ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,761, issued on May 26, was assigned to TRETE Inc. (Prosper, Texas).

"Controlling transaction progression and settlement through comparison to precomputed intended outputs" was invented by Damien Patton (Plano, Texas) and Christian Gratton (Eaton Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes receiving an initial order based on a user input. The method includes mapping out correct steps from the initial order to settlement. The method includes validating instructions at each step. The method includes recording data pertaining to permit the settlement of the tran...