ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,461, issued on June 10, was assigned to PROVA GROUP INC. (Dallas).

"Game live auction system and method of operation" was invented by Haroon I. Alvi (Dallas), Charles B. Humphreyson (Dallas), Richard L. Lackey (Dallas) and Emmitt J. Smith III (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for conducting a raffle comprising reading an item identifier from an identification tag affixed to an item at an equipment management system, prior to an event related to the item. The raffle notification data is then transmitted to users after the event has occurred. A plurality of raffle ticket purchase requests are then received from the plural...