ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,003, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Data query methods and apparatuses, storage media, and electronic devices" was invented by Tao Wang (Hangzhou, China) and Lincheng Ge (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This specification discloses data query methods and apparatuses, storage media, and electronic devices. In an example method, a query statement input by a user is obtained, where the query statement is used to query data from a database. Based on the query statement, an execution plan corresponding to the query statement is generated. Based on the e...