ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,835, issued on March 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Quick response codes for data transfer" was invented by Matthew C. Byington (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Anton K. Diederich (Mountain View, Calif.), Jenna Yi (San Jose, Calif.) and Luojie Xiang (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, methods, and computer-readable medium to utilize quick response (QR) codes for performing a data transfer between accounts. Embodiments may provide protection from improper use of the QR codes."
The patent was filed on Sept. 22, 2022, under App...