ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,479, issued on July 22, was assigned to EDATANETWORKS INC (Edmonton, Canada).

"Voice ordered merchant donation" was invented by Terrance Patrick Tietzen (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A customer uses a mobile device to verbally request an offer that includes an incentive to transact at a merchant's brick and mortar store in the customer's local community in exchange for the merchant's agreement to make an auditable donation to a charity serving the local community. Business rules limit the merchant's charitable donations over calendar periods, which donations can be made directly by the merchant to the community cha...