ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,250, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Block Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Batch-processing transactions in response to an event" was invented by Kyle Callender (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Batch-processing of open tabs associated with one or more customers of a merchant is described. User data associated with a user may be identified. Based on the user data, a determination may be made that batch-processing of transactions of the user has been authorized. A tab data structure specific to the user and a merchant may be generated. The tab data structure may store transaction data associated with transaction of the user. O...