Patent ID: 7562219

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a smart card having an integrated circuit chip; a reader device including: a housing, said housing receiving said smart card; a first processor, said first processor being in electronic communication with said integrated circuit chip when said smart card is received in said housing; a first wireless communications device in electronic communication with said first processor; and a first memory in electronic communication with said first processor, said first memory having one or more first routines executable by said first processor, said one or more first routines including a first cryptographic module; and a computing device including: a second processor; a second wireless communications device in electronic communication with said second processor; and a second memory in electronic communication with said second processor, said second memory having one or more second routines executable by said second processor, said one or more second routines including a second cryptographic module; wherein said first wireless communications device wirelessly transmits first encrypted information to said second wireless communications device and wirelessly receives second encrypted information transmitted by said second wireless communications device, wherein first information is encrypted by said first cryptographic module to create said first encrypted information and second information is encrypted by said second cryptographic module to create said second encrypted information, and wherein said first cryptographic module is adapted to decrypt said second encrypted information to obtain said second information and said second cryptographic module is adapted to decrypt said first encrypted information to obtain said first information.