Control and monitoring module of safe devices
AssigneeTecvan Informatica Ltda.
InventorJorge Ribeiro-Pereira
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Abstract
The invention provides a Control and Monitoring Module internal or external to a Safe Equipment such as: Point of Sale (POS) Terminals, PINPAD Terminals and Encrypted Keyboards, designed and implemented in order to detect current consumption variations of the equipment, thus indicating the presence of undesired circuit inserted in parallel in the original circuit of the Safe Equipment. The Control Module uses electrical current consumption sensors in microprocessor circuits capable of identifying variations in consumption.
Claims8
“CONTROL AND MONITORING MODULE OF SAFE DEVICES”, characterized by the fact that an electronic circuit internally attached, or externally, to a Safe Equipment capable of analyzing the power consumption of the Safe Equipment, indicating the possible existence of foreign circuits (popularly called “chupa cabras”) used to record the cards identification numbers, as well as users passwords in order to transmit these data for duplicating cards, acting fraudulently and illegally.
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