US Patent Issued to Snap-on on July 14 for "Method and system for using matrix code to display content" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,086, issued on July 14, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Method and system for using matrix code to display content" was invented by Patrick S. Merg (Hollister, Calif.) and Roy S. Brozovich (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving, at one or more processors, a content description and a matrix code. The content description includes data describing one or more computer-readable files. The matrix code is encoded with a link to the one or more files. The method includes the one or more processors determining a condition indicative of a first computing device being unable to display the fi...