ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,352, issued on March 25, was assigned to ResponseLogix Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Database optimization and distributed computing using thin locator style records" was invented by Igor Astafiev (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Jagdish Rajan (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of database optimization and distributed computing using thin locator style records are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes distributing remote agents to a plurality of remote computing systems, generating standardized inventory records received via the remote agents, generating a database of available inventory t...