ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,208, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Scandit AG (Zurich).
"Secure ID scanning using image analysis" was invented by Christian Kundig (Zurich), Oliver Akermann (Zurich) and Sebastien Roch (Zurich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for decoding an optical pattern includes transmitting instructions for a first device to provide a link and an encryption key to a second device. The link includes a URL and a session ID that the first device has with a website. The method includes receiving a web request made by the second device using the URL. The method includes transmitting decoding software to the second device for decoding fields...