ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,380, issued on March 18.

"Providing a route with augmented reality" was invented by Bhumika Chhabra (Boise, Idaho), Radhika Viswanathan (Boise, Idaho), Carla L. Christensen (Boise, Idaho) and Zahra Hosseinimakarem (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices and systems related to a computing device for providing a route with augmented reality (AR) are described. An example method can include receiving, at a computing device, a trigger associated with a first location of the computing device, tracking movement of the computing device relative to the first location, and providing a route back to the first location...