ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,817, issued on July 7, was assigned to Imagine Universe Inc. (Laguna Beach, Calif.).

"User interface using tagged media, 3D indexed virtual reality images, and global positioning system locations, for electronic commerce" was invented by Gary Davi (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Mark Madison (Laguna Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface operated via at least one consumer computing device, a database, and at least one host computer processor, provide an electronic commerce (eCommerce) environment for secured transactions between consumer and vendor members subscribed to the environment. Digital product images are sca...