ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,645, issued on July 7, was assigned to Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, Calif.).

"System and method for automated localization of software applications and user interfaces" was invented by Edmund Alex Davis (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with various embodiments, described herein are systems and methods for providing automated localization of software applications and graphical user interfaces. A software extension or add-in component operates both as a design tool, and as a runtime process, for purposes of localizing a software application or its graphical user interface, including the tran...