ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,702, issued on May 13, was assigned to Worldpay LLC (Symmes Township, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for computer analytics of associations between online and offline purchase events" was invented by Nicole Jass (Aurora, Colo.) and Dennis A. Kettler (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for generating consumer analytics for products placed in online shopping carts. A profiler computing system generates a unique tacking profile for associating purchase events by a purchaser. Payment vehicle data and a tracking element are associated with the identified purchaser profile. The purchaser profile may...