ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,833, issued on March 31, was assigned to Blue Yonder Group Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Virtual planogram automation and modification" was invented by Mayank Tiwari (Telangana, India), Ankit Belchandan (Chhattisgarh, India), Bharani Sarvepalli (Hyderabad, India) and Santosh Kumar (Jharkhand, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for virtual planogram automation comprising receiving, by a planogram planner comprising a server, image data from imaging devices of products prior to the display of the products in a product display area at a retail entity, detecting changes in a product based on the received...