ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,634, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to DK Crown Holdings Inc. (Boston).

"Systems and methods for synchronizing data structures in computer networks and distributed computing environments" was invented by Greg Jaffa (Wayne, N.J.) and Daniel Sahl (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for synchronizing data structures in computer networks and distributed computing environments are disclosed. A system can provide a network resource to a client device corresponding to a network profile, establish a network communication session with the client device, and transmit instructions for network application formatt...