ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,495, issued on April 22, was assigned to TwelveTone LLC (Marblehead, Mass.).

"Computer systems and methods for selective synchronization" was invented by Steven Spungin (Marblehead, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system enables instances of properties (e.g., of resources such as files in a file system) to be selectively synchronized with each other. Each instance of a property may have a plurality of versions. A primary version of the property is shared (and synchronized) among all property instances. Each property instance may also have its own secondary version of the property. Each property instance has its own eff...