Unattended Secure Device Authorization
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsRichard Han, Andrew J. Wurfel
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Abstract
Unattended secure device authorization techniques are provided. An operating system (OS) module, which is responsible for device validation when that device is interfaced to a host device, is enhanced. The enhanced OS module silently checks the peripheral device's identifier against a white list and if a match occurs, the enhanced OS module grants permission to the host device applications; if no match occurs, the enhanced OS module silently rejects application access to the device. In an embodiment, the enhanced OS module interacts with the device to determine whether the device is to be authorized or rejected.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by an operating system (OS) device validator executing on a Self-Service Terminal (SST), a notification that a peripheral device is interfaced to a device port of the SST;
- and
- attempting, by the OS device validator, to authenticate the peripheral device for access by an application executing on the SST without any action on the part of the application.
A Self-Service Terminal (SST), comprising:
- an operating system (OS) validation module operable to:
- (i) execute on one or more processors of the SST, (ii) identify a connected device to the SST, and (iii) authenticate the connected device for access by an application executing on the SST and without any action by the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.