US Patent Issued to SUMUP PAYMENTS on March 24 for "Microprocessor as a security layer" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,056, issued on March 24, was assigned to SUMUP PAYMENTS LTD. (London).

"Microprocessor as a security layer" was invented by Stefano Bianconi (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to security for a credit card processing reader. Part of security for a reader is protecting sensitive components, for example components that access information from a credit card during a transaction. An alternative security configuration may include integrated circuits replacing portions of electrically active mesh. This may reduce the size and cost of a reader while maintaining its security with respec...