ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,626, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TRUPHONE Ltd. (London).

"Managing a secure element" was invented by Igor Borisoglebski (London), Scott MacKenzie (London), Frederico Gavinho Lima Dos Santos Dias (London) and Amilcar Rodrigues Cardoso Pereira (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for transmitting configuration data for a secure element is provided. The configuration data is generated in a secure element manager and the method comprises, securing the configuration data using a set of Over-The-Air, OTA, keys associated with the secure element, and transmitting the configuration data using a second interface to a second ...