ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,286, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ADEIA GUIDES INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for modifyng a search query having a non-character-based input" was invented by Charishma Chundi (Andhra Pradesh, India) and Susanto Sen (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system are provided for searching a search query having a non-character-based input. The method comprises receiving the search query comprising a first part and a second part. The first part comprises a non-character-based input. The method further comprises identifying a first plurality of keywords associated with the non-character-based in...