Secure reconfigurable input device with transaction card reader

A computing device, comprising:

• a central processing unit (CPU);
• a keyboard controller to receive encrypted data from the reconfigurable secure keyboard console;
• and
• a reconfigurable secure keyboard console to transmit encrypted data to the keyboard controller including,
• a plurality of physical keys,
• a reconfigurable first memory to an encryption key,
• a reconfigurable second memory to store at least one transformation instruction,
• a reconfigurable third memory, and
• a keyboard processor including a standard lookup table containing a plurality of codes and a plurality of values, each of the plurality of codes and the plurality of values corresponding to one of a plurality of potential keyboard inputs,
• wherein the keyboard processor retrieves the at least one transformation instruction,
• executes the at least one transformation instruction,
• creates a transformed lookup table containing the plurality of values and a plurality of transformed codes, each of the plurality of values and the plurality of transformed codes corresponding to one of the plurality of potential keyboard inputs,
• stores the transformed lookup table in the third reconfigurable memory,
• receives actual keyboard input corresponding to one of the plurality of potential keyboard inputs and finds an actual value corresponding to one of the plurality of potential keyboard inputs,
• matches the actual value with one of the plurality of values in the transformed lookup table, and
• outputs a transformed code from the plurality of transformed codes corresponding to the actual value.

A secure computing system, comprising:

• a global network;
• a first computing device to communicate securely with a second computing device over the global network, including
• a first central processing unit to receive encrypted information from the global network and to transmit encrypted information to the global network,
• a reconfigurable secure keyboard console to transmit encrypted information and to receive encrypted information from the keyboard controller including
• a plurality of physical keys,
• a reconfigurable first memory to an encryption key,
• a reconfigurable second memory to store at least one transformation instruction,
• a reconfigurable third memory, and
• a keyboard processor including a standard lookup table containing a plurality of codes and a plurality of values, each of the plurality of codes and the plurality of values corresponding to one of a plurality of potential keyboard inputs,
• wherein the keyboard processor retrieves the at least one transformation instruction,
• executes the at least one transformation instruction,
• creates a transformed lookup table containing the plurality of values and a plurality of transformed codes, each of the plurality of values and the plurality of transformed codes corresponding to one of the plurality of potential keyboard inputs,
• stores the transformed lookup table in the third reconfigurable memory,
• receives actual keyboard input corresponding to one of the plurality of potential keyboard inputs and finds an actual value corresponding to one of the plurality of potential keyboard inputs,
• matches the actual value with one of the plurality of values in the transformed lookup table, and
• outputs a transformed code from the plurality of transformed codes corresponding to the actual value, and
• a keyboard controller to receive encrypted information from the secure keyboard console and to output encrypted information to the first central processing unit, and
• the second computing device communicates securely with the first computing device and includes
• a central processing unit to receive encrypted information from the global network, transmit encrypted information to the global network, generate at least one transformation instruction, and
• an encryption engine to generate encrypted information.

A method of encrypting keyboard input of a reconfigurable secure keyboard console, comprising:

• receiving an encryption key and at least one transformation instruction from a computing device;
• storing the encryption key in a reconfigurable first memory;
• storing the at least one transformation instruction in a reconfigurable second memory;
• utilizing the at least one transformation instruction to create a plurality of transformed codes, each of the plurality of encrypted transformed corresponding to one of a plurality of potential keyboard inputs from the reconfigurable secure keyboard console;
• storing the plurality of transformed codes along with a plurality of values in a transformed lookup table, wherein the plurality of values corresponds to each of the plurality of potential keyboard inputs;
• receiving an actual keyboard input;
• matching the actual keyboard input with one of the plurality of the potential keyboard inputs to create a matching value;
• and
• outputting a transformed code from the transformed lookup table corresponding to the matching value.

A program code storage device, comprising:

• a machine-readable storage medium;
• and
• machine-readable program code, stored on the machine-readable storage medium, the machine-readable program code having instructions to
• receive an encryption key and at least one transformation from a computing device;
• store the encryption key in a first reconfigurable memory;
• store the at least one transformation instruction in a reconfigurable second memory;
• utilize the at least one transformation instruction to create a plurality of transformed codes, each of the plurality of encrypted transformed corresponding to one of a plurality of potential keyboard inputs from a reconfigurable secure keyboard console;
• store the plurality of transformed codes along with a plurality of values in a transformed lookup table, wherein the plurality of values corresponds to each of the plurality of potential keyboard inputs;
• receive an actual keyboard input;
• match the actual keyboard input with one of the plurality of the values which correspond to each of the potential keyboard inputs to create a matching value;
• and
• output a transformed code from the transformed lookup table corresponding to the matching value.