ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,665, issued on April 14.

"AI-enhanced production and delivery system for schedule controlled networkable merchant e-commerce sites" was invented by Sundaram Natarajan (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An AI-enhanced computerized e-commerce system, optimized for smaller merchants such as florists who often provide seasonal perishable gifts that require local delivery, and who often desire to form cooperative networks with local merchants offering related gift services, as well as other related merchants such as other florists in more distant locations. The web server-based system, further assisted by generative AI syste...