ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,323, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Information processing device, system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program for applying a bonus to a settlement process" was invented by Takanori Tanaka (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device includes a first authentication controlling unit that causes an authentication device to execute first facial authentication or facial registration of a first photographed image capturing a user at a first store, a presenting unit that presents recommendation information related to a second store ...