ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,492, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. (New York).

"Payment accessibility notifications" was invented by Joshua Block (New York), Lauren Chmielewski (Phoenix), Alaric M. Eby (Phoenix), Andras L. Ferenczi (Phoenix) and Magdalena Selma (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for generating payment accessibility notifications for individuals with impairments. In one non-limiting example, a system includes a first computing device configured to identify a second computing device using a wireless communication protocol in a store location. A first notifi...