ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,097, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HYBE Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Seat library pairing method and system using short-distance wireless communication" was invented by Bo Yoon Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Joo Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeong Gu Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Da Hye Seo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat library pairing method using short-distance wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method performed by an application executed by at least one processor of a kiosk, and comprises detecting ticket reservation information, extracting seat inform...