US Patent Issued to MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL on Feb. 10 for "Systems and methods for establishing message routing paths through a computer network" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,994, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for establishing message routing paths through a computer network" was invented by Scott P. Beaudoin (O'Fallon, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for routing computer messages between parties is provided. The method is implemented using a message gateway computing system including a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving a message routing offer from a seller and representing an offer to process payment card transactions. The method also includes receiving a message routing request from a buyer. The method f...