Patent ID: 8582764
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07C,G07F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A data masking device for receiving customer information requested from a customer by an operator and providing the customer information to a computing device, comprising: a first input for receiving one or more first electronic signals comprising sensitive customer information; a first output for sending one or more second electronic signals to a computing device; a second output for transmitting one or more masked signals that indicate to the operator that the customer is entering the requested customer information without revealing the sensitive customer information to the operator; and circuitry for converting the one or more first electronic signals into both the one or more second electronic signals and the one or more masked signals, for sending the one or more second electronic signals from the first output to the computing device and transmitting the one or more masked signals from the second output to the operator to confirm that the requested sensitive customer information is being entered by the customer, wherein the converting of the one or more first electronic signals into the one or more masked signals comprises masking at least a portion of the one or more first electronic signals, and wherein the one or more masked signals do not reveal the sensitive customer information.