ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,475, issued on May 12, was assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. (New York).

"Encrypted context-based prompt system" was invented by Alaric M. Eby (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Andras L. Ferenczi (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Hilary Packer (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for an encrypted context-based prompt system for interactions between multiple entities. In one embodiment, a system comprising a computing device configured to receive a request to activate a prompt session. The request comprises a template identifier representing a type of interaction between a first device and a s...