ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,129, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"User interface for loyalty accounts and private label accounts" was invented by Marcel Van Os (San Francisco), Donald W. Pitschel (San Francisco), Gregg Suzuki (Daly City, Calif.), Lawrence Y. Yang (Bellevue, Wash.), Peter D. Anton (San Francisco), Glen W. Steele (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and George R. Dicker (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to the use of loyalty accounts, private label payment accounts, and general payment accounts using an electronic device with an electronic wallet. Various accounts are link...