ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,498, issued on Feb. 17.

"Computer-implemented method and computing device for event reminding and sending related messages" was invented by Steven Gray (Saint George, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and computing device for reminding of important events. The method may include, and non-transitory computer-readable medium, and computing device include instruction for, identifying at least one contact associated with a user; creating or importing at least one profile associated with the identified at least one contact; determining at least one calendar date rel...