ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,765, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Love The Block Inc. (Wilbraham, Mass.).

"System architecture for enabling distributed temporary control of discrete units of an asset" was invented by Glenn R. Hanson (Alton Bay, N.H.), David Kaufman (Northampton, Mass.) and John Falcone (Longmeadow, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are various embodiments of methods and systems for distributing temporary control of an asset. For example, a method can include receiving an indication of an execution of a transfer of temporary control between a granting entity and a receiving entity of a unit of an asset comprising a pluralit...