US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Rousset), STMicroelectronics Belgium on July 29 for "NFC transaction" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,826, issued on July 29, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS (Rousset, France) and STMicroelectronics Belgium (Diegem, Belgium).

"NFC transaction" was invented by Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze (Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium) and Alexandre Charles (Auriol, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present description concerns a method of implementation of an NFC transaction between a mobile terminal and a distant module. The terminal includes a processor hosting an application establishing the NFC transaction, a near-field communication module, and a secure element distinct from the processor. The method includes at least the follow...