ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,525, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

"Systems and methods for electronic distribution of messages over communication channels" was invented by William G. Wetherell (San Francisco), David G. Louie (Mountain View, Calif.) and Jeffry B. Sabat (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for electronically distributing messages over communication channels. In accordance with one implementation, a system is provided that comprises at least one database for storing instructions for operating an input field and transmitting messages over a plurality...