ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,431, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PayPal Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Card reader terminal with external contactless antenna" was invented by Daniel Bernholc (Stockholm).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for performing secure contactless payments are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an external contactless card reader, including a first short-distance communication antenna, connected to a card reader terminal using a feed line. The first short-distance communication antenna is configured to convert an electromagnetic signal including data received from a contactless payment card into an analog signal. The card reade...