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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Frank Andries Van Den Berg, San Jose, CA (US);
Rahul Narayan Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Neilson Proulx-Marcil, Montreal, CA;
Jean-Francois Riendeau, Granby, CA;
Mamta Devi, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for using a virtual terminal on a multipurpose device for PIN entry to authorize a data transfer are described herein. These techniques provide the secure receipt of each PIN digit by the device and encryption of the PIN multipurpose device and while the PIN entry data is transferred, while still providing the information to a server for further processing.