ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,814, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TraiTel Telecommunications Corp..

"Systems and methods to establish anonymous and private communication connecting with NFC codes, QR codes, and/or alphanumeric computer-generated codes including item listings for sale and/or services" was invented by Eli Traitel (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile device based messaging application that allows users to communicate anonymously and privately. Users can scan a QR (Quick Response) code or read a NFC (Near-Field Communication) chip in a combination QR/NFC tag, or use a computer-generated code to initiate a conversation. The conversat...