ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,503, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Renaissance Learning Inc. (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.).

"Automated alignment of education content" was invented by Ajay Mathew (Vancouver, Wash.), Julianne Robar (Lac des Loups, Canada), Zecheng Chang (Long Island City, N.Y.), Bruce Bray (Camas, Wash.), Jon Medin (Nerstrand, Minn.), Selvedin Alic (Eagan, Minn.), Robert Zieroth (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.), Eric Stickney (Waunakee, Wis.), Eric Swanson (Waunakee, Wis.) and Jon Stelman (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of a system and methods that automate and facilitate the alignment of educational content from diverse sourc...