ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,749, issued on May 13.
"Communication system and method of gaffe prevention" was invented by Brett Seidman (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for transmitting and receiving communications via an application running on a communication device is described. The system equips a user with tools configured to facilitate the editing of transmitted messages, the transmission of messages at a user-selected time, messages configured to automatically expire at a user-specified time after the recipient has opened the messages, and messages and social media posts screened for black-listed alert words. Blip me...