ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,841, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for automated updating of contact information" was invented by Charles Dasher (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Reda Harb (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided herein for managing contact information in a manner personalized to the preferences of a user. Particularly, systems and related methods are disclosed for enabling continuity of communication between users when there is a change in the contact details of a user. Upon detecting a change in the contact details of a user, the system determines a recom...