US Patent Issued to AT&T Intellectual Property I on June 23 for "Methods, systems, and devices for providing local services through a community social media platform" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,525, issued on June 23, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Methods, systems, and devices for providing local services through a community social media platform" was invented by Wei Wang (Harrison, N.J.) and Lars Benjamin Johnson (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining an image of a code from a first mobile device associated with a first user. The code is associated with a community social media platform. Further embodiments can include allowing the first mobile device access to the community social media platform in response to valid...