US Patent Issued on April 22 for "Color and symbol coded display on a digital badge for communicating permission to approach and activate further digital content interaction" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,873, issued on April 22.

"Color and symbol coded display on a digital badge for communicating permission to approach and activate further digital content interaction" was invented by Gareth Llewelyn (Berks, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method involves using a digital badge device worn on the chest of a user to visually convey personal attributes to others in line of sight. It begins by configuring the badge device to communicate wirelessly with the user's mobile device. Next, a personal attribute of the user is determined based on input from the user or device-captured data. This attribute could relate to the user'...