ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,442, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Smart transaction system with IoT integration for purchase requests" was invented by Charles Dasher (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Reda Harb (Tampa, Fla.) and Aldis Sipolins (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of a smart transaction system with IoT integration for purchase requests by way of a cohesive interface integrating IoT systems, navigation systems, and virtual payment systems are disclosed. Initiation of a navigation route for a navigation device associated with a user of a household is detected. An IoT device-managed shopp...