Patent ID: 8403210

Claim:
A method for controlling a chip card reader ( 3 ) by a computer system ( 4 ) connectable to the chip card reader ( 3 ), comprising: connecting the chip card reader ( 3 ) to the computer system ( 4 ) via an interface ( 8 ), which is designed for data communication on the basis of a standard USB-HID protocol provided in an operating system ( 11 ) of the computer system ( 4 ); providing a control program ( 7 a , 7 b ) for controlling the functions of the chip card reader ( 3 ), wherein the control program ( 7 a , 7 b ) is provided as a plug-in; and controlling the chip card reader ( 3 ) by running the control program ( 7 b ) on computer system ( 4 ), wherein executing the control program ( 7 b ) performs at least one of the following tasks: (i) user authentication, (ii) authorization of a transaction, and (iii) data encryption.