ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,320, issued on April 7, was assigned to AdrenalineIP (Washington).

"Wager sharing and invitation method" was invented by Casey Alexander Huke (Washington), John Cronin (Jericho, Vt.), Joseph W. Beyers (Saratoga, Calif.), Michael D'Andrea (Burlington, Vt.), Joseph Bodkin (Quincy, Mass.) and Michael Baker (Georgie, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sharing a wager on a live sporting event with another individual on a play by play wagering platform. Users can additionally invite other users to place the same wager or another wager on a different play. Upon accepting a wager invitation, the users additionally joining a chat ...