ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,259, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NEX Team Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"User analytics using a camera device and associated systems and methods" was invented by Qi Zhang (Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong), Wing Hung Chan (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Keng Fai Lee (Cupertino, Calif.) and Long Mak (Shatin, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for performing a location determination in a three-dimensional environment using a computing device with a camera are disclosed. The methods and systems perform the steps of receiving an image of a user from the camera of the computing device. Identifying the user from the image using a f...