ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,011, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TRURATING Ltd. (St. Albans, Great Britain).
"PIN entry device with secure survey functionality" was invented by Georgina Nelson (London) and Peter Salmon (Haslemere, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system includes a PIN entry device (PED) for electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) transactions and enhanced security for consumer survey processing. In addition to the usual PED functionality and financial transaction processing, the system allows feedback from a user to be obtained in response to a question. The system displays a text to the user on a display, and prompts a response from...