ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,359, issued on June 24, was assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Apparatus, system and method for communicating data" was invented by Jukka Mikael Jalkanen (Helsinki) and Michel Rene Gustave Ghislain Gillet (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (10) configured to be connectable to a first electronic device (12) and a second electronic device (14). The apparatus comprises: a memory (16); a rechargeable battery (18); a real time clock (20); and engagement means. The engagement means is configured to releasably hold the apparatus in engagement with the first electronic device (12) to establish a first phy...