ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,494, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Bradley G. Peltz (New York).

"Systems and methods for optimizing time slot yield rates" was invented by Bradley G. Peltz (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods discussed herein are related to optimizing time slot yield rates. A method can include: determining that an earlier time slot has become available; identifying a set of users corresponding with preexisting time slots scheduled for a time later than the available earlier time slot; ranking the set of users according to ranking criteria; selecting, based on ranking the set of users, a subset of top ranked users eligib...