US 12,615,248 B2 · Systems and methods for pairing site controller to point-of-sale devices

Abstract

Systems and methods for pairing a point-of-sale device (POS) to a site controller (SC) are provided. The method includes: (1) transmitting, from the POS to the SC, via a legacy communication channel, a start pairing command; (2) generating, via the SC, a one-time password upon receiving the start pairing command; (3) transmitting, via the legacy communication channel, the one-time password from the SC to the POS; (4) transmitting, from the POS to the SC, a host CSR; (5) transmitting, from the SC to the POS, a host certificate, and an SSH-CA public key; (6) transmitting, from the POS to the SC, a user CSR; (7) transmitting, from the SC to the POS, a user certificate; (8) storing, via a memory of the POS, the host certificate, the user certificate, and the SSH-CA public key; and (9) removing keys corresponding to the legacy communication channel from the POS.

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Dependent claims

A point-of-sale device comprising a memory storing one or more keys corresponding to a legacy communications channel, a processor, and a transceiver, the point-of-sale device configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver over the legacy communication channel, a start pairing command to a site controller;
receive, via the transceiver over the legacy communication channel, a one-time password generated by the site controller;
generate, via the processor, a host certificate signing request (CSR) and a user CSR;
transmit, via the transceiver, the host CSR and the user CSR to the site controller;
receive, via the transceiver, a host certificate corresponding to the host CSR, a user certificate corresponding to the user CSR, and a secure shell certificate authentication (SSH-CA) public key;
store the host certificate, the user certificate, and the SSH-CA public key in the memory;
and
remove the one or more keys corresponding to the legacy communication channel from the memory.

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A site controller comprising a memory storing one or more keys corresponding to a legacy communications channel, a processor, and a transceiver, wherein the site controller is configured to:

receive, via the transceiver over the legacy communication channel, a start pairing command from a point-of-sale device;
generate, via the processor, a one-time password upon receiving the start pairing command;
transmit, via the transceiver over the legacy communication channel, the one-time password to the point-of-sale device;
receive, via the transceiver, a host certificate signing request (CSR) and a user CSR from the point-of-sale device;
generate, via the processor, a host certificate based on the host CSR;
generate, via the processor, a user certificate based on the user CSR;
and
transmit, via the transceiver, the host certificate, the user certificate, and a secure shell certificate authentication (SSH-CA) public key to the point-of-sale device.

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A method for pairing a point-of-sale device to a site controller, comprising:

transmitting, from the point-of-sale device to the site controller, via a legacy communication channel, a start pairing command;
generating, via the site controller, a one-time password upon receiving the start pairing command;
transmitting, via the legacy communication channel, the one-time password from the site controller to the point-of-sale device;
transmitting, from the point-of-sale device to the site controller, a host certificate signing request (CSR);
transmitting, from the site controller to the point-of-sale device, a host certificate and a secure shell certificate authentication (SSH-CA) public key, wherein the host certificate is based on the host CSR;
transmitting, from the point-of-sale device to the site controller, a user CSR;
transmitting, from the site controller to the point-of-sale device, a user certificate based on the user CSR;
storing, via a memory of the point-of-sale device, the host certificate, the user certificate, and the SSH-CA public key;
and
removing one or more keys corresponding to the legacy communication channel from the memory of the point-of-sale device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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