ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,295, issued on Dec. 2.

"System operable to enable the endorsement of individuals and/or their skills or services, and a method of endorsing one individual and/or their skills or services" was invented by Rudolph Wagenaar (Cape Town, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system operable to enable the endorsement of individuals and/or their skills by third parties, including one or more of the following: a means for a first user of said system to create a user profile on said system; a means of making a video recording or photographic image, said video recording or photographic image being that of said first user being together ...