ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,203, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to XIVIX Holding LLC (Teaneck, N.J.).

"System and method for authenticating a mobile device" was invented by Joel N. Bock (Teaneck, N.J.) and Ronald R. Erickson (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a mobile device including an image capturing device having an imaging element (CCD), and an illumination element, capturing an image of an object and sending the image of the object to a server for authenticating the image and authorizing a transaction."

The patent was filed on Aug. 17, 2020, under Application No. 16/995,621.

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