Personal point of sale
First Claim
1. A method for enabling an electronic device to communicate with a smart media, the method comprising:
- receiving, with a server, information read from the smart media by the electronic device, the information including identifying information regarding the smart media;
establishing a secure communications link between the electronic device and the server, wherein the establishing the secure communications link comprises encrypting data communicated via the secure communications link using an encryption key for the smart media such that a secure element of the electronic device is not used;
conducting a transaction between the server and the smart media via the secure communications link;
determining, with the server, a third party related to the transaction; and
in response to determining the third party related to the transaction, sending, from the server, authentication information to a device associated with the third party.
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Abstract
Embodiments provided herein include techniques for enabling a mobile device to communicate with smart media in a manner that can sidestep the secure element of the mobile device—and the costs associated with it. The mobile device can communicate with the smart media using near-field communication (NFC) by creating an encrypted connection with a remote computer while bypassing a secure element of the mobile device. This allows the mobile device to provide point-of-sale (POS) functionality by reading and/or writing to the smart media, without compromising the security of the smart media. Embodiments may further enable the server to provide authentication information to a third party based on the communication between the smart media and the server.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for enabling an electronic device to communicate with a smart media, the method comprising:
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receiving, with a server, information read from the smart media by the electronic device, the information including identifying information regarding the smart media; establishing a secure communications link between the electronic device and the server, wherein the establishing the secure communications link comprises encrypting data communicated via the secure communications link using an encryption key for the smart media such that a secure element of the electronic device is not used; conducting a transaction between the server and the smart media via the secure communications link; determining, with the server, a third party related to the transaction; and in response to determining the third party related to the transaction, sending, from the server, authentication information to a device associated with the third party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon for enabling an electronic device to communicate with a smart media, the instructions including computer-executable code for:
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receiving information read from the smart media by the electronic device, the information including identifying information regarding the smart media; establishing a secure communications link between the electronic device and a server, wherein the establishing the secure communications link comprises encrypting data communicated via the secure communications link using an encryption key for the smart media such that a secure element of the electronic device is not used; conducting a transaction between the server and the smart media via the secure communications link; determining a third party related to the transaction; and in response to determining the third party related to the transaction, sending authentication information to a device associated with the third party. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A server for enabling an electronic device to communicate with a smart media, the server comprising:
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a communications interface; and a processing unit communicatively coupled with the communications interface and configured to cause the server to; receive, via the communications interface, information read from the smart media by the electronic device, the information including identifying information regarding the smart media; establish, via the communications interface, a secure communications link between the electronic device and the server, wherein the establishing the secure communications link comprises encrypting data communicated via the secure communications link using an encryption key for the smart media such that a secure element of the electronic device is not used; conduct a transaction between the server and the smart media via the secure communications link; determine a third party related to the transaction; and in response to determining the third party related to the transaction, send, via the communications interface, authentication information to a device associated with the third party. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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