ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,738, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC.

"Method for data and metadata correlation" was invented by Robert Keith Butler (Overland Park, Kan.) and Lyle W. Paczkowski (Mission Hills, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for providing, in a server computer, a data set to a subscriber. The method includes receiving a first subscription request from a subscriber specifying first data content and format for members of a first data set, sending a second subscription request to a data set provider specifying a second data content and format for members of a second data set, receiving RFID reader ...