ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,862, issued on March 31, was assigned to Tinder LLC (Dallas).

"System and method for providing pairings for live digital interactions" was invented by Kyle Garrett Miller (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), Joshua David Gafni (West Hollywood, Calif.) and Danielle Mariah Zegelstein (Bedford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a processor and an interface coupled to the processor. The processor determines that a first user takes a first action, and determines to pair the first user and a second user. The processor pairs the first user and the second user for an interaction, where the interaction lasts for a first time period. ...