Systems and methods for provisioning point of sale terminals
AssigneeBlock, Inc.
InventorsMalcolm Smith, Kshitiz Vadera, Afshin Rezayee
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Abstract
A provisioning system is provided for terminals such as point of sale terminals. An interface device interfaces with a smart card and a provisioning server, providing initialization keys and security codes that are stored on the smart card. At a terminal, an initialization key from the smart card may be provided to the terminal if a correct security code is entered at the terminal. The terminal may then provide a terminal authorization package to the smart card. The terminal authorization package is stored on the smart card. At the interface device, the terminal authorization package is provided to the provisioning server. The terminal may then securely communicate transactions with an issuer server.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- interfacing a smart card with a card reader of an initialization device, wherein the initialization device is in communication with a provisioning server;
- establishing a first secure communication channel between the smart card and the provisioning server;
- receiving, at the initialization device, one or more initialization keys from the provisioning server, wherein the one or more initialization keys enable the smart card to provision a point of sale terminal to securely process transactions;
- transmitting, by the initialization device, the one or more initialization keys to the smart card;
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- storing, at the smart card, the one or more initialization keys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.