Wireless-enabled card reader

摘要

Methods, systems, and apparatus, for pairing a card reader and a computing device, including: determining, by the computing device, that an output connector of the card reader is connected to the computing device through a physical connector of the computing device; in response to determining, by the computing device, that the output connector of the card reader is connected to the computing device through the physical connector located on the computing device, sending, from the computing device and through the physical connector, data for establishing a wireless communication link between the card reader and the computing device; and pairing, using the data sent from the computing device through the physical connector, the card reader with the computing device, wherein, upon pairing, subsequent communications between the card reader and the computing device are performed over the wireless communication link.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a card reader, including an output connector, a read head, a chip card reader, and circuitry for wirelessly communicating data, the card reader configured to:
capture card information from a swipe of a magnetic stripe card through the read head or from contacts of a chip card that is inserted into the chip card reader;send data through the output connector for establishing a secure wireless communication link; andsend the captured card information over the secure wireless communication link; and a computing device, including a physical connector configured to engage the output connector and circuitry for wirelessly communicating data with the card reader, the computing device configured to:
determine that the output connector of the card reader is connected to the computing device through the physical connector of the computing device;send, through the physical connector, data indicating that the computing device supports wireless communication;send, through the physical connector, data for establishing the secure wireless communication link between the computing device and the card reader; andpair the card reader with the computing device using data for establishing the secure wireless communication link, wherein upon pairing, subsequent communications between the card reader and the computing device are performed over the secure wireless communication link and not through the physical connector.