Ncr Corporation

Kevin Horgan

Gordon David Chisholm

Campbell Benn

Michael James Neilan

Alexander William Whytock

Graeme Mitchell

Colin Sinclair

David Sleeman

A memory device is interfaced to a SST; an identifier and, optionally, an invalid identifier list are received from the device. The invalid identifier list is updated to the SST when the invalid identifier list is a more recent version of a SST invalid identifier list. The identifier is invalidated when the identifier is matched in the invalid identifier list or when an expiration date associated with the identifier has expired. When the identifier is invalid, access to administrative features of the SST is denied; and when the identifier is valid access to the administrative features is granted.

Maintaining secure access to a self-service terminal (SST)

A method includes monitoring patterns of commands provided by a self-service terminal controller, identifying potential fraud in the monitored patterns of commands, and suspending operation of a dispenser of the self-service terminal responsive to the identification of potential fraud.

Fraud detection in self-service terminal

Various embodiments include composite security interconnect devices and methods. One method embodiment that may be performed by a composite security interconnect device, also referred to herein as a security controller, includes decrypting a first encrypted input received from a peripheral device with a first encryption key to obtain clear text. The first encryption key may be an encryption key established between the security controller and the peripheral device. The method further includes encrypting the clear text with a second encryption key to obtain second encrypted input, the second encryption key being a key of an encryption key pair established with a transaction processing host.

Composite security interconnect device and methods

A Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a device is modified to: obtain a first value from a medium interfaced to the device, produce a second value from boot data resident on the medium, compare the first value to the second value, and boot from the boot data of the medium when the first value is equal to the second value.

Self-service terminal (SST) secure boot

Methods and a system for a mobile device conduit of a transaction device are provided. A connection from a mobile device to a transaction device is made. Information is gathered from the transaction device and/or supplied to the transaction device from and/or to the mobile device. In an embodiment, the transaction device is used to remote a display of the mobile device to the transaction device.

Mobile device conduit for a transaction device

A portable memory device is interfaced to a SST and authenticated; a system application on the SST writes diagnostic data to the device. The portable memory device is subsequently interfaced to an enterprise system and the diagnostic data is pulled to the enterprise system for analysis. In an embodiment, the enterprise system pushes informational data regarding maintenance and support to the portable device when the portable device is subsequently interfaced to the SST; the informational data is pushed to the SST for presentation and viewing by a service engineer.

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