ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,368, issued on April 8, was assigned to CloudFit Software LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Techniques for data correlation across data sources" was invented by Karch Anthony Frankenfield (Lynchburg, Va.) and Jeremy Robert Olachea (Lynchburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for data correlation across data sources are presented herein. In some examples, a method includes the steps of retrieving a first datagram from a first data structure, wherein the first datagram represents a first update to a first data source; determining, by a first routine, a first correlation between the first datagram and a second datagram that is stored ...