ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,535, issued on May 20, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Model for representing online ownership information" was invented by Stanley Wolf (Palo Alto, Calif.), Kevin Montler (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Colby Ranger (Millbrae, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for representing online content item ownership information is provided. The method includes receiving information identifying a first content item and a first owner, and generating a first data object associating the first content item with the first owner. A plurality of data objects is maintained, including the first data object comprising first de...