ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,658, issued on June 2, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Adaptive data storage management" was invented by Badrish Chandramouli (Redmond, Wash.) and Xiangpeng Hao (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The description relates to adaptive data storage management. An example manages data within a database system using dynamically adjustable mini-pages within a buffer pool. The example involves receiving a request for a data item, adjusting mini-page sizes based on the request, and determining the data item's presence within these mini-pages. Upon locating the item, the request is executed on th...