ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,096, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to GeoFrenzy Inc. (Tiburon, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for managing real estate titles and permissions" was invented by Bennett Hill Branscomb (Ingleside, Texas) and Benjamin T. Jones (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for managing real estate titles and permissions include using a key to identify titles and/or permissions. The key is preferably operable to control operations of electronic devices within geographic boundaries, with the geographic boundaries preferably being defined by a geofence and/or IP-based addressing. In certain embodiments, a system is linked to...