US Patent Issued to Thinkspan on June 16 for "Algorithmic suggestions based on a universal data scaffold" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,178, issued on June 16, was assigned to Thinkspan LLC (Highland Park, Ill.).

"Algorithmic suggestions based on a universal data scaffold" was invented by Brian Samuel Taylor (Highland Park, Ill.), Matthew Maxwell Murphy (Chicago) and James Michael Faris (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "User information is protected by providing a protective layer between a provider and a user device. A server receives a suggestion to present to the user device from a third party, such as a provider of goods or services that wants to push the suggestion to the user device. The suggestion includes a request for user information. The server then ...