ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,398, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Cognitive behavioral analysis for efficacious procurement" was invented by Ajay Maikhuri (Bangalore, India) and Dhilip Kumar (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method includes: identifying one or more existing parts that match a part to be procured; determining a part quality and readiness score for each of the existing parts; identifying one or more suppliers of the existing parts; determining a supplier trust and opportunity score for each of the suppliers; determining one or more potential procurement decisions for procuring the...