ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,815, issued on April 29, was assigned to Discovery Communications LLC (Silver Spring, Md.).

"System and method for generating a research reporting narrative" was invented by Ian Ratner (Silver Spring, Md.) and Ettie Etela (Silver Spring, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention includes systems and methods to provide a research reporting narrative, in particular, for research metrics. Specifically, the invention includes content performance metrics and contributing factors to performance, The invention collects, analyzes, and places into a narrative format, data from research that is not easily digestible. The invention provid...