ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,863, issued on March 31, was assigned to Tinder LLC (Dallas).

"System and method for user communication in a network" was invented by Lawrence Anthony Sequino (Los Angeles) and Kyle Garrett Miller (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is implemented by an electronic device and includes transmitting a registration request of a first user; receiving photo identification information including performance image information; identifying a preliminary group of images stored on the electronic device, at least in part based on the performance image information; and displaying the preliminary group of images."

The paten...