Security apparatus and system for retail environments
First Claim
1. A security module for storing sensitive data in electronic form in a memory comprisingan enclosure for an electronic circuit including said memory and data input leads to supply the sensitive data to the memory and to allow selective outputting of data from memory,a barrier within said enclosure and enclosing said memory and electrically connected with said memory such that a penetration of said barrier electrically induces said memory to lose the data stored therein, said barrier being scored to induce the breaking of said electrical connection upon a manipulation of said barrier.
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Abstract
A gasoline service station includes gasoline dispensers and a PIN pad including keypads for receiving personal identification numbers and assembled into a network for securely communicating personal identification numbers from the PIN pads and dispensers to a host computer over unsecured data lines. The PIN pads and dispensers each include means for encryption and outputting of personal identification numbers. A security module includes means for decryption of data associated with each PIN pad and dispenser in a process for the respective PIN pads and dispensers and means for encryption of data associated with the host computer in a process which is different from its decryption of data associated with the PIN pads and dispensers. A site controller, which is not secure from unauthorized signal detection, has means for directing encrypted data received from the PIN pads and the dispensers to the security module and from the security module to the dispensers or the host computer as needed for properly directing encrypted data to a desired destination.
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20 Claims
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1. A security module for storing sensitive data in electronic form in a memory comprising
an enclosure for an electronic circuit including said memory and data input leads to supply the sensitive data to the memory and to allow selective outputting of data from memory, a barrier within said enclosure and enclosing said memory and electrically connected with said memory such that a penetration of said barrier electrically induces said memory to lose the data stored therein, said barrier being scored to induce the breaking of said electrical connection upon a manipulation of said barrier.
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9. A security module for storing sensitive data in electronic form and a memory comprising
an enclosure for an electronic circuit including said memory and data input leads to supply the sensitive data to Said memory and to allow selective outputting of data from said memory, a barrier within said enclosure and enclosing said memory and electrically connected with said memory such that a penetration of said barrier electrically induces said memory to lose the data stored therein, said barrier being scored to induce the breaking of said electrical connection upon a manipulation of said barrier, and a battery in said circuit and a switch actuable from outside said enclosure to supply power from said battery to said circuit.
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12. A security module for storing sensitive data in electronic form and a memory comprising
an enclosure for an electronic circuit including said memory and data input leads to supply the sensitive data to said memory and to allow selective outputting of data from said memory, a barrier within said enclosure and enclosing said memory and electrically connected with said memory such that a penetration of said barrier electrically induces said memory to lose the data stored therein, said barrier being scored to induce the breaking of said electrical connection upon a manipulation of said barrier, and wherein said circuit includes a connector protruding from said enclosure and a thin conductor extends behind said connector and in a circuit so that a break in said conductor will induce said memory to lose the data stored in said memory.
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14. A security module for storing sensitive data in electronic form and a memory comprising
an enclosure for an electronic circuit including said memory and data input leads to supply the sensitive data to said memory and to allow selective outputting of data from said memory, a battery to supply power to said memory and a battery voltage detector to detect a low voltage in said battery and a circuit to induce the memory to lose the data stored therein when a low voltage is sensed, and wherein said circuit includes a connector protruding from said enclosure and a thin conductor extends behind said connector and in a circuit so that a break in said conductor will induce said memory to lose the data-stored in said memory.
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18. A security module for storing sensitive data in electronic form in a memory comprising
an enclosure for an electronic circuit including said memory and data input leads to supply the sensitive data to the memory and to allow selective outputting of data from memory, said circuit including a connector protruding from said enclosure and a thin conductor extending behind said connector and in a circuit so that a break in said conductor will induce said memory to lose the data stored in said memory.
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20. A security module for storing sensitive data in electronic form in a memory comprising:
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an enclosure for an electronic circuit including said memory and data input leads to supply the sensitive data to said memory and to allow selective outputting of data from said memory, a flexible, integral barrier within said enclosure and substantially entirely surrounding said memory and electrically connected with said memory such that a penetration of said barrier electrically induces said memory to lose the data stored therein, said barrier being scored to induce the breaking of said electrical connection upon a manipulation of said barrier.
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