ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,414, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Zocdoc Inc. (New York).

"System and method for accessing healthcare appointments from multiple disparate sources" was invented by Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Healthcare appointment information system and method enabling a patient to manage multiple accounts with third party sources through a single account. A user account is created for storing individual user healthcare data such as user preferences (e.g., Monday morning appointments or willingness to be placed on waiting lists), user names and passwords (for accessing third-party sources), contact inform...