Patent ID: 8718282

Claim:
A secure data transfer apparatus comprising a first device to be mounted in a housing for a gaming or vending apparatus in a predetermined normal geometric orientation for normal operation, wherein whilst mounted in the normal geometric orientation the first device is configured to perform normal operations comprising secure data transfer between the first device and a second device in the housing, wherein the first device includes a detector which, when the first device is not mounted in the housing, is configured to detect when the first device is placed in a predetermined initialization configuration different from the normal orientation by detecting when at least one of a geometric orientation, angular position, or acceleration of the first device fulfills a predetermined condition which corresponds to the initialization configuration; wherein the first device is configured to enable an orientation, angular position, or acceleration-triggered initialization data transfer between the first device and the second device in response to detecting that the first device has been placed in the initialization configuration; and wherein the first device is configured thereafter to operate normally when secured in the housing in the normal orientation by participating in secure data transfer between the first device and the second device and the second device using the initialization data transferred in the orientation, angular position, or acceleration-triggered initialization data transfer.