US 11,887,022 B2
Systems and methods for provisioning point of sale terminals
Malcolm Smith, Toronto (CA); Kshitiz Vadera, Toronto (CA); and Afshin Rezayee, Richmond Hill (CA)
Assigned to Block, Inc, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Block, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,144.
Application 17/718,144 is a continuation of application No. 14/752,672, filed on Jun. 26, 2015, granted, now 11,301,840.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/140,017, filed on Mar. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0237596 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3674 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4012 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
interfacing a smart card with a card reader of an initialization device, wherein the initialization device is in communication with a provisioning server;
establishing a first secure communication channel between the smart card and the provisioning server;
receiving, at the initialization device, one or more initialization keys from the provisioning server, wherein the one or more initialization keys enable the smart card to provision a point of sale terminal to securely process transactions;
transmitting, by the initialization device, the one or more initialization keys to the smart card; and
storing, at the smart card, the one or more initialization keys.