System and methods to prevent unauthorized usage of card readers
AssigneeStripe, Inc.
InventorsHwai Sian Tsai, Chi Wah Lo
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Abstract
A contactless card reader comprises a contactless card reader front-end coupled to a processor. A communications module is coupled to the processor and a set of sensors is coupled to the processor. The set of sensors determines parameters related to the location, orientation and motion of the card reader. The processor receives the parameters from the set of sensors and utilizes the parameters and scenario configuration data to evaluate a rule. The result of the evaluation of the rule results in a limitation on the operation of the card reader. The communications module is configured to intermittently receive the scenario configuration data from external sources.
Claims18
A method of managing security of a card reader, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor coupled with one or more sensors of a card reader, sensor data indicative of parameters related to one or more of a location, an orientation, and a motion of the card reader, the card reader successfully authenticated before receiving the sensor data;
- evaluating, by the processor, one or more rules based at least in part on the sensor data to detect when the sensor data fails to satisfy at least one of the one or more of the rules;
- triggering, by the processor, an event of the card reader when the sensor data is detected to fail to satisfy at least one rule;
- and
- in response to detecting the event, causing the card reader to initiate an action associated with the event comprising disabling, by the processor, operation of the card reader.
A card reader comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data;
- a processor, coupled with the one or more sensors, configured to:
- receive, from the one or more sensors, sensor data indicative of parameters related to one or more of a location, an orientation, and a motion of the card reader, the card reader successfully authenticated before receiving the sensor data,
- evaluate one or more rules based at least in part on the sensor data to detect when the sensor data fails to satisfy at least one of the one or more of the rules,
- trigger an event of the card reader when the sensor data is detected to fail to satisfy at least one rule, and
- in response to detection of the event, cause the card reader to initiate an action associated with the event comprising the processor further configured to disable operation of the card reader.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed by a processor of a card reader, cause the card reader to perform operations for managing security of the card reader, the operations comprising:
- receiving, from one or more sensors of the card reader, sensor data indicative of parameters related to one or more of a location, an orientation, and a motion of the card reader, the card reader successfully authenticated before receiving the sensor data;
- evaluating one or more rules based at least in part on the sensor data to detect when the sensor data fails to satisfy at least one of the one or more of the rules;
- triggering an event of the card reader when the sensor data is detected to fail to satisfy at least one rule;
- and
- in response to detecting the event, causing the card reader to initiate an action associated with the event comprising disabling operation of the card reader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.