ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,415, issued on May 13, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Software development kit engagement monitor" was invented by Patrick Mandia (Venice, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example developer tools system provided by a messaging system includes a software development kit (SKD) engagement monitor that permits capturing app open events in third party resources (e.g., third party apps) that use the developer tools system. The SKD engagement monitor is configured to operate in a manner that preserves privacy of the third party developers and avoids conveying to the messaging system backend environment personally...