US Patent Issued to Hinge on Dec. 30 for "System and method for providing enhanced recommendations based on ratings of offline experiences" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,296, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hinge Inc. (Dallas).

"System and method for providing enhanced recommendations based on ratings of offline experiences" was invented by Mitchell LaPoff (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Julia Chesbrough (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Lucy Mort (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Sam Levy (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Tim MacGougan (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jean-Marie McGrath (New York) and Justin McLeod (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The processor uses the interface to receive a first set of text from a first user and to transmit the first set of text to a second user. The processor determines...