US Patent Issued to McKesson on Aug. 11 for "Method, apparatus, and computer program product for using machine learning to generate an offset amount" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,199, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to McKesson Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"Method, apparatus, and computer program product for using machine learning to generate an offset amount" was invented by Jared Burdine (Dunwoody, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating offset amounts for inquiry data objects received over a network. Machine learning algorithms may be used to determine the offset amount, based on a base quantitative amount, a product identifier, and a longevity indicator. Historical data may be modelled and analyzed to determine relationships between quantit...