ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,634, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for generating augmented reality-based content" was invented by Rick Unnerstall (O'Fallon, Mo.), Jacob Luebbers (St. Peters, Mo.) and Sunil Mandava (O'Fallon, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An augmented reality (AR) system for generating augmented reality reservation content using an AR computing device and an AR display device operated by a user is disclosed. The AR system is configured to receive, from the AR display device, image data, at least one user input, and geolocation data. The AR computing device is configured ...