ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,296, issued on July 1, was assigned to Experian Information Solutions Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

"Database system for automated event analysis and detection" was invented by Brad Smith (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a data processing system comprises a first database including first records and a second database including second records. The data processing system may also comprise a processor configured to execute instructions to receive a first filter item comprising a first criterion and a second filter item comprising a second criterion and identify, in the first and second records, at least one ...