Bull Cp8

Ronan Lapie

Terminal equipped with an application program, with at least one output constituted either by a display, or by a printer, or by a communications network, or by a portable object, and cooperating with a portable object equipped with a non-volatile memory area (ZD) containing data, and comprising a reader which communicates with said portable object, characterized in that the device comprises means for reading or storing, in its memory, self-diagnostic or supervisory data (Ti, Dj, Sk) and means for sending said data to outputs ( ) specified as a function of information supplied by the self-diagnostic or supervisory data following the execution of at least one task Tt of its application program in connection with the portable object.

Portable object reader terminal, portable object, and process for self-diagnosis and supervision of same

A terminal includes a memory in which is stored an application program and further includes at least one output constituted either by a display, or by a printer, or by a communications network, or by a portable object. The terminal cooperates with a portable object such as a &ldquo;smart card&rdquo;, which includes a non-volatile memory area (ZD) containing data. The terminal includes a reader which communicates with the portable object and is characterized in that there is provided a mechanism for reading or storing self-diagnostic or supervisory data (Ti, Dj, Sk) in the terminal memory and a mechanism for sending the data to outputs (1-4) of the terminal specified as a function of information supplied by the self-diagnostic or supervisory data following the execution of at least one task Tt of the application program operating in connection with the portable object.

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Volx, France

Ronan Lapie