US Patent Issued to X-Card Holdings on March 25 for "Electronic credential signal activation systems and methods" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,695, issued on March 25, was assigned to X-Card Holdings LLC (West Chester, Pa.).

"Electronic credential signal activation systems and methods" was invented by Mark A. Cox (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various electronic credentials comprising signal activation are disclosed. An electronic credential core comprises a controller configured to maintain an off-state until activated by a received signal during a personalization process. The electronic credential core further comprises an antenna configured to receive a first signal. The energy in the first signal is harvested by a signal interface. The signal interfa...