ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,055, issued on Aug. 18.

"Automated selection and delivery of online mental healthcare and other therapeutic services using comparison of matched pairs of groups to improve mode and delivery of services and evaluate individual provider performance" was invented by Rebecca E. Egger (Durham, N.C.), Helen Link Egger (Durham, N.C.), Daniel Egger (Durham, N.C.), Elsa A. Friis (Durham, N.C.), R. Maximillian Helzberg (San Geronimo, Calif.) and Jim Inoue (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed methods and systems facilitate and deliver online mental healthcare and other therapeutic services to a group of entities (individuals). ...