US Patent Issued to Siemens Mobility on March 18 for "Method and system for providing visual validation of electronic tickets and payment for an additional item" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,477, issued on March 18, was assigned to Siemens Mobility Inc. (New York).

"Method and system for providing visual validation of electronic tickets and payment for an additional item" was invented by Micah Bergdale (Bronx, N.Y.), Edward Donovan (New York), Nicholas Ihm (Newtown, Conn.) and Michael O'Haire (Smithtown, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention discloses novel systems and methods for providing visual confirmation that a passenger has a valid ticket and has previously paid for additional items such as luggage, suitcase, briefcase, bicycle, musical instrument, wheelchair, car, vehicle, motorcycle, automobile (in...