ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,678, issued on April 7, was assigned to Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Hypergraph data storage method and apparatus with temporal characteristic and hypergraph data query method and apparatus with temporal characteristic" was invented by Da Zhang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this specification relate to a hypergraph data storage method and apparatus with a temporal characteristic and a hypergraph data query method and apparatus with a temporal characteristic. The storage method includes: obtaining raw edge data of a first hyperedge; storing first target data of ...