ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,553, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Adapter Group Inc. (Atlanta).

"Systems and processes for automated collection of data from third-party applications for predictive and adaptive utility-based personal assistance" was invented by Adam Marcus Ghetti (Austin, Texas), Aidan Ronald Crank (East Hampton, N.Y.), Andrew James McGehee (Buda, Texas), Anton Bozhidarov Kostov (Miami), Dillon Joseph Ponzo (Little Silver, N.J.), Remo Sandro Storni (Monte Sereno, Calif.) and David Albert Bader (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and processes for intelligent, adaptive, and utility-based personal assistance. The syste...