ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,988, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Vivid Seats LLC (Chicago).

"Electronic ledger ticketing systems and platforms" was invented by Jonathan M. Wagner (Audubon, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented systems, methods, and products for enabling one or more nodes of a first electronic ledger platform to carry out operations with respect to one or more records of the first electronic ledger platform. The operations may include receiving an indication from a smart contract to manage a transaction associated with sale of a token by a selling entity; processing information associated with the sale of the token to initia...