ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,253, issued on July 22, was assigned to Internet Brands Inc. (El Segundo, Calif.).

"Simplified website creation, configuration, and customization system" was invented by Joseph A. Rosenblum (Santa Monica, Calif.), Kevin Sours (College Park, Md.), Neal Sainani (Los Angeles), Alan Chiu (Los Angeles) and Fabian Schonholz (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for creating a web page or web site including dynamically-generating content, such as a forum, using a framing layout and a series of modules arrangeable within. An interface allows the selection and placement of modules of various types in a simu...