ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,770, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to PAYRANGE INC. (Portland, Ore.).
"Method and system for presenting representations of payment accepting unit events" was invented by Paresh K. Patel (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile device presents representations of payment accepting unit events on a display, by identifying a payment accepting unit that is available to accept payment, displaying a visual indication of the payment accepting unit, and accepting user input to receive selection of the payment accepting unit and trigger payment, establishing a wireless communication path including the mobile device and the pay...