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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Ncr Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Nathaniel C. Herwig, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G07F 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/382 (2013.01); G07F 7/1033 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A payment device with data entry keys which are obscured from view when not in use. An example payment device includes a plurality of data entry keys for recording data during a transaction, and a backlight for illuminating the data entry keys. A secure controller is configured to activate the backlight to reveal locations of the data entry keys for data entry, receive and encrypt entered data from the data entry keys, and to deactivate the backlight following the data entry.