Communication protocol speedup and step-down
US9858448B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K19/0701
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A payment terminal such as a payment reader may receive and form electrical connections with an electronic transaction card such as an EMV chip card. The payment terminal may provide a clock signal at a rate that exceeds a specified rate for the EMV chip card. The payment terminal may transmit messages to the EMV chip card and monitor receive messages at a data connection. The payment terminal may determine that the clock rate is excessive based on a timeout of a receive message, an error rate of a receive message, or a receive message indicating that one of the transmit messages was not received by the EMV card. The payment terminal may reduce the clock rate to a rate that is below the specified rate for the EMV chip card.
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