ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,102, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Simulation of a user of a social networking system using a language model" was invented by Andrew Garrod Bosworth (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A social networking system simulates a user using a language model trained using training data generated from user interactions performed by that user. The language model may be used for simulating the user when the user is absent from the social networking system, for example, when the user takes a long break or if the user is deceased. The social networking system receives a la...