ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,443, issued on July 15, was assigned to WILDFIRE SYSTEMS INC. (Solana Beach, Calif.).
"System that activates monetization and applies a payment method" was invented by Jordan Glazier (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Ian Miller (Solana Beach, Calif.), Lloyd Daniel Markham Jr. (San Diego) and Chase Robert Glazier (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System that determines when a user is about to make a purchase, and that activates a monetization offer available for the purchase, such as a discount or cashback, and selects a payment method for completing the transaction. The system accesses a database of the user's payment ...