ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,161, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Integrity LLC (Dallas).

"Assigning contact records to user accounts" was invented by Andrew Taylor (Las Vegas), Harsh Singla (Dallas), Steven James Lundstrom (Elkhorn, Neb.) and Rathna Pradeep Subramaniam (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A computing system causes presentation of first and second types of contact records that are available for a user-selected geographic area, along with indications of quantities of the types of contact records. User input is receive...