ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,482, issued on Jan. 13.
"Progressive chain network graph, map and search engine" was invented by Lale Ann Gokyigit (Istanbul).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention, forming a mutual/collaborative puzzle, message/letter chain including information chains that form graphs, lists, or groups, the ability to use defined or calculated measuring units such as distance measured in hops, volume measured in followers, and/or the nature of relationship, according to needs and purposes, using/defining measurements for various needs, to facilitate socializing, sharing, with a search engine accessing information on social networks more effic...