ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,552, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Dynamics Inc. (Cheswick, Pa.).
"Programming protocols for powered cards and devices" was invented by Brian Zhang (Pittsburgh), Bruce S. Cloutier (Jeannette, Pa.) and L. Casimir Mostowy (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programming device is provided that programs cards, such as payment cards, with data, such as personal data, using light transmitters and receivers. For example, an infrared transmitter may be provided to program personal data (e.g., a customer's credit card number) into a card wirelessly. In doing so, the card may be, for example, completely laminated such that there ...