ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,502, issued on May 20.
"System and method for locating in-store products" was invented by Jacob Kaufman (West Bloomfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile application ("app") enabling a shopper to identify an item or items that the user wishes to locate or purchase. The device displays a list of stores which stock the item(s), and a user is then provided with in-store guidance enabling the shopper to find the item or items that the user wishes to locate or purchase. A user can identify an item or items by scanning a product bar code, scanning a product label; capturing an image of a product, or typing a product name in a...