ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,641, issued on May 13, was assigned to CIRQIL Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Systems and methods for organizing and sharing contact and calendar information" was invented by Brigitte Mueller (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide a system or a method to facilitate communication between people. The user can have control over which contact information fields are initially shared and subsequently updated with each contact. The system may also store information about when and how a contact was created. The system may also use blockchain to secure and store user information."

The patent was filed on Aug. 1, 2019, unde...