ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,164, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).
"Method for self-checkout with a mobile device" was invented by David Martin Nelms (Rogers, Ark.), Jason Todd (Lowell, Ark.), Tim Webb (Rogers, Ark.), Philip Wayne Marbut (Bentonville, Ark.) and Douglas Jahe Ryner (Cave Springs, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for purchasing an item using a mobile device is provided. The method includes but is not limited to inputting identification information into the mobile device which identifies the item for purchase and generating an order for the item identified by the identification information. The ...