TRUSTED TERMINAL PLATFORM

摘要

Point-of-sale (POS) terminal for entering a PIN to enable a financial transaction, comprising:
- a card reader for reading information from a credit card;
- a processor for running an operating system, with applications;
- a touch screen for displaying information and receiving user inputs;
- a Security-Box being connected between the touch screen and the processor, to control the user input on the touch screen to the processor, wherein the Security Box is being configured to run in two modes "PIN Entry Mode" and "Clear Text Mode", wherein when running in "PIN Entry Mode" the user input is not forwarded as touch coordinates to the processor and when running in "Clear Text Mode" the touch coordinates are transmitted to the processors.