Patent ID: 9705916
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a tunnel module, implemented in fixed-functionality logic hardware, to establish an out-of-band channel between a local wireless interface and a remote backend receiver; a request module, implemented in fixed-functionality logic hardware, to send a pass-through request to a client device; an enumeration module, implemented in fixed-functionality logic hardware, to assume control over the local wireless interface based on the pass-through request by preventing a local operating system from accessing the local wireless interface; an input module, implemented in fixed-functionality logic hardware, to receive information from a peripheral device via the local wireless interface; a pass-through module, implemented in fixed-functionality logic using hardware, to send the information from the peripheral device to the backend receiver via the out-of-band channel, wherein the out-of-band channel is to bypass the local operating system; an application monitor, implemented in fixed-functionality logic hardware, to detect an application transition away from an application involving a secure information entry; and a relinquishment module, implemented in fixed-functionality logic hardware, to discontinue the bypass of the local operating system in response to the detected application transition and send an alert to the backend receiver.