ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,729, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Automated process flow testing system" was invented by Adrian Rodriguez (Durham, N.C.), Jessica K. Snead (Cary, N.C.), Lucas Blanck (Durham, N.C.) and Jonathan Waite (Apex, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of performing automated testing using a process flow of messages are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication that represents a time stamped message that is sent or received by a second electronic node and that is associated with a certain function. The method also includes gen...