ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,580, issued on April 15, was assigned to Olive Seed Industries LLC (Woodinville, Wash.).

"Methods and systems for personalizing visitor experience, encouraging philanthropic activity and social networking" was invented by Christine Soule (Woodinville, Wash.), Charles H. Cella (Pembroke, Mass.) and Richard Spitz (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information technology platform for personalizing an experience of a visitor at a non-profit venue comprising: a network; a server in communication with the network; a mobile computing device to be carried by the visitor, the mobile computing device in communication with the...