ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,061, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to PAYPAL INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Dynamically rendered interface elements during online chat sessions" was invented by Berry Belcher (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Ragunath Jayabalakrishnan (Round Rock, Texas) and Vamsikrishna Sanisetty (Leander, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided systems and methods for dynamically rendered interface elements during online chat sessions. A user may engage in online communications with another user, such as a communication session between a customer and a customer representative or agent of a merchant. During this communication session, the agent may...