ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,480, issued on March 18, was assigned to TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).

"Method and system for automated targeted polling via an e-commerce promotions platform" was invented by Frederick W. Skoler (Barrington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods and systems that support automated, targeted polling of consumers via an e-commerce promotions platform for administering e-commerce promotional activities, such as, for example, sweepstakes, contests, giveaways, and/or instant wins."

The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/496,300.

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