US Patent Issued on April 15 for "Methods and systems for connecting physical objects to digital communications" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,709, issued on April 15.

"Methods and systems for connecting physical objects to digital communications" was invented by Frank Shaffer (Main Beach, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive sports apparel that includes a scannable code forming part of the apparel, and a server configured to simultaneously deliver static media content and streaming media content to content placeholders residing on a scanner that scans the code on the apparel. The static and streaming media each have content based on proximity of the scanner to the apparel, and a user profile associated with the scanner."

The patent was filed on Dec. 15, ...