ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,347, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to THALES DIS FRANCE SAS (Meudon, France).

"Method for establishing a bidirectional NAS signalization channel between a secure element cooperating with a terminal and a distant platform" was invented by Jean-Yves Fine (Gemenos, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention proposes a method for establishing a bidirectional NAS signalization channel between a secure element cooperating with a terminal and a distant platform through a Network Exposure Function, upon request of either the secure element or the distant platform. The method includes an exchange of containers of data between the dis...