METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING AN ENCRYPTION MODULE WITH A PERSONAL COMPUTER

An encryption module for encrypting financial and other sensitive data may be conveniently interposed in series between a personal computer and the keyboard associated therewith. An application program designed to run on the PC is configured to prompt the user to enter his PIN or other confidential...

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1. Verfasser:	CLARK, DERECK, B
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY CALCULATING CHECKING-DEVICES CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL CODING COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES DECODING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS PHYSICS PRESENTATION OF DATA RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	An encryption module for encrypting financial and other sensitive data may be conveniently interposed in series between a personal computer and the keyboard associated therewith. An application program designed to run on the PC is configured to prompt the user to enter his PIN or other confidential data into the encryption module; consequently the confidential data need not be transmitted in an unencrypted fashion, and need not reside on the PC hard drive in an unencrypted form.