ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,982, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Privacy preserving custom embeddings" was invented by Gang Wang (Frederick, Md.) and Alexander E. Mayorov (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting and distributing digital components to client devices in ways that protect user privacy and confidential data of content platforms and/or digital component providers are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by a secure distribution system and from a client device of a user, a d...