Abstract: A method of assessing compatibility between at least one application and at least one processing device that host and/or executes and/or interacts with the application. A comparison is carried out between: (i) at least one profile from among the profiles associated with the devices, that respectively describe the functions supported by each device, and (ii) at least one profile from among the profiles associated with the applications that respectively describe the functions used by each application, in order to sutomatically establish an analysis of the functional compatibility between one or more applications and one or more devices.

Abstract: To execute a program in a second chip card, inserted in a terminal in addition to a first chip card, containing data relating to the owner of the first card, the second card communicates with the terminal through exchanges of commands and responses between the two cards, relayed through exchanges of commands and responses, between first card and the terminal. For example, the terminal is a mobile radio telephone terminal with a SIM card as a first card, not requiring any SIM Toolkit protocol interface between the terminal and the second card. Compatibility and adaptation of the second card to the terminal is provided in the preparation for the execution of the program.