Terminal, method of checking conformity of at least one removable battery of an electronic payment terminal, and the corresponding removable battery and computer program product

1. A portable electronic payment terminal, provided by a manufacturer, comprising:

at least one removable battery, said removable battery carrying an electronic chip containing at least one item of identification information related to said battery;

a contactless reader present in said terminal, said contactless reader being configured to communicate with chips equipping an electronic payment card, which receives said identification information from said battery;

a transmitter, which transmits said identification information from said terminal to a control server when at least one of the events belonging to the following group occurs:

said terminal is switched on;

said terminal is switched off;

a battery is inserted in said terminal;

before a bank transaction from said terminal;

at regular intervals;

a receiver, which receives from said control server conformity information if said identification information belongs to a list of approved battery identification information updated by said manufacturer of said terminal and stored in said server;

means for blocking said terminal, if said conformity information is not received.

2. The portable electronic payment terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal further comprises means for generating at least one alarm, when said conformity information is not received.

3. The portable electronic payment terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said contactless reader and said chip use at least one of the communication techniques belonging to the group comprising:

Bluetooth technology;

Radio Frequency Identification technology.

4. The portable electronic payment terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal further comprises means for storing at least one reference and/or an identifier of said removable battery.

5. Removable battery for a terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said chip is fixed so as to prevent functioning of said chip in case of removal and/or an attempt at removal.

6. A method of checking conformity of at least one removable battery in a portable electronic payment terminal, provided by a manufacturer, said removable battery carrying an electronic chip containing at least one item of identification information related to said battery, and being able to communicate with a contactless reader present in said terminal, wherein said method comprises:

sending an interrogation message to said chip by said contactless reader, wherein said contactless reader is also configured to communicate with chips equipping an electronic payment card;

receiving a response from said chip containing said identification information;

deciding on conformity of said removable battery according to said response from said chip, comprising:

a substep of transmitting by said terminal said identification information to a control server when at least one of the events belonging to the following groups occurs:

said terminal is switched on;

said terminal is switched off;

a battery is inserted in said terminal;

before a bank transaction from said terminal;

at regular intervals; and

a substep of receiving from said control server conformity information if said identification information belongs to a list of approved battery identification information updated by said manufacturer of said terminal and stored in said server; and

blocking said terminal if said conformity information is not received.

7. The method for checking conformity according to claim 6 , wherein said response of said chip comprises at least one item of information on at least one of a state of functioning or a parameter of said removable battery.

8. The method for checking conformity according to claim 6 , wherein said step of blocking of said terminal comprises implementation of at least one action belonging to the group comprising:

sending an alert message;

recording by said terminal at least one item of information representing non-conformity.

9. A computer program product recorded on a medium that can be read by computer and/or executed by a processor, wherein the product comprises program code instructions for implementing a method of checking conformity of at least one removable battery in a portable electronic payment terminal, provided by a manufacturer, said removable battery carrying an electronic chip containing at least one item of identification information related to said battery and being able to communicate with a contactless reader present in said terminal, wherein said method comprises:

sending an interrogation message to said chip by said contactless reader, wherein said contactless reader is also configured to communicate with chips equipping an electronic payment card;

receiving a response from said chip containing said identification information;

deciding on conformity of said removable battery according to said response from said chip, comprising:

a substep of transmitting by said terminal said identification information to a control server when at least one of the events belonging to the following group occurs:

said terminal is switched on;

said terminal is switched off;

a battery is inserted in said terminal;

before a bank transaction from said terminal;

at regular intervals; and

a substep of receiving from said control server conformity information if said identification information belongs to a list of approved battery identification information updated by said manufacturer of said terminal and stored in said server; and

blocking said terminal if said conformity information is not received.