Patent ID: 11893580
Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
sending, by a mobile card reader in communication with a mobile device via an interface, security related information of the mobile card reader to an application executing on the mobile device, the security related information for transmission by the mobile device to a remote server system;
receiving, by the mobile card reader and from the application on the mobile device, an indication that the application has been validated by the remote server system, the indication indicating that the remote server system has validated the security related information of the mobile card reader and security related information of the application; and
in response to receiving the indication that the application has been validated by the remote server system, generating, by the mobile card reader, a secure session key with which to carry out encrypted communication between the application executing on the mobile device and the mobile card reader.