ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,043, issued on Dec. 23.

"Single-message electronic product and service fulfillment" was invented by Peter L Rex (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, enable the one or more processing devices to perform a method. The method includes the steps of providing a first contact number accessible to an electronic device having an associated second contact number, receiving at the first contact number from a user via the electronic device an identifier of a request for a business transaction, based on the ide...