ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,346, issued on June 10.

"Modifying signal associations in complex computing networks" was invented by Jeffrey W. Mankoff (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are methods and systems for registering consumers with merchant loyalty or other merchant programs by using a credit card or other form of payment to register the consumer, and thereafter automatically recognizing the consumer as a member in the program based on subsequent purchases made using the form of payment. This disclosure is also directed to an apparatus and related methods for modifying a temporal signal association in a complex computing network such that a...