ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,685, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Dynamics Inc. (Cheswick, Pa.).

"Cards, devices, systems, and methods for zone-based network management" was invented by Jonathan L. Beaver (Bridgeville, Pa.) and Benjamin C. Cupp (Verona, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user is provided with a GUI that may allow the user to change functionality associated with a non-battery-powered card, a battery-powered card, a payment sticker, or another device (e.g., a mobile telephonic device). Such functionality may cause a network entity to deliver transaction details to a processing facility. The processing facility may be implemented with processing...