ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,861, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to WP Co. LLC (Washington).

"Method and system for delivering content to a slot of a web page" was invented by Hongliang Eric Lin (Flushing, N.Y.) and Jarrod Dicker (Hoboken, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for content delivery are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method of content delivery comprising determining a slot of a webpage, determining a display area of a web browser displaying the webpage, determining a distance from the slot to a location of the display area, and comparing the distance to a first threshold, wherein the dis...