ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,164, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Datavault AI Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Platform and method for tokenizing content" was invented by Nathaniel T. Bradley (Tucson, Ariz.), Alfred Blair Blaikie III (Tinton Falls, N.J.) and Joshua S. Paugh (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, device, and platform for managing content utilizing tokens from a data platform. Providing an incentive for a user to generate content. The content is received from the user. The content is tokenized into one or more tokens. The tokenized content is distributed. The tokenized content is monetized based on a smart contract."

The pate...