US Patent Issued to Verizon Patent and Licensing on Feb. 18 for "Systems and methods for initiating communication between users based on machine learning techniques" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,381, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

"Systems and methods for initiating communication between users based on machine learning techniques" was invented by Eric Bax (Sierra Madre, Calif.), Kimberly Williams (Burbank, Calif.), John Donald (Los Angeles), Lisa Giaffo (Pasadena, Calif.), Tanisha Sharma (Los Angeles), Nikki Thompson (Gardena, Calif.) and Melissa Gerber (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for initiating communication between users of a user group based on machine learning techniques. The disclosed systems and methods provid...