ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,010, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, Calif.).

"Predicting text and data variables using customer-specific models" was invented by Arvind Srinivasamoorthy (Clarksburg, Md.), Emma Jane Thomas (Reading, Great Britain) and Maximilian Froeschl (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A text prediction system for providing personalized text suggestions for different customers is disclosed. For a text message being composed via an application for an intended recipient, the system receives a portion of the text message based upon a current cursor position in the text message. The system identifies...