ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,076, issued on July 15, was assigned to Semantic Labs LLC (Baltimore).

"Method and system for authorizing and enabling anonymous consumer internet personalization" was invented by York Eggleston (Baltimore) and Llewellyn Wall (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for customizing information presented to a user based on user preferences and/or interests. The system receives user preferences and/or interests and builds a user profile for the user based on those preferences and/or interests. The system receives a request from a website or application to access the user's profile. In response to this request,...