ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,918, issued on March 25, was assigned to TOBU Corp. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for collecting and processing memory-related data and synthesizing memory-based narratives" was invented by Jason Mars (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Eldon Marks (Georgetown, Guyana) and Patrick Mclaughlin (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for collecting and processing memory-related data and synthesizing memory-based narratives that includes collecting memory input data from one or more users, constructing a memory graph comprising a hierarchical data structure including one or more graphical nodes for storing the memory...