ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,641,048, issued on May 26, was assigned to Braze Inc. (New York).

"Systems and methods for previewing user paths through messaging journeys" was invented by Erika Schreiber (New York), Ahsan Ziauddin (New York), Steven Camina (New York), Huan Do (New York) and Jordan Megibow (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for testing a messaging journey make use of a user interface that allows a tester to rapidly progress through multiple steps of a messaging journey that would normally occur over a period of days or weeks. The tester can determine in a matter of minutes whether the logic of the steps of the journey operate p...