Patent ID: 8915428

Claim:
A system comprising: a card reader, including an output connector, a read head, a chip card reader, and circuitry for wirelessly communicating data, the card reader configured to: capture card information from a swipe of a magnetic stripe card through the read head or from contacts of a chip card that is inserted into the chip card reader; send data through the output connector for establishing a secure wireless communication link; and send the captured card information over the secure wireless communication link; and a computing device, including a physical connector configured to engage the output connector and circuitry for wirelessly communicating data with the card reader, the computing device configured to: determine that the output connector of the card reader is connected to the computing device through the physical connector of the computing device; send, through the physical connector, data indicating that the computing device supports wireless communication; send, through the physical connector, data for establishing the secure wireless communication link between the computing device and the card reader; and pair the card reader with the computing device using data for establishing the secure wireless communication link, wherein upon pairing, subsequent communications between the card reader and the computing device are performed over the secure wireless communication link and not through the physical connector.