Patent ID: 8707452

Claim:
A method, comprising: maintaining user input data on a security module; restricting read/write access to the security module until a physical user action has been taken at the security module, wherein the security module is in communication with a user input device when the read/write access to the security is restricted; detecting a first user input at the security module, wherein the first user input comprises (i) receiving an access authorization password associated with a user-selected amount of user input data and (ii) receiving an indication that a physical switch has been engaged that indicates transmission of the user-selected amount of user input data is allowable; in response to detecting the first user input, transmitting the user-selected amount of the user input data from the security module to a computing platform, the method further comprising: in response to detecting the first user input, deactivating a switched interface between the input device and the computing platform and then activating a switched interface between the security module and the input device; transmitting the user-selected amount of the user input data from the security module to the input device; detecting a second input at the security module; and in response to detecting the second user input, deactivating the switched interface between the security module and the input device and then activating the switched interface between the input device and the computing platform thereby allowing the user-selected amount of user input data to be transmitted to the computing platform.