ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,827, issued on June 24, was assigned to Level 3 Communications LLC (Denver).

"System and method for improved data consistency in data systems including dependent algorithms" was invented by William Gray (Boulder, Colo.), Binchao Chen (Broomfield, Colo.) and Steven D. Meyer (Arvada, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data system is provided for analyzing and maintaining data obtained from one or more data sources on which the data system depends. The system includes a primary database including current values used by the system and a collection of executable algorithms used to generate the data maintained in the primary database. ...