ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,716, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SYSTEM1 LLC (Los Angeles).

"Email compliance systems and methods" was invented by John Andrew Fries (Los Angeles), Erik Ahern Price (Los Angeles) and Sanjeev M. Rao (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Online advertisers may demand compliance with certain standards for the content of emails and other digital content with which its advertisements may be associated. Emails may contain control objects directing users to a web page showing content related to oil change coupons. However, in some systems, methods, and processes, a small variable proportion of users may instead be d...