ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,004, issued on April 21, was assigned to Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Automatic switching between ATM operating modes via QR code" was invented by Karie Padgett (Charlotte, N.C.) and Mandy Zahl (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device, a computer program product, and a computer-implemented method for enabling a user to select between a default ATM operating mode in which actions are visually represented on a user interface with words, and a basic ATM operating mode in which actions are represented on the user interface with graphical images."
The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2025, under Application No. ...