Personal point of sale
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1. A method for enabling a mobile device to communicate with a smart media, the method comprising:
- providing a user interface with the mobile device, the user interface configured to receive user input;
receiving, with the mobile device, the user input;
reading unsecure information from the smart media with the mobile device;
establishing a secure communications link between the mobile device and a remote computer, wherein establishing the secure communications link includes;
providing at least a portion of the unsecure information from the smart media; and
in response to providing the unsecure information, receiving, with the mobile device, encrypted data from the remote computer via the secure communications link; and
communicating the encrypted data from the mobile device to the smart media wirelessly, without decrypting the encrypted data with the mobile device.
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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.
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1. A method for enabling a mobile device to communicate with a smart media, the method comprising:
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providing a user interface with the mobile device, the user interface configured to receive user input; receiving, with the mobile device, the user input; reading unsecure information from the smart media with the mobile device; establishing a secure communications link between the mobile device and a remote computer, wherein establishing the secure communications link includes; providing at least a portion of the unsecure information from the smart media; and in response to providing the unsecure information, receiving, with the mobile device, encrypted data from the remote computer via the secure communications link; and communicating the encrypted data from the mobile device to the smart media wirelessly, without decrypting the encrypted data with the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon enabling a mobile device to communicate with a smart media, the instructions including computer-executable code for:
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providing a user interface with the mobile device, the user interface configured to receive user input; receiving the user input; reading unsecure information from the smart media; establishing a secure communications link between the mobile device and a remote computer, wherein establishing the secure communications link includes; providing at least a portion of the unsecure information from the smart media; and in response to providing the unsecure information, receiving encrypted data from the remote computer; and communicating the encrypted data from the mobile device to the smart media wirelessly, without decrypting the encrypted data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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