ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,567, issued on June 16.
"Using a mobile device in a commercial transaction" was invented by Abdolreza Behjat (Marlborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first device may be used to complete a transaction by receiving information for completing a transaction between a first entity associated with the first device and a second entity associated with a second device, causing a payment to be made to the second entity by communicating with a third device via a communications network, receiving an encrypted payment confirmation from the third device, and providing the encrypted payment confirmation to the second device, thereby co...