US Patent Issued to Bank of America on March 18 for "Skimmer and shimmer identification and prevention system" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,466, issued on March 18, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Skimmer and shimmer identification and prevention system" was invented by Abhijit Behera (Hyderabad Telengana, India), Maneesh Kumar Sethia (Hyderabad Telangana, India), Rajasekhar Madala (Hyderabad Telangana, India) and Ajay Kumar Gowni (Hyderabad Telangana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems and apparatus for dynamic multi-level detection of compromised transaction receivers are provided. The apparatus may include a sensor communication module ("SCM") to monitor a transaction between a card and a card reader. The apparatus may inc...