ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,205, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method to maintain connectivity with a smart card" was invented by Anu Sharma (Gurugram, India), Sneha Padiyar (Mumbai, India), Harilakshmi Narayanan (Chennai, India), Madhumitha Swaminathan Rangarajan (Chennai, India) and Kavitha Yalka (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a memory communicatively coupled to a processor. The memory is configured to store smart card feedback configured to provide information associated with a presence of one or more smart cards in a vicinity of the apparatus. The processor is c...