US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on July 22 for "Tracking sources of after-hours activity based on events managed via an electronic communication application" (Washington, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,461, issued on July 22, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Tracking sources of after-hours activity based on events managed via an electronic communication application" was invented by Jessalynn Uchacz (Seattle), Aaron James Harrison (Rexburg, Idaho) and Brian S. Ruble (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for tracking sources of after-hours activity based on events managed via an electronic communication application. One method includes accessing a log storing time information, receiver information, and originator information of an event managed via the electronic comm...