Patent ID: 9224146
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring security of a point-of-sale terminal, the method comprising: (a) the point-of-sale terminal monitoring one or more security parameters associated with the point-of-sale terminal, a violation of any one of the security parameters being indicative of a compromise of the point-of-sale terminal; (b) the point-of-sale terminal detecting any violation of any one of the security parameters, (c) the point-of-sale terminal classifying the detected any violation of the one or more of the security parameters into a classification; (d) the point-of-sale terminal transmitting data regarding the any violation of the one or more of the security parameters, including the classification thereof, to a terminal management server; and (e) in response to the terminal management server classifying the any detected violation of the one or more of the security parameters as potential fraudulent activity, the point-of-sale terminal receiving from the terminal management server a command disabling functionality of the point-of-sale terminal, wherein the one or more security parameters includes a power status of the point-of-sale terminal, and the detecting any violation of the any one of the security parameters includes the point-of-sale terminal detecting at least a power-up event at the point-of-sale terminal.