ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,225, issued on June 23.

"Method and system for enabling media playback and display via QR code" was invented by Scott Bair (Camarillo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a computer program product and platform for enhancing the storytelling experience by enabling users to access media recordings associated with printed or digital content via QR codes or hyperlinks. The system may be configured to generate custom books using an online book builder tool and generate a unique QR code for each photo or content element in the book. The QR code, once read, executes a local version of the computer progra...