ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,897, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MFTB Holdco Inc. (Seattle).

"Merged recommendations of real estate listings" was invented by Todd Holloway (San Francisco), David Hatch (San Anselmo, Calif.), Susan Lin (Burlingame, Calif.) and Brandon Blanchard (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for recommending comprises an interface and a processor. An interface is configured to receive an input. The input is stored and associated with two user identifiers. The processor is configured to make recommendations based at least in part on the input."

The patent was filed on Aug. 26, 2020, under Application No. 17/003,073. ...