ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,975, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Experian Information Solutions Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

"Systems and methods of managing a database of alphanumeric values" was invented by Kirsten Marie Von Busch (Palatine, Ill.), Ryan B. Cain (Aurora, Ill.), Dominic Edward DeGuiseppe (Naperville, Ill.), Wen Zhang (Streamwood, Ill.) and Erik Peter Hjermstad (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the subject matter described herein comprises a database management system. The database management system comprises a communication circuit, an interface, and a processor. The communication circuit receives information from datab...