Server-assisted pairing for wireless communications

US11087315B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INC SQUARE, CO., LTD · JP

Inventors

• Afshin Rezayee · King City, CA
• Malcolm Smith · Toronto, CA
• Sergei Mosends · Ontario, US
• Michael Wells White · San Francisco, US
• Ovidiu Bota · Georgetown, CA
• Max Guise · San Francisco, US
• Andrew John Leiserson · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W84/18
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless communication device such as a payment reader has a wireless communication interface and is able to establish wireless pairing with an interactive electronic device such as a merchant device running a point of sale application. In order to establish pairing, the wireless communication device accesses a passkey and encrypts the passkey. The encrypted passkey is transmitted to the interactive electronic device via the wireless communication interface, and the interactive electronic device sends the encrypted passkey to a pairing server. The pairing server decrypts the encrypted passkey and sends the decrypted passkey back to the interactive electronic device via a secure connection. The wireless communication device and the interactive electronic device establish wireless pairing based on the passkey and the decrypted passkey.