ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,864, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for completing payment transactions initiated through a first device using a second device" was invented by Gyanveer Singh (Bangalore, India) and Reda Harb (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A payment transaction is initiated for a user, based on a voice command, on a public voice-activated device. A user device associated with the user is identified. A transaction identifier is generated and transmitted to the identified user device. Once the user has entered their banking or credit card information to use for payment, a pay...