ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,120, issued on March 24, was assigned to ELP GLOBAL LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Location-based system for charitable donation" was invented by Eric Lichtmess (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A location-based system that provides functionality for a donor to identify a person in need of essential items in their community and purchase and donate the exact essential items requested by the person in need while the donor is shopping at a retailer that sells those exact essential items. In some embodiments, the system identifies that the donor is shopping at a retailer based on the location of a donor computing device (e....