US Patent Issued to NCR Voyix on Oct. 21 for "Self-service terminal (SST) item return anti-fraud processing" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,612, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to NCR Voyix Corp. (Atlanta).

"Self-service terminal (SST) item return anti-fraud processing" was invented by Jodessiah Sumpter (Alpharetta, Ga.), Matthew Robert Burris (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Christopher John Costello (Suwanee, Ga.) and Caleb Wayne Martinez (Fayetteville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An item return transaction for an item is identified at a transaction terminal. The item is authenticated using multiple factors at least some of which are independent of item code identification for the item. A fraud score is calculated based on the multiple factors, item code identification, an...