ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,324, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Interacting with visual codes within messaging system" was invented by Vadim Velicodnii (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for interacting with visual codes within a messaging system. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, captured image data comprising a visual code, the visual code including a custom graphic and being decodable to access a first feature of the messaging application; receiving us...