ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,769, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 79 LLC (Las Vegas).

"Systems, methods, and mediums for receiving reminders and/or identifying available goods and/or services" was invented by Michael L. Howard (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples are generally described that include methods and systems for providing a reminder and/or identifying availability of a good or service, or both. In many examples, a reminder may be provided when a computing device satisfies one or more criteria associated with a reminder request. For instance, a reminder may be provided when the location associated with ...