Multi-use payment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11366935-B2
Application number	US-201916527941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2019
Priority date	Jul 31, 2019
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for tablet mode switching. In an embodiment, an electronic device enters a payment mode associated with a secure processor of the electronic device and suspends access by a primary processor of the electronic device to a component of the electronic device. Further, the electronic device determines that it is connected to a docking hub, permits the primary processor to access a peripheral device connected to the docking hub via a pair connection, and receives, by the primary processor, user input from the peripheral device connected to the docking hub via the pair connection.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
entering, by an electronic device, a payment mode associated with a secure processor of the electronic device;
suspending access, by an application executing on a primary processor of the electronic device, to a component of the electronic device, wherein the component of the electronic device includes at least one of a display device or a user input device and wherein the payment mode comprises restricting access to the at least one of the display device or the user input device by a payment application executing on the secure processor;
determining that the electronic device is connected to a docking hub;
permitting the application access to a peripheral device connected to the docking hub via a pair connection;
receiving, by the primary processor, user input from the peripheral device connected to the docking hub via the pair connection, wherein the user input is associated with the application;
entering a normal operating mode associated with the primary processor based on completion of a step of a payment workflow associated with the payment mode; and
re-enabling access by the primary processor to the component of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device includes a graphical display, and further comprising:
displaying graphical information associated with an application executing on the primary processor on the graphical display.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein entering the payment mode comprises performing one or more steps of a payment workflow via a payment application executing on the secure processor.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the docking hub is an authorized device based on a device identifier associated with the docking hub; and
forming the pair connection with the docking hub based on the determining.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device connected to the docking hub includes at least one of a display device or a user input device.

6. An electronic device comprising:
a touch-sensitive display;
a connection interface;
one or more memory components including a payment application and a system application; and
one or more processors and/or circuits coupled to the one or more memory components, and configured to:
execute the system application on a primary processor of the one or more processors;
suspend access, by the system application on the primary processor, to the touch-sensitive display;
execute, in a payment mode, the payment application via a secure processor of the one or more processors, wherein the payment mode comprises restricting access to the touch-sensitive display by a payment application executing on the one or more processors;
determine that the electronic device is connected to a docking hub via the connection interface;
permit the system application access to a peripheral device connected to the docking hub via the connection interface;
display, on a touch display of the peripheral device, information associated with the system application;
enter a normal operating mode associated with the primary processor based on completion of a step of a payment workflow associated with the payment mode; and
re-enable access by the primary processor to the touch-sensitive display.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the connection interface is a universal serial bus type C interface.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the connection interface is a wireless interface.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the information is first information, and the one or more processors and/or circuits are further configured to:
display, on the touch-sensitive display, second information associated with the system application.

10. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors and/or circuits are further configured to:
receive a device identifier from the docking hub;
determine that the docking hub is an authorized device via the device identifier; and
form a pair connection with the docking hub via the connection interface based on the determining.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:
entering, by an electronic device, a payment mode associated with a secure processor of the electronic device;
suspending access, by an application executing on a primary processor of the electronic device, to a component of the electronic device, wherein the component of the electronic device includes at least one of a display device or a user input device and wherein the payment mode comprises restricting access to the at least one of the display device or the user input device by a payment application executing on the secure processor;
determining that the electronic device is connected to a docking hub;
permitting the application access to a peripheral device connected to the docking hub via a pair connection;
receiving, by the primary processor, user input from the peripheral device connected to the docking hub via the pair connection, wherein the user input is associated with the application;
entering a normal operating mode associated with the primary processor based on completion of a step of a payment workflow associated with the payment mode; and
re-enabling access by the primary processor to the component of the electronic device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 11 , wherein the peripheral device connected to the docking hub includes a graphical display and the operations further comprising:
displaying graphical information associated with an application executing on the primary processor on the graphical display.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
entering a normal operating mode associated with the primary processor based on completion of a step of a payment workflow associated with the payment mode; and
re-enabling access by the primary processor to the component of the electronic device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 11 , wherein entering the payment mode comprises performing one or more steps of a payment workflow via a payment application executing on the secure processor.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the docking hub is an authorized device based on a device identifier associated with the docking hub; and
forming the pair connection with the docking hub based on the determining.

Assignees

• Elo Touch Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Fernando Ranil
• Cole Cameron
• Uddin Fareed

Classifications

• H04W12/50

  Secure pairing of devices · CPC title

• G06F21/74 Primary

  operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode · CPC title

• G06Q20/202

  Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR · CPC title

• G06Q20/401

  Transaction verification · CPC title

• G06Q20/3227

  using secure elements embedded in M-devices · CPC title