ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,481, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Bodidata Inc. (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for automating clothing transaction" was invented by J. Bruce Terry (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Kelsey MacDonald (Halifax, Canada), Albert Charpentier (Malvern, Pa.), Hoa Vinh Pham (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam), Tuoc V. Luong (Saratoga, Calif.), Tung Viet Vu (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam), Long Hai Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam), Quan Hong Hua (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam) and Hai Hoang Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for automating clothing transactions. The methods comprise: obtaining user input data and/or...