ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,704, issued on April 14, was assigned to Townhall Pro Inc. (Kitty Hawk, N.C.).

"System and method for determining engagement in collaborative software applications" was invented by Peter J. Nadolny (Kitty Hawk, N.C.) and Larysa Nadolny (Kitty Hawk, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for calculating engagement of users of collaborative software applications. During a virtual collaborative event, behavioral data for participants is collected. Individual engagement scores for each participant are calculated using the collected behavioral data. Aggregated engagement scores of participants are presented to the host o...