Patent ID: 9595026
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: an encrypting reader operable to receive data representative of an account provided by a device associated with the user; an encrypting personal identification number (PIN) pad (EPP) operable to receive a personal identification number and to encrypt the received personal identification number; and a transaction function device communicatively coupled with the EPP; wherein receives the data representative of an account from the encrypting reader, the data representative of an account encrypted by a key associated with the encrypting reader; the EPP is operable to decrypt the data representative of the account; the EPP is operable to obtain data representative of a PIN; the EPP is operable to encrypt the data representative of the account with a key associated with the EPP; the EPP is operable to encrypt the data representative of the PIN with the key associated with the EPP; the EPP is operable to send the data representative of the account encrypted by the key associated with the EPP to a host computer; the EPP is operable to send the data representative of the PIN to the host computer; the EPP is operable to receive data representative of a notification for the transaction function device from a remote computer; the EPP is operable to encrypt the data representative of a message with a key associated with the transaction function device; and the EPP is operable to send the data representation of a notification encrypted with the key associated with the transaction function device to the transaction function device.