ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,619, issued on June 10, was assigned to McKesson Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"Method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating summary data objects" was invented by Keith Crozier (North Kingstown, R.I.) and Elizabeth Kaye (Suwanee, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating summary data objects, comprised of data from a plurality of source systems. The summary data objects may be provided via an application programming interface (API), that enables a requesting computer to further process, analyze, and/or display certain data. A service provider computer ma...