ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,747, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus and information processing system identifying first user of first electronic device and second user of second electronic device to transmit information" was invented by Aoi Nakamura (Tokyo) and Nekka Matsuura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes a first image receiver configured to receive, from an imaging apparatus, a first image capturing a first user using a first electronic device; a first user identifier configured to identify the first user who used the first electronic device...