ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,978, issued on July 1, was assigned to Miller Nelson LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Location-conscious social networking apparatuses, methods and systems" was invented by Luke Miller (Falls Church, Va.) and Nicolina Miller (Falls Church, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The LOCATION-CONSCIOUS SOCIAL NETWORKING APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS ("LCSN") transforms user personality and location inputs via LCSN components into match and transaction outputs. LSCN may be a processor-implemented method for location-conscious social networking, involving collecting personality details pertaining to a user, analyzing the personality details and cons...