US Patent Issued to Walmart Apollo on June 23 for "Validating identification of a user for purchase of age-restricted items" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,571, issued on June 23, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Validating identification of a user for purchase of age-restricted items" was invented by Douglas Jahe Ryner (Cave Springs, Ark.), David Martin Nelms (Rogers, Ark.) and Todd D. Mattingly (Bentonville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An identification validation system and method may include detecting that a first age-restricted item has been selected for purchase at a first point of sale by a user, determining that an age validation is not enabled, requiring that the user submit an identification instrument to verify an age of the user, after the pur...