USB hub keypad

An apparatus for securing a token from unauthorized use, comprising:

• a PIN entry device, communicably coupleable to a host processing device transmitting a first message addressed to the PIN entry device, and communicatively coupleable to the token according to a universal serial bus USB protocol, the PIN entry device comprising:
• a user input device, for accepting a user-input PIN;
• and
• a processor, communicatively coupled to the user input device, the processor for receiving the first message and combining the first message with the user-input PIN, and for producing a second message having at least a portion of the first message and the user-input PIN.

A method for securing a token from unauthorized use, comprising:

• intercepting a first message from the host processing device addressed to the token in a hub;
• providing the intercepted message to a PIN entry device communicatively coupled to the hub;
• accepting a second message from the PIN entry device comprising a user-entered PIN;
• generating a third message from the second message, the third message comprising the user-entered pin and at least a portion of the first message;
• and
• transmitting the third message from the USB-compliant hub to the token.

An apparatus for securing a token from unauthorized use, comprising:

• a USB-compliant hub, communicably coupleable between a host processing device and the token, the USB compliant hub having;
• means for intercepting a message addressed to the PIN entry device;
• means for generating a third message from the first message and a user-entered PIN;
• and
• means for transmitting the third message to the token;
• a PIN entry device, communicatively coupled to USB-compliant hub, for accepting a user-entered PIN and providing the user-entered PIN to the USB-compliant hub.