ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,140, issued on April 14.

"System and method for contact management" was invented by Perry Kalmus (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact hub that creates cross-website access to contact lists for more efficient and personalized communication. These lists detail a contact's name, social media profiles, URLs, notes, where users met or potentially plan on meeting, annotations, as well as all pertinent contact information. Contact information is both adopted from internal and external sources and there is an option for users to scan business cards, other documents, and media in association with contacts, creating...