Patent · US Active

Secure pin character retrieval and setting

US8219826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. · US

Inventors

George S. Perkins · Hemel Hempstead, GB
Richard E. Sway · Columbus, US
Gary W. Hellman · Pell City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 3, 2009
Grant date	Jul 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07F7/1008
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosing a secure personal identification number (“PIN”) associated with a financial account to an account holder. A PIN reveal application can interact with a hardware security module (“HSM”) to decrypt and disclose the PIN to the account holder one or more PIN character(s) at a time. The account holder also can set a new PIN in a secure manner. A PIN set application can interact with the HSM to encrypt PIN characters received by the PIN set application from the account holder. The HSM provides a secure platform to encrypt and decrypt the secure PIN.

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