ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,722, issued on July 28, was assigned to Orange (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).
"Method for managing the unlocking mode of an object" was invented by Herve Marchand (Chatillon Cedex, France) and Mathieu Rivoalen (Chatillon Cedex, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for managing the unlocking mode of an object. The object includes a communication interface for communicating with a device for transmitting electromagnetic signals when the object is located in the field of electromagnetic coverage formed by the signals transmitted from the device, and when the object is located in the region of coverage associated with the field...