ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,429, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Brightstar Global Solutions Corp. (Providence, R.I.).

"Imaging video frames on documents" was invented by Kenneth E. Irwin Jr. (Dawsonville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Security-enhanced documents and methods of forming security-enhanced documents having indicia under a Scratch-Off Coating (SOC), and more particularly including digitally imaging video frames onto the display area and/or back of the documents. In certain embodiments, portions of digitally imaged video frames are also utilized as game play variable indicia."

The patent was filed on Jan. 6, 2025, under Application No. 19/010...