ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,212, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).
"Automated optimization of events by engagement and format" was invented by Emily Williams (Dallas), Ni An (Fremont, Calif.), Prateek Baranwal (Dallas), Kelly Dowd (Dallas), James Pratt (Round Rock, Texas) and Eric Zavesky (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to automated optimization of events by engagement and format. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an event management system can create an event for a specified topic based upon input provided, at least in part, by an event cre...