ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,934, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS (Rousset, France) and STMicroelectronics Belgium (Diegem, Belgium).
"NFC transaction" was invented by Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze (Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium) and Alexandre Charles (Auriol, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a method for implementing a NFC transaction between a mobile terminal and a distant module is disclosed. The terminal includes a processor hosting an application configured to establish the NFC transaction, a near-field communication module, and a secure element distinct from the processor. The method includes storing, by the ...