ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,270, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to THALES DIS FRANCE SAS (Meudon, France).

"Method for managing a transaction with a smart card" was invented by Valentin Favreau (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France), Olivier Penalver (Paris) and Anne-Laure Bourg (Viroflay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for managing a transaction with a card allocated to a user comprising establishing a first communication link between the card and a terminal, receiving by the card, a transaction command comprising a parameter specific to the transaction, and, in response to detecting a preset event, turning on an internal battery embedded in ...