Personal point of sale

摘要

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.

主权项

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; andin 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.