ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,230, issued on Feb. 4.

"Mobile device for delivery of cash and goods by a delivery service" was invented by Patricia A. Walker (Medina, Ohio) and Ralph E. Jocke (Medina, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile device configured to be carried by a user enables the user to wirelessly request delivery of tangible items including cash. If an amount of value associated with the request is authorized by a remote system, the mobile device is usable to request delivery of at least one tangible item at a user specified delivery location through communication with at least one delivery service terminal of a delivery service. The mobile dev...