ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,459, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Live Circle Inc. (Ridgewood, N.J.).

"Automated story model collaboration system" was invented by Charles Chadwick (Ridgewood, N.J.), Darin Ragozzine (Huber City, Utah), Blake Wilkey (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) and Samuel Brotherton (Park City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the various example embodiments disclosed herein, a best next action is recommended by a user's model by establishing from user inputs a personally relevant narrative context; establishing a narrative context using a Story Object Hierarchy; constructing values for user attributes and goals based on the Story Object Hierarch...