US Patent Issued to MasterCard International on Dec. 9 for "Systems and methods for implementing off-network services" (American, Irish, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,861, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for implementing off-network services" was invented by Fred M. Pacher (Williston Park, N.Y.), Peter Groarke (Dublin), Mikhail Blinov (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland), Edwin Diekemper (Troy, Mo.), Haritha Nannapaneni (Chesterfield, Mo.), Sivakumar Janardhanam (Perwez, Belgium), Wade Plummer (Chicago) and Prasad Krishnamoorthy Rao (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network services bridge system including a direct service access ("DSA") platform is provided. The DSA platform includes a processor configured to receive a reques...