ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,804, issued on April 22, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Mobile device resource optimized kiosk mode" was invented by Sharon Moll (Wetzikon, Switzerland), Pawel Wawruch (Freienbach, Switzerland) and Neken Aritia Symphonie Razafindrabe (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resource optimized kiosk mode that improves the mobile experience for creators and users of mobile devices such as an augmented reality (AR)-enabled wearable eyewear device. An eyewear device enters a kiosk mode by receiving a kiosk mode request for an application and, in response to the request, determining which services and application progra...