ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,297, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AVENU STR IP LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"System and method for identifying a location of an unlocated short term rental using image recognition" was invented by Allen Atamer (Toronto) and Tom Lee (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for identifying a location using image recognition. STR listing images are analyzed and assigned an archetype. Optionally, STR listing images are analyzed with an object detection model and associated with archetypes. The STR dwelling unit type may be determined from the combination of STR image archetypes. A location for the STR listing may then...