US Patent Issued to PROTOCOMM SYSTEMS on June 3 for "Light-based data entry for personal inventory and product support system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,949, issued on June 3, was assigned to PROTOCOMM SYSTEMS LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Light-based data entry for personal inventory and product support system" was invented by Harry Bims (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for light-based data communication for a personal inventory and product support system are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises using a device associated with a user, including capturing visible light carrying data identifying a product, obtaining the data identifying the product from the captured visible light, configuring the device to receive product support conte...