ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,596, issued on April 15, was assigned to ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (George Town, Cayman Islands).

"Two-dimensional code identification method and device, and mobile terminal" was invented by Jun Tong (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses a two-dimensional code identification method, device and a mobile terminal. The two-dimensional code identification method comprises: sensing a capture operation performed by a user on an application interface, the application interface containing a two-dimensional code; in response to the sensed capture operation, capturing an image of the application int...