ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,182, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Glolink Technologies Inc. (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Mobile application for prioritized communication" was invented by Kalaiselvan Muniyan (Bentonville, Ark.), Kalaiarasi Kalaiselvan (Bentonville, Ark.), Ridhikaanth Kalaiselvan (Bentonville, Ark.) and Kaushik Kalaiselvan (Bentonville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile application capable of superseding default phone settings to give priority to calls and messages based on a preconfigured list, as well as broadcast messages and calls within a defined group of members."

The patent was filed on July 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/228,312....