ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,037, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to McKesson Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"Computing device, method and computer program product for constructing a consolidated message" was invented by Stacy Hopkins (Loganville, Ga.) and James Donald Stillman (Worthington, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device, method and computer program product are provided to construct a consolidated message. In the context of a computing device, the computing device includes a communication interface configured to receive first information regarding a product from a request processor in response to an inquiry from a source. The computing device al...