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US 10,650,367 B2Granted
Peer-to-peer (P2P) peripheral communication control
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorBruce Frank Bukovics
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Abstract
A host establishes an up-to-date, an automated, secure, and Peer-Two-Peer (PSP) communication session with a peripheral. During the communication session, the host controls serialization, prioritization, and delivery of messages being passed. Each message providing command instructions and/or information for processing between the host and the peripheral.
Claims12
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by executable instructions that execute on a processor of a host from a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a device connected to the host over a wired connection;
- instructing, by the executable instructions, the device while in a device mode of operation to reboot the device in an accessory mode of operation as a peripheral to the host;
- authenticating, by the executable instructions, the peripheral for interaction with the host;
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- establishing, by the executable instructions, a secure communication session between the host and the peripheral with communications provided in a customized message passing format as messages are passed between the host and the peripheral with the host controlling the peripheral during the secure communication session, wherein the customized message passing format is customized for the host.
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