Research in Motion Corporation

Blackberry Corporation

Benjamin William Boomhour

Joseph Michael Hofer

Todd Andrew Wood

Mihal Lazaridis

Norman Miner Ladouceur

Scott Douglas Rose

Scott William Totzke

Ryan Mitchell Bayne

Chris K C Leung

Herbert Anthony Little

Herb A Little

Timothy Herbert Kyowski

Kwok Ching Leung

Albert Murray Pegg

Firmansyah Kuncoko Sulem

Li Huang

Paul Masser

Thuy Hong Nguyen

Arthur Carol Boka

A reader device includes a housing for receiving a smart card, a processor in electronic communication with an integrated circuit chip of the smart card when the smart card is received in the housing, a wireless communications device in electronic communication with the processor for enabling the reader device to transmit first encrypted information wirelessly and to receive second encrypted information wirelessly, and a memory in electronic communication with the processor that includes one or more routines executable by the processor. The one or more routines include a cryptographic module adapted to encrypt first information to create the first encrypted information and decrypt the second encrypted information to obtain second information. In addition, a communication system that includes the reader device and a computing device, wherein the reader device and computing device are able to wirelessly exchange information in a secure manner.

Portable smart card reader having secure wireless communications capability

A support includes a device-receiving groove for receiving a portable electronic device. A center of gravity of the support being selected to bias the support to remain in a device-receiving position when no portable electronic device is received therein and bias the support to remain in an upright position when the portable electronic device is received therein.

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Waterloo, Canada

Benjamin William Boomhour