US Patent Issued to MasterCard International on Sept. 16 for "Machine learning for authentication based on device proximity" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,447, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Machine learning for authentication based on device proximity" was invented by Venkata Satya Sivajee Pinnamaneni (Dardenne Prairie, Mo.), Kaushal Shetty (Thane (W) Maharashtra, India) and Sachin Kumar Singh (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method of authentication includes pairing a card to a mobile electronic device and a wearable device. A machine learning model is trained by obtaining first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) data from the card, the mobile electronic device, and the wearable device at calibrated...