ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,411, issued on July 1, was assigned to Conviva Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Automated surfacing of multi-dimensional insights" was invented by Aditya Ravikumar Ganjam (Foster City, Calif.), Yan Li (Foster City, Calif.) and Jose Caldeira Jesus (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Evaluating multi-dimensional information includes providing a plurality of initial dimensions. Each dimension represents a factor related to performance. It further includes receiving a first selection of a value for a first dimension in the plurality of initial dimensions. It further includes providing a plurality of potentially significant dimensions from ...