US Patent Issued to Synchrony Bank on March 24 for "Systems and methods for surprise object distribution" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,118, issued on March 24, was assigned to Synchrony Bank (Stamford, Conn.).

"Systems and methods for surprise object distribution" was invented by Gabriel Saunkeah (Stamford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for generating surprise gift objects presentable to intended recipients based on real-time location data associated with recipients. Users are provided with recommendations for surprise gift objects that can be provided to recipients based on information associated with recipients and inventory data associated with locations through which options associated with these surprise gift objects are...