ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,556, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Gravity Jack Inc. (Liberty Lake, Wash.).

"Peer-to-peer burst sharing network system" was invented by Aaron Luke Richey (Liberty Lake, Wash.), Jennifer Richey (Liberty Lake, Wash.), Ryan Kennedy (Spokane Valley, Wash.), Marc Rollins (Spokane, Wash.), Brandon Millsap (Spokane, Wash.) and Carrie Millsap (Spokane, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a peer-to-peer (or peer-to-server) technology that allows users or devices to purchase computing power, sensor data, and content from one another via cryptocurrency (Carbon12). Shared computing power distributed across multiple...