US Patent Issued to Shanghai Ant Chuangjiang Information Technology on Aug. 26 for "Checkout devices, checkout assemblies, and checkout methods" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,527, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Shanghai Ant Chuangjiang Information Technology Co. Ltd (Shanghai).

"Checkout devices, checkout assemblies, and checkout methods" was invented by Youchao Xu (Hangzhou, China) and Zhiyuan Chen (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of this application provide a checkout device, a checkout assembly, and a checkout method. An example checkout device includes a housing, a display screen, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) module. The display screen is fastened to the housing, and is configured to display at least one of a to-be-paid amount of a product, payment method gui...