US Patent Issued to U.S. Bank National Association on April 14 for "Contactless optical internet of things user identification device and system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,962, issued on April 14, was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association (Minneapolis).

"Contactless optical internet of things user identification device and system" was invented by Justin P Yunke (Shakopee, Minn.) and Adam J. Achterhoff (Savage, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactless optical device is useable to identify a user, and allows an enterprise to authorize access by that user to enterprise facilities and/or cause presentation of user information of the user. The device is specifically adapted for secure usage within an enterprise network via a wired network interface. The device avoids storage of user-identify...