ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,092, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Proxense LLC (Bend, Ore.).
"Proximity-based system for automatic application or data access and item tracking" was invented by John J. Giobbi (Bend, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method provide automatic access to applications or data. A portable physical device, referred to herein as a Personal Digital Key or "PDK", stores one or more profiles in memory, including a biometric profile acquired in a secure trusted process and uniquely associated with a user that is authorized to use and associated with the PDK. The PDK wirelessly transmits identification information including ...