ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,502, issued on July 15, was assigned to MFTB Holdco Inc. (Seattle).

"Shared video presentation with configurable independent communication channels and data" was invented by Michael P. Caputo (Aurora, Ill.), Scott E. Woodard (New Buffalo, Mich.) and Gregory Joseph Doerr (Palatine, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A real estate virtual showing management system manages virtual showings of listings. The system enables all parties to view the listing virtually. It does not allow a buyer to be visible to the seller side. It also does not allow a seller to be visible to the buyer side. Both the buyer and seller sides form independent c...