ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,678, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Awake Market Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Identifying provenance of authentic media" was invented by Amit Rathore (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authenticity software platform receives an indication of an external web action and determines a first provenance for a first external web location at which the web action occurs. The authenticity software platform determines a second provenance for an external result occurring in response to the web action. The authenticity software platform determines an extant of trust based at least in part on the first and the second provenance...