Laurent Frisch, Paris (France); and Dimitri Mouton, Paris (France)
Assigned to France Telecom, Paris (France)
Appl. No. 10/513,074
PCT Filed May 16, 2003, PCT No. PCT/FR03/01494
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 29, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/098436, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 27, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 02 06160 (FR), filed on May 21, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0169475 A1, Aug. 04, 2005
Int. Cl. H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 380—247  [380/277; 380/278; 380/280] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing access to cryptographic resources from at least one computer application running on a computer platform, the cryptographic resources being supplied by at least one cryptographic source having a specific access interface, the method comprising:
presenting the application written in a mobile code language with a mutualized interface independent of the computer platform, of the cryptographic sources and of the respective access interfaces thereof, and
placing a translation module between the mutualized interface and each interface for accessing a cryptographic source to provide access to the cryptographic resources from the application via the mutualized interface.