ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,256, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Akili Interactive Labs Inc. (Boston).

"Distributed network for the secured collection, analysis, and sharing of data across platforms" was invented by H. Leroux Jooste (Arden, N.C.), Mae-ellen Gavin (Arlington, Mass.), Kristin Zibell (Boston), Matthew Omernick (Larkspur, Calif.) and Jeffrey Steinmetz (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented methods and systems for managing the collection of and access to behavior assessment data. In an embodiment, a first user having authority to act on behalf of an individual under study identifies a second and third user role, specif...