ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,883, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Crema Social Inc. (New York City, N.Y.).

"Synchronizing on-demand delivery services with a virtual event while maintaining the privacy of personal information of participants" was invented by Timothy Tianyi Chen (New York City, N.Y.) and Tony Jing Yang Xia (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first indication that a first product was delivered via a first delivery service to a first location corresponding to a first user associated with a first user account of a service platform is received by a processing device. A second indication that a second product was delivered via a second deliver...