ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,851, issued on March 18, was assigned to Strong Force TP Portfolio 2022 LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).
"Cognitive system reward management" was invented by Charles Howard Cella (Pembroke, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transportation system and method for managing rewards in the transportation system includes using a merchant interface to a cognitive system for managing the offering or fulfillment of a reward to a rider of a vehicle, where a merchant may specify parameters of the reward that can be earned by the rider as a result of performing an action while in the vehicle."
The patent was filed on Feb. 29, 2024, under Appli...