SERVER-ASSISTED PAIRING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

A wireless communication device such as a payment reader has a wireless communication interface and is able to establish wireless pairing with an interactive electronic device such as a merchant device running a point of sale application. In order to establish pairing, the wireless communication device accesses an identifier. The identifier is transmitted to the interactive electronic device via the wireless communication interface, and the interactive electronic device sends the identifier to a pairing server. The pairing server retrieves a passkey based on the identifier and sends the retrieved passkey to the interactive electronic device via a secure connection. The wireless communication device and the interactive electronic device establish wireless pairing based on the retrieved passkey.

主权项

1. A method for establishing wireless pairing between a payment reader and a merchant device running a point-of-sale application, comprising:
accessing an identifier at the payment reader, wherein after the wireless pairing is established the payment reader is configured to receive a request to process a payment from the point-of-sale application, to receive payment information from a payment device in response to the request, and to transmit the payment information to the point-of-sale application, and wherein the point-of-sale application is configured to complete a payment transaction based on the payment information; transmitting, from the payment reader, the identifier; receiving, at the point-of-sale application of the merchant device, a request to establish wireless pairing between the payment reader and the merchant device; receiving, at the merchant device, the identifier; transmitting, from the merchant device to a pairing server, the identifier and a request to retrieve a passkey; retrieving, at the pairing server, the passkey based on the request to retrieve and the identifier; transmitting, from the pairing server, the retrieved passkey to the merchant device; receiving, at the merchant device, the retrieved passkey; and establishing wireless pairing between the payment reader and the merchant device based on the retrieved passkey.