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Patent Issued for Multi-purpose device having multiple certificates including member certificate (USPTO 11354751): Visa International Service Association

2022 JUN 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, a patent by the ...
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Patent Issued for Multi-Purpose Device Having Multiple Certificates Including Member Certificate (USPTO 10,817,954)

“One embodiment of the invention discloses a computer implemented method for verifying benefits associated with a multi-purpose device, comprising: electronically receiving, at a terminal, a member ...
Morningstar

InventHelp Inventor Develops Multi-Purpose Electronic Device (PTA-429)

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I created the LAPTOPHONE from a futuristic and avant-garde mentality aimed at a specific population," said an inventor, from Midland, Texas. "My design would ...
Forbes

A Revolution From Single-Purpose Devices To Smartphones As Multi-Tools

Christoph Wagner is the CEO of Scanbot SDK, a software development company specializing in data capture software for mobile and web apps. In 1994, IBM and Mitsubishi released what is arguably the ...
Network World

Special-purpose device in a general-purpose world

Fortune Magazine broke the story in late February that newspaper giant (though getting smaller) Hearst Corp., is developing a wireless newspaper e-reader. This project seems like almost exactly the ...