ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,172, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CommentSold LLC (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Online live video sales management system" was invented by Brandon Kruse (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sales administration system that manages online sales via overlays on a video stream. Customers can comment on or respond to the video stream, and may order products using simple phrases such as "Sold". The system can stream video with overlays to multiple clients simultaneously, including websites and mobile apps. Comments from all clients are received, aggregated, processed for orders, and displayed to the sales administrator....