US Patent Issued to Visa International Service Association on Nov. 11 for "Proximity-based validation techniques" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,937, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Visa International Service Association (San Francisco).

"Proximity-based validation techniques" was invented by Nithin Shakthidhar B G (Bangalore, India), Shashanka Arnady (Bangalore, India) and Sreeharsha Rangarajan (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server computer receives from a resource provider device transaction data, a first set of wireless communication signals available to the resource provider device, a second set of wireless communication signals available to the resource provider device, and a sound level detected by the resource provider device. The server computer...