ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,797, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Synchrony Bank (Stamford, Conn.).

"System and method for processing of promotions in connection with digital purchasing" was invented by Rinki Garg (Khurja, India), James Wallace (Dayton, Ohio), Jonathan Schmidt (Beavercreek, Ohio), Taylor Young (Slidell, La.), Prakash Kothandapani (Miamisburg, Ohio), Rajasekhara Palanki (Miamisburg, Ohio), Deborah Bernert (Stamford, Conn.) and Jennifer Muller (Stamford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for processing promotions in connection with digital purchasing. Data associated with a digital purchase request made by a consumer (the...