ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,761, issued on May 27, was assigned to Visa International Service Association (San Francisco).
"Layered recording networks" was invented by Ajith Thekadath (San Ramon, Calif.), Sukrit Handa (San Mateo, Calif.) and Suman Mukherjee (Foster City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing interactive recording networks is disclosed. Multiple child networks can be established, each child network being coordinated by a respective coordinating entity. Each coordinating entity can also participate in a central parent network. A data package can be sent from one network to another. When a data package is sent to another net...