ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,158, issued on Oct. 20.

"Data bridge between anonymous browsers and interactive devices" was invented by Patrick Nunally (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for correlating anonymous user data with in-person user sensor data. In some embodiments, a user interacts with a web interface which collects sensor data (e.g., video and audio) and stores that sensor data with other customer information (e.g., browsing history). The collected data is sent to a local interaction device which collects its own sensor data, which is compared to the data in the packets to correlate the i...