ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,534, issued on April 15, was assigned to TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).

"Learning management system" was invented by Rafeh Masood (Sewickley, Pa.), Naveen Seshadri (Chicago) and Anirudh Bhargava (Schaumburg, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that support the creation and timely electronic scheduling and delivery of course materials for training of individuals in an organization, in which course recommendations, scheduling, and rollout are based upon a number of factors including, for example, specific individual and/or business day-to-day operational performance measures, sales performance, and ...