ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,925, issued on June 24, was assigned to NEUSTAR INC. (Reston, Va.).

"Computing device and system for rendering contact information that is retrieved from a network service" was invented by Tim Cody (Reston, Va.), Guido Jonjie S. Sena Jr. (Reston, Va.), Ken Politz (Reston, Va.), John Devolites (Reston, Va.) and Michael Cooley (Reston, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact information system provides an independent network authority for providing contact information in connection with incoming calls or messages. The contact information system utilizes a database of communication identifiers to provide contact information for end...