ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,671, issued on April 21, was assigned to Charter Communications Operating LLC (St. Louis).

"Methods and systems for automatically evaluating organizational structures and business process documentation for compliance with relevant standards, requirements, and policies" was invented by Michael S. Green (St. Charles, Mo.), Neelima Mumgandi (St. Peters, Mo.) and Steven Michael Koch II (Cedar Hill, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments include methods and systems for automatically evaluating organizational structures and/or business process documentation for compliance with relevant standards, requirements, and policies...