ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,776, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Digital First Holdings LLC (Atlanta).

"Method for providing a service" was invented by Justin Long (Kennesaw, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing system comprises a control device and a service device. The system determines a location (1) of the control device and determines a location (2) of the service device. When the control device is in proximity to the service device, the system authenticates (3) the control device at the service device. The control device receives a service request (4) from a user. The control device transmits (5) a service request message to the service...