ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,531, issued on July 22, was assigned to CoCreateX Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
"Personalized social network system" was invented by Mariangela C. Ferrara (Saint Paul, Minn.), Nicholas Powley (Saint Paul, Minn.), Lyno Sullivan (Woodbury, Minn.) and Trevor Laughlin (Saint Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method whereby a group of people can privately, or in an online location with a singular purpose, share a website, social network, or other communications for a particular event. A personalized social network can be generated for the group to enhance privacy, security, and ease of interaction. The personalized socia...