Patent ID: 9536262
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. A method of verifying authenticity of a data acquisition peripheral to be used, said data acquisition peripheral to be used comprising at least one identifier, said method comprising the following acts: receiving said identifier by an authentication server; verifying, by said authentication server, an association of said identifier with a referenced authentic peripheral, delivering a decision of identification; transmission, by said authentication server, of said decision of identification, said transmission further comprising supplying, by said authentication server, an element enabling a user to check that said data acquisition peripheral to be used is truly said referenced authentic peripheral; and obtaining, by said authentication server, at least one piece of complementary information coming from said data acquisition peripheral to be used, said piece of complementary information representing an absence of damage to and/or break-in into said data acquisition peripheral to be used.