US Patent Issued on Oct. 20 for "Proctoring system employing biometrics for examinee verification in association with test taking by computer and method of use" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,687, issued on Oct. 20.

"Proctoring system employing biometrics for examinee verification in association with test taking by computer and method of use" was invented by Neil Parsont (Boynton Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method of employing at least one biometric authentication process for authenticating an examinee. Authentication data files would be provided to the testing provided prior to administration of the test. The system employs a machine readable code to create a session between a portable computing device and a testing station. The portable computing device is employed to acquire biometric data...