ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,676, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DATA PACIFIC HOLDING PTY LTD. (Riverview, Australia).
"Direct participants during a social networking event" was invented by Louise O'Connor (Riverview, Australia) and Brett Couston (Riverview, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of directing participants during a social networking event includes the step of accessing a participant database that includes a plurality of records, each record including a participant identifier and associated participant attributes. A social networking instance is generated that links participant identifiers based on participant attributes, to defin...