Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting RF transmission from an implanted device in a POS terminal
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Application No.: US15451875Application Date: 2017-03-07
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Publication No.: US10210717B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Wai Loon Ooi , John Han Ngee Chia
- Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: VERIFONE, INC.
- Current Assignee: VERIFONE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Main IPC: G07F19/00
- IPC: G07F19/00 ; G06K19/073

Abstract:
Various embodiments are configured to detect a foreign object that has been implanted into or onto a device, such as a secure POS terminal. The implanted object can be a device that is designed to skim data (such as account information from a transaction card or other transaction device) and transmit the skimmed data to a nearby receiver using an RF transmission, such as Bluetooth or WIFI. The RF transmission can be detected by a RF detector in the POS terminal, the detected signal is converted to a voltage signal, and is input to the ADC port of a microprocessor where it is subsequently analyzed to determine if the RF transmission is from a foreign object. The POS terminal may forward collected data on the RF transmission to a cloud/backend server. Further analysis may occur at the cloud/backend server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180261051A1 DETECTING RF TRANSMISSION FROM AN IMPLANTED DEVICE IN A POS TERMINAL Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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