ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,924, issued on April 8, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Multi-entity enterprise loyalty system" was invented by Anthony J. Baerlocher (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods which offer a loyalty program affiliated with different entities associated with an enterprise."

The patent was filed on March 27, 2019, under Application No. 16/366,578.

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