ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,656, issued on March 31, was assigned to IDEMIA FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for registering digital keys of a vehicle in a virtual wallet, and associated devices" was invented by Gianni Uglietti (Courbevoie, France) and Bruno Letellier (Courbevoie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method comprising the following steps: a system receives a first identifier and a second identifier transmitted by a user terminal, transmitted beforehand to the user terminal by the device via wireless communication requiring proximity between the user terminal and the device, the system checks for the exis...