US Patent Issued to American Express Travel Related Services on May 20 for "Automated bill splitting" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,427, issued on May 20, was assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. (New York).

"Automated bill splitting" was invented by Margaret H. Ryan (New York), Ian T. Moritz (New York) and Adam Krochak (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are aspects for splitting a transaction. An example aspect begins by receiving transaction information specifying a transaction. The aspect continues by receiving split request information corresponding to the transaction. The split request information specifies how to split the transaction with one or more other parties. Next, the aspect sends, by a first user devi...