ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,301, issued on July 8, was assigned to STRIPE INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).
"Tap on mobile device zones" was invented by Ross Taylor Favero (Seattle), Margaret Anne White (San Francisco) and Kelly Moriarty (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes identifying a type of mobile device, determining a location of a near-field communication (NFC) device (e.g., NFC reader) within a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone) based on its type, creating a user interface displayed on the mobile device with a visual indication of a tap zone for the NFC device based on its location within the mobile device, and the...