Abstract: A method and a payment terminal enable verification of the authenticity of a payment terminal. More particularly, a method is provided for processing a piece of initial data, carried out within the payment terminal, the payment terminal being configured to authorize a verification of its authenticity by using the piece of initial data. The method includes: obtaining at least one piece of information external to the payment terminal, called a piece of initial data; cryptographic processing of the piece of initial data, delivering a piece of processed data; visual and/or sound rendering of the piece of processed data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing transactional data, implemented within a secured intermediate server, connected to a communications network. Such a method comprises: reception, by the secured intermediate server, of a request for payment comprising a piece of data representing an identification of a communications terminal used by a user to carry out a purchase operation with a merchant server connected to said communications network; setting up a secured point-to-point link with a payment module of the communications terminal; transmission, to said payment module, of a request for execution of payment; reception, by the payment module, of a piece of information on payment; transmission of a message of information to the merchant server.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing transactional data, implemented within a secured intermediate server, connected to a communications network. Such a method comprises: reception, by the secured intermediate server, of a request for payment comprising a piece of data representing an identification of a communications terminal used by a user to carry out a purchase operation with a merchant server connected to said communications network; setting up a secured point-to-point link with a payment module of the communications terminal; transmission, to said payment module, of a request for execution of payment; reception, by the payment module, of a piece of information on payment; transmission of a message of information to the merchant server.

Abstract: A support device is provided for at least one communication module. The support device includes: a holder, which holds, in a removable manner, the communication module to communicate with a communication terminal; and a fixture, which fixes, in a repositionable manner, the support device to the communication terminal.

Abstract: A method and a payment terminal enable verification of the authenticity of a payment terminal. More particularly, a method is provided for processing a piece of initial data, carried out within the payment terminal, the payment terminal being configured to authorize a verification of its authenticity by using the piece of initial data. The method includes: obtaining at least one piece of information external to the payment terminal, called a piece of initial data; cryptographic processing of the piece of initial data, delivering a piece of processed data; visual and/or sound rendering of the piece of processed data.

Abstract: A support device is provided for at least one communication module. The support device includes: a holder, which holds, in a removable manner, the communication module to communicate with a communication terminal; and a fixture, which fixes, in a repositionable manner, the support device to the communication terminal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the energy consumption of an electronic terminal. The method implements a step of modifying the timeout-before-standby duration for said terminal after an action performed by and/or on said terminal at a current instant, depending on the membership of the current instant in a given temporal category, from among at least two predefined temporal categories.

Abstract: A device is provided for logging data in Braille. The device includes a touch-sensitive surface and is configured to detect a plurality of pressures on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the plurality of pressures form a Braille character, construct an image formed from the points associated with the plurality of pressures; and recognize the Braille character based on an analysis of the image.

Abstract: A portable device is provided, which includes a touch screen and at least one area bearing reference information, referred to as a reference area, which can be identified by detecting a variation in the surface state on the device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the energy consumption of an electronic terminal. The method implements a step of modifying the timeout-before-standby duration for said terminal after an action performed by and/or on said terminal at a current instant, depending on the membership of the current instant in a given temporal category, from among at least two predefined temporal categories.

Abstract: A mobile telephone is equipped with a smart-card reader to aid in universal payment by smart card. A security checking circuit of the mobile telephone is provided with a complementary function by which the mobile telephone can behave like a secured smart-card reader with a view to payment. Smart-card payments are facilitated by disassociating an act of payment from an act of purchase which can be done by any means, in particular through the internet.

Abstract: A chip-card payment terminal is capable of being connected both to a base station of a mobile telephony network and to a base station of a private telephony network. A transmission mode selection means provide for preference being given to transmission with the private telephony network because the price scale of these communications is lower.

Abstract: To resolve a problem of the cost of use of mobile payment terminals, it is planned that these payment terminals will be combined, that is, capable of getting connected both to a base station of a mobile telephony network and with a base station of a private telephony network. The transmission mode selection means provide for preference being given to transmission with the private telephony network because the price scale of these communications is lower.

Abstract: An electronic terminal comprising a housing (1) having a receptacle (2) adapted to receive a memory card (21) having a connection region (22) and to permit the cooperation of connecting element (10) of the terminal with the connection region of the card (21), in which the receptacle (22) is defined by at least one wall (3-5) of the housing (1).Application to electronic payment terminals.

Abstract: A point-of-transaction system for processing electronic payments of transions includes portable payment terminals, each having a keyboard for entering transaction data and an interface for communicating without wires with a distant central station and, in turn, to a processing center in telephone communication with the central station.

Abstract: Magnetic characters arranged in a row on a check are read in an apparatus effecting relative linear displacement between the check and a magnetic reader. The displacement is effected either by manually removing the check from the apparatus, or by manually moving the reader.

Abstract: A bill publishing apparatus is disclosed, for payment by use of a bank ca including an element for receiving a bank card, an element for receiving a bill, a printing drum with rotary wheels each carrying a series of characters and a mobile carriage carrying a printing roller. Each drum wheel is fast for rotation with a coding disk carrying a series of codes associated respectively with the characters of the wheel. An element for reading the codes and an element controlled by the reading element are provided for recording an angular positions of the wheels and so values of the characters.