ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,737, issued on March 24, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Split ledger software license platform" was invented by Lars Johnson (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, including requesting a license for software from first equipment of a license holder; receiving a passed ledger associated with the license from the first equipment of the license holder, wherein the pas...